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07-09-2015, 05:46 PM
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge sent three children to juvenile detention for refusing to have lunch or talk to their father after chastising them and their mother during a recent hearing in a years-long custody fight. And two weeks later, the children — ages 15, 10 and 9 — remained in custody.
Court transcripts show that an exasperated Oakland County Judge Lisa Gorcyca ruled on June 24 that only the father could visit the children while they were at Children's Village, a detention facility in Pontiac. She also said the children should "be kept away from each other as much as possible."
Gorcyca went on to tell the family that the case, stemming from a contentious divorce that began in 2009, was tied for the worst "parental alienation" case she had ever seen. She blamed the mother for alienating the boys and their younger sister from their father.
"Your children — you need to do a research program on Charlie Manson and the cult that he has," the judge told the mother, according to court transcripts provided and first reported by WJBK-TV.
The judge thanked the mother for encouraging the children during the hearing to visit their father, but said "it probably was way too late." She said the children would be released only after talking to their father, and ordered another hearing on Sept. 8.
The Associated Press is withholding the names of the mother and father to protect the identities of their children.
The children remained in custody Thursday, according to the office of attorney Lisa Stern, who is representing the mother. She and the mother declined further comment "due to the sensitive nature of this matter" and were "looking forward to the safe return of the children," said Stern's spokeswoman, Sandra Kott.
http://news.yahoo.com/michigan-judge-detains-kids-refusing-lunch-father-181250429.html
Court transcripts show that an exasperated Oakland County Judge Lisa Gorcyca ruled on June 24 that only the father could visit the children while they were at Children's Village, a detention facility in Pontiac. She also said the children should "be kept away from each other as much as possible."
Gorcyca went on to tell the family that the case, stemming from a contentious divorce that began in 2009, was tied for the worst "parental alienation" case she had ever seen. She blamed the mother for alienating the boys and their younger sister from their father.
"Your children — you need to do a research program on Charlie Manson and the cult that he has," the judge told the mother, according to court transcripts provided and first reported by WJBK-TV.
The judge thanked the mother for encouraging the children during the hearing to visit their father, but said "it probably was way too late." She said the children would be released only after talking to their father, and ordered another hearing on Sept. 8.
The Associated Press is withholding the names of the mother and father to protect the identities of their children.
The children remained in custody Thursday, according to the office of attorney Lisa Stern, who is representing the mother. She and the mother declined further comment "due to the sensitive nature of this matter" and were "looking forward to the safe return of the children," said Stern's spokeswoman, Sandra Kott.
http://news.yahoo.com/michigan-judge-detains-kids-refusing-lunch-father-181250429.html