On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:52:35 -0500, Dave Symn
 wrote:

>On 1 Apr 2005 09:38:09 -0800, scooter34 wrote:
>
>> PUSSSYK...{at}aol.com wrote:
>>> BY HELEN PETERSON and DAVE GOLDINER
>>> NY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
>>>
>>> Ex-Playboy model Bridget Marks celebrated a "wonderful
victory"
>>> yesterday after a unanimous appeals court gave her back custody of
>> her
>>> twin daughters.
>>>
>>> "I knew I would be vindicated and my children would be
coming home,"
>>> said Marks. "I always believed that right is might."
>>>
>>> The 4-0 victory gives Marks, 38, control of the cute twin
>> 5-year-olds,
>>> Amber and Scarlet, who had been living with their casino mogul dad
>> John
>>> Aylsworth, 54, since a Family Court judge handed them to him last
>> year.
>>>
>>> "It's a wonderful victory for me and my daughters,"
the redhead said.
>>> "I am absolutely paralyzed with joy."
>>>
>>> The identical twins are vacationing with their father and Marks was
>> not
>>> permitted to talk to them yesterday.
>>>
>>> "The most important thing is that two little girls got their life
>> back
>>> today," said Thomas Shanahan, a lawyer for Marks.
"They got to go
>> back
>>> to their mother."
>>>
>>> Marks has been nervously waiting by the phone every Tuesday and
>>> Thursday, when the Appellate Division releases its rulings. This
>> week,
>>> she decided to ease the unbearable tension by jetting out for a
>> skiing
>>> vacation.
>>>
>>> "Lo and behold, my prayers have been answered," she
said, adding that
>>> she credited news reports with helping her win her kids back.
>>>
>>> Aylsworth's lawyers did not return calls for comment on the ruling.
>>> Because the decision was unanimous, Aylsworth must ask for permission
>>> to appeal the decision to the the state's highest court.
>>>
>>> The judges in yesterday's ruling called Marks a "good
mother" to the
>>> identical twin girls, who were conceived during a steamy bicoastal
>>> affair with Aylsworth.
>>>
>>> "It [is] in the best interests of these very young girls
to [stay] in
>>> the care of their mother with whom they had lived - and for the most
>>> part thrived - for all their lives," the judges said in a 32-page
>>> order.
>>>
>>> The judges agreed with Family Court Judge Arlene Goldberg that the
>>> girls were coached into falsely accusing their father of abusing them
>> -
>>> a tactic they branded as "abuse."
>>>
>>> But they declared it was too harsh a punishment to take away the
>> kids.
>>>
>>> The girls are now living with Aylsworth and his wife in Manhattan,
>> but
>>> they spend two nights a week with their mom.
>>>
>>> The judges said Aylsworth's busy schedule - he often travels to
>> casinos
>>> on the Gulf Coast and elsewhere - effectively meant the kids would be
>>> raised by their stepmother or nannies.
>>>
>>> "The children are entitled to be raised by a
parent," they ruled.
>> 
>> I find it interesting that this article glosses over the fact that she
>> lost custody because she coached the children into accusing their
>> father of abuse.  While children shouldn't be punished because their
>> mother is a vindictive whacko (or whatever her motivation for such a
>> thing is), the fact is that it cannot be in their best interest to a
>> parent who would teach them that lying to get what you want is okay,
>> that an oath to tell the truth means nothing, and destroying someone's
>> reputation is irrelevant as long as you come out on top.
>> 
>> I also object to the automatic dismissal of the stepmother as a
>> parenting figure, but that's probably sensitivtiy because I'm one
>> myself.
>> 
>
>
>
>this is a strange turn of events. on what basis did the judge overturn the
>initial decision, to award custody to the father? Did the father do
>something wrong since then?
>

He's never home with them, and a judge decided that it would be better
for them to be with a parent, instead of a step-parent as the primary
caretaker.

That said, as someone who went to college with her, it's amusing to
watch her suddenly become a year younger than I am. 


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