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Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
General Hospital Recap: Sidwell Paid Off Michael's Custody Judge
General Hospital Recap: Sidwell Paid Off Michael's Custody Judge originally appeared on Daytime Confidential. On today's General Hospital recap: Jordan tells Anna that Curtis' marriage is in trouble and how she feels about it. She complains about Portia and doesn't have much sympathy for her. Anna asks if Jordan would go back to Curtis if the marriage ended. Isaiah tells Lulu that Lucky asked him to check up on her. Lulu interrupts Anna and Jordan's conversation. She apologizes to Anna for what happened with Charlotte and knows the shooting was an accident. Anna says it's great Charlotte has a parent now who can guide her. Isaiah checks in with Jordan on her job with Sidwell. He says he's sorry for how things ended between them, and she agrees. Jordan says the timing wasn't right for them. Trina updates Josslyn on the results of Kai's surgery and her anger with the documentary filmmaker. Trina says Kai's dreams are destroyed and blames Drew. Trina says Drew is a user and hopes someone will stop him. Trina says she's been keeping quiet about Drew because she doesn't want friction between her and Kai. Josslyn is certain once it's proven Drew set up Tracy, no one will believe him again. She's certain Drew will be taken down by someone and Trina hopes Kai is not around when it happens. Kai explains to Drew about the surgery result and how all the time he put into his football career was for nothing. Kai mentions the documentary, but Drew tells him not to worry about it. Drew apologizes for giving Kai hope when he shouldn't have. Kai says at least he knows he did everything he could to try to play again. Drew offers Kai a paid internship for the summer, which could be a good distraction right now. Kai's not certain but Drew says he's a natural born leader with integrity who he can trust. Drew says Kai's future is not over, it will just be different. Jason checks in on the new family. Michael says Amelia has been asking about Willow and Sasha tells Jason that Willow isn't doing well. Michael's not sure where they'll be living and that right now they're here to spend time with Daisy. Alone with Jason, Michael discusses Sasha asking him to stay out of the baby's life. He says he trusts Sasha to raise the baby and he's ok with her being the sole parent. Jason points out others won't be happy about it but promises to be on Michael's side. Sasha puts the baby down to sleep and we see someone enter the room. When Sasha goes back to check, she finds the mobile playing. Sonny meets with Jenz regarding the piers and why he wants them. Jenz says he wants to end Sonny's influence in the city. He says he wants to expand his business here and doesn't want to get involved with mob shootouts. Sonny says if the referendum passes, the city will take the piers away, but Jenz isn't worried. Jenz says Sonny could live out the rest of his life safe and secure with his family, and he wonders if that's a threat. Jenz says if he wanted violence against Sonny, it would have happened a long time ago. Sonny brings up Michael's accident, but Jenz says family is off limits. Sonny says he will protect his family and the city from everyone including Sidwell. He tells Jenz to take his money and shove it where the sun don't shine. Marco talks to Lucas about his mother getting arrested and how he took her case. He says she was offered a deal by the ADA against Sonny. Marco's worried Natalia is in both Turner and Sonny's crosshairs. Marco talks about his relationship with his father and Lucas worries about being so close to the criminal aspect. The custody judge meets with Jenz and tells him that she granted Michael full custody, like he paid her to do. Keep checking back for the latest General Hospital recaps! This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
Washington Post
3 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
How much say do I let my teen have in her custodial time with my ex?
