A Michigan judge ordered three children 14, 10 and 9 years to a juvenile detention facility for refusal to have lunch with their father who has been divorced from their mother.
Judge Lisa Gorcyca
A judge in Michigan ordered that three children 14, 10 and 9 years old be sent to a juvenile detention facility until they were 18-years-old for refusing to go to lunch with their father.
Judge Lisa Gorcyca told the mother and children that the case, birthed from a contentious divorce that began in 2009, was tied for the worst "parental alienation" case she had ever seen.
She blamed the mother for alienating the two older boys- Liam, Roee- and their younger sister, Natalie, from their father, Omer Tsimhoni.
Roee, Liam and Natalie Tsimhoni
During the hearing, the son attempted to explain to Gorcyca why he didn’t want to spend time with his dad. “Because he is violent and I saw him hit my mom,” the boy said in court documents.
Gorcyca claimed the child had been brainwashed and held all three in contempt of court and sent them to the Children's Village, a detention facility, where they were to be held until they turn 18-years-old.
“I felt like I was watching them being executed,” the children’s mother said. “No matter how bad the divorce gets, I think the court should not punish the kids for that.”
The children were deemed in contempt of court last month by Gorcyca for disobeying her orders to "have a healthy relationship with your father."
The children remained in custody Thursday, July 9, according to the office of attorney Lisa Stern, who is representing the mother.