If my name was Trashanda, I think I'd deny it, too!
But I guess it's good that she's found.
Just damn.
"Trashanda"
I question the fitness of any parent, who would saddle their child with a name beginning with "trash." You just know where that's headed in middle school.
Who cares what her name is? My family is Welsh and we've got aunts and uncles with names like Olwyn, Blodwyn, and Enoch. By modern day American standards these are pretty weird too.
Thankfully the little girl was found safe, this is what people should care about... not what color her skin is. Get over it already people!
Can't say as I blame her.
But is it good news? We don't know, really. Maybe the mother felt she was protecting the girl. Courts can be idiots sometimes -- not everyone who has custody really should have custody. We don't know the true backstory.
Was she 9 before or after she vanished? Just curious if anyone knew.
Her fathers named........Ron?
...judge awarded her father custody of the child!!!!!
This should have been the headline.
I'd like to know how this guy managed to get the court on his side. Men rarely get custody.
Father hopes to find missing daughter
"Trashanda was 3 months old when her mother told Waytes he was the father. He wasn't sure he believed the mother, but he still fell in love with the baby. Waytes was devastated when he learned from a DNA test that someone else was Trashanda's biological father.
But the courts still ruled that Waytes was an "excellent" father, caring for the girl 90 percent of the time while Trashanda's mother missed 16 every-other-weekend visits in the span of 12 months. The judge awarded Waytes custody, saying the years of reading books to Trashanda and taking her to the park proved he was more fit as a parent."