Summary

The Children's Rights Council and the Parental Alienation Syndrome Research Foundation hold a joint press conference on the Elian Gonzalez case and announce the filing a Friend of the Court brief urging the federal court to give the father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, custody of his son

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 251066
Story Slug ELIAN GONZALEZ / FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF (2000)
Location WASHINGTON, DC
Format TVD
Date 04/27/2000
Archive Time 13:46
TRT 3:04
Supers 1) David Levy / President Children's Right Council 2) Pamela Stuart-Mills / Exec Director PASRF
Video Description Children's Rights briefing with cuts of speakers
Description The Children's Rights Council and the Parental Alienation Syndrome Research Foundation hold a joint press conference on the Elian Gonzalez case and announce the filing a Friend of the Court brief urging the federal court to give the father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, custody of his son
Script (SUGGESTED TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO 00:00 As the original brief, but this will be filed with the appeals court in my in Atlanta was expected to rule on May 11 As to whether to uphold federal district judge more on the issue of alien being reunited with his dad and going to Cuba if, if the father so chooses This is not a custody case Custody has already been decided in Cuba The Hague Convention, that's international treaty, which the US and 50 Other countries have signed, says you can't go to another once custody is decided in country A, you cannot then go to countries B, C and D, US Switzerland, Germany, whatever and retry custody that is settled in the home country and the child is returned to the country of habitual residence Similarly, we need Janet Reno to go to 1000 homes this week, because Iliyan is about the tip of the iceberg There are 1000s of cases 1000s of cases every day where children are being unjustifiably kept from contact with the other parent And this affects mothers as well as fathers There are many men, any state court judge knows, a child should be at least 14 Before you ask him strong questions about where he would like to primarily live Any state court judge knows it's about age 14, this scene properly it's a return case, a case of being allowed for the father to return to the country of habitual residence if he so chooses 01:33 In cases involving parental alienation This is where a child is taken away by a parent or by a family member and systematically brainwashed into believing that that child hates or rejects a parent And the alien Gonzalez case is a roadmap is a roadmap for what is happening every single day here in the United States, in our family courts And every single day in cases involving international abductions And to see a little six and a half year old child saying no Carol era Cooper, Papa you in other words, I don't want to go to Cuba Papa, you can do what you like, but I'm staying here This is the typical, defiant, unruly attitude of a child who is systematically alienated not only from his father, but from himself This child is in grave or was in grave cycle psychological danger of serious traumatic disturbance I would like to happen So the case of alien is absolutely a roadmap of what should happen when a child is wrongfully retained by family members or by a parent I commend it, we endorse it, we support it There 02:44 is unquestionably a bonding and love there In fact, I read it 02:47 because it makes people think that this is an angry person Whereas this is simply a person who has been driven to deep for 02:53 the appeals court three judges They are said they were some and it's unfortunate that that has to go to court 03:00 and one particular judgment more
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