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July 22 hearing regarding
the petition filed by Orner
Tsimhoni for sole legal and
physical custody of his three children,
Oakland County Circuit Court Judge
Lisa Gorcyca urged Tsimhoni and his
ex-wife, Maya Eibschitz- Tsimhoni, to
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make
a
renewed effort to resolve their
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longstanding acrimony and "to move
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Middleditch said Eibschitz
Tsimhoni has twisted the facts she has
presented
to the
public to the detri
ment of the children.
"My client's heart is broken;' said
Middleditch, adding that Tsimhoni
has never violated a single court order
and that "he has
zero
intention of
whisking the kids away to Israel" if
he is granted physical custody. "It is
my client's intention that the children
have a healthy relationship with both
remanded the children to the tem
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housing wing of Children's
an Oakland County juvenile
detention center, after they refused
to comply with her orders to have
"a healthy relationship" with their
father. The children were subsequently
released from Children's Village to a
local summer camp, where they will
remain until mid-August.
Gorcyca also issued a temporary
fessor of ophthalmology at University
of Michigan. The parents have joint
gag order preventing the parties in
the case from talking to the press; she
containing
Since the divorce, the children
have lived in Bloomfield Hills with
Eisbschitz- Tsimhoni,
a
pediatric eye
legal custody.
Matrimonial attorney Henry
Gornbein, who represented Eibschitz
Tsimhoni when she filed for divorce
highly unlikely for
judge to grant sole legal custody in
in 2009, says it is
a
cases
where the parents have
a
total
breakdown of communication.
"This is classic, the ultimate never
ending divorce, and it's tragic;' said
Gornbein, author of the book Divorce
Eibschitz- Tsimhoni's response to her
ex-husband's custody petition, which
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contained medical records and other
best she
sensitive information that could be
who is
detrimental to the children if made
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respond to their father the way
they should;' said Abood.
"The court ought to take small steps in
reaching a resolution:'
he thinks
parents:'
also sealed the court record
14 July
"The fact is the children don't
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The case garnered media attention
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chapter in a contentious case
that began in 2009 when Eibschitz
was
the children's best interests.
Gorcyca
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showing a change in custody is in
Judge
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tionship with both parents but
maintained there is no evidence
hearing
time if the
calling it
the judicial sys
the children to have
for the week of Oct. 5-9 to
hear evidence
to
shares her ex-husband's desire for
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are
outrage"
Abood said Eibschitz- Tsimhoni
psychological
evaluations for both par
ents and the three chil
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have received serious threats
and intimidation and
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dren, who
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from very troubled people;' said
Lansat, adding that people working on
ments
Tsimhoni's motion for
and ordered
guardian
(GAL), William Lansat, who
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