Replies to '07/01 "Bring Back My Child"'

I feel awful that the mom felt so desperate to protect her child, How is the child now that the father has complete control of her?

The male lawyer was awful to the young lawyer, I would think that he had better ethic that to say he should have been her father, what a jerk. You could tell that he has a issue with women, the way he treated the mother of the child and the women lawyer. I hope the child is alright at the present time and she needs her mother even if it is supervised but for a longer period of time so they can have a relationship.

You are assuming that even if she went to the courts with all the necessary documents, the court would do the right thing.

Doesn't happen very often.

If you think the justice system is fair and works the way it's supposed to, then you aren't paying attention.

Who gets custody of a child too often depends upon who has more money and the bigger, badder lawyer. Who do you think in most cases has the better job, and therefore more money to fight? Even if a father is sexually abusing the child, and the mother has documentation, it's still harder than pulling hen's teeth to keep that child out of the clutches of the abuser! Somehow, the courts too often ignore all the evidence and allow unsupervised visits....with tragic results.

Blind justice? Got THAT right!!

I will bet on the mother's instinct every time! 

why does one have to jump thru hoops to think that her child was abused by her father.  sometimes abuse is not seen nor is it openly obvious.  Sometimes doctors can not find what is wrong with a child.  But i say God gave all us mothers an instinct that cant be wronged.  I am sure there are some mothers out there that have issues and would lie to get back at former husbands but for the majority i would say that is the opposite.  The woman in the show seemed very sincere in her efforts to save her child from whatever was going on. Why should we believe otherwise?  After all this is a TV show and not all things are gonna be put on TV.  I have begged pleaded and everything in between about the case with my alcoholic ex and no one seems to listen.  And he has had Drs tell him he will die if he wont stop drinking.  Alot of good that did for the Drs to say that in my case.  And look at what the police officer went thru with her children.  She was an officer of the law and she still was not heard.  So i say it's the system that is messed up not this mother.  The legal system is not all that responsible when it comes to what is best for a child and often times both sides of the story are not heard fully.  So anyone have any suggestions on how one person or two can change that?

I am currently staying in a battered women shelter hiding with my child. I a usn veteran that served during war, but due to the way I grew-up; our country was robbed of how so much more I could have been. Anyway, I wan't to comment on the bring back my baby story. I understand that the system wanted to make an example out of the mother, but they went to far. THE CHILD IS NOW BEING ROBBED OF ITS MOTHER AN EYE FOR AN EYE LEAVES THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND! I was stolen from my father at 5 years old and met him for the first time when I was 15, I was raped, beaten, and emotionally abused. I would have given the world for a mother, a father, and a court system that really truelly cared. I believe the court system involved should enforce the best interest of the child, two healthy relationships; not just one. Oh, and the father's attorney showed how much the court system was worth by the way he acted. I believe he was out for every dollar he was paid while the father now gets to hog the child for himself; which was infact what he accused the mother of. In a nut shell, I believe it was a control issue and should not be overlooked. Cecelia, I don't know you, but you are in my prayers. You lost your child. You will get the opportunity to not only let her know the whole truth, but hopefully let her know even if it cost all you have that you never gave-up. There are battered women resources that can help you with counseling if not anything else. I would go to the president of the United States if I had to, you still have rights. Your are that child's mother and NOTHING can change that.

    A former victim, now Survivor,

        Annonomous