Husband uses wife’s abortion against her in custody battle
by Carder
The decision comes after she admitted to having sex with a friend a year after her marriage to Mehos, 59, came to an end, and the fling resulted in her being pregnant and having an abortion.
Mr Mehos and his ‘relentless’ attorney Eleanor Alter went so far as to suggest that Mrs Mehos’ abortion undermined her claim of being a Catholic, which in turn speaks to her overall credibility.
After subpoenaing Mrs Mehos’ medical records to show that she had an abortion, Ms Alter used the procedure to suggest she was a hypocrite for asking to have custody of her two children over Easter….
Her husband used the abortion against her in court to increase his custody prospects and Lisa lost temporary custody of her daughter Macy, six, and son John, four, in August.
~ The Daily Mail, March 21, giving background to a final court decision in the custody battle between New York banker Manny Mehos and his former wife Lisa, wherein she lost
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If she’d not had an abortion, and claimed to have had one, that too could have impugned her credibility. The judge said that Lisa Mehos had lied to her.
It was firing up the drugs that made her lose custody. Abortion or not, “The judge said she’ll reconsider the custody arrangement if Mrs Mehos has clean drug tests for a year.”
I don’t know these people, but they sound like a whole lot of tragedy. The feminists will insist that this woman should not be judged harshly or penalized for ending the life of her child.
In general, abortion is a terrible act. Making it legal did not make it good.
If a woman is pressured or coerced, then she is a victim. She deserves our protection and care. The abortion industry is like the drug pushers, and women deserve better.
And if she “chooses” abortion of her own free decision, then she is unfit to care for children — just as if she chooses to fire up drugs or engage in prostitution. Until she gets her life cleaned up, she’s a danger to the small lives.
She had sex with a friend and aborted? Gee Ive heard of that sexual sin before. Hide the evidence. If the husband wants to use it then Oh well.
Men have always been short-changed in custody determinations because well, a father is never as good as the “mother.” It’s just “nature’s law” to the courts. Women are allowed to assassinate the character of the men they are divorcing and do it very well judging from the cases I am familiar with. The man leaves the courtroom with just his shorts on and no access to his children. When a man strategizes in court to gain custody, than he is demonized. Hypocricy from some is beyond reproach…
Mr. Mehos was correct by arguing that calling oneself Catholic and aborting is not credible.
The abortion and drug use combined speak to Ms. Mehos’ character and have a bearing on her credibility overall.
The continual drug use would seem like it’s the main custody issue here. Not a past abortion or past (and treated) drug use.
I believe there was a story about a guy who had asked his ex to abort (she didn’t), but after the baby was born he changed his mind and wanted to have custody. I also seem to remember people saying he was a terrible human being for that and should never even see his kid. Does she deserve the same treatment or are we going to acknowledge that people can make mistakes and still become good parents? I hope she cleans up and the two get joint custody, kids need BOTH their parents.
Memo to men: Be careful when you marry a hot young trophy wife, you may just get what you ask for!
Do you think that drug use contributed to Ms. Mehos’ irresponsible intercourse with her friend and the subsequent abortion?
Most of these trophy wife’s (I hear of course!) phillymiss, are not even good in bed :(
It just dawned on me – I have to apologize to all the trophy wifes out there for my above supposition.
Thomas R: It just dawned on me – I have to apologize to all the trophy wifes out there for my above supposition.
Made me laugh, there, Thomas. : P
:)
What does being Catholic and having Abortion or having sexual relations outside of marriage for that matter be brought up in court? Ms. Mehos isn’t devout because she would have more babies with her husband if she followed the edicts of her “faith”. I think she got bored of her “husband” had a fling and then used abortion to hide it. Hmm, didn’t use the modern success of birth control from CVS (condoms) for the non-Catholic, Catholic person, Ms. Mehos. LOL.
Johno: she had a fling a year after they divorced….The issue here is the term devout is misconstrued meaning: if you call yourself a Catholic, not going to Church does not define it more than how you live day to day (and abortion most definitely does not define being Catholic). It may have been best for her to call herself a non-believer maybe?
Yes, non-believer makes more sense for her. However, I always thought divorce without annulment in Catholic religion was sin? Not that I really care what person she has affair with. Just interesting that the life she created with affair was destroyed for her “sin”.