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Robyn Rowles doesn't know if she'll ever see her children again after May 7, 2018.
Tell Judge Belinda Edwards to keep Robyn's kids in Georgia, and with their mother!
Robyn's former husband, a rich and powerful corporate executive who obtained full custody of their two youngest children last year, has recently filed a motion to move their son and daughter to Baltimore, MD. None of this would have been a reality if it weren't for Judge Edwards' baffling rulings. Robyn and her attorney now race against the clock to get her children back and justice, before it's too late. Will you help them by signing our petition?
Even after disclosures made by the children of their father's allegedly inappropriate sexual behavior, Judge Edwards limited the admissibility and her consideration of evidence of the father's history of violence, abuse, multiple mental health diagnoses, and alcoholism. Judge Edwards did not deem this information as relevant when determining sole legal and physical custody of the children.
Yet Robyn, who has never been arrested, has no history of violence, has no mental health issues and does not suffer from alcoholism or a drug addiction, only sees her children every other Saturday for four hours of supervised visitation. A stranger sits in her home, watches her every move, and notes every word she speaks to her children for a report that is sent to the court after every visit.
So why is Judge Edwards allowing this, as well as considering letting Robyn's kids move out of state with their father?
Because Robyn has been accused of having Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). In short, PAS is claimed to be a syndrome that creates the psychological manipulation of children to induce unwarranted fear, disrespect or hostility towards a parent or family members.
However, PAS is no longer recognized as a disorder by the scientific community and PAS has been extensively criticized by legal and mental health scholars for lacking scientific validity and reliability. So much so that the admissibility of PAS has been rejected by an expert review panel of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, in the UK, and Canada’s Department of Justice. In 2012, the American Psychiatric Association decided to reject PAS for its catalog of mental disorders.
Judge Edwards, who was removed as a judge from juvenile court before getting elected to the superior court, based her ruling on PAS from the report produced by the custody evaluator, Dr. Andrew Gothard, in this case, which is even more troubling. Dr. Gothard has a past history that includes a reprimand, the requirement of taking ethics classes, supervision by the state psychological board, a determination of not being credible by a Cobb County Juvenile Court judge, and a prohibition against being used as a custody evaluator in certain Cobb County cases.
Yet, Judge Edwards continues to rely on his recommendations, not just in Robyn's case, but in others as well.
This nightmare has to stop -- Judge Edwards needs to start ruling in the best interests of children. Tell her to keep Robyn's kids in Georgia by signing our petition!
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May 7, 2018
We hit 250 signatures today. Post the link on Facebook right now and email the judge to demand she keep these children in Georgia.
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91 Comments
No matter someone’s finances and ability to buy their defense should not sway what is right for the children. The children do not deserve to lose their mother.
This is an abhorrent state of affairs - any suggestion of sexual impropriety towards his children should mean the children stay with their mother - not to mention the rest of the father’s behavioural history. Justice this is NOT!
I’ve known the Rowles for many years. I know Robyn to be a very loving mom who always puts her children first. It would be unthinkable for her children to be taken out of Georgia. They need to be here with her.
Please give these children the peaceful life they deserve with their mother & protect them from further abuse by their father. I hope the DA will move to obtain the complete file of Dr. Gothard on this case and investigate the criminal claims of violence and child abuse.
Fulton County family court judges need to stop ignoring the best interests of the child when making rulings! Follow your own statutes and don’t move these kids away from their mother, children need both parents in their lives!
Judge Edwards did the same with my daughter.
How can we make sure she is never elected again? I will join any group that's working on that. She ruins lives out of either incompetence or bias.
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Robyn Rowles doesn't know if she'll ever see her children again after May 7, 2018.
Tell Judge Belinda Edwards to keep Robyn's kids in Georgia, and with their mother!
Robyn's former husband, a rich and powerful corporate executive who obtained full custody of their two youngest children last year, has recently filed a motion to move their son and daughter to Baltimore, MD. None of this would have been a reality if it weren't for Judge Edwards' baffling rulings. Robyn and her attorney now race against the clock to get her children back and justice, before it's too late. Will you help them by signing our petition?
