Sounds like Dad is in Israel on business and lives close to the kids.
Yeah, it’s a place where the kids are not allowed to leave, so in broad definition, it is a jail. But under broadest definition, family homes are jails for kids as well.
What makes this case interesting is that the mother doesn’t get the sympathy and benefit of doubt that happens in 99% of cases.
A friend of mine had to go through a case where his ex manipulated the court during a divorce. In a three month period, she called 911 four different times screaming that her husband was beating her. The police would arrive and she would say he ran away when she called 911. He wasn’t at the house at the time. The fourth time, when they found him, he was in the next State at a big convention with hundreds of witnesses. She was warned not to call 911 again without a real emergency or she would be arrested.
When he went to court for custody of their children, one of the things her lawyer presented was the four 911 calls for domestic abuse. His lawyer was refused the chance to comment on those. So the judge didn’t care what really happened, the fact that there were four calls to 911 was all that mattered. He lost custody of his kids because of those calls.
I am so sorry for your friend. Sounds like he needed a more aggressive lawyer that would present the police reports (that showed them as unfounded) or present the officers to say he wasn’t there. These cases are dirty, ugly and never to the benefit of the kids. As for the judge in your friend’s case.. shame on him/her. He should have wanted ALL the facts in the case for the BENEFIT of the children.
“When he went to court for custody of their children, one of the things her lawyer presented was the four 911 calls for domestic abuse.”
And you can bet her lawyer instructed her to do the 911 calls. It’s also a good bet his lawyer was in collusion since he made no objection and did not summons the responding police officers to testify. Reason: lawyers collude to get paid by whomever has the money. Whoever has the money is the one who gets it the worst.