Solomon: Cut The Child in Half?

[PoliticalChic]

The individual motivations are so clear in this story....the conclusion should be foregone. But....in our tortuous legal system...it may not be.
The only possible way one could be puzzled as to what the correct outcome of this case should be....well....blame it on the moral relativism of our secular society.




1. "A woman whose sister died in the World Trade Center attacks was in court yesterday in a fight to adopt the 14-year-old niece she has raised since 9/11 — a battle that took a sudden twist when the child became a millionaire.

2. Challenging the aunt for the past nine years has been the girl’s Manhattan banker father, who initially denied paternity and later gave up custody rights — but had a change of heart after the child was awarded $2 million from September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.





3. ... the girl’s mom, Catherine Gorayeb, a 41-year-old marketing director, died attended a breakfast business conference in Windows on the World., she made a final, frantic phone call to her brother before the towers fell.

a. She left a 2-year-old girl, the result of a fling with Edward Kranz, according to court papers.

b. ... Gorayeb’s sister Claire — who was three months pregnant with her own child — moved from Boston to New York to raise the toddler.

4. With the help of nearly $2 million from the 9/11 victims fund, she bought an Upper West Side apartment to raise her niece and her own daughter. She began the adoption process in 2004.




5. ... Kranz, 50, said in papers, the girl’s “best interests require regular visitation rights with me, her father,” the Web site reported. That was quite a change from his view in February 1999, when the girl was born. Kranz denied he was the father, prompting Catherine Gorayeb to file a paternity suit against him.... , a court-ordered paternity test indicated a strong possibility the child was his.

a. In January 2000, the parents reached an agreement under which she gave up trying to obtain child support from Kranz and he relinquished custody and visitation rights. He apparently had nothing to do with the girl for four years.


6. ...In 2004, Kranz, who later filed for bankruptcy, contacted Claire Gorayeb and said he had just found out her sister died on 9/11.

7..... he sent his daughter a photo of himself. He later said he hadn’t made contact with her before because he was waiting until she was 5 years old.

8. Kranz tried in June 2004 to get custody of the child, triggering a lengthy court battle for the tragic child." Aunt and biological father in nine-year custody battle for girl whose mother died on 9/11 - NYPOST.com




So.....if you were the judge.......?

 

[Jroc]

The aunt should have custody with visitation for the father provided he pays child support.

 

[editec]

The individual motivations are so clear in this story....the conclusion should be foregone. But....in our tortuous legal system...it may not be.
The only possible way one could be puzzled as to what the correct outcome of this case should be....well....blame it on the moral relativism of our secular society.




1. "A woman whose sister died in the World Trade Center attacks was in court yesterday in a fight to adopt the 14-year-old niece she has raised since 9/11 — a battle that took a sudden twist when the child became a millionaire.

2. Challenging the aunt for the past nine years has been the girl’s Manhattan banker father, who initially denied paternity and later gave up custody rights — but had a change of heart after the child was awarded $2 million from September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.





3. ... the girl’s mom, Catherine Gorayeb, a 41-year-old marketing director, died attended a breakfast business conference in Windows on the World., she made a final, frantic phone call to her brother before the towers fell.

a. She left a 2-year-old girl, the result of a fling with Edward Kranz, according to court papers.

b. ... Gorayeb’s sister Claire — who was three months pregnant with her own child — moved from Boston to New York to raise the toddler.

4. With the help of nearly $2 million from the 9/11 victims fund, she bought an Upper West Side apartment to raise her niece and her own daughter. She began the adoption process in 2004.




5. ... Kranz, 50, said in papers, the girl’s “best interests require regular visitation rights with me, her father,” the Web site reported. That was quite a change from his view in February 1999, when the girl was born. Kranz denied he was the father, prompting Catherine Gorayeb to file a paternity suit against him.... , a court-ordered paternity test indicated a strong possibility the child was his.

a. In January 2000, the parents reached an agreement under which she gave up trying to obtain child support from Kranz and he relinquished custody and visitation rights. He apparently had nothing to do with the girl for four years.


6. ...In 2004, Kranz, who later filed for bankruptcy, contacted Claire Gorayeb and said he had just found out her sister died on 9/11.

7..... he sent his daughter a photo of himself. He later said he hadn’t made contact with her before because he was waiting until she was 5 years old.

8. Kranz tried in June 2004 to get custody of the child, triggering a lengthy court battle for the tragic child." Aunt and biological father in nine-year custody battle for girl whose mother died on 9/11 - NYPOST.com




So.....if you were the judge.......?

I'd appoint a guardian ad lidem providing an living allowance for the child until she reached her age of majority.

 

[PoliticalChic]

The individual motivations are so clear in this story....the conclusion should be foregone. But....in our tortuous legal system...it may not be.
The only possible way one could be puzzled as to what the correct outcome of this case should be....well....blame it on the moral relativism of our secular society.




