Jennifer Dulos - Connecticut mom of 5 missing

[Anonymous]

No judge is shipping the kids off to the Killer’s relatives in Greece.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People have this sweet ideas about child custody based on what they have seen in the movies. For example, many believe that just because they write in their will they want a specific person to get custody upon their death, that's how the custody goes. Nope, the judge decides and it goes by degree of relationship to the parent, age, financial means, ability to supervise the children, mental and physical capacity, etc. If the parents are divorced, unless the court has stripped the non custodial parent, that spouse will get immediate custody. Also, it does not matter whether the person petitioning for custody lives in Greece. At a minimum Gloria will be required to sent the children for two months vacation to Greece and on holidays and she will have to pay for it. She will also be required to provide full information about their educational and medical activities to the aunt. If Gloria dies, the custody hearing opens again, if she is awarded custody now. The aunt has a very good chance to get physical custody if she applies for it because Gloria is over 80 years old and was so hostile towards their dad. If it is true that Gloria also had psychiatric treatment, that will also count against her. That's the law, sorry.

You are nuts. Their dad was a murdered and no judge is going to give the kids to the family who raised that monster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today a CT judge denied Gloria's petition to be the administrator of Fotis' estate, and also declined to have one of his attorneys as the administrator. He assigned a neutral lawyer as temporary administrator of the estate so an assets inventory can be done first.

Big deal. Dude was broke. Has nothing to do with custody.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No judge is shipping the kids off to the Killer’s relatives in Greece.

Exactly. The delusion is strong in the pro-Greek poster.

[Anonymous]

I looked up CT custody law: the twin 13 yo have a right to make their own decisions who gets custody. Unlikely they will choose Aunt in Greece. So that would mean splitting this already traumatized family up to go with an unknown quantity in another country.
The grandmother has had them for many months and they are established in schools and so on.
Yes she is very old. She is also very rich and wily. She will either end up with them or get Jennifer’s sister to take them.
Very unlikely they will end up with recently arrived sister in another country. No matter what she says about her brother.

[Anonymous]

Also aside from Dulos being maybe innocent (haha) there is a history of custody being denied to him. That will play against his side of the family. Also grandmother was hostile to the guy who killed her daughter, squandered her money, Did who knows what to the kids? Justified hostility. Left them orphans by his own hand. That’s not mentally stable.

[Anonymous]

This. I’m sure grandma is going to state that she is leaving the kids a large trust and I’m sure she has her other daughter on backup in the event of her death. You are crazy if you think her custody application isn’t well thought out. Grandma isn’t a fool. And she has continuity of school, friends, etc. on her side.

Remember, it’s ALWAYS the best interest of the children, not what’s “fair” to interested parties.

[Anonymous]

More custody law: children over the age of 13 have a right to request under CT law. And even children 10+ years old can make a statement to the judge regarding their preference. In this case it’s going to be can’t we all stay together here in the US?

[Anonymous]

Fotis is considered innocent according to both CT state as well as federal law. Our Constitution is based on the presumption of innocence. It does not matter how much money Gloria has because the children's trust fund is $2 million. It also does not matter whether she has friends, or that she can hire nannies, or her daughter, Melissa Irene, who can takeover as guardian. Even if Gloria was to be granted custody, when she dies custody will have to be adjudicated again, it is not hereditary, we are not a monarchy! Fotis has never lost custody, to the contrary during over 300 motions during two years, highest in CT where the typical divorce case is less than one year, the court maintained shared legal custody between Fotis and Jennifer and never stripped him of his parental rights. The judge even denied Gloria's motions to be awarded full custody during the trial. Jennifer only had sole physical custody. It also does not matter whether the children are established in their schools and have lived with Gloria all this time, or whether the aunt lives in Greece. The judge will evaluate each petitioner individually and will decide based on that. Two are the most important factors against Gloria 1-that she is too old and her death or gradual decline in mental and physical capacity, or death, will further disrupt the physical and mental state of the children, 2-she has been hostile to the father, even before Jennifer disappeared. Judges even award custody to a parent that we would consider unfit, only because the other parent bad mouthed the other parent to the kids, or had denied court ordered visitations. I am not pro-greek, or Fotis friend, or whatever. Just a paralegal that has worked in hundreds of custody cases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fotis is considered innocent according to both CT state as well as federal law. Our Constitution is based on the presumption of innocence. It does not matter how much money Gloria has because the children's trust fund is $2 million. It also does not matter whether she has friends, or that she can hire nannies, or her daughter, Melissa Irene, who can takeover as guardian. Even if Gloria was to be granted custody, when she dies custody will have to be adjudicated again, it is not hereditary, we are not a monarchy! Fotis has never lost custody, to the contrary during over 300 motions during two years, highest in CT where the typical divorce case is less than one year, the court maintained shared legal custody between Fotis and Jennifer and never stripped him of his parental rights. The judge even denied Gloria's motions to be awarded full custody during the trial. Jennifer only had sole physical custody. It also does not matter whether the children are established in their schools and have lived with Gloria all this time, or whether the aunt lives in Greece. The judge will evaluate each petitioner individually and will decide based on that. Two are the most important factors against Gloria 1-that she is too old and her death or gradual decline in mental and physical capacity, or death, will further disrupt the physical and mental state of the children, 2-she has been hostile to the father, even before Jennifer disappeared. Judges even award custody to a parent that we would consider unfit, only because the other parent bad mouthed the other parent to the kids, or had denied court ordered visitations. I am not pro-greek, or Fotis friend, or whatever. Just a paralegal that has worked in hundreds of custody cases.

