Gosh, Golly, Gee this literally warmed my heart strings at how caring, compassionate, and considerate the Judge was at explaining his decision and his desire for things to move forward. It's so refreshing having a solid man in a robe actually PROTECTING the children's best interest and not keeping the cycle going. Blessings on Blessing on Blessings
I appreciated that dad invited the kids into the court room and that the judge took the time to explain to the kids that it wasn’t mom’s fault and that Dad had learned his lesson and was accountable for his own actions. I felt that went a long way for dad.
During the May 2nd follow-up, the Judge appointed a GAL to address the schooling issue. (The father had lots of excuses about why he hadn't complied with the order to produce medical and schooling records). The date after that was the 18th of June, and the final order was entered that required the two children to be enrolled in public school. Also, hello from Cape Breton - I love the way you generally gather up the full cases where available. Thanks for the hours of entertainment. I used to live on the West Coast and I take guilty pleasure from the Cowlitz County cases.
Where did you find them? I'd love to watch it. I figured that the 'home schooling' was more of a 'kinda sorta maybe learning if they're lucky' type thing but to would love to see the proof.
17:27 did my dude really just say as a matter of fact they're having a field trip today with all the other kids here to the courthouse? And tomorrow they'll write a book report of what they saw?😂😂 Oh my God. Your contempt hearing is not a place to bring your children and call it a field trip. I I'm not even finished this thing and I'm so mad at him
This judge is really great. I was skeptical of his decision to release dad, but after his explaination and his conversation with the new wife and kids, I can absolutely see where he is coming from and think its the correct step. I love that he made it clear that the father's incarceration was not the mother's fault.
It should be illegal to isolate children! So much harm is done by not allowing interaction with other people. How are they supposed to learn to get along socially for work and mental health?
This poor woman has so much shame about her drug use and relapse and likely whatever caused the addiction in the first place…. The shameless “father” has clearly been using that shame, her low self esteem, to mentally abuse and manipulate her into not taking a strong constructive action against him. How unfair to the kids
The fact that he thinks its some sort of flex that 6 kids haven't had "the sniffles" in years is laughable. It only tells me that they have been HIGHLY isolated from friends and society. These kids will be behind the 8 ball educationally and socially. Its pretty sad
Ya kinda have to get sick to build your immunity up, esp with flu and colds. Your immune system needs to be healthy enough to recognize a threat and fight it off right away,
I’ll disagree. My son was extremely active as a child and he very very rarely “had the sniffles”. He simply wasn’t a snotty kid and he just rarely got colds. He did have many doctor appointments though, for other health reasons, but just not “sniffles”. (And I don’t take my kids to the doctor for sniffles anyway. So for that I’m sorta understand dad’s point.
@sicilianprincess-tm5nz there are fantastic homeschooling communities where you meet, use each other's skills for school lessons, field trips, curriculum swaps, etc. I taught violin lessons for 8 high school age homeschool kiddos, where we met twice a week. Plus. Homeschooling, lessons are not timed, where we could complete a full day of curriculum within 2 to 4 hours. Homeschooling is not evil or bad if done with the right intentions. My oldest is sophomore in college and my other two are back in public school but further ahead than their peers.
Oh man, in front of judge Wolfe too - that’s how I know it will be fair ❤ I actually think, despite all the other judges, I think Judge Wolfe is my favorite bc of how he treats everyone fairly
Have you ever had a child in a TN school?? I wouldnt trust them to train my dog!🤷🏻♀️ I moved 3 states away to insure my childs success in life. Meanwhile his 1st grade teacher cant spell “hammer”, his 4th grade teacher tried to teach several inappropriate (grammatically INCORRECT) contractions. Hot damn mess of poorly educated buffoons teaching others to be uneducated buffoons!🤷🏻♀️
Please, please find the follow up hearing. I am very interested to see how the boys are doing and if the parents are cooperating. Thank you for all you do to bring these hearings to the public. I worked in the court system for over 20 years and the public needs to see how the courts operate.
I hate it when someone is caught cold in lies but the judge just overlooks it. Why bother swearing them in? Dad’s Gomer Pyle, “aw golly, gee shucks” act was exactly that, an act.
Pretending not to understand the lawyer’s questions about the text messages. He’s not that dumb. I also hate it when grown men pretend to get all weepy. It’s bad enough when women do it, but in men it’s just ridiculous.
In my opinion the judge should not have allowed the children to come in, although I did like the explanation he gave them. If you want to take your kids on a field trip to court, that’s fine. Don’t take them to a court proceeding you’re involved in. Something tells me this guy would take them to the grocery store and call it a field trip.
I bet it first started as keeping them away from mom, but then they saw they could get free labor. 4 hr chores, even on a farm, when they also should be homeschooling, is not feasible.
