In re L.S. CA2/2
Mother and M.A. (father) married in 2009, and divorced in 2014.
L.S. was born in July 2010.
After a protracted custody battle in family court, the trial court found that mother was willfully impeding father’s ability to bond with L.S. and, on that basis, awarded father full legal and physical custody of L.S. That order was affirmed on appeal. (Aadam v. Suttle (June 27, 2016, B263894) [nonpub. opn.].)
In late 2018, mother repeatedly reported to doctors and law enforcement that L.S. was being abused while in father’s custody; specifically, mother reported that father was feeding L.S. foods to which L.S. had severe allergic reactions and that father’s new wife was striking L.S. None of this was true. Instead, mother was instructing L.S. to lie to the doctors, law enforcement officials and social workers who interviewed him; when he resisted, mother yelled at him.
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