CUSTODY BATTLE WEIGHED : UPHILL FIGHT SEEN OVER GRANDKIDS.Byline: Luz Villarreal Daily News Staff Writer Despite the staggering verdicts in the O.J. Simpson civil trial, Louis and Juditha Brown say they don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if they will appeal a judge's ruling that put Sydney and Justin Simpson back at their father's estate. ``I haven't decided yet,'' Juditha Brown, the children's maternal grandmother, said after Monday's verdicts. Legal experts say they'll have a difficult time if they pursue an appeal. The Browns' burden of proof that the children are in a potentially detrimental environment by living with Simpson is substantial. Custody cases Noun 1. custody case - a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) action at law, legal action, action - a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of demand ``clear and convincing evidence'' to prove any allegation. Civil courts rely only on a ``preponderance of evidence A standard of proof that must be met by a plaintiff if he or she is to win a civil action. In a civil case, the plaintiff has the burden of proving the facts and claims asserted in the complaint. .'' In addition, California law California Law consists of 29 codes, covering various subject areas, the State Constitution and Statutes. See also
``The fact that a civil liability could make Simpson a little empty in his pockets certainly does not make him an unfit unfit not properly prepared, e.g. physically incapable of performing hard work as in racing, because of lack of training. Said also of food prepared unhygienically. unfit for human consumption parent,'' said Glen H. Schwartz, an Encino attorney specializing in family law. During the custody trial last year, Orange County Superior Court Judge Nancy Wieben Stock refused a motion by the Browns to let them present evidence that Simpson, who was acquitted of murder in October 1995, killed Nicole Brown Simpson Nicole Brown Simpson (May 19, 1959 – June 12, 1994) was the wife of American football player O.J. Simpson. Found murdered at her home in Los Angeles, California, along with her friend Ronald Goldman, her death led to one of the most controversial and widely-discussed criminal . The civil trial was still going on at the time of the motion. She also cited ``the considerable risk to the children of further damaging publicity that would accompany an unprecedented third `homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. trial.' '' Wieben Stock awarded Simpson custody of the children, Sydney, 11, and Justin, 8, before Christmas, and they have lived with Simpson at his Rockingham Avenue estate ever since. The children go to school and are busy with after-school activities. What may be the most difficult thing for the children is understanding what the different outcomes of the criminal and civil trials mean, and how those results will affect their family. Dr. Joseph Haraszti, a forensic psychiatrist in Pasadena who has been involved in child custody The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their evaluations for the past decade, said the futures of Sydney and Justin Simpson will depend on their father's mental state, and the ability of the Simpson and Brown families' to get along. ``Studies dealing with child custody indicate a successful outcome (for the children) depends on the ability of the two sets of families to get along with each other, with minimal hostilities,'' he said. ``I don't know that's going to be possible between the Browns and the Simpsons, but that's the ideal.'' |
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