disturbing scenes, page-30

nine lives,

You said:

"part of the problem on this thread is that posters are thinking like lawyers and not like mothers."

You are exhibiting that problem yourself.

May be posters here should be thinking "like fathers", or may be "like parents" ? Why should poster be thinking "like mothers" only ?

The "father" side does have an interest in the children's welfare as well.

The children "did not want to go back to Italy", but the judge did say they have been heavily influenced by their mother.