Okay, now this truly pissed me off.

[SeaCat]

Okay now this truly pissed me off. WTF Judges?
Denied

Cat

 

[cloudy]

This little snippet, "Bastine, who retired Friday..." is more telling than anything.

What an ass. One of the "good ol' boys" strikes again.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Imbecile.

 

[SeaCat]

Imbecile.

Who? Me or the Judge?

Cat
The Marine Feline

 

[Kassiana]

May Bastine never get any sort of sexual pleasure again. Or any other kind. The fuckwad.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Women's advocates worry the ruling sets an unsettling precedent. "This is a woman in domestic violence asking to get out of the relationship," said Hughes' attorney, Terri Sloyer. "We're telling abusers that if you can get her pregnant you can keep her married to you."

Duh. I love it when they have to resort to saying the obvious.

Further muddying the waters is Shawnna Hughes' reliance on public assistance. The state of Washington objected to the divorce because it might leave the state unable to identify a father and pursue him for repayment of welfare money used to support the child.

The fug??? It might just be me and how sleepy I am right now, but this statement fails to make sense no matter how I spin it. As is it states that she's receiving assistance not him and since he's in jail he can't receive assitance right now and why would he pay back if he's owes money to her and if you switch it to "her" in the "pursue" section, it makes even less sense. Is someone talking up their ass or is the article writer an incompetent moron?

Or is the State assuming she's a slut who sleeps around because she's welfare?

Bastine agreed to revoke the divorce until paternity is scientifically established after the child's birth, expected in mid-March.

Either the State is dumb-as-shit or just plain evil. Let's assume idiocy for a novel approach. They went to court spending X money for a lawyer and probably her lawyer as well if she's welfare. They did this to complain about <<X amount of money being taken away from her welfare money for child support. They are also going to spend Y money where Y is likely >X to determine the paternity of the child? How much is the State wasting to save the buck 95 a month that they're likely going to get back if everything is clear? Which it should be since HE'S IN JAIL!

The judge is another case altogether. If he was of an ounce of rationality or good character he would have not stopped laughing when the case passed before him and thrown it on the floor. Instead, he treats it like it's a sane request, non bad precedent setting, and finds against the woman forcing her to go through more havoc for worthless reasons. I want to slap seven levels of sense into his thick skull and whoever in the State Welfare Department who thought this a worthwhile campaign.


Overall, though it sheds more light on why my mum never sought out government or private assistance either to raise me or track down my fuckwit of a biological father. A bad situation can always get worse. Irony is funny that way.

 

[woodnymph_O]

well then

Having once been a battered woman, since i dont have anything nice to say.......
nymphy

 

[cloudy]

Re: well then

Having once been a battered woman, since i dont have anything nice to say.......
nymphy

With ya there, sweets.....

I wonder why shit like this still amazes me. You'd think I'd be used to it by now, especially considering that I live in the homeland of the gool ol' boys.

 

[BlackShanglan]

Who? Me or the Judge?

Cat
The Marine Feline

The obvious choice

Shanglan

 

[rgraham666]

The law, sir, is an ass.