Ok, just got because I hate to see such rampant misinformation being put out there as fact, here we go again...
1. Crystal admitted in the custody docs posted previously (and frequently) to using cocaine while pregnant with RJ.
2. The same can be said by both sides, so...
3. Crystal's not having a license is on her first off, does Every single thing have to be blamed on somebody else. Secondly, Ron did provide the transportation thru his grandmother, and Crystal once again admitted in the custody docs posted, to the judge, that maybe she didn't feel like getting out of bed to take Haleigh to the Drs. (12x in less than a year mind you). She even precluded that admission with how she was going to stop blaming other people. But yet other people continue to blame other people for Crystal's faults and neglects, when she herself already took responsibility for this.
Ron did not kidnap the children. Even Crystal has not made that allegation. Probably because she knew there was no court ordered schedule that you speak of! People can post after post about how he kidnapped the children, but obviously both the judge (2 of them) and LE disagree with you. Repeatedly stating something as fact does not make it fact and it only adds to the confusion, of which there is enough of.
sufficiently to make the legal argument that Ron had kidnapped her children does not change the FACT that the argument could, and should, and would have been made had she been represented by a competent attorney.
In Florida, as in every other state that I know of, an unmarried mother of children is their natural and legal guardian and sole legal custodian. A putative father has NO, ZERO, NADA, rights in regard to those children unless and until paternity is established by a court of competent jurisdiciton.
Here are a few snippets in PLAIN ENGLISH from various FL domestic attorney websites:
"Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Paternity Laws Lawyer
When parents are not married to each other, a paternity action may be required to establish a father's identity and the rights and responsibilities of the father, mother and child, such as the following:
The right of the mother to receive child support if she is the custodial parent
Parental rights of the father which may include child custody and visitation rights
Inheritance rights of the child with regard to the father's estate "
"How Do Parents Benefit from
Establishing Paternity?
Establishing paternity gives the father and mother legal
rights. You can:
Seek an order for support.
Seek a court order for custody or visitation.
Have a say in some legal decisions about the child."
"Fathers' Rights in Paternity Cases
If you are listed on your child's birth certificate as the father, it doesn't mean you have legal custody or visitation rights.
Only a court can give custody and visitation rights to an unmarried father."
"October 7, 2008
The Importance of Establishing Paternity for Children Born Out of Wedlock in Florida
Florida law dictates that the mother of a child born out of wedlock is automatically considered to be the legal parent who is required to provide support for her child. However, if a childs parents are not married to each other when that child is born, Florida courts will not automatically presume a man is the biological father and thus recognize the fathers duties and financial obligations to the child unless paternity is legally established. "
I hope the above makes it clear that RC had no legal right to withold the children from their mother at the time he refused to return them. This is the truth regardless of CS's failure to argue this in court or the magistrate's failure to take judicial notice of this fact. RC's dissembling on these circumstances does not change the fact that the only legal recourse he had if he truly suspected drug abuse was to report same to DCF or LE for action. He had no right to self help and to unilaterally remove the children from their mother. Of course, he had no such concerns as he asked for no restrictions on visitation despite his unsupported accusations. I don't think we need to rehash his lenghty criminal drug record again here so let's just go with pot, kettle.
It also worth noting that CS did not try to establish paternity in order to try and get support from RC as he subsequently did to her. Again, I find his actions indicative of the type of person he is. He was just as unemployed as she was until he got a job just before he asked for the hearing and he was living on his mother's largesse in a mobile home she paid for. He made it clear to CS that she couldn't work because he didn't want his kids with a sitter and then of course used her lack of employment against her. He controlled her further by not wanting her to drive and then used that against her. He also used his Mommy & Grammy as his stable childcare support in court then promptly moved in his underage sex partner as an apparently appropriate "sitter". He & his mother used the legal system to set CS up. They relied upon her passivity and were not disappointed. I'm glad to see she has progressed form there. Too bad she didn't progress sooner as then perhaps this tragedy could have been averted.
I think it is fairly clear to anyone schooled in domestic abuse the type of control RC excerted over CS. She displays a passivity in a face to face with her abuser that is fairly typical in women who were subejcted to psychological abuse and assertions of control over their actions. It's clear she needs to be represented by counsel in any and all actions invovling RC and his clan as that is the only way there is any possibility of justice being done.
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