Oh those poor boys. They lost their mom, told she just abandoned them. All the while moms heart was broken. If she didn't relapse & she maintained her sobriety thru all of that then she's a Warrior & she's got this! Idk anything that could be worse. However money or not, I'd move mountains b4 I waited yrs to see my kids. On a positive side it gave her time to get stronger, more confident in her sobriety & her life more stable. As far as school I do NOT believe for a 2nd that dad's been educationing them. If he cared at all about school he would have informed mom of their lessons so she could continue with it while she had them for her week. I bet they r very behind. It's my opinion dad kept them isolated to hide them from the mom & ensure she couldn't in any way get to them. Judge was great in this one but he loses marks for not ordering therapy for the boys unless of course that was part of the contempt, tho it didn't sound like it. Thanks lals for a good one. ❤
Please follow-up on this one! I really want to see where these poor kids are educationally. Man, if they're way behind that's going to be so sad. And i would consider that abuse! Without even basic education you're doomed
He repeated himself 5 times about how the kids should see the court. He's performative!!! He wants the kids to see him in orange and cuffs so he can go home and say see what your mom did!! This guy is sneaky and the way he can even talk without whining tells me all I need to know! He's manipulative and controlling!
I don’t believe the guy one bit!!! Unfortunately I believe that we’re going to see him back in court, for not doing all the things the judge ordered him to do and not to do. The mother in this case was very gracious to him, and he didn’t deserve it. my❤ heart goes out to her and the children.💕☺️
The judges face at the beginning says it all. Ohhh boy this is going to be a doozy. The discrete raised eyebrows at 10:52 says it all. Judge, you didn’t put him in jail- he put his own butt in jail because he chose not to do the right thing.
States need to enforce standards for home schooling. The home school lobby has effectively eliminated oversight in many states, allowing this kind of situation. If there wasn't an ex in this situation, these kids would have had nobody to say they're not being educated. It also allows abusive parents to keep their kids from prying eyes. In Ohio all a parent has to do is tell the school they plan to home school and then nobody ever checks anything. They don't even have to sign a paper, no list is kept. Kids have died from abuse and neglect with absolutely nobody knowing they're missing.
They don’t play on contempt , had him shackled!He texted mom to leave them alone yet wants to act like a choir boy🙏like he didn’t know she wanted to see the kids when there are yrs of texts w responses. Hes a piece of work. He made her lose so much time. He admitted he got the lawyers documents on court but he didn’t show up and they threw him in jail now hes taking mom seriously. Why did it have to come to that? He cut her out, things he says to the boys sound influencing🤔shocking! I’m glad mom was able to pick up and start making those memories again that she desperately needed and was robbed of
His wife and children are there because I’m sure in a jail phone call. He told them they better be there or they would be very sorry or have punishment when he got home. Kids are locked away like it’s a prison. A trip to the courthouse to see your father in an Orange jumpsuit shackles and handcuffs is not a field trip.
I don't think daddyo like being in jail. His kids have the perfect life with him. All those sports. field trips and fun....What a perfect dad. HaHa I think he is lying like a rug.
Bringing the kids into the court was a brilliant idea. Perhaps kids need to see that court is serious as a heart attack business. The judge explained the difference between contempt and a criminal proceeding. Court is abstract to teens. For these kids, court is real. That’s some good knowledge to have and internalize. Both parents seem so mellow. I wonder what Dad was thinking keeping the boys from their mother. My belief is nobody has too much love. The more folks who love your kids, the better their lives will be. They will always have someone to laugh with, confide in and enjoy life with. That is a priceless thing. It is worth more than gold.
I feel for this Mother, she did her crap but the poor kids are being used, abused by the Father; he is a control freak and don’t give a crap about how he is affecting these boys.. I hope she gets full paternal custody! This guy is not raising them to be productive citizens.. sad 😢
I completely understand taking it slow. She's been gone for 5 years. Even being older they may not be comfortable jumping into full 50/50 time over nights.
My daughter just became in my full custody after 5 years of her father playing keep away. Bc he withheld her over those 5 years and hid their location and ignored all my contacts after 5 years- he lost all custody and I was just asking for reunification then back to 50/50 progressively. FAFO is what he did. My daughter is mad at her dad for lying on me and to her about me and my want and ability to parent. She missed my 2nd wedding and her twin sisters being born-4yrs old and her brother 5yrs old. He reaped what he sowed. Each case differs- mine is different but reunification is appropriate no matter the reason, the facts are it was 5 years. She is 13 as well so her age helped her have a voice in the new parenting plan. She petitioned to join my case and proposed her own parenting plan that was no contact with dad. I put visitation however. We will see what happens in 2 weeks, but I went from no contact to full custody fast. 1.5 weeks from first contact after 5 years.
I'm not sure that I agree that this judge is looking at the kids best interest. I didn't agree with him handing the kids right back and saying well its neglect not abuse and then letting the kids come in to talk to them. Unbelievable. Hes the judge not a therapist.
