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Showing posts with label custody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label custody. Show all posts

NY Judges Jailing Moms & Pedo's Custody

Manhatten, New York -- Did Judge Gloria Sosa-Lintner give custody of a little girl to her pedophile father, and destroy an innocent women's life? Did Manhattan Family Court Judge Helen Sturm throw a protective mother in jail and make it worse? Redux.

Amplify’d from justice.posterous.com

"In 1997, the New York City Administration for Children's Services alleged that Dyandria Darel's ex-husband, a retired New York City police detective, had molested their daughter. But a series of complicated twists in Manhattan Family Court would cause judges to drop the accusation as "unproven," find Darel guilty of neglect, and place her daughter in foster care. Eventually, she lost custody for good to the man whom ACS had once accused of abuse. The outcome has fueled an eight-year war... her attorney, Robin Yeamans, a California family- and constitutional-law specialist, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the nation's top court to hear Darel's appeal... on the question of a jury trial, asserting that the U.S. Constitution ensures such due-process protections in Family Court..." http://www.villagevoice.com/content/printVersion/201979/ (2006)

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Child Custody Dispute: FATHER Kills MOTHER in Murder-Suicide

Amplify’d from www.wcyb.com

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. -- Johnson City police now say two people died in a weekend murder-suicide.

According to Johnson City police, the two were found with gunshot wounds on the floor of a home on Long Street just before 10:30 Saturday morning.

Police tell us 33-year-old Rebecca Markland died Saturday night at Johnson City Medical Center.

The father of her child, 31-year-old Frankie Hughes, was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time after the shooting Saturday morning.

Officers say a fight for custody of their child broke-out after Markland stopped by the Long Street house.

The child, who's about a year old, was initially taken into state custody and is now with a family member.

The night before the shooting, police were called to a fight between the parents at a Johnson City motel.

Officers say Hughes made threats to harm Markland and himself and was carrying a suicide note.

They found another note after the shooting on Saturday morning.

Read more at www.wcyb.com

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3-Month-Old Shaken to Death; FATHER in custody- custody visitation

Hernandez and the child's mother are separated,

A 20-year-old Phoenix man has been arrested and accused of fatally shaking his 3-month-old son to stop him from crying.

Francisco Hernandez Sr. was booked on a count each of first-degree murder and child abuse in the death of his child, Francisco Jr.

Phoenix Police and Fire crews responded about 6 a.m. Monday to the 1700 block of West Corona Avenue, just south of Broadway Road, on a call of an injured child, according to a statement issued by Phoenix Police spokesman Sgt. Steve Martos.

Amplify’d from www.azcentral.com

Police said Hernandez and the child's mother are separated, and the mother was not present at the time of the incident.

Hernandez Sr. found the child was unresponsive after he apparently shook him and immediately called authorities, Martos said. He was interviewed by detectives and arrested Thursday.

The baby died Wednesday as a result of severe bleeding to his brain, known as "Shaken Baby Syndrome," Martos said.

Read more at www.azcentral.com

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What is Fair for Children of Abusive Men? by Jack C. Straton, Ph.D.

originally presented at
What About the Kids? Custody and Visitation Decisions in Families with a History of Violence
National Training Project of the Duluth Domestic Abuse Project - Thursday, October 8, 1992, Duluth, Minnesota from the Journal of the Task Group on Child Custody Issues*
of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism
Volume 5, Number 1, Spring1993 (Fourth Edition, 2001)
c/o University Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 97207-0751
503-725-5844, 503-725-5977 (FAX) , straton@pdx.edu