The agreement that sent the kids to live with Daniel includes an apartment, car and airfare for Kelly.

Kelly and Daniel had 50/50 custody in California. Kelly skips over the part where this started because she tried to move with the kids to NY and get sole custody, which triggered the trial that resulted in the Visa issue and ultimately Daniel getting custody of the kids and living in Monaco with them. If Kelly hadn’t…

She used an “impact litigator” because she had lost at every turn in the Family Courts. No court was going to give her a “do over”. The Visa issue became moot when she failed to request a review, leaving no legal reason for Daniel to ever return to the US. He effectively has primary custody and there were no real…

US courts don’t like to bounce kids around between schools like that. The kids are both in school (Daniel invited her to take them to school on the first day this year and she apparently did). The standard long distance visitation plan is what Kelly and Daniel do. School with one parent, school breaks with the other,…

The kids spent 1/2 of their time with both parents until the Visa thing and then most of their time with Daniel. If you met the kids in the last couple of years, you can give a lot of credit to Daniel for how they behave. Kelly actually commented on how she was at they way they carried themselves and how well mannered…

Your experience is a cautionary tale for parents who think they can “win” a custody fight. If winning means eliminating the other parent or making the kids choose who they love, you’ve lost no matter what the judge rules.

I think the judges reviewing Wendy’s appeals questioned if she attended law school as well. Her whole angle was trying to turn a child custody case that basically Kelly had lost with almost no recourse left to her, into a constitutional children are citizens with rights case. She was basically claiming that ordering…

It would be easier to understand with actual facts. These articles are so one sided. I finally read the judges Statement of Decision and it was a ... brave ruling, but I’m pretty comfortable that it was the best chance for the kids to have two parents. In my opinion, Kelly should have lost custody back in 2012. It…

It’s easy to say “both” parents need to try to make things work, but the judge had this to say when explaining the ruling that sent the kids to live with their Dad in Monaco:

He says he did reapply. I’m doubting all of these people who claim that they can call the State Department and see if he actually did.

The Custody Kelly was granted in May only lasted the weekend. Filed on the Friday before a holiday weekend and was set aside by the following Tuesday. She judge shopped, going around the judge who ruled on her case initially and filed an exparte request for sole custody claiming it was an so urgent that there was not…