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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 09:44 PM Mar 2016

Mother of the Year Bristol Palin Loses 2nd Child Custody Case

http://reverbpress.com/news/bristol-palin-loses-second-child-custody-case/

Growing up as a liberal in the south, I was taught that it’s fairly difficult for a mother to lose a child custody case. If she isn’t actively putting her child in danger, a gambling man would bet his life savings that she’d walk out victorious. That makes it all the more telling when a staunchly Republican state decided to rule against Bristol Palin – twice in a month.

Near the end of February, one of Bristol Palin’s “baby daddies,” Dakota Meyer, filed a motion requesting the courts grant him joint legal custody of Sailor Grace – Palin and Meyer’s daughter. As a Medal of Honor recipient, you would think that Meyer would face no opposition from Bristol Palin on seeing his own daughter. You’d be wrong:...

The former couple was engaged at one point, and Bristol used this as an excuse to explain away the fact that she got pregnant – again – out of wedlock – again – while continuously promoting abstinence-only sex education – again. Sadly, the end of the engagement seems to have been Palin’s cue to make Dakota’s life difficult.

As if living in Kentucky while his child lived in Alaska wasn’t hard enough, Meyer also was up against Bristol Palin requesting that she be present during visits and that Meyer not be allowed to take his daughter overnight. This is even considering the fact that he’d have to fly to Alaska to spend time with her. Extra TV reported,


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Divernan

(15,480 posts)
3. Fortunately for Meyer, Judge Herman G. Walker Jr. doesn’t care what Bristol’s last name is:
Sun Mar 13, 2016, 10:13 PM
Mar 2016

“[Judge] Walker ruled that the former couple would share interim joint legal and physical custody of their daughter Sailor Grace… [Walker said] ‘The mother objects to overnight visitation because the child is currently breastfeeding nightly… Mother is to provide father with an adequate supply of milk or formula for overnight visitation.'”

Texts revealed that Palin only nurses her child at night — not throughout the day. So her bogus breastfeeding excuse was struck down by the judge with a quick and simple “So give him some breast milk.” Meyer will now be able to fly to Alaska twice a month and keep his daughter – yes, even overnight – for four consecutive days on each trip.

Of course, this must all seem like a bad case of deja vu for Bristol Palin. Just recently, a similar situation unfolded between her and Levi Johnston, her high school sweetheart and “baby daddy #1.” The poor young man, who appeared forced into photo ops with the Palins during Sarah’s Vice-Presidential bid, won a big victory near the end of February:

“Sarah Palin’s daughter lost her seven-year custody battle with her ex-fiancé, Levi Johnston. Johnston announced the news in a Facebook post on Wednesday, saying the $100,000 in legal fees was worth it to have joint custody of his 7-year-old son, Tripp, with Bristol Palin. ‘I’m so happy to have my son in my life, and to put all this back in (sic) forth in the courts behind me.'”

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
4. Okay I read the article at the link, and it sounds like a standard parental rights dispute....
Mon Mar 14, 2016, 05:00 AM
Mar 2016

....in California (my state) with the judge awarding joint legal and physical custody to mom and dad. Personally I think a 3 month old is much too young to be separated from its mother for days at a time, but as Dickens once said, "The law is an ass." A 7 year old, OTT, is quite old enough; unless there is some issue of abuse we don't know about, Bristol shouldn't be withholding the kid from its father.

What I'm saying is, the judge telling her she has to comply with joint custody doesn't mean she's a bad mother, just that the laws have changed in the past several decades.

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