True question with respect. In the example of your friends, were both parents working and in a traceable way, contributing to the minors upkeep? Or did one rent a flat at an exorbitant rate in an exclusive neighborhood with no apparent means to support themselves? Alice is a very abnormal example and we know it’s October and no one has any idea how she plans to pay rent this month. What happens then? (Rhetorical). I think housing her kids with no income and no plan is going to get her before the custody trial does.
I know that the cases are different. I mentioned my former friend as an example of a situation where there has been such effective PA that the court felt that it couldn't undo the damage, and ultimately the father has been punished through no fault of his own.
The reality is that Ioan has barely spent any time with the girls for the past 2/3 years. He also lives with someone who they are primed to hate. From what the socks are posting, it doesn't appear that the reunification therapy is going particularly well with regard to Ella at least.
I think that it was telling that Anne Kiley said Ioan loves his daughters very, very much but doesn't know what to do for the best. Will a judge be able to say that it's in their best interests to be removed from their mother and forced to live with their father when their relationship has completely broken down? Even without PA, it would be extremely difficult for the girls to adjust to and accept Bianca, let alone move in with him whilst he is living with her.
Yes, Alice's decision to take on the a flat that she can't afford in the long run was reckless and makes no sense. They moved into the new property in May so the first 6 months is up at the beginning of December. She had nearly $50,000 in her accounts in August so should still have money left to move to a cheaper place and she should eventually have spousal support. Ioan won't see them homeless regardless of what she's done. I think that everything will come to a head pretty much at the same time in terms of her diminishing finances and the custody trial.
Her having to move again will no doubt be used as another weapon to tell the girls that their father is to blame for everything. And I imagine from the girls' point of view, they will agree because right now all they see is their lives have been turned upside down because he left 'them'. That won't do anything to help their relationship with him.