The judge in an explosive and controversial Michigan custody case has insisted that three children spend time with their father, despite his long history of documented domestic violence.
On Wednesday Oakland County Family Court Judge Lisa Gorcyca sent the three Tsimhoni children to a five- day intensive reunification therapy and gave the father temporary sole custody for 90 days. That ruling came after another ruling last month, where Gorcyca sentenced the children to juvenile hall, citing parental alienation.
That decision came after the children refused to see their father.
An analysis of court records, police reports, and Child Protective Services reports suggests that the reason behind the refusal of the children to see their father stems from fear. These records show documented incidents of domestic violence by the father, Omer Tsimhoni, since at least 2010.
“Lim was apparently too afraid to come down from the jungle gym because his father threatened to kill him. Maya claims that she came to the park at this point and two of the kids were inside Omer’s car. Omer began pushing her around his vehicle and she was scared he was going to hit her,” a police report from the West Bloomfield Township Police Department from Aug. 17, 2010, stated. “Maya Tsimhoni advised that the kids call 911 while they were inside Omer’s vehicle.”
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