In what all parties agree is a very unusual and perhaps unprecedented step, a judge at Chicago's Daley Center has stripped Rebecca Firlit of custody because she refuses to get a vaccination shot.
"I miss my son more than anything. It's been very difficult. I haven't seen him since August 10th," Firlit told FOX 32 News in an exclusive interview.
That's the day Firlit appeared in court via Zoom along with her ex-husband for a child support hearing involving their 11-year-old son. The two have been divorced for seven years and share custody and parenting time.
She says out of the blue, Cook County Judge James Shapiro asked her whether she had been vaccinated. Firlit told Shapiro she had not because she has had bad reactions to vaccines in the past.
Shapiro then ordered that Firlit be stripped of all parenting time with her son until she gets vaccinated.
Judge James A. Shapiro
"I think that it's wrong. I think that it's dividing families. And I think it's not in my son's best interest to be away from his mother," Firlit said.
Firlit is now appealing the court order, saying the judge has no business taking away her parenting rights simply because she's not vaccinated.
"It had nothing to do with what we were talking about. He was placing his views on me. And taking my son away from me," Firlit said.
Annette Fernholz, Firlit's attorney, says the judge has overstepped his authority.
"In this case you have a judge, without any matter before him regarding the parenting time with the child deciding 'Oh, you're not vaccinated. You don't get to see your child until you are vaccinated.' That kind of exceeds his jurisdiction," Fernholz said.
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RC
RIP Charlie Watts...
RIP CW.
RC
Totally fucked over.
As I recall, the fact is that he's never chased it, (I sure know the feeling and my job has introduced me to countless folks who don't want a damn thing from anyone else but just want a fair shake. It's always been a bitch (usually unsuccessful - and I understand why) trying to get them what they've been due. (Not denigrating here but the singer here but the system - Meanwhile, the female singer for Pink Floyd on Dark Side just got rich, et al.) and the Stones literally fucked him and what TF ever - All that has, until it's been fixed, permanently lowered Jagger & Richards in my eyes until it's been fixed.
Hell, they fixed how the Verve got fucked over; Taylor is responsible for almost every worthwhile guitar part in that best of the Stones era from . . . well, here's wee wee: The only thing that saves them are songs like Salt Of The Earth until they fix that evil.
RC
So, I'll walk into it. What do they say?
RC
I escaped that hellhole back in the 1990's and wild horses could not drag me back...
Just like every other Covidian cultist asshole who wants to know your shank status.
They seek confirmation for their mistake.
I always thought, if Dante's Inferno were true, that a lower ring be reserved for parents who use their children in this manner.
Not only should be struck off with immediate effect, but should be placed in a below sub human category until there are consistent, significant improvements above a sub human standard.