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Old January 16th 09, 11:37 AM posted to alt.child-support
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Default Divorce, the game anyone can play - even Grandma!!

http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/...t-anybody-can/

Robert Franklin
If Grandma can do it, anybody can
2009-01-15

In this case "it" means slander and defame the paternal grandfather of a
girl at the center of a custody case (ninemsm, 10/23/08). It all happened
in a New South Wales, Australia divorce and custody case.

It seems this sweet old lady decided to help her daughter get custody by
falsely informing the girl that her father's father was a pedophile.
Granddad sued grandma for slander and won a $30,000 judgment. Even though
the only people who heard the slander were immediate family members, the
judge ruled she owed him anyway.

So be aware; in divorce and custody proceedings, things can get ugly. Don't
make statements you can't back up and if your ex does, ask your attorney
about a slander/libel/defamation suit.
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=651959

Grandma pays up for pedophile slander
Oct 23 2008

A grandmother who called her in-law a pedophile has been ordered pay him
$30,000 in damages, in a court ruling that shows even family feuds are
subject to Australia's strict defamation laws.

A NSW District Court judge ordered the hefty payout even though only four
people heard the slander, including the man's son and daughter, the Daily
Telegraph reports.

Judge Judith Gibson said the pedophilia allegation, made during a child
access dispute in July last year, was "like pouring oil into a fire" and
caused the plaintiff "anxiety and concern."

"The fact that a serious defamation was published to persons who are close
to the plaintiff does not make it any the less hurtful," she said.

The maternal grandmother of the child at the centre of the dispute - who
cannot be named for legal reasons - was referring to the girl's paternal
grandfather when she made the defamatory remark.

The court heard that when the man's daughter answered the door, the
grandmother told her: "You know your dad's a pedophile - a complete stranger
came up to me in the street and told me."

The woman admitted in court that she was in a "terrible mood" and "just went
off my head", the Telegraph reported. But after she failed to apologise, the
grandfather launched defamation proceedings.

Macquarie University's Roy Baker said most people would be surprised to
learn they could be sued for something said in anger among family members.

 




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