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Jydge from night court4/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Judge Evans said it was "alarming" that the mum had described her daughter as "easy" to parent. He added: "I do not buy the mother’s explanations – not for a moment." She gave excuses such as needle phobia and not wanting hair removed for testing but the judge said she had "lied". ![]() Initially the mum – who had admitted trying cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamine in the past – had agreed to court-ordered drug and alcohol testing but she then argued it was not necessary. She also has the capacity to do activities like crafts, the court heard. He said it was "bleak" that the young girl did not have a single friend at school despite being able to interact in a "warm and loving way" as she does with her mother. But Judge Evans found the mum had "consistently" refused agencies' offers of support and advice. The mum said her daughter had no sleep routine and would "scream and make herself sick" when she tried to get her into school uniform. "However she has only been taken to the doctors on around three occasions and the dentist once for an abscess." "Indeed I am left with a child who has missed huge amounts of school in the last three months, apparently due to ill health," he added. Judge Evans said the child had been observed to be "dirty and smelly" while she only recently saw a dentist for the first time despite five cavities which have been causing her pain. The social worker told how the little girl was "constantly" on her phone. Her school attendance was just over 50% and around half the absences were due to late arrival. When a social worker visited the home the youngster and her mum would sometimes be asleep in bed as late as 4.15pm. She does not have close relationships with family members apart from her grandfather. He added there was no evidence "those issues have been addressed" although the court heard the mum is currently single. The mum experienced a "challenging" childhood which led to substance misuse and she has been in "violent relationship after violent relationship", the judge said in his summary of the case. Read next: GP had 'horrifying sexual relationship' with 14-year-old girl Judge Evans said she was "not eating any real range of foods" and the court heard there were times when she consumed only rusks and milk. Last year she was assessed as functioning at the level of a two-and-a-half-year-old. She was described as "glued" to her phone and "very pale and slim". The court heard the little girl – who has autism and global developmental delay – wears pull-up nappies and has serious dental problems. The judge said this would be "catastrophic" for the child and pleaded with the mum to reconsider. Although the mum had fought the order she also threatened not to visit her daughter in care. The mum sobbed as Deputy District Judge Rhys Evans approved Cardiff Council's plan to put the youngster into long-term foster care. The six-year-old had a "bleak" existence of sleeping deep into afternoons, missing school, and being fed from a baby bottle, Cardiff's family court heard. Next, find out what John Larroquette said about his former Night Court co-stars when he returned for the reboot.A "neglectful" mother broke down in tears as she lost custody of her daughter. Nobody should have to hide their sexuality. But the 'shoulds' that 'should' matter don't. The fear of the judgment of strangers and their holier-than-thou 'shoulds' was at least as big of a burden to bear. "But, it was also not the only reason I didn't come out swinging when she passed. It would not then have ever really been a betrayal of trust to 'spill the beans.' Because it wasn't a secret, it was an uncomfortably kept promise to my mother," she wrote. Had I never come out publicly, many, many people would have known. She continued, "When I went to bars, which was frequently, I never tried to hide who I was. Like I'm sure is true for millions of other glass door closeted people." The people I didn't tell knew anyway, and tacitly agreed to pretend that the unacknowledged had been acknowledged and accepted. ![]() But, everybody who knew me, knew I was gay. I agreed, even though the request and her admission were hurtful in ways I couldn't put my finger on then, and probably haven't completely worked through now. Then, she asked me not to come out publicly while she was alive. Warfield came out in 2017 in a heartfelt Facebook post, writing, "When I told my mother I was gay, she said she knew, and had known all my life. Marsha Warfield has continued acting and performing comedy, including having her own Marsha Warfield Show, plus roles in Clueless, Family Ties, Empty Nest, Moesha, Living Single, Cheers, Touched By An Angel and most recently 9-1-1. ![]()
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