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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/
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Little Star
(17,055 posts)and I hope the father feels vindicated
Demeter
(85,373 posts)Joe Chi Minh
(15,229 posts)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