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‘They’ll be safe’: Inside the court hearing that sealed Thomas Valva’s fate
NY Post ^ | 02.02.20 | Kathianne Boniello and Lorena Mongelli

Posted on 02/02/2020 8:34:36 AM PST by Coleus

The autistic Long Island boy left to freeze to death in his garage — allegedly as “punishment” by his father — was sent to the house of horrors by a judge who ripped him from his mother’s custody without even holding a hearing, court transcripts obtained by The Post show.

Nassau County Judge Hope Schwartz Zimmerman’s fateful Sept. 6, 2017, decision to put 8-year-old Thomas Valva and his two brothers in the custody of their dad, Michael, was made on the fly, the shocking transcripts show, without any formal, court-filed accusation of wrongdoing against their mom, Justyna Zubko-Valva.

Michael Valva and his fiancee, Angela Pollina, now face murder charges in Thomas’ death.

Zimmerman even went so far as to bar Zubko-Valva from any contact with her children — a decision she made after listening to spoken, unsubstantiated complaints from the father’s lawyer and an attorney appointed to represent the boys, both of whom accused the mom of flouting court directives.

A month later, a lawyer who briefly represented Zubko-Valva tried to get the decision reversed, questioning whether Zimmerman had acted within her authority in switching custody from the mother to the father, according to court records.

“So my concerns are certainly the consequences of this order without a hearing; on what basis, I don’t know,” attorney Jason Barbara said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: autism; bail; bailreform; childservice; cop; courts; donutlist; doughnutlist; familycourts; familyservices; leo; murder; ny; nyc; nypd
evil and barbaric. Also, shows how messed up the NYC family courts and social services are.
1 posted on 02/02/2020 8:34:36 AM PST by Coleus
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To: Coleus

Boy is this a sad story.

Wow.


2 posted on 02/02/2020 8:37:26 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point do you at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Coleus

There are a bunch of pro-dad female judges, some without children, who are trying to make it up to the poor deprived men who never got to see their children, boo hoo. She sounds like one of them.


3 posted on 02/02/2020 8:40:23 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: dp0622

Most likely because the dad was affiliated with NYPD.


4 posted on 02/02/2020 8:40:27 AM PST by FES0844
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To: dp0622

So, the question I have is - is “Nassau County Judge Hope Schwartz Zimmerman” going to be charged as an accessory to this child’s murder for deliberately placing this poor kid’s life in harm’s way?

From the article:
“a decision she made after listening to spoken, unsubstantiated complaints from the father’s lawyer and an attorney appointed to represent the boys, both of whom accused the mom of flouting court directives....”

That kid is dead because of her actions.


5 posted on 02/02/2020 8:40:59 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Poor kid. That’s how they do it: guilty until proven innocent ... or dead.

Their case was possessed by a similar spirit as with other like-minded demonrats who impeach Presidents they don’t like or go after Supreme Court nominees they don’t like.

“SSDD” - Same Stuff - Different Day ... And more signs of the (end of) times.

Whatever drew 9/11 to US is getting hungry again.

Realize how this time, now, is a good time to take Jesus up on His Offer ... not kidding about that.

6 posted on 02/02/2020 9:09:39 AM PST by GBA (Here in the matrix, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.)
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To: NFHale

[[So, the question I have is - is “Nassau County Judge Hope Schwartz Zimmerman” going to be charged as an accessory to this child’s murder for deliberately placing this poor kid’s life in harm’s way?]]

NY explicitly released a criminal because of the asinine no bail law- and who hours later raped a 14 year old girl- NY won’t be held accountable for that either-

another incident that just happened, another criminal released under the asinine no bail law brutally beat an elderly woman- noone is holding NY to account for that either-

NY law makers are criminals hiding behind the laws they create-


7 posted on 02/02/2020 9:18:39 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Coleus

Nassau County Judge Hope Schwartz Zimmerman needs to lose her job, at the very least


8 posted on 02/02/2020 9:37:23 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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“...NY law makers are criminals hiding behind the laws they create...”

hence my comment regarding the judge.


9 posted on 02/02/2020 9:46:56 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Coleus

since when do courts EVER give custody to fathers, let alone a FEMALE judge??


10 posted on 02/02/2020 10:06:44 AM PST by montag813
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To: yldstrk

‘who are trying to make it up to the poor deprived men who never got to see their children, boo hoo.’

I take it you have issues with men seeing their own children...?


11 posted on 02/02/2020 10:47:09 AM PST by IrishBrigade
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no, if the dads are loving, I have no issue with dads seeing their children. My issue is with judges trying to kiss up to the men because of social pressure, like here.


12 posted on 02/02/2020 10:50:24 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Coleus

Nassau County Judge Hope Schwartz Zimmerman - Democrat


13 posted on 02/02/2020 10:53:06 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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