Even after disclosures made by the children of their father's allegedly inappropriate sexual behavior, Judge Edwards limited the admissibility and her consideration of evidence of the father's history of violence, abuse, multiple mental health diagnoses, and alcoholism. Judge Edwards did not deem this information as relevant when determining sole legal and physical custody of the children.
Yet Robyn, who has never been arrested, has no history of violence, has no mental health issues and does not suffer from alcoholism or a drug addiction, only sees her children every other Saturday for four hours of supervised visitation. A stranger sits in her home, watches her every move, and notes every word she speaks to her children for a report that is sent to the court after every visit.
So why is Judge Edwards allowing this, as well as considering letting Robyn's kids move out of state with their father?
Because Robyn has been accused of having Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS). In short, PAS is claimed to be a syndrome that creates the psychological manipulation of children to induce unwarranted fear, disrespect or hostility towards a parent or family members.
However, PAS is no longer recognized as a disorder by the scientific community and PAS has been extensively criticized by legal and mental health scholars for lacking scientific validity and reliability. So much so that the admissibility of PAS has been rejected by an expert review panel of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, in the UK, and Canada’s Department of Justice. In 2012, the American Psychiatric Association decided to reject PAS for its catalog of mental disorders.
Judge Edwards, who was removed as a judge from juvenile court before getting elected to the superior court, based her ruling on PAS from the report produced by the custody evaluator, Dr. Andrew Gothard, in this case, which is even more troubling. Dr. Gothard has a past history that includes a reprimand, the requirement of taking ethics classes, supervision by the state psychological board, a determination of not being credible by a Cobb County Juvenile Court judge, and a prohibition against being used as a custody evaluator in certain Cobb County cases.
Yet, Judge Edwards continues to rely on his recommendations, not just in Robyn's case, but in others as well.
This nightmare has to stop -- Judge Edwards needs to start ruling in the best interests of children. Tell her to keep Robyn's kids in Georgia by signing our petition!
Updates
May 7, 2018
We hit 250 signatures today. Post the link on Facebook right now and email the judge to demand she keep these children in Georgia.
Reached 250 supporters
May 4, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
May 2, 2018
May 1, 2018
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need to hit this milestone before we pressure Judge Edwards. Take this link and text it to three people who believe these children belong in Georgia. Post our petition page to your Facebook feed right now so we can gain traction.
91 Comments
I have known Robin since she was 11, she was my son's babysitter when he was 1. She was such an amazing babysitter and I didn't trust anybody but her to watch my son. We have remained friends for all these years, I beg you not to rip these children away from their mother. She is an amazing one and a very good hearted person.
No matter someone’s finances and ability to buy their defense should not sway what is right for the children. The children do not deserve to lose their mother.
This is an abhorrent state of affairs - any suggestion of sexual impropriety towards his children should mean the children stay with their mother - not to mention the rest of the father’s behavioural history. Justice this is NOT!
I’ve known the Rowles for many years. I know Robyn to be a very loving mom who always puts her children first. It would be unthinkable for her children to be taken out of Georgia. They need to be here with her.
Please give these children the peaceful life they deserve with their mother & protect them from further abuse by their father. I hope the DA will move to obtain the complete file of Dr. Gothard on this case and investigate the criminal claims of violence and child abuse.
Fulton County family court judges need to stop ignoring the best interests of the child when making rulings! Follow your own statutes and don’t move these kids away from their mother, children need both parents in their lives!
Judge Edwards did the same with my daughter.
How can we make sure she is never elected again? I will join any group that's working on that. She ruins lives out of either incompetence or bias.
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I have known Robin since she was 11, she was my son's babysitter when he was 1. She was such an amazing babysitter and I didn't trust anybody but her to watch my son. We have remained friends for all these years, I beg you not to rip these children away from their mother. She is an amazing one and a very good hearted person.