Australian mother murders her baby in child custody dispute

ashpatil · 2010-07-08T10:17:54+00:00

When a father killed a child a few years back during a child custody dispute, the government set up an inquiry to attempt to repeal the shared parenting laws (even though issue had nothing to do with shared parenting laws).

..so how will they twist the facts in this terrible, terribe case?

2010-07-08T21:52:22+00:00

I don't know if there is already a name for it, but I like to call this the Medea Complex after the Greek tragedy in which the "heroine" murders her children to punish her adulterous husband before being whisked away by the gods to escape his vengeance.

I apply the term to all cases in which a mother uses her children as a weapon against their father without regard for the damage done to them in the process. Specifically I thought it up when my ex decided one day that even though my daughters had been visiting me regularly, she didn't want one of them to see me any more. My daughter had to suffer half a year of not being able to see her dad without knowing why while I fought the courts to get her visitation rights back.

Anecdotally, the Medea Complex is extremely common in separations involving children. I'm sure most people can think of an example they have witnessed or been a party to. I think it is important to raise awareness that it is not OK to use children in this way and that in fact it is child abuse, plain and simple. The Quilligan case is an extreme example of this - hopefully most people should already be aware that murdering your baby is a bad thing - but it serves well to illustrate the point.

As a side note related to the specific example I mentioned above I would like to take the opportunity to say that I believe that visitation rights should be guaranteed. A parent should not have to fight to see their damn kids; if there is any reason why they should not be allowed to do so, the onus should be on the custodial parent to petition to have visitation rights removed.

2010-07-09T13:48:30+00:00

I've been following this for the past few days.

You know why she killed her kid? It wasn't because she was sad. It wasn't because she was trying to "protect" it from abuse. It wasn't a merciful killing because it was facing a horrible life with its father.

The mother was about to lose custody. This was an evil, petty, "if I can't have the kid then nobody can" revenge move, plain and simple. This woman never gave two short shits about the kid or its father - she was selfishly motivated the entire time.

Fuck women and fuck the courts that allow this shit to happen with their open fellation of the "feminist" agenda.

Title	Australian mother murders her baby in child custody dispute
Author	ashpatil
Upvotes	9
Comments	6
Date	July 8, 2010 10:15 AM UTC (16 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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