Judge Lisa Gorcyca Loses Perspective or Asserts Authority?
By AllardKFiled Under Latest News on Jul 10
Marriage, and divorce, are all about the law. They are more than the law, especially marriage, but the law extends into every intimate corner of a marriage, and even more so in the case of divorce. Just ask the 3 kids of successful professionals and divorced parents in Detroit who will be spending summers in a juvenile detention center as a result of their parent’s ugly divorce. Yes Family Court Judge Lisa Gorcyca seems to have lost her sense of perspective by punishing the kids for refusing to obey the judge’s order “to have a healthy relationship with your father.” And the specific cause was a refusal to have lunch with their dad. But with the state through it’s judiciary intimately involved in the day to day details of a family suffering the consequences of an acrimonious divorce, this was inevitable.
When the judiciary controls marriage and divorce to such an extent, a decision by Judge Gorcyca may be harsh, but it is a logical result of such control. It will be interesting to see who appeals this decision or somehow adjusts her remedy. Should Judge Gorcyca have placed the responsibility – the legal responsibility – for a healthy relationship on the children? Rather than the parents? Because the implication of the Judges other comments are that the mother is guilty of the worst sort of brainwashing of her children, turning them against their father. If that is the case, how in the world can you send brainwashed kids to juvenile detention until they are 18? Summer detention for now, with a threat that it could become full-year detention. Judge Lisa berated the elder son for his “horrific behavior” towards his dad, and said she has wanted to send them to detention for some time now but backed off due to their father’s pleas.
It seems that Judge Lisa has let this case get under her skin. And has lost her perspective. Maybe the kids, aided by a manipulative and vengeful mother, have indeed behaved horribly toward their father. Sending them to detention will likely make matters worse in this regard. As a way to ensure that her authority in court is upheld, this sentencing can be seen as absurdly tough, but comprehensible. As a remedy to bring a family closer together, it seems an absurd invasion of the state into a family’s life. But the battling parents called in the lawyers and resorted to hard ball tactics. This is what can happen. The parents will have to live with the consequences of that. And their unfortunate kids, even more so.
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