Ex-wife smokes, so man can keep child

Canton Rep ^ | 09/26/2006

[Responsibility2nd]

Does this really surprize anyone?

[Responsibility2nd]

Ping

[tioga]

smokey ping

[onyx]

FGS

[billorites]

I can live with it.

[tioga]

ya beat me to it.... ;^)

[kinoxi]

I have a hard time believing that cigarette smoking was the only factor here, would like more info.

[VOA]

Does this really surprize anyone?

The only thing that suprises me is that name "Glorial Allred" didn't
appear in the article.

[VOA]

Oops, I meant Gloria Allred.

[Biblebelter]

When the child is in the environment of the mother's womb, she can kill the kid if she chooses. Such murder is even called heroic by an old biddy with the name of Ruth Bader Ginsburg who sits on the SCOTUS. But once the child escapes the womb, then the same morons in robes who legalized the unthinkable, passes the moral judgement that a smoker is some kind miscreant because she decided to bring the child into the world while engaging in the politically incorrect act of smoking. What a crock.

[Responsibility2nd]

I have a hard time believing that cigarette smoking was the only factor here, would like more info.

Who said anything about cigarette smoking here?

Heh heh.

I re-read the article... maybe mom was smoking crack.

[osideplanner]

LOL. Our department was sued once by Gloria Allred. I was asked to write the initial response letter to her initial inquiry. The letter was reviewed by our chief counsel, the director signed it and it went out.

When I got my copy, I noticed I had addressed it to Gloria AlFred. The chief counsel said it would cost another $100,000 in apology money. But for some reason Gloria dropped the case.

[sweetliberty]

"I have a hard time believing that cigarette smoking was the only factor here"

I don't. While ther may be other factors in this particular case, the smoking gestapo has become a tyrant where children are concerned. I dealt with one situation where a judge revoked his own order trasferring custody of a child in foster care to a NON-SMOKING grandma because of a hysterical caseworker who thought the child smelled like smoke after she'd returned from a visit. It took months to fix that mess.

[kinoxi]

Yeah, second hand crack smoke might be bad. I think they should form a committee to determine whether or not a study is required.
:)

[Raycpa]

Forcing a child to breath smoke is abusive behavior.

[mingwah]

Maybe Tammy smoked due to P.P.S.D. aka Post Primary Spouse Dysfunction. Some other side effects to a bad marriage can be pulling out of hair, pacing and staying away from home for long periods of time.

[kinoxi]

It can be ridiculous.

[Responsibility2nd]

Forcing a child to breath smoke is abusive behavior.

So, you are in favor of removing all children from homes where the parents smoke?

Geez!!!

[Fairview]

I hate the arbitrary nature of Family Court decisions, but I'm happy to see custody of a child awarded to a father for a change. Yes, even though I'm a woman. Fathers' rights are horribly abused in this country.

[Responsibility2nd]

You picked up on a very good point. Usually a mother would have to be a mass murderer (or worse) in this country in order to lose custody. As has already been wondered somewhere in this thread.... There must be something else going on.