As a San Diego Certified Family Law Specialist I look for what is said and not said in a story. These three California divorce news items contain both and what is not said is often the most important.
First, the news reported last week that Mel Gibson crashed his exotic sports car in the hills of Los Angeles. The new stories headlines regarding this event exclaimed some type of instability as instability seems to be the overall conclusion as to Mr. Gibson at this point.
I obtained a copy of the police report concerning the crash and you can examine this document on a TMZ site. The report states that at 8:35 p.m. a 2008 Maserati crashed on Malibu Canyon Road with no injury and no involvement of another motorist or pedestrian. Mr. Gibson remained at the scene and supplied all information to CHP officers. Most importantly, "DUI (driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol) is not suspected."
Second, there was a news story as to drive through prayer locations in California. While these locations do not exclusively deal with divorce, the pastor at one of the locations described that people show up and want prayer over common everyday issues--drugs, divorce or the loss of a job. The pastor described that people who don't go to church commonly show up as the prayer stand requires no commitment. He does not preach or try to convert; he simply offers love and prayer. You can only imagine that divorce, the loss of child custody rights, and other family law matters are present at this prayer stand.
The last story reported was as to Sandra Bullock’s reaction to former husband Jesse James as to his move to Austin Texas where Sandra moved after the separation from the marriage in California. Sandra and Jesse reportedly are parents of a child adopted just prior to the separation. In order to have child custody rights, formal or informal, Jesse would be motivated to be near to the child. Why else would he move from California, and be forced to prevail in a child custody move away case regarding a child that he has with his California ex? The news story stated that Sandra released a statement approving of the move; however I cannot accept that rekindled love is involved in any way. If Jesse gets too invasive of Sandra’s space, look for Sandra to move to her home in New Orleans. If that happens, look for Jesse to file a child custody motion.
The San Diego Child Custody attorneys at the Law Office of Thomas M. Huguenor handle all forms of Family Law cases.
