BEING "STRANGE" DOESN'T MAKE ME "MENTALLY ILL"
In Matter of Kyle K. v. Harry K, a mother sought to terminate a father’s parental rights on the grounds of “mental illness” and “permanent neglect.”
After a hearing, the Erie County Family Court granted the request and awarded custody to the children’s mother.
On appeal, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, was of the opinion that mom hadn't established that dad was unable to adequately care for the children by reason of mental illness.
Although the father’s reported behavior was “strange,” there was no “clear and convincing evidence” that he was unable to attend to the children's needs due to mental disability. However, since he failed to complete mental health counseling or “acknowledge his children’s educational problems,” the AD4 concluded that the father’s parental rights were properly terminated on “permanent neglect” grounds.
Interestingly, the father thought other people sent him “impulses,” that his kids would be “switched” and transformed into “evil people” if allowed outside, and likes to cover the lights in his microwave with a towel.
How bad off could the guy be?
To download a copy of the Appellate Division’s decision, please use this link: Matter of Kyle K. v. Harry K
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This stuff happens all the time. I have found that having clients line the interiors of their kitchen cabinets and closets with aluminum foil successfully defended from radio, gamma and x-ray invasions of their apartments.
On another occasion, a client slipped me a note in the middle of trial informing me that the opposing party was zapping her in the head with radio transmissions. I wrapped a pen with the foil lining of a cigarette pack, twisted it tight with a couple of paper clips and handed it to the client (this technique also has successfully used to temporarily repair carburetors in vintage Ford Mavericks and Pintos), and told her it was an antenna that would absorb the transmissions. They stopped.
I will leave it to other posters to explain how to prevent Ed Koch and Jesse Jackson from hexing you with Splenatry Oil.
Posted by: Gines Pasamonte | June 13, 2008 2:13 PM