Slain Clearwater woman’s family fights for custody of her three children
HOPE, B.C. – The brother of a woman killed last year says he and his wife are struggling to gain custody of his sister's three children in foster care.
Angila Wilson was found dead in her Clearwater, B.C., home in April 2014 and her common-law spouse Iain Scott has since been charged with her murder.
Frank Wilson, who lives in Hope, says he promised his sister before she died that he would take care of her kids — ranging in age from three to seven — if anything ever happened to her.
But he and his wife say they haven't been able to gain custody, because the Ministry of Children and Family Development won't transfer the file to Hope from Clearwater.
A spokesperson for the ministry called the situation tragic and difficult but would not comment on the specifics of individual cases.
NDP spokesman for children and family development Doug Donaldson is calling on the Liberal government to immediately place the children in permanent care with the family.
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add to previous COMMENT ;CHRISTY CLERKS BEAURORCRATIC PAPER GOVERMENT SPENDS RELENTLESS DOLLARS ON LUDICURIOUS DINNERS AND DO NOTHING IN THEIR POWER TO TAKE STEPS TO HELP COMMON PEOPLE; EXCUSE ME ;HER TIME IS SPENT SELLING OUT BC TO *LNG *AND OTHER NONE HELP TO BC RESIDENTS WHOM VOTED HER IN NOW REVERSE THOSE VOTES AND HAVE A GOVERMENT BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIE GREAT PROVINCE ;BEFORE SHE SELLS US ALL OUT TO SOME FORGISN NATIONAL!
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My heart goes out to those poor kids! After the tramatic loss of their mother, the are mentally abused by our government! What a tragic thing to do to them! What is wrong with people!!!
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Did they not have it in writing? Hubby and I are getting our wills done and naming guardians in the event of our passing.
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TYPICAL CLARK ;NONE RESPONSIVE TO AN ACT OF FAMILY FIRST; MUST SPEND MONEY NEEDLESSLY TO PUT UP AN ONGOINGPIECE OF GAURENTEEING HER POSITION; GET WITH IT CLARK AND PUT CHILDREN WITH THE FAMILY :NOW!
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