'Foster care not better than life at home'

The Hindu : Opinion / Interview : 'Foster care not better than life at home':

The final decision of the court — which was unanimous — to place the children in foster care until they attain majority and to limit the parents' visiting rights to just three visits per year of an hour's duration appeared cruel, illogical, drastic to most Indians and it mystified us. Especially since the County Committee on Social Affairs (also known as the Fylksesnemnda, or District Welfare Board) had ruled that there was no emergency and that the children should be sent home. What is your reading of it?