CrimLaw

When this lady is punished for desertion that State court judge had better be right there in the cell next to her.

The judge has entered an order for the mother (or father) to desert by holding the children hostage. You can clean it up any way you like but that's what was done. Shameful.

I don't have any problems with the Army stopping her pay and booting her out for not reporting back for duty. I don't have too much of a problem with her not returning because she had to stay to keep the State from acting to remove the children from her family (note that the husband went back). And I've seen enough of Juvenile and Domestic Court to expect people to try to use situation like this to their advantage in their wars over custody. However, the judge is supposed to stand above the lunacy. The hackneyed old line about "best interests of the child" just doesn't cut it in this case. Here we have two parents providing excellent examples by doing their civic duty - serving their country when called. The extended family (grandmother) has stepped up to care for the children. So the judge orders a desertion. Yeah, having a mother who abandons her duty and becomes a criminal is really in the best interest of those children.

Where are the federal prosecutors? Does this not violate some section of federal law? (Sorry - not up on my Soldiers' & Sailors' Act or other similar areas of the law)


Arrgggg!!!! On a primal level this just leaves me boiling.