tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post3501517461885180844..comments2024-03-25T02:53:26.373-04:00Comments on Women in Crime Ink: Risk Assessment and the CourtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-38526335776215791092009-04-24T12:18:00.000-04:002009-04-24T12:18:00.000-04:00This is a wonderful piece! Very informative and we...This is a wonderful piece! Very informative and well written! <br /><br />Thanks Karen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-31440001443966875002009-04-19T11:17:00.000-04:002009-04-19T11:17:00.000-04:00The root of the problem is this utterly nonsensica...The root of the problem is this utterly nonsensical rubric of 'best interests of the child' and ridiculously absurd policies relating to family unity.<br /><br />Joint custody or visitation usually leads to continued strife with the parties continuing their difficulties in dealing with each other. Social workers and judges tend to have a bias towards reuniting children with parents.<br /><br />Often neither parent is any great shakes to begin with and the determination of the 'best interests' of the children is reminiscent of Woody Allen's "I used to be a heroin addict, now I'm a methadone addict". Some women think of the kid as an income-stream or simply as a way to financially punish their ex-spouse.<br /><br />In the above comment, it appears the policy of keeping young children with mothers trumped the actuality of cocaine, alcohol, boy friends and DUIs. Ofcourse sometimes each parent is a druggie just as sometimes the "angelic little kid" is a walking time-bomb of fetal alcohol syndrome or arson or assault.<br /><br />Violence assessments tend to be unreliable in other circumstances what is going to make the assessment be so useful simply because its a marital setting rather than a psych ward.FleaStiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837830811566745662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-70339626400597750962009-04-19T11:10:00.000-04:002009-04-19T11:10:00.000-04:00It seems that most judges believe that unless the ...It seems that most judges believe that unless the child is in imminent danger, they should remain with the mother. It doesn't seem to matter how risky the environment is until something awful happens and the repercussions are dire. By then it is too late. It doesn't seem that the best interest of the child is as important as staying with the main stream.Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-88846356288727606522009-04-18T18:03:00.000-04:002009-04-18T18:03:00.000-04:00My husband and I tried to get custody of his 5 yea...My husband and I tried to get custody of his 5 year old little girl in the mid-80's. The ex-wife was a coke head and spent evenings at bars and her boyfriend had several DUI's. Although the mediator and judge knew this information, they refused to remove the child from her mother. Unless we could show physical abuse, children never went with the father. The ex stopped bringing the child over when she became a teen because stepdaughter knew we had "rules" and she could do, literally, anything at her mom's (out all night, drink, etc.). 20 years later, she is now living with us because last month she rolled her car driving drunk, killed her two passengers and has a broken neck. Everything we feared with her growing up with her druggie mom came to light. So much for "best interest of the child."PJ Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384557781226438680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6316617410436977874.post-81551808722479533012009-04-17T16:24:00.000-04:002009-04-17T16:24:00.000-04:00This is an excellent entry written in layman's ter...This is an excellent entry written in layman's terms on what can and should be done in our court system to protect the rights and the lives of children caught in the cross hairs of two warring adults.<br /><br />Thank you.Delilahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129593439262648032noreply@blogger.com