14 year old successfully divorces father - by Haruchai on 16:29 25 Mar 2005
Child Divorces Parent
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CANTON, Mass. — A teen who won a groundbreaking legal battle last summer to "divorce" his imprisoned father walked out of court Thursday with new adoptive parents.
"I don't think I'll ever be over it," Patrick Holland said of his mother's 1998 slaying by his father. "But it's a step forward. It's about the biggest step you can take at one time."
Patrick, 15, was adopted by Ron and Rita Lazisky; they have been his guardians and were close friends of his mother.
Patrick was one of the first children to initiate a parental-rights termination proceeding against one parent for killing the other. He argued that Daniel Holland had forfeited any right to be his father the night he shot Liz Holland eight times.
The Laziskys' names will be on Patrick's new birth certificate.
The boy will keep the name Holland — the last name he shared with his mother.
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Good for him. Normally I believe strongly in most parent's rights to raise their kids, but as soon as this man murdered his wife and the boy's mother, I agree with the son. He gave up his rights to be the boy's father. I can't imagine being 8 years old and finding the body of your mother like that.
Edit: Made the link clicky.
~Ari
Thanks!
Child Divorces Parent
Quote:
CANTON, Mass. — A teen who won a groundbreaking legal battle last summer to "divorce" his imprisoned father walked out of court Thursday with new adoptive parents.
"I don't think I'll ever be over it," Patrick Holland said of his mother's 1998 slaying by his father. "But it's a step forward. It's about the biggest step you can take at one time."
Patrick, 15, was adopted by Ron and Rita Lazisky; they have been his guardians and were close friends of his mother.
Patrick was one of the first children to initiate a parental-rights termination proceeding against one parent for killing the other. He argued that Daniel Holland had forfeited any right to be his father the night he shot Liz Holland eight times.
The Laziskys' names will be on Patrick's new birth certificate.
The boy will keep the name Holland — the last name he shared with his mother.
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Good for him. Normally I believe strongly in most parent's rights to raise their kids, but as soon as this man murdered his wife and the boy's mother, I agree with the son. He gave up his rights to be the boy's father. I can't imagine being 8 years old and finding the body of your mother like that.
Edit: Made the link clicky.
~AriThanks!