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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.

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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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.