WE ARE DOING THIS THING!
On behalf of myself and my children, I cannot thank you all enough!
On behalf of myself and my children, I cannot thank you all enough!
We need to keep it going!
Please "like" the fan page that my dear friend from childhood Peter Kaufmann made for
my children and me:
my children and me:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alaina-Giordano-Should-Not-Lose-Her-Kids-Because-She-Has-Breast-Cancer/127024814041233
We must OVERTURN this ruling
We must OVERTURN this ruling
for my children
and for all children.
If this ruling stands it will become precedent in this Judge's courtroom, which will more than allow her to use it as a reason to make the same sort of rulings in similar custody decisions.
Thank you for doing the right thing.
Alaina Giordano
If this ruling stands it will become precedent in this Judge's courtroom, which will more than allow her to use it as a reason to make the same sort of rulings in similar custody decisions.
Thank you for doing the right thing.
Alaina Giordano
Alaina I have shared this with my grassroots group - American Mother's Poltical Party at americanmotherspoliticalparty.org. Things like this are happening every day. Email Barry Goldstein on Facebook. He has fought fro other battered moms whose stories all have the same issues and different faces. Contact Stop family Violence. Contact DV Leap. Contact Justice For Children.
ReplyDeleteWe are praying for you.
This is completely outrageous. I have signed and shared with my readers too.
ReplyDeleteGood luck,
Katie @ Uneasy Pink
good luck
ReplyDeleteI've shared with everyone I can, and will continue to spread the word. My thoughts are with you!
ReplyDeleteAlaina, as a Mother and a mental health professional who specializes in children and families, I am completely outraged by the judge's ruling. I have posted your story and link to your facebook page on my blog, www.empatheticmom.com. Stories, such as yours need to be exposed to the greater society since rulings such as this one happen more times than they should.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts are with you and I am behind you all the way!
Alaina, I saw you on the Today Show this morning. You were quite eloquent & deserving of so much more that what this judge has decided. My name is Andrea also a young stage 4 breast cancer survivor. I would love to touch base with you and chat. Would you be willing to do so? My email is lintona@alpenaschools.com
ReplyDeleteGo get em girl. Fight the system.
Alaina, I was disappointed media didn't identify the judge, which will be harmful to you and others is she is not identified.
ReplyDeleteIf you would let me know I would post it at www.Familylawcourts.com
It's my site. I've had it for ten years and have exposed fake attorneys, fake therapists, and....real judges who don't care.
This was my best work for 2009. After the story aired he changed his plea to "Guilty" and is now serving six years. Yea!
Feel free to post to this to Facebook.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYEizzLsdXg
Or this one, as it's common to all areas of the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhOrh1_Oa3c
Hey~~saw you on the Today Show. I am just sick about this. I could write all day about about this heartless decision. I have posted it on My Facebook and will tell everyone to sign the petition. I have also signed it. Our family is praying for your healing and for this uncompassionate decision. God Bless you! Jesus is in Control!!
ReplyDeleteI just saw your piece on the Today Show.
ReplyDeleteYou are such a courageous woman and Mother.
We are all out here to help you!
Please POST the Petition I saw on the web on this page and we can get thousands to sign!
NOT SURE this is what my search showed. May need to bombard Durham Family Court Judges to get the point accross.
ReplyDeleteDurham county, district 14, Family Court Judges
•Judge N. Gordon
•Judge J. Hill
•Judge Doretta L Walker
•Judge Pat Evans
•Judge William A. Marsh III
•Judge Brian Wilks
The Judge presiding over the case was Judge Nancy Gordon.
ReplyDeleteI just saw an online petition asking for her removal.
http://www.change.org/petitions/throw-north-carolina-judge-nancy-gordon-off-the-bench
There are judges in Wake County who are making the same types of decisions involving women who are victims of domestic violence - they allow the abusers unsupervised contact despite causing serious bodily injury and violating the Order of No Contact at least 7 times. This judge has no children either.....