People are shocked by 5 years. This is practically standard against men, without any tangible issues. My daughter has been withheld for over 2 years. Judge threatened to arrest me for FOLLOWING the Custody Agreement. The mother was on drugs. Perhaps she's good & clean now, but there is real, tangible cause for concern.
In one of the shows on The Young Jurks they mentioned the last email John got he had made a comment to someone saying he may need to get an attorney ?? Ive heard nothing about this since. Anyone else hear this or any information regarding this ?? Thank you.
He got off easy, imho. I firmly believe he withheld the boys out of spite or retaliation. Taking them out of school, suspending dental/doctor visits (regardless the pandemic) is ridiculous and was probably to hide them. I think there should be make-up parenting time (2 weeks her, 1 week him) and therapy. The boys are old enough to know why their mother hadn't seen them in 5 years (it wasn't because of her actions).
41:01 I think the judge should have pointed out it was also the father’s fault. Please look for any follow up. I don’t think he is going to follow court orders. Thanks for the hard work
I still can't get over the lawyer trying to talk about dental and medical neglect, there are SO MANY children who go to the dentist with a mouth full of rotten teeth from lack of oral hygiene; and all she has to complain about os SEALANTS?????
The fact she hasn’t been allowed access for over 5 years and is just filing for recourse makes me feel less bad for the mother… still the father may/likely have been wrong for denying ALL contact l. I doubt she’s been clean for a full 5 years due to her just now trying to force visitation via the courts.
That is also very suspicious to me. The mom said she has been working nonstop for her employer since October. Where are the other 4 1/2 years? I’m not saying he is an angel but I also don’t think a mom would get locked up for the same thing.
I disagree. When you’re a mother and battle with addiction there’s a HUGE amount of guilt and shame that go with that. You feel like you dont deserve to see them, you’re scared to go to court and lose more than you’ve already lost. She realized she had a problem, and addressed it. She’s working at a rehab-you have to have significant clean time. It’s expensive to hire representation and this isn’t a case you risk being pro se in. The father is in jail for refusing to let her see the kids-that means he ignored court orders multiple times.
I’m on mom’s side. She worked hard and deserves the credit. I’m more inclined to think that she lacked the confidence to stand up to dad who seems like he’s full of shit with his dramatics. No doctor, dentist or school for these children? No socialisation or sports? WTF?
She did address that. The thing she didn't say, which I strongly suspect, is that he's an abusive jerk and she was probably trying to get the courage and money to take him on. He's a gaslighter, plain and simple. He even tried it on the judge. Blatant lie after lie after lie. Somebody in the comments said that in that next hearing, he didn't bring ANY documentation regarding his home school lesson plans or any other thing he said he had submitted already and would reach the court 'soon'.
@@AliciaAstorga-ri1ym She was not gone for 5 years. She was gone for a short while in treatment. The rest of the time, he ignored every attempt she made to contact her children. Did you even watch the video?
@@botchgoddess so you knock the goddamn door down...I meant she was fucking gone for 5 years because she was fucking gone for five fucking years!!! Do you have children? WTF kind of MOTHER DOESNOTHING FOR 5 YEARS
As a child I would much rather be homeschooled than public school. People who doesn’t understand HS will say they will not be social. I would want my child to be socially with peers like minded.
Well, you should be forbidden from homeschooling anyone; you need to learn how to write in English at more than a second grade level. Get some remedial English lessons because an assessment of your comment shows that you are close to being functionally illiterate. I’m not making fun of you, I’m saying this very seriously. Any library or local government information hotline should be able to help you find support.
The mother is a victim full of excuses....Just another dysfunctional family. They are both awful. Mom didn't do shit for 5 years, he didn't bother to change the parenting plan to protect his kids, he just kept them from her. 🙄 people always complain that this judge favors the mothers... there are LEGAL channels to go through to have a show cause and have a change of circumstance....if you don't do it the right way, you can end up in orange whether you meant to do what was best for your kids or not. They haven't been inside of a restaurant?? ma'am, you clearly have been inside of a restaurant more then once. If they didn't have ANY schooling then CPS would be involve. Spare me, lady. I don't agree with homeschooling( my personal preference) but these kids are not babies they are teenagers, and they were preteens 5 years ago. LOL sealants on Molars is a first world problem for the love of god.
I get dad is full of shit but these court cases piss me off. If the situation was reversed and it was dad who had went to rehab and hadn’t seen the kids in years even tho he tried they wouldn’t immediately go back to 50/50 they would have made him do reunification and then day visits then overnights and it would have been drawn out for a year and 100% would have made him pay child support and most likely back child support because mom had them alone for years and she wouldn’t have spent a day in jail they wouldn’t even think about it locking her up. this system is pathetically biased against dads. If mom really wanted to be in kids life she would have done what she needed to she didn’t need a lawyer to file contempt she was just enjoying the kid free life of no responsibility and getting her life together so now she can just come back and jump back in their life.
