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Contributing Writer

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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renewed effort to resolve their

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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

doctor, glaucoma researcher and pro­

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

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of Michigan. The parents have joint

gag order preventing the parties in
the case from talking to the press; she

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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

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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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chapter in a contentious case
that began in 2009 when Eibschitz­

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the children's best interests.

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maintained there is no evidence

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time if the

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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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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

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Tsimhoni's motion for

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(GAL), William Lansat, who
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