NORWALK, Ohio (AP) -- The adoptive parents accused of making their special-needs children sleep in cages will be allowed a holiday visit with them this week, a judge ruled.
Juvenile Court Judge Timothy Cardwell ruled Tuesday that Michael and Sharen Gravelle could have a two-hour visit with the 11 children by the end of the year. The Gravelles' lawyer had requested a visit so that the couple could give the youngsters gifts.
The visit is to take place at a Huron County-supervised location. The date was not specified.
Last week, Cardwell ruled that the couple abused some of the 11 children, who range in age from 1 to 14, by making them sleep in wooden cages without pillows or mattresses. The children were removed from the couple's home in September.
The Gravelles have not been charged with a crime and denied abuse. They said they built the cages in 2003 to protect the children, who have a host of health and behavioral problems, from each other and themselves.
The children will remain in foster care until Cardwell holds a hearing on who should get custody.
In court documents opposing the visitation motion, a county social worker said such visits might hurt the children's mental state.
The social worker said the children have undergone months of counseling to help them deal with depression and mood swings since being removed from the home in Wakeman, about 45 miles southwest of Cleveland.
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LOL,I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH "JUDGE TIMOTHY CARDWELL" FOR 8YRS.WAY BEFORE THE KIDS IN CAGES,AND STILL COUNTING.IT'S NOT JUST HIM,ALL JUDGES,POLICE,SHERIFF,LAWYERS AND CPS,ARE ALL GUILTY AND COVER UP THEIR MISTAKES.THIS IS A VERY MALE DOMINATING COUNTY(HURON CO.IN OHIO)FOR I AM A DOMESTIC VILENCE VICTOM,BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING IN THIS COUNTY.MY DAUGHTER WAS MOLESTED WHILE IN THE CUSTODY OF CPS(SAME CASE WORKERS AS KIDS IN CAGES)HER FATHER BEAT HER UP,AND NOTHING WAS EVER SAID OR DONE IN HIS COURT ROOM.THE NIGHTMARE TO MY 8YR.STORY WITH THIS SYSTEM AT THIS POINT I GUESS DONT MATTER,BUT HE TOOK CUSTODY OF MY DAUGHTER THIS PAST AUG.2007 AND TOOK CUSTODY OF MY DAUGHTERS BABY ONLY 2 WEEKS AFTER HE CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.THEY ARE BOTH IN A FOSTER HOME TOGEATHER SO SHE CAN STILL TAKE CARE OF HER BABY.CARDWELLS REASONING FOR TAKING CUSTODY? FOR ME IT WAS CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO BACK HIS COURT ORDER THAT SHE STAY AWAY FROM HER ABUSIVE BOY FRIEND AND WE HAD AN ARGUMENT ABOUT IT AND HE TOOK CUSTODY AWAY FROM HER CAUSE HE FEARED SHE MIGHT HURT HER BABY. AND JUST LIKE BEFORE,HE HAD NO LEGIAL GROUNDS FOR DOING IT.SHE JUST TURNED 16 AND NOW IS IN DEBT TO THE STATE FOR CHILD SUPORT AND CAN NOT EVEN GET HER DRIVERS PERMIT.ME,SAME HERE,IM WAITING FOR MY LISENCE TO BE SUSPENDED again AND IM IN DEBT AND STILL HAVE TWO YOUNG BOYS AT HOME WITH ME TO SUPORT.A WOMANS CHILD SUPORT IS BASED ON WHAT THEY THINK YOUR CAPEABLE OF MAKING,A MANS IS BASED ON AS LONG AS HE PAYS ALITTLE SOMETHING.YES I TRULY NEED A LAWYER,BUT BETWEEN MYSELF,MY KIDS,AND MY EX.WE HAVE HAD ALL THE LAWYERS IN NORWALK WHO DO NOTHING,BUT MAKE US WOMAN PLEAD "GUILTY" EVEN WHEN WE'RE NOT AND DONT WANT TO PLEA GUILTY.THERE IS NO WAY OUT FROM THIS MAN.HE HAS TORE MY FAMILY TOTALLY APART AND THERES NO END IN SIGHT TO HIS EVIL.
SO IF ANYONE READS THIS OR CAN HELP EMAIL ME PLEASE.MY STORY IS UNREAL FROM THE START OF ALL THIS TO WHERE I AM NOW TODAY.I HAVE ALL THE PROOF OF THE COUNTIES MISTAKES AND WOULD REALLY LIKE SOME JUSTICE.
EMAIL ME AT sweetmommykat@yahoo.com
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