1. "A woman whose sister died in the World Trade Center attacks was in court yesterday in a fight to adopt the 14-year-old niece she has raised since 9/11 — a battle that took a sudden twist when the child became a millionaire.

2. Challenging the aunt for the past nine years has been the girl’s Manhattan banker father, who initially denied paternity and later gave up custody rights — but had a change of heart after the child was awarded $2 million from September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.





3. ... the girl’s mom, Catherine Gorayeb, a 41-year-old marketing director, died attended a breakfast business conference in Windows on the World., she made a final, frantic phone call to her brother before the towers fell.

a. She left a 2-year-old girl, the result of a fling with Edward Kranz, according to court papers.

b. ... Gorayeb’s sister Claire — who was three months pregnant with her own child — moved from Boston to New York to raise the toddler.

4. With the help of nearly $2 million from the 9/11 victims fund, she bought an Upper West Side apartment to raise her niece and her own daughter. She began the adoption process in 2004.




5. ... Kranz, 50, said in papers, the girl’s “best interests require regular visitation rights with me, her father,” the Web site reported. That was quite a change from his view in February 1999, when the girl was born. Kranz denied he was the father, prompting Catherine Gorayeb to file a paternity suit against him.... , a court-ordered paternity test indicated a strong possibility the child was his.

a. In January 2000, the parents reached an agreement under which she gave up trying to obtain child support from Kranz and he relinquished custody and visitation rights. He apparently had nothing to do with the girl for four years.


6. ...In 2004, Kranz, who later filed for bankruptcy, contacted Claire Gorayeb and said he had just found out her sister died on 9/11.

7..... he sent his daughter a photo of himself. He later said he hadn’t made contact with her before because he was waiting until she was 5 years old.

8. Kranz tried in June 2004 to get custody of the child, triggering a lengthy court battle for the tragic child." Aunt and biological father in nine-year custody battle for girl whose mother died on 9/11 - NYPOST.com




So.....if you were the judge.......?

I'd appoint a guardian ad lidem providing an living allowance for the child until she reached her age of majority.

I'd consider that....
Think it'd be goin' too far if I offered him fifty lashes....?

 

[Montrovant]

The individual motivations are so clear in this story....the conclusion should be foregone. But....in our tortuous legal system...it may not be.
The only possible way one could be puzzled as to what the correct outcome of this case should be....well....blame it on the moral relativism of our secular society.




1. "A woman whose sister died in the World Trade Center attacks was in court yesterday in a fight to adopt the 14-year-old niece she has raised since 9/11 — a battle that took a sudden twist when the child became a millionaire.

2. Challenging the aunt for the past nine years has been the girl’s Manhattan banker father, who initially denied paternity and later gave up custody rights — but had a change of heart after the child was awarded $2 million from September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.





3. ... the girl’s mom, Catherine Gorayeb, a 41-year-old marketing director, died attended a breakfast business conference in Windows on the World., she made a final, frantic phone call to her brother before the towers fell.

a. She left a 2-year-old girl, the result of a fling with Edward Kranz, according to court papers.

b. ... Gorayeb’s sister Claire — who was three months pregnant with her own child — moved from Boston to New York to raise the toddler.

4. With the help of nearly $2 million from the 9/11 victims fund, she bought an Upper West Side apartment to raise her niece and her own daughter. She began the adoption process in 2004.




5. ... Kranz, 50, said in papers, the girl’s “best interests require regular visitation rights with me, her father,” the Web site reported. That was quite a change from his view in February 1999, when the girl was born. Kranz denied he was the father, prompting Catherine Gorayeb to file a paternity suit against him.... , a court-ordered paternity test indicated a strong possibility the child was his.

a. In January 2000, the parents reached an agreement under which she gave up trying to obtain child support from Kranz and he relinquished custody and visitation rights. He apparently had nothing to do with the girl for four years.


6. ...In 2004, Kranz, who later filed for bankruptcy, contacted Claire Gorayeb and said he had just found out her sister died on 9/11.

7..... he sent his daughter a photo of himself. He later said he hadn’t made contact with her before because he was waiting until she was 5 years old.

8. Kranz tried in June 2004 to get custody of the child, triggering a lengthy court battle for the tragic child." Aunt and biological father in nine-year custody battle for girl whose mother died on 9/11 - NYPOST.com




So.....if you were the judge.......?

I'd appoint a guardian ad lidem providing an living allowance for the child until she reached her age of majority.

Guardian ad litem's, as I understand things, are basically representatives for a child in court. This makes it sound like you expect this to be the child's caretaker guardian. I don't think it works that way.

Assuming all of the information here is accurate, the father can go to hell. When you deny paternity, when you legally give up parental rights, you don't get to try and take them back after the child receives a financial windfall due to tragedy.