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In follow-up to my cover of this story last month, an Orange County Court denied former pornstar Janine Lindemulder overnight visits with her daughter Sunny. Sunny’s father, Jesse James who is now linked to Sandra Bullock argued to the court that any overnight visits would endanger the child and subject her to pornographers, drug addicts, guns, firearms, felons and other unsafe environments. Under the present custody order, Janine has limited time with Sunny during the daytime hours but no overnight visits. She however was granted an overnight on Christmas Eve.
Since Jeese James is arguing his former wife is “unfit” to raise the child and is very likely to be asking for sole legal custody of Sunny, a custody evaluation is going to be needed to determine if in fact the mother [Janine] is unfit to raise her child or possibly even to have overnight contact with their daughter on a continuing basis.
In child custody situations where both parties are at such extreme odds, money is available and one party is asking for sole custody, these usually end with a long and drawn out custody evaluation where an expert will be appointed or agreed upon to determine what is in the child’s best interests. No doubt these two will be back in court again as their level of disagreement is extreme and the child is just five (5) years old.
