Gloria Allred: Octo-Mom May Be Violating California State Child Labor Laws

Us Magazine - May 4, 2009 2:11 PM PDT
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Attorney Gloria Allred believes Nadya Suleman may be violating a number of California state child labor laws by booking numerous jobs for her newborn octuplets.

At a press conference Monday, Allred announced that she and child advocacy group "A Minor Consideration" have filed a petition in Orange County Superior Court to protect the financial interests of the babies and to appoint a guardian over their estate.

Meet the octuplet babies

"Rather than chose to provide her children with a normal life, their mother, Nadya Suleman , has chosen to commercially exploit them," Allred said. "We believe that the babies are entitled to remuneration since most of the compensation appears to be use of their images."

The goal, she added, is "to be sure that the babies receive their fair share of payments" and that their payments "be placed into separate accounts for them and preserved for them as required by law."

The guardian can hire a professional agent for the babies -- different from Suleman's rep -- even if Suleman will not benefit from opportunities herself.

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Allred -- who represented "Angels in Waiting," the non-profit nursing agency that Suleman severed ties with this year for allegedly "spying" on her -- also went on to detail the "number of California labor laws" they suspect Suleman, 33, of violating.

When filming or photographing children, a nurse and credentialed studio teacher must be present, Allred said.

By law, children -- ages 15 days to six months -- also can only be at the place of employment for two consecutive hours (between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. or between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.). Infants can't work any more than 20 minutes each day.

See what the octuplet mom does all day

Suleman may be "potentially endangering the health, welfare and safety of children," Allred added.

A hearing date is set for June 22.

Said Allred, "This could be avoided if Nadya Suleman agrees with that appointing an independent guardian for estate of the octuplets to represent and protect their interests."

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  • Amber
    I don't think this publicity is affecting the children at all, cuz in my opinion there babies they lay n sleep all day pretty much no matter wat you do. Honestly when u have company over your house r u going to be like "o 2 hrs visitations up that's it everyones got to go"??no come on this is the real world. People need to just leave nayda and her family the f***
    report abuseposted September 21, 2009 10:02 AM PDT
  • LJ1316
    octoa**hole is so annoyin. she got her own show, a new house, and publicity 4 havin a whole bunch of kids that SHE CAN'T AFFORD!!! its not fair. I still say the gov. should take the kids and the money and let Octofreak b alone and broke
    report abuseposted September 21, 2009 7:52 AM PDT
  • Stu
    OctoIdiot needs some common sense slapped into her. Then I'd pull her duck-lips over her face.
    report abuseposted May 11, 2009 11:44 AM PDT
  • pine nut
    its one thing to have kids n support them & quite another to have kids n expect the tax payers of california to support them...shame shame on nadya...this is her living hell can u image being in her shoes holy mother mary of god....glad to be just a grandmother
    report abuseposted May 5, 2009 11:52 AM PDT
  • pine nut
    look what yates did to her 5 kids -cps needs to camp at her house.what a sad situation that could have been prevented if someone with brains took the bull by the horns & said #1 6 kids at home no way am i gonna implant embryos her md needs to lose his license what an irresponsible dr.her parents tried to tell the md they should have called ch 3 & shouted from the rooftops as to wha
    report abuseposted May 5, 2009 11:50 AM PDT
  • pine nut
    scariest part 4 me is watching 1 of her sons thats slaps at everything whats gonna happen when he gets close to the babies?...she cant be there every waking 2nd too bad her md didnt insist on aborting 5 or 6 inutero then she could have handled say 8 kids but 14 is just insanity..look at the goslins only 8 & dad is lookin 4 a way out, who can blame him..nadya is already nuts can it get any
    report abuseposted May 5, 2009 11:44 AM PDT
  • jobena
    Here we go again, the %@!*# and her brats. She's nothing but a dog in heat and needs to be fixed.
    report abuseposted May 5, 2009 4:47 AM PDT
  • Jen F
    Gloria Alllred is accusing OctoMom of exploiting her kids? What exactly is it that Gloria Allred is doing? She is exploiting OctoMom and her kids so she can get her name in the headlines! Go away Gloria Allred!!!!
    report abuseposted May 5, 2009 12:11 AM PDT
  • Vickie
    I have absolutely nothing against these other Reality TV families, I think they are wonderful. Guess she is just not the typical "Normal" family, hubby, etc. BACK OFF and let her enjoy the wonderful children she has been blessed to have, no matter how she was blessed or how many she was blessed with. The media, SURPRISE, has turned this into a three ring circus as usual.
    report abuseposted May 4, 2009 6:58 PM PDT
  • Vickie
    OMG, leave the poor woman alone. You %@!*# when we support her, you %@!*# when she supports herself. There are several other "Reality" shows with many children, why are they not being sued by the High and Almighty Gloria Allred for child labor issues. Hummmmmmmmmm, they are white.................Hummmmmmmmmmmm they are religious..............................Hummmmmmmmmmmmm the
    report abuseposted May 4, 2009 6:54 PM PDT
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