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Kantaras Vs Kantaras
Transsexual Custody Battle
01/29/02
A Florida couple fights for custody of their two kids: Michael Kantaras wants access
to the kids just like any other parent. Linda Kantaras wants custody of the kids because
her ex-husband is a transsexual.
 
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The experts were heard from, witnesses testimony is complete, plaintiff's
had their say and attorney's arguments are finite. For now, we all just wait
for the honorable, retired, but, back on the bence, slightly hard of hearing
and copious note taker Judge O'Brien to render his decision.
 
Lawyers have last words in transsexual custody battle. February 8, 2002
In their closing arguments, lawyers for transsexual Michael Kantaras
argued he has always been a devoted father, while his wife's lawyer
insisted that Kantaras is not a man and therefore not legally father
material.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/020802_ctv.html
 
 
Wife: Transsexual husband is a woman. February 6, 2001
During her third day on the stand, Linda Kantaras, estranged
wife of transsexual Michael Kantaras, told a Florida judge that
she always thought of her husband as a woman, not the man
he claims to be.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/020602_ctv.html
 
Transsexual's wife: We never consummated marriage. February 5, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/020502_ctv.html
 
Transsexual's wife takes stand in custody battle.  February 4, 2002
Linda Kantaras, estranged wife of transsexual Michael Kantaras,
told a Florida judge Monday about the rosy beginnings of her
relationship with her husband and the adoptive father of her two children.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/020402_ctv.html
 
Witnesses paint wife as both ideal mother and vengeful mate. February 2, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/020102_ctv.html
 
'How did you have sex?'  January 31, 2002
In an attempt to show that Michael Kantaras isn't really a man,
a lawyer for his estranged wife grilled Kantaras, a transsexual,
about the intimate physical details of his life.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/013102_ctv.html
 
Family ties.  January 30, 2002
Though he says his wife tried to sabotage his relationship
with his two young children, Michael Kantaras said he could
not simply let them go.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/013002_ctv.html
 
Transsexual says he was good father.  January 29, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/012902_ctv.html
 
Expert Transsexual is All-American male.  January 28, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/012802_ctv.html
 
Lawyer; what about the kids?  January 25, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/012502_ctv.html
 
Court-appointed psychologist sides with transsexual.  January 24, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/012402_ctv.html
 
Transsexual's mother: 'I was blessed twice'.  January 23, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/012302_ctv.html
 
Transsexual custody trial begins with age-old question:
What makes a man?  January 22, 2002
http://www.courttv.com/trials/kantaras/012202_ctv.html
 

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