ReplyDeleteAlaina Honey...Keep the Faith. God helps all his Angels and I know you are one of them. As far as anyone who DARES take your children away, to me, they are all Bastards. How can you take a child away from a Mother who adores and loves her children because she now has cancer? This is the time to make her life complete and happy, and make her feel useful. By taking her children away, her progress will falter, and the only medicine is the love of your children. Forget all the rules and regulations, and turn the tables around and wonder how you would feel if someone took your children away? Take a branch from God....place it next to your heart...Alaina brought these children into this world with love, respect and a mother's love and comfort which is priceless. There is nothing like being held by a Mother. Do this, and you will make the biggest mistake ever. Alaina deserves the respect from everyone at this time. How dare you even think of taking her children away because she is sick. She needs them now more than ever. Re-think with your heart and soul. Blessing to you Alaina~ Remember, it is not how you survived the storm, but how you danced in the rain~ Brenda Abbate
ReplyDeleteAlaina,
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Please email and then if anything I will give you my contact number so we can discuss this.
Heidi
Nancy.E.Gordon@NCCOURTS.ORG
ReplyDeleteThat's her email. Flood the in-box. I'm not surprised; judges think they are gods in the courtroom and forget that those courtrooms are FOR THE PEOPLE. They are there to see to it that the law is followed but they and everyone else seems to forget this. You don't have much time for an appeal and I hope you can find a lawyer to take this case and fight for you and the kids. All the best.
As a mother I can't help but be infuriated by this judge's decision. How dare she play God! If she truly had your children's best interest in mind she would not have ruled this way. I will be praying for you and your family and sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI feel so sorry for you and sick when I read this. I saw your story on Today this morning. The tragic thing is, this has been going on for quite some time now... "father's rights" and such. I know first hand because the courts gave custody of my twin infant daughters to their father because I was living in "temporary housing" at a university (where I was working on my masters degree), and "allegations" that I cheated. They are 15 now, and as hard as I have tried, they are alienated from me and cling to their father's family like they are the last people on earth. I wish you luck. When it comes to the court system and "father's rights" all judges want to be seen as progressive. This will be an uphill battle unfortunately..
ReplyDeleteDear Alaina,
ReplyDeleteI am a single parent who has had the inner mess of a cancer for 10 years. My first hematologist announced that she would not treat me if I stayed a single parent and, yes, she, too, was never married and had never been a parent.
I feel so strongly that your children and your health will be restored to you... not out of naive optimism or a desire to imagine a scenario.
At last a treatment was created that works not only for my refractory fun but for all B cell cancers.
Many times many doctors felt I was near to dying. Many times I was. What kept me more than intact was my love for my daughter and our life together.
My compassion for you is not a generic thing. I don't want it to become just a gesture. There is much to do (besides writing "respectful" emails to that judge) and many people to contact.
Your actions and your soul's depth which evinces itself so well matter so much to so many people who wish to act in ways which we hope will matter to your life and your children.
Michelle Degel
ReplyDeleteThis is completely wrong and should be illegal. Having an illness is not just cause for removing children away from a parent. If anything the courts should be making sure that these children spend as much quality time with you, making loving and strong memories that will last them a life time and help them through whats to come. Shame on that judge for what she is doing not only to you but to your children. Stay strong and don't give up many are with you and will fight for you. If there is anything I can do please let me know.
It's a pretty extreme reaction to call for a judge's removal without seeing what the opinion has to say. Alaina, please make the opinion available to the public.
ReplyDeleteAlaina, your story literally brought me to tears this morning when watching the news. I am a single Mom of two boys and can't imagine a day without them as they fuel my soul. Your children's love and laughter WILL get you through those hard days of cancer treatments and you WILL persevere! I sent an emotional email today to the Susan G. Komen Foundation's legal department urging them to support your fight. Your story is spreading quickly throughout Facebook and the major news networks so I'm confident you will be contacted by a bull dog attorney that will take on that judge's ruling. South Florida is praying for your speedy recovery and for a reversal in the court's decision. Hold your head high, keep your faith and God WILL bless you and your beautiful children!
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Robyn Moneck
Dear Alaina,
ReplyDeleteYour story is both moving and enraging... Can't believe a judge in our area is so crazy. I signed the petition.
I also am a single parent of two, living in North Durham.
Your children deserve some pampering! I run a unique toy company and would love to give them a gift nobody else has yet.
Love to meet you and get together if you feel up to it!
Warm Regards,
Sue
Sue Miller
Please contact me: 919-471-3715
smillernc@earthlink.net
1408 Meadston Dr. Durham, NC 27712
(the house with the castle in the yard)
Look at all the people w/nothing to do! Look at Alaina milking the press because she has cancer. Nice way to work the system.
