Colorado Judge Orders Mother to Stop Smoking Around her Child and in the Home when the Child is There
A Colorado Man takes the mother of his daughter to court to persuade a Judge to not allow the mother to smoke around their child. The Judge who's also a smoker agreed with the father and said that the mother should use better judgement and ordered her not to smoke around the child or in the household. Children of smokers shouldn't be subjected to their parents unhealthy bad habits.
Aurora, CO (PRWEB) July 13, 2006
When a Colorado father had enough of the mother of their daughter smoking around their child, the father took the mother to Court to attempt to persuade a Judge to order her not to smoke around their daughter.
The Father, Oliver Maldonado is a well known Colorado businessman and Author who wrote "The Greatest Sales Book in the World" had attempted numerous times to convince the mother to stop smoking around their daughter. Although the mother agreed it seems she rarely followed through with the agreement until Maldonado had enough and took her to Court.
"I spoke with her on numerous occassions about smoking around our daughter, and she always denied it. I've told her several times that I could smell it on her clothes when she brought her back to me. Shortly after that she started bringing my daughter back in her diapers with no clothes on, but then I could still smell it in her hair and I had enough. I figured if I couldn't get her to stop, I would sue her and take her to Court. I'm extremely happy that the Judge who is also a smoker was looking out for my daughters best interest and ordered her not to smoke around my daughter", Said Oliver Maldonado when asked about the case.
When the mother said the reason their daughter smelled like smoke was because she and her family & friends smoked in the house when the child wasn't there. The Judge then ordered her, her family and friends not to smoke in the house at all even when the child isn't in the home so she didn't go back home smelling like smoke.
Some people are speculating that the father who is credited to be an expert salesman and Author of several books including The Greatest Sales Book in the World, might have used techniques he teaches from the book to persuade the Judge.
When Asked Oliver Maldonado replied, "Of course I used techniques from my book, like the assumptive and being persuasive and persistent. I used techniques from my book with the Judge and with my daughters mother. I know these techniques helped get the final outcome, but you have to give the judge some credit. Finally there's someone out there doing the right thing for children. I'm hoping that this dicession will help thousands if not tens of thousands of children of smokers around the Country and also the parents fighting for their childrens health".
Regardless of how this outcome came about, the fact is that 2nd hand smoke kills. It's a shame when you see parents smoking in the car with young children in the vehicle. It should be a crime for parents to smoke around children, especially in the car with them. Children have no choice and cannot control what the parents do. Just like it's illegal to contribute alchohol to minors, smoking around children gives them the same damage & effect as if they were smoking themselves.
Tests should be conducted by the government of teenagers of smokers to see how their lungs have been effected by their parents bad habits. This is a form of child abuse and the government should step in more often to protect the innocent children of smoking parents.
Parents interested in the Court case to use for their own cases should use this case as an example. Court filling in Arapahoe County Colorado. Case # Booc207096.
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