Its a bit OT for the trial talk but the LA deposition was interesting IMO as FD/Atty BM seemed on a big fishing expedition on how the 5 Dulos children made it to NY from CT on 4/24/Missing Date.
Its an interesting question as FD/MT took the Suburban to Waveny so it wasn't available to LA to use and in her deposition she stated that she usually drove the Suburban.
So, if there weren't duplicate car seats in all the vehicles (this would be a lot of seats to have lying around IMO) or LA didn't have keys to the Range Rover or Porsche on 4/24 OR she didn't take the children to the city on the train or via car service, then she might have been forced to take them in her personal vehicle which appeared to be a Kia (believed to be a 5 person vehicle - 3 in back seat and 2 in front).
I found this info on child seats and restraints for CT (info from below link):
What are the Child Passenger Safety Laws in Connecticut?
LAW: Infants must remain rear-facing until they are a minimum of both 2 year and 30 pounds.
LAW: Toddlers must be in a forward facing car seat with 5 point harness until 5 years and 40 pounds.
LAW: Children should ride in a booster until they reach 8 years old AND 60 pounds (they must meet both requirements). Children who ride in a booster seat must use a lap and shoulder belt.
LAW: Children, tweens and teens must be in a seat belt whenever they ridein a vehicle.
Further Recommended: Children should ride in the back seat until they are 13 years old. All people and objects should be properly restrained whenever they are in a vehicle.
Violators of the Connecticut car seat law must pay a fine and attend a 2-hour educational car seat class at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Safe Kids CT :: Child Passenger Safety
What I do find fascinating about these rules is that FD AND MT were in violation of these rules when they had 10 people in the famous drone shot of the group of them going/coming from ski day trip. This picture was used by FD as his FB photo and what is so hilarious about it is that it tells us yet again who/what FD and MT are all about. MT wasn't supposed to be with the 5 children (but she was in the picture and its been up on FB since 2018) and it looked like there were 10 people standing in that driveway who had gotten out of the Suburban (or we all about to pile into the Suburban). Its also unclear if all the ski gear fit in the car tote or whether it was inside the Suburban as well.
Looks like FD/MT if caught could have been subject to 'fine' and 2 hr. safety class. Not surprising in CT, zero happened.....
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