“I think people are having a hard time separating the terms custody vs. guardianship.”
I wouldn’t have had a hard time in separating them if they had said “guardianship” before. That was never stated before. All that O’Quinn has said has been custody or joint custody for Virgie....nothing less.
Custody is a broad term. Be Patient!!
The fact that Larry and Virgie have been allowed to sit down privately and do this tells me that Howard is no longer a part of the approval process.
Until we knew that Larry was the father, Virgie had every right (and I believe a Duty and Obligation) to seek full custody to get that baby out of Howard's hands under the circumstances. Anna was HER daughter. That's her blood line.
Howard is a nobody...
This is why I despise articles written like
this.
"Her attorney suggested that Arthur would seek dual guardianship with Birkhead."
Notice how TMZ gets the word "guardianship" in there? (because they know Virgie withdrew her appeal for custody after the DNA was resolved to Birkhead) --
However, anything can happen after tomorrow, which is also why TMZ shouldn't be so presumptuous with their reporting and we should not be tempted to oblige their biases. It's really going to be about what Virgie and Larry can agree on, starting tomorrow, between only them. But it's been said by her attorneys so far, that she was pleased with the DNA outcome and was not pursuing "custody" as a result.
Unless some other statements have arised tonight that I haven't heard, that's how I'm reading this - visitation with legal guardianship limitations that need to be detailed out.
Harvey Levin is being irresponsible in neglecting a clarification of the facts and the legal terminology of which he is more then capable of deciphering.