Question L

[Jonetta]

Gonzo gets custody of his son after child services inspected Lori’s home. Given that the place was a pigsty, she was consorting with criminals, hadn’t given the baby a name and Gonzo was listed as the father on the birth certificate, was this inevitable? Did he receive preferential treatment by the judge, other than a speedy process? Why did Lori even contact him?

[Anita]

I think it was inevitable and I'm glad Gonzo was a viable alternative. With such a horrible CPS report the judge didn't need to show him preferential treatment. Lori was a terrible person. She contacted him because she thought he would pay her off. She never imaged he would want the child.

[Charlene]

I think that Anita nailed it.

[Robin]

Lori wanted money. Gonzo wanted the child after he met him. She never thought that was a possibility.

I don't think he received preferential treatment. If the home is that bad and the child may be in danger, they'll remove the child to either the home of a relative or into foster care. Gonzo was on the birth certificate, so he is a relative. Now he has to win actual custody of the child.

[Lauren]

The clincher for me (and the judge it would seem) was that she couldn't even care enough about her child to give him a name. What kind of woman doesn't even name her son?!

[Sharon]

I don't have anything too add.

How could she care so little about that baby to not give him a name? I'm glad the judge gave him to Gonzo. I'm sure she will be back though. Selfish people never give up.

[Lauren]

Sharon wrote: "I'm sure she will be back though. Selfish people never give up"

I agree Sharon. We haven't seen the last of her or Nick's mother. They are cut from the same cloth.

[Anita]

The not giving him a name really bothers me. It is almost like she planned to sell him and he was nothing to her.

[Jonetta]

Anita, you nailed it in one.

That baby meant nothing to Lori or, as you all stated, she would have given him a name.

The only preferential treatment Gonzo got was the judge expediting the hearing. Other than that, it was by the proverbial book.