The father’s innocence or guilt is irrelevant. It’s not in their best interest to send them to Greece to family they don’t know. It’s also irrelevant that Gloria was “hostile” to a man who is now dead. He can’t have custody anyway. And yes, he was limited to supervised visitation when he was alive. But again, irrelevant. They are not going to send the children to live with strangers in a foreign country. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fotis is considered innocent according to both CT state as well as federal law. Our Constitution is based on the presumption of innocence. It does not matter how much money Gloria has because the children's trust fund is $2 million. It also does not matter whether she has friends, or that she can hire nannies, or her daughter, Melissa Irene, who can takeover as guardian. Even if Gloria was to be granted custody, when she dies custody will have to be adjudicated again, it is not hereditary, we are not a monarchy! Fotis has never lost custody, to the contrary during over 300 motions during two years, highest in CT where the typical divorce case is less than one year, the court maintained shared legal custody between Fotis and Jennifer and never stripped him of his parental rights. The judge even denied Gloria's motions to be awarded full custody during the trial. Jennifer only had sole physical custody. It also does not matter whether the children are established in their schools and have lived with Gloria all this time, or whether the aunt lives in Greece. The judge will evaluate each petitioner individually and will decide based on that. Two are the most important factors against Gloria 1-that she is too old and her death or gradual decline in mental and physical capacity, or death, will further disrupt the physical and mental state of the children, 2-she has been hostile to the father, even before Jennifer disappeared. Judges even award custody to a parent that we would consider unfit, only because the other parent bad mouthed the other parent to the kids, or had denied court ordered visitations. I am not pro-greek, or Fotis friend, or whatever. Just a paralegal that has worked in hundreds of custody cases.

This is how I know you don’t work on custody cases. The bold actually matters a lot. The goal of an custody judge is “the best interest of the children.” And in this case many of the children can speak for themselves. “Do you want to go live with strangers in a foreign country?” “No.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fotis is considered innocent according to both CT state as well as federal law. Our Constitution is based on the presumption of innocence. It does not matter how much money Gloria has because the children's trust fund is $2 million. It also does not matter whether she has friends, or that she can hire nannies, or her daughter, Melissa Irene, who can takeover as guardian. Even if Gloria was to be granted custody, when she dies custody will have to be adjudicated again, it is not hereditary, we are not a monarchy! Fotis has never lost custody, to the contrary during over 300 motions during two years, highest in CT where the typical divorce case is less than one year, the court maintained shared legal custody between Fotis and Jennifer and never stripped him of his parental rights. The judge even denied Gloria's motions to be awarded full custody during the trial. Jennifer only had sole physical custody. It also does not matter whether the children are established in their schools and have lived with Gloria all this time, or whether the aunt lives in Greece. The judge will evaluate each petitioner individually and will decide based on that. Two are the most important factors against Gloria 1-that she is too old and her death or gradual decline in mental and physical capacity, or death, will further disrupt the physical and mental state of the children, 2-she has been hostile to the father, even before Jennifer disappeared. Judges even award custody to a parent that we would consider unfit, only because the other parent bad mouthed the other parent to the kids, or had denied court ordered visitations. I am not pro-greek, or Fotis friend, or whatever. Just a paralegal that has worked in hundreds of custody cases.

