Court orders 10 year old girl to see dying father
Court orders 10 year old girl to see dying father within 28 days.
In an extraordinary Family Court judgment, the girl - who has said she wishes that her father would die - was instructed to see her father who is dying from liver cancer and has up to 12 months to live.
The girl, who is almost 11 years old, lives with her mother and has not seen her father since late 2003.
The mother has an intense hatred of the father and doubts that he is ill, despite doctors’ statements that the man has inoperable cancer.
An expert told the court that if the father dies without he and the child being able to say goodbye, the child will come to regret this later in life when she has emotional independence from her mother and “has had time to reflect on the appalling way in which she was drawn into the conflict between her parents”.
Justice Le Poer Trench said he had agonised over the decision but felt the child should be given an opportunity to see her father.
A court officer will supervise the once-a-month visits and determine their duration.
It was also suggested to the father that he might write a letter to the child and make her a DVD to view in the future should she want to learn more about her father in the future.
He said the mother was one of the most extraordinary people he had ever seen in his court, and that she was apparently devoid of compassion for the father.
He was concerned that the girl probably had some level of fear of her mother and said the child wanted to belong to her new family, including her mother’s new husband and child.
I invited a family court attorney from Mobile, Alabama to get listed on our website SplitnTwo.com. I saw his advertisements and he seemed like an honorable man. He looked at the website and sent me back a rather nasty message telling me that PAS doesn’t exist and its not reconized by any court in the nation. I wondered havng been involoved in the family court system for 30 years, surely he has witnessed PA several times.
Does anyone else still believe Parental Alienation Syndrome doesn’t exist?
Ken Maddox
Research indicates it DOES exist! I just finished reading a fascinating article by Dr Richard Warshak that goes over the research on PAS.
If the guy was nasty, he probably has issues. Sorry you had to deal with such rudeness.
Warmly,
Vicki
I think any parent, CPS agent or foster care provider that contributes to parental alienation should be hanged. It is a horrible thing to inflict on a child. If you hate the other parent so much that you can’t speak of them except in derogatory terms, then keep your mouth shut to the children. How would you like it if they did this to you? Remember, your children are made up of half of their genetic code so what are you really saying to them when you say, your mom or dad is a *&^(O or no good, whatever? You’re telling them that they’re half asshole or whatever! No matter what you may feel, your child needs you both. If you are too stupid and immature to work together to raise your kids in the right way, then go to your respective corners and shut your mouths.
Also, any mother who falsely accuses the father of heinous crimes such as sexual abuse should go to prison for it! That is a horrific thing to do to both father and children. I am amazed at just how often this type of things occurs in the real world.
So both of you grow the hell up before someone calls CPS on you both and they take them away from the both of you! Love your children MORE than you hate the other parent. If they are such assholes or bad people, they’ll learn that on their own without your help. Believe me, they’ll love and appreciate you NOT turning them against their other parent.