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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMiss. judge resigns after barring mother from seeing her baby for 14 months over unpaid court costs.
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The Clarion-Ledger reports that Pearl Youth Court Judge John Shirley has resigned under pressure from local activists who decried his decision to impose a no-contact order on a resident of Jackson, Miss., who is identified in court documents only as Mother A.
The judge first issued the order after the woman and a friend, who were driving through the city of Pearl looking for work, were pulled over by a police officer who discovered both women had outstanding warrants for routine misdemeanor offenses. The police officer who made the arrest told the Mississippi Department of Human Services that the child who was in the car with the two women was abandoned, despite the fact that it was the officers own arrest that forced the child to be separated from the mother.
Judge Shirley awarded custody to the babys grandmother, while also blocking the mother from coming into contact with the child until she paid off court-imposed fees.
The judge first issued the order after the woman and a friend, who were driving through the city of Pearl looking for work, were pulled over by a police officer who discovered both women had outstanding warrants for routine misdemeanor offenses. The police officer who made the arrest told the Mississippi Department of Human Services that the child who was in the car with the two women was abandoned, despite the fact that it was the officers own arrest that forced the child to be separated from the mother.
Judge Shirley awarded custody to the babys grandmother, while also blocking the mother from coming into contact with the child until she paid off court-imposed fees.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/mississippi-judge-resigns-after-barring-mother-from-seeing-her-baby-for-14-months-over-unpaid-court-fees/?comments=disqus
1) I bet this motherfucker is a "Family Values" judge.
2) I bet this motherfucker sided with deadbeat dads to be allowed to see their kids while owing back child support.
Note:
CS and visitation are completely separate issues.
This judge was probably inconsistent on how he levied punishment to people who owed money.
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Miss. judge resigns after barring mother from seeing her baby for 14 months over unpaid court costs. (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Oct 2017
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(52,352 posts)1. "surely you're joking, your honor","i'm not, and quit calling me shirley";"but. that's. your. name."
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(53,918 posts)2. Banned from seeing her child until she paid off fees he imposed...abandonment of the child...
being one, the result of the cop arresting her and saying the child that was with her was now abandoned.
Bet $100 she's a person of color.