This is how I know you don’t work on custody cases. The bold actually matters a lot. The goal of an custody judge is “the best interest of the children.” And in this case many of the children can speak for themselves. “Do you want to go live with strangers in a foreign country?” “No.”

The aunt is not a stranger. The children have vacationed with her and until the divorce she had a good relationship with Jennifer and has never bad mouth her. If the children will have to move out of the country will be an issue only whether the country was impoverished, or in war, or has laws that are contrary to US customs, for example Syria or India. Visitation is not the same as custody, or parental rights. Living with their grandmother for a year is not considered as being established, nor that she has been granted sole legal and physical custody. Even while living with their grandmother, their dad shared legal custody. It was very important that Gloria lost the motion to become administrator because that would have meant the court recognized her as the de facto guardian of the children. Wisely the judge denied both sides. My boss says that probably Gloria will wait for the decision in the financial litigation about the money that Fotis owed her and then she will try to move the custody hearing to NY courts because she has lost every time she petitioned the CT family court for permanent custody. We also can not presume that the children absolutely will say that they want to stay with their grandmother.

[Anonymous]

You are so damn annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fotis is considered innocent according to both CT state as well as federal law. Our Constitution is based on the presumption of innocence. It does not matter how much money Gloria has because the children's trust fund is $2 million. It also does not matter whether she has friends, or that she can hire nannies, or her daughter, Melissa Irene, who can takeover as guardian. Even if Gloria was to be granted custody, when she dies custody will have to be adjudicated again, it is not hereditary, we are not a monarchy! Fotis has never lost custody, to the contrary during over 300 motions during two years, highest in CT where the typical divorce case is less than one year, the court maintained shared legal custody between Fotis and Jennifer and never stripped him of his parental rights. The judge even denied Gloria's motions to be awarded full custody during the trial. Jennifer only had sole physical custody. It also does not matter whether the children are established in their schools and have lived with Gloria all this time, or whether the aunt lives in Greece. The judge will evaluate each petitioner individually and will decide based on that. Two are the most important factors against Gloria 1-that she is too old and her death or gradual decline in mental and physical capacity, or death, will further disrupt the physical and mental state of the children, 2-she has been hostile to the father, even before Jennifer disappeared. Judges even award custody to a parent that we would consider unfit, only because the other parent bad mouthed the other parent to the kids, or had denied court ordered visitations. I am not pro-greek, or Fotis friend, or whatever. Just a paralegal that has worked in hundreds of custody cases.

This is how I know you don’t work on custody cases. The bold actually matters a lot. The goal of an custody judge is “the best interest of the children.” And in this case many of the children can speak for themselves. “Do you want to go live with strangers in a foreign country?” “No.”

The aunt is not a stranger. The children have vacationed with her and until the divorce she had a good relationship with Jennifer and has never bad mouth her. If the children will have to move out of the country will be an issue only whether the country was impoverished, or in war, or has laws that are contrary to US customs, for example Syria or India. Visitation is not the same as custody, or parental rights. Living with their grandmother for a year is not considered as being established, nor that she has been granted sole legal and physical custody. Even while living with their grandmother, their dad shared legal custody. It was very important that Gloria lost the motion to become administrator because that would have meant the court recognized her as the de facto guardian of the children. Wisely the judge denied both sides. My boss says that probably Gloria will wait for the decision in the financial litigation about the money that Fotis owed her and then she will try to move the custody hearing to NY courts because she has lost every time she petitioned the CT family court for permanent custody. We also can not presume that the children absolutely will say that they want to stay with their grandmother.

The only way you could actually know this is if you are the Greek aunt or a friend of hers. English does not sound like your first language. OR you are just really weird and crazy, but either way we are not the judge so you can stop trying to convince us.

[Anonymous]

And Fotis’s “estate” is basically irrelevant because once all the debts are paid the estate is bankrupt. “Administering the estate” will be pretty simple, and the children aren’t getting anything anyway. Gloria does not care about Fotis’s “estate.”