Mary Winkler Denied Visit With Children
In what has to be a big disappointment for Mary Winkler, who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of her husband and is now on probation, a judge issued a stay preventing her from having the supervised visit with her daughters as planned yesterday.
JACKSON, Tenn. — An appeals court Friday blocked a supervised visit between a woman convicted of killing her minister-husband and their children.
The court issued a stay against the Saturday visit after a last-minute application from the children’s paternal grandparents, who have had temporary custody of the three young girls since Mary Winkler went to jail after the March 2006 shotgun shooting.
Winkler, 33, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in April for shooting Church of Christ minister Matthew Winkler at their residence in Selmer.
“It’s very devastating to Mary and I’m sure to the children,” said Winkler’s attorney, Kay Farese Turner.
The stay is only temporary pending an investigation of Dan and Diane Winkler’s accusations that the judge who originally granted the visit ruled erroneously, Turner said.
It would seem she should be able to at least visit with her children if supervised. No child should grow up not knowing its parents. If the children don’t want to see her, that’s different, but for now she should be able to have supervised visits.
The grandparents are suing to take away her parental rights and have a two million wrongful death suit against her.
Written by ~J~
SonnyJim Says:
September 30th, 2007 at 10:50 pmVisit SonnyJim
“No child should grow up not knowing its parents.”
I understand the sentiment. Now posit this: a young child born to Adolph and Eva. Imagine they all survived the bunker and the child was taken away from Mom and Dad by the Allies. Should parental visits at Spandau be arranged? Should the child be returned to Eva after the trials?
~J~ Says:
October 1st, 2007 at 1:18 amVisit ~J~
Good question and I’ll have to think about that one.