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In reply to the discussion: Friends rally for kids sent to detention center for refusing to have lunch with dad [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)true emotion.
I wonder if there was some worry that Dad would take the kids to Israel when he went. I once worked on a case where the mother was worried about that.
I and my ex lived in different states. One of my greatest fears was that he would take them across the state line and I would lose custody. Fortunately for me my kids hardly knew their Dad who visited them once a year for two days so they never wanted to go with him to stay. He called welfare on me but the lady was smart enough to talk to the girls - not me.
In this case it wasn't to long ago that the judge would have asked the kids who they wanted to live with and not interfere with their wishes. I hope someone in Detroit looks into this. For one thing they are paying for jail time for three children Who have a perfectly good home with their mother. Unheard of.