I believe the judge will evaluate the need for a contempt order based, in part, by how many times rad has been found in contempt. In fact, he has a signed jail sentence for six months just waiting to be persued. Butter acted by instinct to protect the children because there was not time for the judge to hear her case, or the case for the children, therfore, he made a decision without hearing all of the facts. At the following hearing, an attempt was made by rad to have butter found in contempt for not allowing the supervised visitation. The judge refused to address this issue and (for the third time) ordered rad to get the eval. This time, he gave rad 120 days to do it or all motions by him would be dismissed. Rad didn't do it and on the day before trial he dropped his motions (which would have been dropped the next day anyway for his failure to comply). Rad knew that the judge would immediately activate the jail sentence if he showed up for court, so he didn't. Don't think for a second he was magnanimous by any means. He gave up his fight because he just was incapable of following the rules and thought a judge would overlook all of his prior contempts and feel sorry for him. The judge check mated him and rad lost. Pure and simple, by his own doing.
Although I never really thought rad would follow the rules, I was hoping he would. I was wishing for some miraculous event that he finally said "I'll do it" isntead of trying to get other people in trouble for things he did and trying to con the courts from imposing the existing orders. He was ordered an eval as a condition to have visitation with the children back in December, 2000. He never did it (two counselling sessions with a social worker in July, 2002, does not an eval make).
Sorry for being long winded, but, I thought you might want a few blanks filled in before you assume that butter is up a creek.
This message was meant for 'Only One Voice' and should not be considered more fuel. I just had a need to educate the obviously poorly informed.
Although I never really thought rad would follow the rules, I was hoping he would. I was wishing for some miraculous event that he finally said "I'll do it" isntead of trying to get other people in trouble for things he did and trying to con the courts from imposing the existing orders. He was ordered an eval as a condition to have visitation with the children back in December, 2000. He never did it (two counselling sessions with a social worker in July, 2002, does not an eval make).
Sorry for being long winded, but, I thought you might want a few blanks filled in before you assume that butter is up a creek.
This message was meant for 'Only One Voice' and should not be considered more fuel. I just had a need to educate the obviously poorly informed.