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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 05:36 AM Jul 2015

Siblings thrown in juvie hall for refusing to see dad

Pontiac — An Oakland County judge who sent three children to a juvenile detention facility for failing to maintain a "healthy relationship" with their father calls the case one of the worst examples of parental alienation she's ever seen, according to court records.

Judge Lisa Gorcyca ordered the children — ages 9, 10 and 15 — to Children's Village on June 24 for civil contempt of court after they refused to have lunch with or talk to their father. The children's parents have been involved in a contentious divorce dispute since 2009.

The children's predicament spawned protests on social media, and a small rally of children and adults Wednesday at the Oakland County Courthouse.

According to a court transcript of the hearing, Gorcyca told the Bloomfield Hills family that "you need to do a research program on Charlie Manson and the cult that he has. Your behavior in the halls with me months ago, your behavior in court, your behavior back there is unlike any I've seen in 46,000 cases."

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2015/07/09/siblings-thrown-juvie-hall-refusing-see-dad/29898491/

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Siblings thrown in juvie hall for refusing to see dad (Original Post) Sherman A1 Jul 2015 OP
What a mess. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2015 #1
Judge Lisa Gorcyca is a asshole.... Little Star Jul 2015 #2
I thought they got rid of her Demeter Jul 2015 #3
The fact that the mother took high rank in her profession is neither here nor there. Nor Joe Chi Minh Jul 2015 #4

Joe Chi Minh

(15,229 posts)
4. The fact that the mother took high rank in her profession is neither here nor there. Nor
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:54 AM
Jul 2015

the remark that one of the children plays the piano beautifully.

It doesn't sound to me that the father is a control freak, I see no reference to such. But when a woman 'loses 'it', she is much more likely to 'go off the handle', full-bore.

All the evidence suggesting that women are more spiritual, like the angels, (whether for better or worse), it means that the immediacy of their reactions in emotional situations can be that much greater and more visceral, depending of course on the individual.

As far as the children are concerned, from what I read above, I would fear for the tranquility of mind of the other children at the children's village more than I would for them. I hope the father feels vindicated, but not sarcastically.

Incidentally, anyone interested in the angels, may find this catechesis by John-Paul II fascinating:

http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2ANGEL.HTM

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