Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 8, 1993 TAG: 9306080108
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: NEW YORK LENGTH: Medium
The ruling was a result of extraordi- Farrow narily candid trial during which intimate details of the combatants' lives were put on public view.
Farrow accused Allen of sexual abuse of their adopted daughter Dylan, 7, and of destroying his relationship with his other children by having an affair with her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, 22.
State Supreme Court Justice Elliott Wilk called Allen's petition for custody "frivolous."
"The evidence at trial established that Ms. Farrow is a caring and loving mother who has provided a home for both her biological and her adopted children," Wilk said.
The judge said that Allen, 57, had "demonstrated no parenting skills that would qualify him as an adequate custodian" for the children the filmmaker sought. He ruled that Allen's "lack of judgment, insight and impulse control" make unsupervised visits with Dylan and Satchel, two of the children, "too risky to the children's well-being to be per- Allen mitted at this time."
However, the judge said that unless it interferes with her treatment and is inconsistent with her welfare, Allen should resume seeing Dylan in a therapeutic context within six months. He also increased supervised visits with Satchel, the couple's 5-year-old son, to three sessions a week from two.
Wilk decided that he would not require Allen's adopted son Moses to visit his father if he does not wish to do so.
"I will continue to fight for full visitation with all of my children, which I feel is vital to their well-being, and which I deserve," Allen said.
by CNB