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This couple has taken the insanity of their custody battle to new heights.
“Embroiled in a contentious child custody fight, an Indiana woman decided last month to pose on Facebook as a comely teenage girl in a bid to surreptitiously extract damaging information from her ex-husband,” The Smoking Gun reported on June 7th. The woman, Angela Voelkert, age 29, created a Facebook account for the ficticious Jessica Studebaker, age 17, and asked a friend to use the account to write to her ex-husband, David Voelkert, age 38.
Following along so far? Okay. Because this is gonna get pretty crazy, fast. Continue reading »
Adam Dell and Padma Lakshmi
Columbia professor Adam Dell is in a custody battle with Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi. Their daughter Krishna turns 1 in February, at which time their current visitation agreement will end. TMZ reports that Dell and Lakshmi’s relationship has been heated since Krishna was born. Dell allegedly “went to the hospital and launched into a 4-hour tirade over the name” Lakshmi chose for their daughter, and has complained that he was only seeing his daughter 7 hours a week. ”Sources connected with Padma say she has never denied him a day of visitation,” according to TMZ. Dell is allowed nine days of visitation a month according to their current custody agreement, but now he is suing for full custody, The New York Post reports.
Dell claims that Lakshmi “has refused to negotiate a reasonable co-parenting agreement” and that he “tried his best to avoid going to court, but Ms. Lakshmi has given him no other choice at this time.” Lakshmi feels “bullied” by Dell and that this is his way “of forcing a relationship.” I certainly understand what it’s like to be in the midst of a power struggle surrounding the custody of a child. It’s almost inevitable when you’re breaking up or have already broken up to feel like every discussion you have about the future of your child is really about your relationship with their other parent. It’s taken me two years since my divorce to feel like my ex and I can finally both talk about our daughter’s future in a way that puts her first.
The person at the center of the world’s most notorious custody battle has broken his silence for the first time. Now 16 years old and a celebrated national hero, Elian Gonzalez tells reporters that he is not angry at the relatives who tried to keep him from being returned to his father in Cuba 10 years ago.
The boy made the comments after Cuban President Raul Castro came out to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his return. Continue reading »
The New York Daily News is reporting that Elizabeth Edwards is doing whatever she can to keep Rielle Hunter away from her and her estranged husband’s two young children. Friends report that she’s even grooming the couple’s 28-year-old daughter, Cate, to raise 12-year-old Emma and 10-year-old Jack, should Elizabeth lose her battle with cancer.
And really? Who can blame Elizabeth for trying. Continue reading »
A mom who converted to evangelical Christianity after ending a lesbian relationship has reportedly taken off with her daughter to keep the child from her ex-girlfriend.
Lisa Miller made news mid-last year when she faced jail time for refusing to submit to shared custody with Janet Jenkins even though Jenkins and Miller were legally tied in a civil union at the time of the child’s birth. Continue reading »
She can’t feel anything from the chest down or move her fingers independently, and yet quadriplegic Kaney O’Neill is the mother of a five-month-old bouncing baby boy.
It’s a child she may lose as her ex-boyfriend prepares for a custody battle that could make a major precedent for disabled parents everywhere. Continue reading »
Apparently women are sometimes not automatically being given custody of their children in a divorce. According to Working Mother magazine, this is because they are — wait for it — working mothers. Continue reading »
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