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Child Custody (MUST READ)

n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427
edited November 2007 in General Discussion
A seven-year-old Charlotte, North
Carolina, boy was at the
center of a
Mecklenburg County courtroom drama last week when he challenged
a
court ruling over who should have
custody of him. The boy has a history
of being beaten by his parents
and the judge initially awarded custody
to his aunt, in keeping with
child custody law and regulations requiring
that family unity be
maintained to the degree possible. The boy
surprised the court when he
proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than
his parents and he
adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge
then suggested that
he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out
they also beat him.
After considering the remainder of the immediate
family and learning
that domestic violence was apparently a way of life
among them, the
judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to
propose who
should have custody of him. After two recesses to check
legal
references and confer with child welfare officials, the
judge
granted temporary custody to the Carolina Panthers, whom the
boy firmly
believes are not capable of beating
anyone.

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