Dear Meghan: I am a single, divorced mother to a 15-year-old daughter. We divorced when she was 9 and started with 50-50 custody. During the lockdown, her other parent moved a few hours away and recently even farther away, and now they see each other for a weekend every other month. I just read your old column about connecting with a teen, and it's great! My teen and I are relatively close. She can be sweet and charming, and she can be moody and rude, but I try to roll with it and not take things personally. Her other parent is quick to take offense and they usually butt heads. For example, she is not allowed to sleep in the car when they are together, as this takes away from time together, among other things. My teen has made some requests about her schedule with both of us. Right now, she spends about two-thirds or more of vacation time with her other parent because she has to travel to go there. She's a teen now, and she just wants time to relax in her room and hang out with her friends. The other night, I had a dream that she ran away when she was with my ex. Maybe it's just anxiety, or maybe I'm picking up on something real. Who knows? I'm looking for advice on how to navigate the situation of a teen who doesn't want to travel three-plus hours for the majority of her vacations to spend time with a parent she doesn't get along with, away from friends, her room and all of her things. Thoughts? — Teen Pushback Teen Pushback: Thank you for writing; you are in a tricky developmental time! To quickly address the 'running away' dream: It sounds like your anxiety is showing up in your dream (not abnormal). Unless there's a history of running or your daughter is threatening it now, I wouldn't allow your dream to dictate your actions. Your daughter is 15, and it is age- and developmentally appropriate for her to want to chill in her bed and see her friends. Many teens want to either be alone or with their friends, but don't mistake these desires to mean that they don't need their parents. Your daughter and her other parent butt heads a lot, so there's even more of a reason for her not to spend a lot of time with them during vacation. The sacrifice of her friendships and free time, plus arguing with her other parent? Yeah, that's a hard pass for most teens. But. Maintaining a relationship with her other parent is important, and you don't want to let your teen's emotional impulses dictate all of the vacation plans. Teens very much want and need their parents to be present, listening and holding boundaries and rules. And unless it is abusive, you don't want to meddle too much in their relationship; rather you want to support healthy communication. Without clear communication, one extreme is that your teen runs the schedule, while the other extreme is that the co-parent runs the schedule, but the middle path is where a compromise is met. Yes, a compromise means both parties don't get what they want, but it can also open a new level of communication and respect. I don't know what your teen's exact request is, but have her put it into writing and call a meeting with the co-parent. Say: 'Whitney has some changes she'd like to make to the summer schedule. I support her hanging here a little more, while still being able to get time with you, co-parent. Let's look at our schedules and begin a chat about this.' Hopefully, with an open tone, you can help your daughter respect her own voice while also supporting your co-parent. And by beginning the conversation, everyone can step away and think about the choices. Encourage your daughter to stay open-minded, while also accepting that work schedules and other needs may trump her picture of the perfect summer. However the conversation goes, your best bet moving forward is bringing your teen into the conversation and decision-making process. Teens get a bad rap; they are often creative and out-of-the-box thinkers and far more open-minded than we give them credit for. Trust that your daughter can problem solve with her co-parent.
SBS Australia
3 days ago
- SBS Australia
Decades on from the Royal Commission, why are Indigenous people still dying in custody?
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has passed away. The raw numbers are a tragic indictment of government failure to implement in full the Commission's 339 recommendations. We are potentially further away from resolving this crisis than we were 34 years ago. Kumanjayi White was a vulnerable young Warlpiri man with a disability under a guardianship order. He stopped breathing while being restrained by police in an Alice Springs supermarket on May 27. His family is calling for all CCTV and body camera footage to be released. Days later a 68-year-old Aboriginal Elder from Wadeye was taken to the Palmerston Watchhouse after being detained for apparent intoxication at Darwin airport. He was later transferred to a hospital where he died. Both were under the care and protection of the state when they died. The royal commission revealed 'so many' deaths had occurred in similar circumstances and urged change. It found there was "little appreciation of, and less dedication to, the duty of care owed by custodial authorities and their officers to persons in care." Seemingly, care and protection were the last things Kumanjayi White and the Wadeye Elder were afforded by NT police. The royal commission investigated 99 Aboriginal deaths in custody between 1980 and 1989. If all of its recommendations had been fully implemented, lives may have been saved. For instance, recommendation 127 called for 'protocols for the care and management' of Aboriginal people in custody, especially those suffering from physical or mental illness. This may have informed a more appropriate and therapeutic response to White and prevented his death. Recommendation 80 provided for 'non-custodial facilities for the care and treatment of intoxicated persons'. Such facilities may have staved off the trauma the Elder faced when he was detained, and the adverse impact it had on his health. Indigenous people continue to be over-represented in prison populations. Bianca De Marchi/AAP More broadly, a lack of independent oversight has compromised accountability. Recommendations 29-31 would have given the coroner, and an assisting lawyer, 'the power to direct police' in their investigations. "It must never again be the case that a death in custody, of Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal persons, will not lead to rigorous and accountable investigations." Yet, the Northern Territory police has rejected pleas by White's family for an independent investigation. Northern Territory Labor MP Marion Scrymgour is calling on the Albanese government to order a full audit of the royal commission recommendations. She says Indigenous people are being completely ostracised and victimised. "People are dying. The federal government, I think, needs to show leadership." Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour says governments have taken their eye off the ball regarding Aboriginal deaths in custody. Mick Tsikas/AAP It is unlikely another audit will cure the failures by the government to act on the recommendations. Instead, a new standing body should be established to ensure they are all fully implemented. It should be led by First Nations people and involve families whose loved ones have died in custody in recognition of their lived expertise. In 2023, independent Senator Lidia Thorpe moved a motion for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner to assume responsibility for the implementation of the recommendations. While the government expressed support for this motion, there has been no progress. Another mechanism for change would be for governments to report back on recommendations made by coroners in relation to deaths in custody. Almost 600 inquests have issued a large repository of recommendations, many of which have been shelved. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently conceded no government has 'done well enough' to reduce Aboriginal deaths in custody. But he has rejected calls for an intervention in the Northern Territory justice system. "I need to be convinced that people in Canberra know better than people in the Northern Territory about how to deal with these issues," he said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a different way must be found to engage respectfully with Indigenous communities on issues such as deaths in custody. Mick Tsikas/AAP Albanese is ignoring the essence of what is driving deaths in custody. Reflecting on the 25-year anniversary of the royal commission in 2016, criminology professor Chris Cunneen wrote that Australia had become much less compassionate and more ready to blame individuals for their alleged failings: "Nowhere is this more clear than in our desire for punishment. A harsh criminal justice system – in particular, more prisons and people behind bars – has apparently become a hallmark of good government." There are too many First Nations deaths in custody because there are too many First Nations people in custody in the first place. Governments across the country have expanded law and order practices, police forces and prisons in the name of community safety. This includes a recent $1.5 billion public order plan to expand policing in the Northern Territory. Such agendas impose a distinct lack of safety on First Nations people, who bear the brunt of such policies. It also instils a message that social issues can only be addressed by punitive and coercive responses. The royal commission showed us there is another way: self-determination and stamping out opportunities for racist and violent policing. First Nations families have campaigned for these issues for decades. How many more Indigenous deaths in custody does there have to be before we listen?
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Daily Mail
Terrifying audio reveals fugitive dad Travis Decker outlining plan for three daughters before alleged murders
Chilling new audio has revealed f ugitive father Travis Decke r pleading for more custody time to go camping with his daughters, just months before he was accused of brutally murdering them at a campsite. In the audio, which is from a September 2024 custody hearing, Decker makes an eerie promise that no harm would come to the girls if he's given more time to take them camping in Washington State 's wilderness. Decker, who remains wanted and on the run, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping after he disappeared with Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5, during a court-ordered visitation on May 30. Their bodies were were found near Rock Island Campground on June 2, with Decker's abandoned truck also discovered near the scene. His visitation time with the girls had earlier been reduced after his ex-wife raised concerns over his declining mental health, alleged endangerment, and lack of stability. She was given near-full custody while Decker was only allowed to visit every other weekend for a set number of hours. Frustrated with the lack of time with his daughters, Decker pled with a family court judge to restore access to the girls - claiming he'd never put them in danger. 'Every time I've had the girls, we have been in campsites and national forests and paid campsites that have campers,' he said in the audio. 'We've never done anything that was unsafe, or anything I wouldn't want to put myself in.' 'I understand that my current position when I'm by myself isn't ideal, but my daughters aren't a part of that,' Decker continued. 'I only get to see them over the weekends, and camping is something that the four of us have done since the three of them were in diapers.' He emphasized again that he's never put his daughter's at risk - and brings them to camp sights that are 'sold out.' 'I've never done anything I feel like that puts them in any sort of a risk ... that most families in the state of Washington, every campsite we've been to in the last month have been almost completely booked out or sold out because everybody's out this time of year. 