BBM From this same article:
"The five Dulos children were set to spend Memorial Day Weekend with their father, according to a relaxed visitation schedule a judge issued in March."
(SBM...I wonder if the upcoming long weekend visit lead to an argument, especially since they were to be in court the next week about the divorce hearing, if I remember reading correctly. Maybe JD insisted on stipulations like no skiing, no girlfriend. When did his weekend time with them start? Friday after school or Saturday morning? I am curious about that and when did he know she was missing? So many questions!)
The same article said:
"In a March 20 ruling, Judge Donna Heller changed what had been extremely limited access to the children for Fotis Dulos, allowing him every-other-weekend visits to the home in Farmington where they grew up. The judge changed the schedule even though she previously had called Fotis Dulos “a liar who willingly ignored court orders” by allowing his girlfriend access to his five children, despite a court order explicitly ordering him not to do that.
After several contentious months of hearings, and with reports from therapists and a guardian ad litem, Heller ruled Fotis Dulos could have supervised visitation rights with his children that included having the kids every other weekend starting at the end of March. He was allowed to spend seven hours with the children in Fairfield County on Saturdays and six hours with them in Hartford County on Sundays, including at his Farmington home on Jefferson Crossing.
“The court finds it is in the children’s best interests that they have regular supervised parenting time with the defendant every other weekend,” Heller said.
The judge even accommodated the Easter holiday weekend switching weekends so that the children would spend it with their father and his family. Dulos is a Greek citizen...."