ReplyDeleteAt Mike C. Ex-husband much?
ReplyDeleteI just read your story on Time.com. My mother fought breast cancer for 12 years, and passed away right after I graduated high school. I am so grateful for the time I had with her, and even when she was sick or weak because of the cancer, I never felt like she was unable to care for me or be a great mother. She was strong, as I'm sure you are, and I can't imagine what it's like to be a mother and a cancer patient at the same time. I don't know how she did it, but her strength inspires me everyday. My parents were also divorced, and I was lucky that my father was very supportive and loving.
ReplyDeleteDon't stop fighting. You deserve to be with your children and show them what courage and bravery mean. And they deserve to be with their mother. My only regret as a daughter is that I could have done a better job of making the time with my mother count.
Is there anywhere to find the full court decision? As an attorney, it's hard to parse the basis of the judge's decision based only on a few self-selected quotes. Is there anywhere to get the full story?
ReplyDelete@Dana
ReplyDeleteNo actually I'm not, you really shouldn't assume things. I guess I should assume your some low life that sits at home all day & writes on blogs. I've never been married, won't ever be. It's bitches like you that just make everyone look stupid.
I signed the petition and emailed it to my friends and family. You'll be in my prayers. Good luck to you all.
ReplyDeleteamazing the legal system is aiding his abuse
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I just heard about you on tv. I am discussed and outraged over this! The government is out of control! I cannot even talk to the people around me right now...I am ready to blow my top!
ReplyDeleteWhat's happening to you and your kids is just wrong. I hope that the court will change its mind and see the error in their decision. I wish you luck in BOTH of your fights....keep the faith.
ReplyDeleteit's aweful your husband is so immature + selfish he wants to destroy you emotionally, economically + physically with stress of taking your children.
ReplyDeletefinancial abuse too for him to try to get out of paying you child support, but he'll end up paying more total money + lose time at both work + parenting because he can't be in 2 places at once with attention + energy to personally work full time and care for 2 children, since both are full time jobs. he will have to pay for help if he has no trustworthy reliable friends + family.
he is a terrible role model + i'm grateful to you for speaking up + sharing your private experience as a victim of abuse. yours is an example of devastating domestic violence.
I wish you all the luck in the world with your battle against cancer and in appealing your custody case to get your children back. I have been through something similar, but I did not have a happy ending as I have not seen my daughter for seven years. I hope you get your children back, and that you and your children will not have to suffer as my daughter and I have. I wrote a post about you on my blog. If there is anything you would like me to change, then please let me know: http://freedomgirl10.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI wish you best of luck. Hope you can get your children back/ Your husband is selfish..i agreed that. and the judged i must say did wrong judgement.
ReplyDeleteI made a entry in my blog..Saidah Malaysia.
http://saidahipoh.blogspot.com/2011/05/kisah-benar-seorang-ibu-akan-terpisah.html
I just learned about your story from another BC blogger and am sick and outraged for you. Just want you to know, from one pink-ribbon-club-girl to another, that I'm hoping for the best for you. I've signed the petition and liked your FB page, and will be blogging about you myself to help raise awareness to this ridiculously unfair ruling. xo, Nancy
ReplyDeleteMs. Giordano,
ReplyDeleteI will pray for you and your children! This is so unfair its ridiculous. I ,too, have had the displeasure of haing this judge for a custody case. She lacks compassion and needs to get booted out ASAP. Please verify and research the election dates and post them to keep her from being seated again! Maybe even picket outside the voting locations..Anything to get her out!
Again, I wish you the best!
http://www.durhamcountync.gov/departments/elec/A_Guide_to_Durham_County_Officials.html
www.wral.com/asset/news/local/2011/06/01/9672149/custody_order.PDF
ReplyDeleteAlaina, I so need to speak to you about your situation as we have some similar parallels in regard to cancer and custody.
ReplyDeleteHow do I get in touch with you?
Hello, Doodlebug1974. Sadly, I have just found this site and went to the Facebook page to see that Alaina has passed away. Her story spoke to me because of my situation. I see from your post that you also share some parallels. I need to connect with other moms in order to process what has just happened in my case. Please feel free to contact me. Something has to be done about this problem.
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