Father speaks out after court orders him not to interfere in son's chemotherapy

The Age

3 days ago

A West Australian father barred from interfering with his teenager's chemotherapy has revealed he now supports his son's cancer treatment.
The family, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, claim they wanted time to consider their options, but the boy was taken away before they could.
The teenager was recently diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of blood cancer.
On Monday, the boy's father told the Family Court his son had been kidnapped by the state, and he was there to retrieve him.
The father on Thursday revealed to 9News Perth what happened after his son was diagnosed.
'They said, 'We're taking the boy to Perth, we're flying him right now to hospital', and we felt very pressurised, and I said, 'We need 24 hours just to review our options – there's a few key people to speak to',' he said.
But the family claims they didn't get that time before police arrived at their home that night and the next day.
'The boy went back in the house because the house was surrounded, and it seemed that they were absolutely going to kidnap him,' the father said.
'Every time there's a shape move behind us or a red and blue light, we're all filled with terror.'