Originally Posted by
aley
Apparently her friend's daughter has never been in any kind of serious trouble before and has just gone through a rough divorce in which she's lost custody of her ten-year-old son.
This really stands out. When I was getting divorced (albeit many years ago and in a different state), my attorney told me, "You might get primary custody if you can prove that your wife is a crack *****...Otherwise, probably not." I'm not trying to start a P&R discussion about parental rights, but my attorney's point was that case law generally favors mothers more than fathers. If this woman lost custody, she likely has problems -- perhaps drinking, perhaps something else.
Originally Posted by
aley
"But she just made a little mistake!"
Mistake, accident, negligence, whatever. Semantics. Our opinions don't make a bit of difference to the legal system.