Re: Being filmed

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On 12/28/02, sharwinston wrote:
> Unless they have a valid court order of some type that
> permits filming, which is MOST unlikely, it's YOUR home and
> you can put a stop to it. Tell them to stop filming OR
leave.
> If they don't stop, tell them to leave. If they don't leave,
> call the police & tell the police the person is trespassing.
>
> If you can, having neutral witnesses around when this
happens
> would be a very good idea. This avoids the he-said-she-said
> spitting contest.
>
> However, there must be another way to resolve this problem
> without that kind of tension in front of a child. Is this
> court-ordered visitation? Does the child have a
> court-appointed attorney? If so, contact the child's
attorney
> & tell them what's going on; see if the attorney has an
> opinion, suggestion or advice. This scene can't be good for
> the child.
>
> Why are you supervising visitation? Are you a foster parent?
> Is this a Child Protective Services situation? If so,
contact
> the child's social worker and tell the worker what's going
on.
> Tell them you want it stopped, and politely insist that they
> do whatever they have to do to get it stopped. The social
> worker can get the county's attorney to go to court & get a
> restraining order, so it won't be $$$ out of your pocket.
>
> As a LAST resort, you can go to court & get a restraining
> order to keep the filmer out of your home and/or preent the
> parent from filimng. This is YOUR home & you have the right
> to set the rules regarding NO-FILMING. But whatever
happens:
> do NOT resort to violence. Of course, you can defend
youself
> if the other party gets violent. Please, please don't let
it
> go that far.
>
> btw: Judges HATE this kind of stuff -- it makes them really
> cranky.
>
> On 12/24/02, Azureman wrote:
>> We supervise visitation of a friend who is seeking custody
>> of her child (1 yr old). When the child is brought by the
>> father to our home he is always accompanied by one of his
>> parents with a video camera running. We have told them
>> that they do not have permission to be filming us and have
>> requested that they turn off the camera. They refuse and
>> continue to film all present. Do I have the right to
>> insist that they not photograph us?

Why is this person filming the event of offloading their
child? Noone except the parents knows the exact reason someone
would videotape another person but it is ussually for personal
reasons. To document an event, prevent illegal prosecution or
to have taped evidence of compliance to a court order. You
should advise that taping of the event is ok but taping you or
your family is not. Sometimes in rough domestic issues you
have to accept that some people will act irrationally. This is
the world we live in today with video cameras and other
electronic correspondence(e-mail. v-mail, etc.).

Re: Being filmed, 9/10/03, by Bella.

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