@Kamille - you seem to be able to find recent articles - anything about Mack's next court hearing date? I'm over in Europe & just getting old articles.
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Hi Niner, still haven’t seen anything about her criminal case but it seems they have been dealing with the issue of who will get custody of Stella behind the scenes. I assume that is being handled in a different court.
Hi Niner, still haven’t seen anything about her criminal case but it seems they have been dealing with the issue of who will get custody of Stella behind the scenes. I assume that is being handled in a different court.
I don't understand why they can't get an unbiased person- not someone that Heather picked to get custody of Stella, like a foster parent! Heather should have zero say in who raises her child!!!Well it looks like the custody battle for Stella is coming to a head. Vanessa Favia is withdrawing as custodian. Not surprisingly, the judge doesn’t think “Aunt Diana” is a good fit and is willing to give temporary custody to Oshar if she can make it to the US and stay there for a while. It was suggested by someone that she could take Stella to Bali for the summer but the judge was having none of that. Not sure how Oshar thinks she’s going to leave her own children and husband behind but that’s where it stands at the moment. Kia Walker is also fighting but it appears she has no chance as the judge is trying to appease HM it seems.
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Woman who raised Heather Mack’s child in Indonesia could care for her here — if she makes it in time
It wasn’t clear Friday whether Oshar Suartama could get to Chicago before Stella’s current caretaker, Vanessa Favia, has to relinquish custody. If she can’t, the child could wind up with Diana Roque Ellis of Beverly Hills, a friend of Mack’s murdered mother.chicago.suntimes.com
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Heather Mack wants daughter to stay in U.S., live with California friend of her murdered mother, new court filing claims
SNEED SCOOP: In a hand-written statement filed in court Wednesday, Mack says she no longer wants her 7-year-old daughter to go to Indonesia while Mack faces new charges in the Bali murder of Oak Parker Sheila von Wiese-Mack.chicago.suntimes.com
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Custody of Heather Mack’s daughter back up in the air: Could she spend the summer in Bali?
Mack, who is being held in Chicago’s downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center, has been at the center of an international legal saga ever since the gruesome discovery of her mother’s body inside a suitcase outside the St. Regis Bali Resort on Aug. 12, 2014.chicago.suntimes.com
I agree that HM should have no say into who she feels is more convenient to her to raise her child but that appears to be what she is going for and the courts are facilitating her, likely because she hasn’t been convicted of anything in the US….yet. And it’s a tough decision for her it seems. She first thought that having Oshar take care of Stella in the US and perhaps take her to Bali for the summer, was the best thing. That would keep her Bali channels open should she actually get out of prison in a short period of time and she probably still wants to return there if possible. Then it appears she decided that having a very wealthy woman in Beverly Hills take Stella, and eventually her, in so they can both live a life of luxury sounded like a better plan. Likely, she’ll get both IMO.I don't understand why they can't get an unbiased person- not someone that Heather picked to get custody of Stella, like a foster parent! Heather should have zero say in who raises her child!!!
... At this point, I wish they’d just let Oshar take her back to Bali for good. She really is the only parental figure Stella knows and has “siblings” and a large extended family there as well. Put the trust on hold for Stella only when she turns 25. If Oshar still wants to raise Stella, with no funds from her trust, then let her.