lease: 
(snip)
Little about the case is "Mom misunderstood." The former Air Force woman and reportedly college graduate isn't a typical "criminal," either. But now she's a criminal, on paper, anyway. Future employers will likely ask about that felony child-abuse conviction. Most egregiously, her bad decision-making may have made life tougher for her three kids.
Whoops make that four kids. According to recent court records, her fourth child will be born "any day" now.
For a time, the jobless Taylor was spending $4,172 a month, with more than $1,000 each month spent on "non-essential" items like clothing, records state.
In her sentencing memorandum, Valeria Llewellyn, Taylor's attorney, asked for 10 years' probation gives a hint of the "woe is me" mentality we'll probably see on Thursday's Dr. Phil Show. Llewellyn wrote the court that the scrutiny, criticism and "vilification" by the news media and some members of the public have been enough of a "penalty."
Everyone's been focused on "the money," Llewellyn complained in the memo. The six-digit fortune "should have been a private matter from the beginning," she wrote.
A preview of her interview with Dr. Phil (kimi _SFC note: see link below) depicts Taylor suggesting that if she had funded the trusts, she would have "risked not being able to take care of my children.... I think I'm better off having the means to be able to take care of my children."
Attorney Benjamin Taylor, no relation to Shanesha Taylor, says he did what he could for the woman during the negotiations with Montgomery.
"We worked hard to get her children back, and we got them back," he says. "We were happy to be able to give her the opportunity to her get her felony charges dismissed, so she'd have no record, and happy to work pro bono."
Shanesha Taylor now has to adhere to a long set of probationary rules for the next 18 years.
We'd like to be optimistic. For the kids' sake.
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I see the same non-verbal communication on first glance. With her fourth child due any day now I am more concerned than ever that $T will fulfill her de$tiny - based on Dr. Phil's own standard.
How does the saying go?
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior?
:facepalm:
:thud:
May these children remain under the watchful eye of SOMEONE who cares more for their best interests than their own! They aren't an ends to justify a means. They are treasured gifts, to be cherished, and protected at all costs.
If that had been done from the beginning, by a mother who was truly capable, we wouldn't be here, worrying about them. :no:
I will worry about them for the next 18 years! How can we not? :gaah:
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illowfight: :facepalm:
(snip)
Little about the case is "Mom misunderstood." The former Air Force woman and reportedly college graduate isn't a typical "criminal," either. But now she's a criminal, on paper, anyway. Future employers will likely ask about that felony child-abuse conviction. Most egregiously, her bad decision-making may have made life tougher for her three kids.
Whoops make that four kids. According to recent court records, her fourth child will be born "any day" now.
For a time, the jobless Taylor was spending $4,172 a month, with more than $1,000 each month spent on "non-essential" items like clothing, records state.
In her sentencing memorandum, Valeria Llewellyn, Taylor's attorney, asked for 10 years' probation gives a hint of the "woe is me" mentality we'll probably see on Thursday's Dr. Phil Show. Llewellyn wrote the court that the scrutiny, criticism and "vilification" by the news media and some members of the public have been enough of a "penalty."
Everyone's been focused on "the money," Llewellyn complained in the memo. The six-digit fortune "should have been a private matter from the beginning," she wrote.
A preview of her interview with Dr. Phil (kimi _SFC note: see link below) depicts Taylor suggesting that if she had funded the trusts, she would have "risked not being able to take care of my children.... I think I'm better off having the means to be able to take care of my children."
Attorney Benjamin Taylor, no relation to Shanesha Taylor, says he did what he could for the woman during the negotiations with Montgomery.
"We worked hard to get her children back, and we got them back," he says. "We were happy to be able to give her the opportunity to her get her felony charges dismissed, so she'd have no record, and happy to work pro bono."
Shanesha Taylor now has to adhere to a long set of probationary rules for the next 18 years.
We'd like to be optimistic. For the kids' sake.
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Tweet announcing preview
Shanesha Taylor on Dr. Phil show - azfamily.com 3TV | Phoenix Breaking News, Weather, Sport
http://www.azfamily.com/Clip/11506389/shanesha-taylor-on-dr-phil-show#.VVtwRtyqJ9w.twitter
Direct link to embedded video of preview to Dr. Phil show can be viewed here:
http://www.azfamily.com/clip/11506389/shanesha-taylor-on-dr-phil-show
I see the same non-verbal communication on first glance. With her fourth child due any day now I am more concerned than ever that $T will fulfill her de$tiny - based on Dr. Phil's own standard.
How does the saying go?
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior?
:facepalm:
:thud:
May these children remain under the watchful eye of SOMEONE who cares more for their best interests than their own! They aren't an ends to justify a means. They are treasured gifts, to be cherished, and protected at all costs.
If that had been done from the beginning, by a mother who was truly capable, we wouldn't be here, worrying about them. :no:
I will worry about them for the next 18 years! How can we not? :gaah:
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