[Abathar]

Wow.

Just... Wow.

[cripplecreek]

I don't know all the details but this doesn't seem to be the best way to deal with the situation.



Michigan legislative action thread

[batterycommander]

Detroit, huh? Is he their real dad?

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

I just read the article and the sensational headline does not tell the story at all.

The judge in this case has worked a long time to make sure that the children have any sort of relationship with their father. Their father has done everything he can to have a relationship with his children.

But their mother has poisoned her children with hatred of their father, and they refuse to even talk to him. When told they will either have lunch with their father or they will go to a detention center away from their family, the 9 and 10 year old decided to got to the center.

Now if you think this is extreme, consider this: both of the young children had a lawyer assigned to them and neither lawyer objected to the judge’s order. Two lawyers assigned to look after the children agreed after examining the case that the mother had indeed caused great injury to her children by means of alienation of their father.

I have seen this many times in cases of divorce, and it looks like this time the mom didn’t get away with it.

[the OlLine Rebel]

There’s something massively missing here.

OT1H, I applaud the judge being bold enough to stand up for a father.

OTOH, I applaud the kids for having such backbone.

While indeed there are truly nasty and crazy mothers out there, what is the impetus for the divorce? No information. Perhaps the father wasn’t such a great father while around. Perhaps he screwed around. Perhaps he was involved in other shenanigans. Maybe the mother indeed just takes a hard-line stand and that has rubbed off on these kids. Perhaps they have good reason for taking a stand.

Happened in my family, and more or less also with my husband. Screwing around, and or abuse, or just plain indifference, and they never turned back.

Of course, I’ve also seen my brother and a friend go through hell with vengeful yet irresponsible fools for women when it came to their children. Too bad they didn’t have this judge to make it easier.

[JoeDetweiler]

They’ve been in there for over two weeks now, which is a long time for a kid; and all they have to do to get out is have lunch with their Dad. I sorta wonder if they might find detention an improvement over life with Mom, at least while this messy divorce is going on?

[Boogieman]

Seems like the mother should be the one locked up.

[KosmicKitty]

A trip to Juvie - that will being out the love.

[NormsRevenge]

Circus Judge

[Enlightened1]

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