Judge Lisa Gorcyca told the mother and children 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 two older boys and their younger sister from their father.
During the hearing, the son attempted to explain to Gorcyca why he didn’t want to spend time with his dad. “Because he is violent and I saw him hit my mom,” the boy said in court documents.
Gorcyca claimed the child had been brainwashed and held all three in contempt of court and sent them to the Children's Village, a detention facility, where they were to be held until they turn 18-years-old.
“I felt like I was watching them being executed,” the children’s mother said. “No matter how bad the divorce gets, I think the court should not punish the kids for that.”
The children remained in custody Thursday, according to the office of attorney Lisa Stern, who is representing the mother.
“I have been doing family law for 20 years and I must say this shocks the conscience,” Stern said. “I think we have a court with the best interest of children in mind. I think the judge was very concerned about the reunification of this family, but went about it the wrong way.”The father's lawyer, Keri Middleditch, said the situation was traumatic for everyone involved.
"It is unfortunate that the children are in shelter care due to the actions of their mother," she said in a statement on Thursday.Middleditch said the mother "has continued to endorse the children's behavior that she successfully instilled in them, effectively alienating them from their father. The court took severe action to attempt to remedy a heart-wrenching situation, solely created" by the mother.
On Thursday, a lawyer in the judge's office, Amanda Murley, said Gorcyca was "unable to comment" because of the ongoing case.
Source: My Fox Detroit
They are all crazy, "they never said".
ReplyDeleteI so hate dis, don't get d kids involve in divorce, its bad, it affects dem and tears dem apart!
ReplyDeleteWhite man's problem.....
ReplyDeleteWtf!!!
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The judge was to harsh abeg
ReplyDeleteThey're children for God sake.
Tough love
ReplyDeleteFor what na???
ReplyDeleteThis one no get wahala
ReplyDeleteWhat nonsense ruling is that. I think the judge is high on something
ReplyDeleteRadarada
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be a LACUNAE between them
ReplyDeleteSay what? Is it by force to go for lunch? Nah....that judge acted in a wrong way. Shioorrrr...
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Can you imagine
ReplyDeleteD great anonymous!
till they turn 18?...what was the judge thinking?
ReplyDeleteWHAT! In juvenile detention till they are 18? Abi i no understand well. Does this mean they will remain in detention till they are 18? Abeg someborri clarify.
ReplyDeleteI can't deal biko. No concern of mine. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteI can't deal biko. No concern of mine. Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteHmmm.
ReplyDeleteIs it by force????
ReplyDelete'Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB......
Dis one madness don join
ReplyDeleteY d kids, y not the mother?
ReplyDeleteDis is usually d effect of divorce, and d consequent thereof d children suffer it.
ReplyDeleteI think d was harsh on d children mostly wit dis d childre witness "“Because he is violent and I saw him hit my mom".
Nawa oo this Oyibo Pple sef....this kind thing no fit happen for Nigeria now..
ReplyDeletePERSONALLY,IF I WERE ONE OF THOSE KIDS,I'LL DEDICATE ALL THE TIME I SPEND IN JUVEY,TO PLAN HOW I'LL BRUTALLY KILL THAT STUPID JUDGE IN FRONT OF HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. #psychoJudges
ReplyDeleteLmao, see plobrem o
ReplyDeleteit is well
She's mad, how does that remedy the situation? How will that solve the problem of them not spending time with their dad? They could come out of there traumatised and hardened, separating à 9 and 10 year old from their mother for 9 to 8 years? Really?
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS BULLSH*T..... WHY WILL TEENAGERS BE JAILED FOR NOT GOING TO LUNCH WITH THEIR FATHER. NA WA OOO THIS WOULD IS REALLY COMING TO AN END. THAT JUDGE HAS TO BE NAILED AS WELL.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is this??
ReplyDeleteY act so uneducated??
Seriously,children village??
God bless this woman . I reckon she understands women very well since she's a woman herself. She knows women r capable of brainwashing kids just to play the "victim" and set the children against their father . She'll never tell the kids what she did to wrong their father , never. She'll always blame their father for everything , n u knw kids they'll believe anything they're told . Gud move from the judge
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ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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The mother wicked shah for making the kids hate their dad so much but the judge harsh shah.....
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That is a very sentimental judgement. How can she detain kids till they're 18 for such a minor issue? Please, the children's mother should appeal to a supreme court so that they can review the judgement
ReplyDeleteNa by force to chop wit my palle. See trouble oo
ReplyDeleteEven 4 sometyn like that? Is necessary? Nawa o
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of judgment is that? The judge should stop taking her personal issues. How could she jail kids because they refused lunch with their father. Look those kids aren't so small they can be easily brainwashed if a 15 yr old says he has seen his father beat up his mom I wonder the kind of manipulation she's talking about. Kids aren't idiots. When father's act wrong N their children recognize it they begin to blame the mother foe "poisoning " their mind
ReplyDeleteShe has put them where neither the father nor mother can use and brainwash them in the course of the divorce. The boy's testimony shows he is on his mother's side and he doesn't want to hear or understand his father's side of things.it's a harsh punishment but hopefully it will give the kids room to be more objective.
ReplyDeleteShe took them away from the mother so that both parents can see them. She put them in the government's care. They aren't in prison.
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