WI: Judge jails mother over daughter's refusal to visit father

How is jailing this mother going to benefit her daughter? Dad is a drunk, drove drunk while his daughter was in the car with him, and he encourages her to lie, amongst other things, so it's no wonder she doesn't want to see him. Plus his mom tried to force her to eat her own puke. What's wrong with this picture? Rather than punish mom, why not place the punitive focus on dad? Oh, but dads have rights... so he gets to see his daughter no matter how much of a loser he is. I'm tired of seeing father's rights have preference over a child's welfare. It looks like "friendly" parent theory also has a role in punishing mom, and that kind of thinking needs to be removed from the courts.

Daughter Won't Visit Father? Jail Mommy!

No matter who wants what, it is the person with the most money who will win.  And, we as Americans,  will be the losers.  Corrupt judges, unethical lawyers and a plethora of paid experts and witnesses will be marched through the courtroom and this child's life.  Since when are children disposable?  Since some judge and his friends decided they could  make money off a child.  We have laws against working a child to death, but we have no laws that say a court has to protect them from death.  Someday, these kids are going to sue the United States and watch your taxes soar over the settlements. 

We know moms will go to jail for their children, take a bullet for their children, take it up the *** for their children.  Why is it becoming increasingly common that they HAVE TO??????

I know this mom personally and the abuse does go deeper.  In fact, a police officer even tried calling the Judge and he'd hear nothing of it.  I to would rot my a** in jail to protect my child and stand up for their voice NOT to go even though the protective parent ususually does have a VERY hard time getting a child to visit their abuser..duh!  This is court sanction abuse and only serves to be an extention of the fathers abuse tactics.  Very typical pattern of abusers.  When a child would willingly chose foster care of the biological parent, hello CPS are you PAYING attention?  Lorraine is a strong woman and encredible mom and her daughter is not an empty vessel.  Neither of them are trying to be vendictive, the mom has tried and the daughter refuses.  I don't blame her, I wouldn't want to visit my abuser either, heck I left that train ride yrs ago.  It retraumatizes and only further adds to the resentment.  He (the Judge) won't even order supervised visits.  We're not done standing for you Lorraine yet!  Not until you and Miss M are reunited!  Love, light and prayers,Cara 

First of all, my thoughts and prayers are with Ms. Tipton and her daughter, as well as the brave writer of this story.  Rarely are journalists brave enough to report the facts of these cases.  I personally know those who have and subsequently lost their jobs, including an editor in chief who bravely took a stand on first amendment freedom when the court put a gag order on another mother for defending her child from a thoroughly documented abuser in family court.If Ms. Tipton had been alleged to have driven drunk with the child in the car, would Judge Miron leniently have let her continue to enjoy her court ordered custody and visitation?If the step father (another adult living in the child's home) had allegedly forced the child to eat her own vomit, would Judge Miron have denied a hearing of fact and let the child continue to reside in the home?The allegations in this case are so disturbing that they deserve to be heard by a judge and the child should be allowed to testify by video.  What would it hurt for these allegations to see the light of day and be investigated?  If the father has lost his home, that would be a change of circumstance that would merit a reconsideration of overnight visitation, wouldn't it?   What reasonable person would deny at least a hearing of fact?  No one, unless they have a vested interest in maintaining a father's "right" to visitation, without regard to potential danger to the child -- and that would appear to be Judge Miron in this case, and all of the court cronies that are preventing evidence from being heard.It happens every day, in courtrooms all across this country.  In the face of hard evidence to the contrary, courts operate under a false assumption, and well funded propaganda campaign that insists men are getting a raw deal in family court and somehow children are suffering as a result.  As long as there are attorneys, and other court appointed players, who take money to represent men who are more interested in controlling their former wives/girlfriends using the bench and the child(ren) as a weapon, this kind of illogical injustice and child abuse will go on.How many attorneys do you hear advertising on the radio for "Mother's Rights" -- NONE, and it's not because courts are biased in favor of mothers.  They aren't.  They haven't been for at least 3 decades, if in fact EVER.  The propaganda distorts the truth and offends common sense.  In Illinois, you have to turn off the radio to escape the blast of advertisements from father advocate attorneys like Jeffrey M. Leving.  Why?  Because that's where the money is!  Follow the money and you'll find the answer to why this sick injustice continues.Follow the money straight up the flag pole to the US Dept of Health and Human Services and the Fatherhood Initiative (strongly advocated by Barack Obama in his IL Senate career).  Oh, and who do you think was recently appointed (not elected, not vetted) to some fatherhood initiative post in the White House?  None other than yet another Chicago-Way cronie and Father's Rights attorney, Jeffrey M. Leving.  Your tax dollars are funding this folks, so wake up!Shine the bright sunshine of truth on judges, attorneys, and all of the court-appointed "experts" who make money off of this fatherhood supremacist cottage trade, name names, demand the TRUTH, put a stop to punishing, intimidating, and gagging mothers who have the audacity to try and keep their children in a safe and loving home.  Let the children be heard, and let them grow up secure in the knowledge that the adults who are in a position of power to protect them, are doing their jobs honestly and with integrity.Stop blindly believing the fatherhood supremacist propaganda and nonsense, and don't think it's none of your business or that it can't happen to you.  If it could happen to Ms. Tipton in Marinette County, WI, it can happen to any mother.

I want to express my outrage at the jailing of Loraine Tipton. This kind of violation of the human rights of protective parents is happening across the continent, unfortunately. I hope we can make our voices louder and louder in the coming months so that the legal system and the media finally can't ignore us any longer.

The judge should be charged with endangering a child

No child should to choose between visiting her abusive father and her mom being in jail. This is a child, how could this judge possibly think that laying this decision at her feet would be anywhere near her best interest. This is cruel and unusual punishment to the CHILD!

This judge is endangering this child make her choose between being abused or her mom being free.  If the mom had done all the things this father has she would have been stripped of all visitations and custody....but no, the court is bending over backwards for this abuser to give him a chance to continue his abuse of his daughter.  If the father cared for his child at all, he would drop it and not put her through this either!

This just another example of how corrupt the Family court system is!  This judge has put this little girl into a dangerous situation.  His actions are insane!

My heart goes out to this family!  How horrible this must be for the daughter to have this decision hanging over her head.  I can't imagine what this mom is going through knowing that she now can not protect her daughter.  Prayers.....