Telltale
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I wonder if their silence until now is less to do with family privacy and closing of the ranks... And more to do with being (or perceived by CM as being) part of the reason her other kids were (presumably) taken away and possibly finding a kinship placement in the family/getting adopted. - Thus feeling an appeal from them would do the opposite of helping.That is a word I would be using, too, if I were CM's father in this context!
But then he and I are of almost the same age...
I'm so glad for CM's sake that Mr Marten is finally making this heartfelt appeal to his daughter.
For this extremely private family to do so has no doubt been very hard for them, since they haven't really been featured much in the media since the sudden, partly drug-related death of CM's great-grandfather's "wild" sister (the actress Lois Sturt) at 37 in Budapest in 1937.
Now you would hope if he was as it turns out a completely reformed charecter, they wouldn't do this out of pure judgment on his past. However, I don't think any family would be happy for a long time if their 26 year old daughter introduced her new beau, a 13 years older convicted rapist, kidnapper etc fairly fresh off a 20 year stretch. They could have easily voiced those concerns, especially as people who likely had no experience with SS.
I imagine if she was allowed to keep the first child originally, perhaps with strict conditions, they would have been carefully monitored by SS. Any apparent DVs or breaching the contact conditions could have had SS moving to step in. If her family spoke up, well that could have been the beginning of it all unraveling. Especially since both someone from her background and his may not be especially disposed to co-operating with a government service putting rules around raising their baby, and that can be a big factor in partners getting to raise the kids if a parent/partner is a SO.
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