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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am trying not to participate in all the speculation about custody, but the idea that a man can kill his wife, cut off her family from the child during the investigation, be convicted, and then everything is left status quo as far as custody is just deeply troubling and offensive as a human being. I recognize it's all confidential and we won't get to know. I just hope the girl and Christine's family get justice.[/quote]

This is honestly what hurts me the most about this.  I’m projecting, of course, but if my DH murdered me, the pain would be a million times compounded if my son had to only have contact with his horrible family.  My family is the one he is closest to and has the deepest ties to and affection for.  Losing my son for all of them would be even worse than losing me, and it would greatly compound the loss to my son.  I don’t know anything about Banfield’s mother but if she is behind keeping the child’s maternal parents from her, then she is nearly as evil as her son.[/quote]

I often think of the pain of Dan Markel’s parents and sister, who never get to see or have any relationship with his sons after he was murdered by his ex brother and mother in law, allegedly without any involvement by his ex-wife.

There are a few true crime cases that involved murderers of spouses ending up with their family having custody of the kids and the murder victims family having little to no access to the kids - just a terrible cruelty on top of cruelty.

In my years as a family law and then criminal law attorney I saw so much awfulness where kids were pawns to disturbed adult dynamics. I am entirely unsurprised anymore that the world is so full of damaged people.[/quote]

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