Court Rules Obese Dad 'Unfit' to Parent, Kids Placed Up for Adoption

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By Piper Weiss, Shine Staff | Parenting – 17 hours ago

Does a weight problem make you an unfit parent? That's what one dad who lost custody of kids fears. The 360-pound father of two claims his size affected the court's decision to turn his kids over to the state.

The 38-year-old Ottawa man, whose identity is protected by Canada's Child and Family Services Act, plans to appeal a decision to place his two young sons, ages five and six, up for adoption.

In an exclusive interview with Canada's CTV he claimed family court medical advisers were concerned he was "too fat, and couldn't keep up with my children."

For the past year, the boys have been in foster care, taken from their mother's home after her suspected overdose and mental breakdown. Because of their father's history of legal problems stemming from accounts of public fights and threats, they were placed in the care of the Children's Aid Society.

http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/obese-dad-loses-custody-kids-could-parents-lose-181700293.html

I suspect there's more to this.

[rfranklin]

1. Headline could have been: Dad with history of violence loses custody of kids...

He sounds like a con artist.

[pennylane100]

2. Well he is staging a hunger strike,

so if it is only about the weight, that will soon be resolved. However he does seem to have a lot of other issues.