Posted on 12/09/2005 7:40:49 AM PST by Fido969
The judge in this case is REQUIRED to follow the Maine custody determination, by virtue of the Uniform Custody rules adopted by every state.
The father has demonstrated that he is innocent of the charges made by his wife - by virtue of taking (and I would assume) passing the drug test (she accused him of smoking pot and taking heroin) and accounting for his actions when he supposedly assaulted her.
The PD should have arrested her for "false swearing" related to the bogus protection-from-abuse order, and the judge should have followed the law.
But courts no longer deliver the law. Judges nowadays are incapable from deviating from the narrow political agenda foisted upon them by the liberals.
This man's is now in the middle of his worst nightmare, and soon his sense of fairness, justice and reality itself will be torn asunder.
Him now - who's next?
Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.
A 47yr old has a son by a 21 yr old woman. What's wrong with this picture?
And what has that got to do with anything? What's your point? Just because of an age difference, the man is somehow "guilty" of something?
Happens everday in Hollyweird and no outcry about it.
Yea, let's go take Hugh Heffner's kids away from him.
Hmmm... that's why I got a vasectomy.
I would WELCOME scrutinization of this case, if this is a bad man, then let's find out.
My sense is that this is a case of gross judicial abuse, though. This guy is getting shunted out of the way - told to get a lawyer who will likely stall and stall until he has no rights left. I have seen that play out SO MANY times I could puke.
I saw shine a light on this - what wrong with the judge? What's wrong with the cops? What is wrong with the local Domestic Violence group?
Look - how do you think the court system got as screwed up as it is, today? This is not "just" a nasty family case. This is not "just" a Father's Rights case.
I suspect that the people involved in this case in Kentucky are slugs that work best in the dark. Start shining a light around this case, and you will see slimy ugliness indeed.
Nope, not at all. But when you're pushing 50, and you knock up a know nothing 20 yr old, well, "you get what you pay for."
I dunno - tell me, what IS wrong with this picture. Please explain yourself.
Only one of many, many in Hollyweird.
Well, considering the trouble the old boy is going through, I'd advise better judgement in picking his sex partners.
I say let's find out - and let's find out NOW before this kid becomes too damaged by being caught in the middle of this process.
If she illegally took the baby across state lines, could the FBI be brought into case? Could a federal judge over-rule the local judge?
I never suggested the father was guilty of anything but bad judgement in picking a sex partner less than half his age.
I know it's legal, but I still don't think it's smart. Call me old fashioned.
Well, true, and I don't think it's so much picking a young partner, if both are competant and of legal age - but it's getting her pregnant. God bless them and the kid, but think about what you are doing, for goodness sake.
This is something every single guy who can't keep his pants zipped should be thinking about.
If it was my child and overcame the urge to kill all those people keeping my son away from, I would see a lawsuit over improper judicial conduct, slander, and anything else that a good lawyer could make stick.
No person is a better parent than other due to their sex. To assume so is liable slander and only a lawsuit will fix the issue.
It's complicated - in most cases the UCCJA is the rule which is a carbon-copy law adopted by all 50 states which recognizes which state has jurisdiction, and requires judges to defer to that state. In this case the jurisdiction is Maine, and Kentucy is required to give "full faith and credit" to the Maine custody determination.
Once custody has been determined, however, and that has been done here, the custodial parent has all primarly rights - thus, anyone else taking the child without the custodial parents permission is kidnapping that child.
When this is done by a non-custodial parent, this is called a "parental kidnapping". The FBI does enforce those cases.
Looking closely at this case, the mother is in custody, and will be returned to Maine, I see. The child, though, is in the hands of the state. The accusation of domestic violence, even if frivolous, has started a chain of events that can quickly spiral out of control. Dad is "guilty until *proven* innocent" now.
Well, we agree with you, but historically the courts don't.
E-town story ping.
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