Marie
St Clair Shores,#2Author of original report
Sat, September 08, 2007
My son was finally given sole physical custody of his daughter in April 2006. Mother still has joint legal. Judge Viviano declined to terminate rights in November 2006, but prosecutor took case to appeals court, who with reluctance affirmed his order, but stated that he doubts the natural mother and step father have benefited from any of the services offered them, and that they feel that abuse and neglect will occur again. They have custody of 3 of their children and one child of hers that father is unknown and have had another child together just a few months ago. Appeals court even stated in their ruling that had they heard the case most likely the out come would have been different, but can find no violation of law by this Judge. We have heard case is far from over, prosecutor had stated he would go as far as MI Supreme court with this if necessary. Meanwhile my granddaughter is doing fine, and her step mother has written a request to the natural mother to adopt her, along with a letter from granddaughter who is asking the same. this mother who Judge Viviano can find no fault with, has not seen her daughter in 8 months, she was told by FOC to request a hearing to set visitation,(without the step father present), she has not done so, since if she goes to FOC she will also have to pay child support, something she has not done even voluntarily. This "good" mother did not even contact her child on her birhday, the child did call her, but she made no excuse as to why she has not persued visits,except that she cannot see her with her stepfather present(court ordered by Judge Viviano(who thinks they are good parents). We too have heard some weird stories about Judge Viviano, including from attorneys and others who work in the system. I have heards some say they believe his losing touch as he frequently forgets what they are in his court room for, and even forgets that he set a date for a hearing. We all need to complain in public about this Judge and get him removed from the bench before his term is up in 2011!
Gretchen
Chesterfield,#3UPDATE Employee
Sat, September 08, 2007
Hello, I didnt vote for him last time and I hope that he doesnt run again. I have heard some really weird stuff about this judge and he has truly come up with some bad decisions regarding abused and neglected children. If your son has been granted custody of the children by the FOC (or if he intends to seek custody through FOC) then the Circuit Court, Family Division should just dismiss the case with his child and let her stay with her father. Viviano seems to go overboard with "parents rights" and ignores childrens rights. Good Luck