'When I stepped away from the National Guard I was making $86,000 a year and now I make I think it's like $38,000 a year. When you start over from zero and you don't have help in a hand to get you through it makes it a little more difficult.' The judge responded, stating, 'That's not stable ... Whether it's an RV, a tent, an Airbnb or motel - that's not stability for these children. That's always a concern for the court.' In the audio, Decker tells the judge that he should have the 'opportunity' to be there for his daugthers. 'I already only get a day and a half, two days, with my daughters, and it's two nights,' Decker says in the audio. 'It's a Friday night, Saturday night, and because of my current job and the current location, I'm in Idaho working.' 'Where the work is, is where I come, and through the new parenting plan, it takes away basically all my opportunities to be around the girls when I'm not at work.' 'I feel like I should be able to be there for them and not have to find my way to be around my daughters.' The young children's bodies were discovered dumped in a remote, wooded area about 30 miles from Rock Island Campground in Washington. Decker had a history of escalating violence, according to his brother who revealed Travis' 'violent' reaction when his family attempted to hold an intervention. Thomas, 35, told the Daily Mail exclusively that his brother's actions are unrecognizable from when they were children and begged him to 'stop this evil' and turn himself in after the bodies of his children were found.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Dad Clashes with Ex as She Insists Their Kids Need to Spend Father's Day with Her New Husband Despite Custody Agreement
A father's refusal to give up his court-ordered Father's Day leads to mounting tension with his ex and her husband, who claim the day should honor the stepdad, too The kids, ages 11 and 9, prefer spending the day with their biological dad, citing discomfort around their stepfather As the holiday nears, the father faces relentless pressure and emotional fallout, ultimately turning to Reddit for clarity and community supportA man turns to Reddit for support after a heated disagreement with his ex over how their children should spend Father's Day. He shares in his post that he and his ex, who were never married, share 50-50 custody of their two kids, ages 11 and 9, and that their arrangement has always been clear: 'My ex always got Mother's Day while I always got Father's Day. That's written into our court order and this has never been challenged before.' Four years ago, his ex married a man named Nick, and the blended family has since grown with a child together and another on the way. Now, the man explains that his "ex and Nick want the kids to be with them on Father's Day and to celebrate the day with Nick specifically.' He points out that the occasion is being turned into a larger gathering, as his 'ex's whole family and Nick's whole family are getting together and they're turning it into a family day.' His ex argues that this makes it even more important for the kids to be there, but she also has another motive. 'She has also stated she feels as though they mistreat Nick and this would be my way of saying it needs to stop,' he writes. The reason for this tension, he explains, is that 'the kids don't like him and on family trees or family drawings they never included him.' He reveals that his children 'don't call to wish [Nick] a Happy Father's Day and they choose to ask me to do fatherly events with them instead of Nick, including on my ex's time.' However, he notes that this isn't a one-sided issue, adding, 'This also happens when a motherly event comes up and I have the kids. They ask their mom to go.' The relationship between the man and Nick is strained, with accusations of jealousy fueling the conflict. 'Nick and I have some tension because he gets jealous when the kids' attention is on me when we all show up to support the kids,' the poster explains. Nick, however, feels he does 'an equal amount of dad work to me so he should be equally loved and appreciated.' The situation has escalated, with Nick lashing out multiple times. 'Five times now he has accused me of hogging the kids,' the man shares. Nick has also 'wrongly accused me of several things from removing him from the emergency contact list at school… to saying I demanded the kids be returned to me when my ex worked late by a couple of hours and the kids were with him.' The children themselves have voiced their discomfort with Nick. 'My kids say he's grumpy and bossy and that he doesn't like me. They picked up on it years ago,' the father writes. Concerned for their well-being, he put them in therapy, but even that step led to more conflict. 'When all three adults (me, ex and her husband) met with one of the therapists to discuss things, it worsened things between Nick and myself," he explains. As Father's Day approaches, the man's ex is relentless in her requests to swap the holiday. 'Ex has used our co-parenting app to really push this Father's Day swap and she is not accepting no for an answer,' he says, noting, 'I get notifications up to 10 times a day as we get closer to Father's Day.' The father is clear about his own feelings and those of his children. 'My kids don't want to go. I don't want to miss Father's Day with them or cancel our plans,' he explains. He also reflects on his own role in the situation, saying, 'I know I don't exactly encourage them to like Nick. I never discourage it either, but I have let them feel how they feel.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Still, he acknowledges the potential benefits of the children spending time with their mom's side of the family, admitting, 'I know this is a chance for them to spend time with their mom's side who they don't see that often.' Regardless, he remains conflicted, turning to Reddit for advice. Read the original article on People
