Lawyer says change of custody order that allegedly triggered abduction of Cochrane girls was unjust But the father s lawyer said the Court of Queen s Bench judge was well within her powers to switch custody based on O Driscoll Zak s ongoing conduct
Author of the article: Kevin Martin
Publishing date: May 04, 2021 • May 4, 2021 • 1 minute read The Calgary Courts Centre was photographed on Monday, May 3, 2021. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia
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The change of custody of two Cochrane girls that allegedly triggered their abduction at the hands of their maternal grandmother and aunt should never have happened, their mother’s lawyer argued Tuesday.
Author of the article: Kevin Martin
Publishing date: Apr 23, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 2 minute read The Calgary Remand Centre in Calgary on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Photo by Darren Makowichuk /Postmedia
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The lawyer for a grandmother and aunt charged in the abduction of two Cochrane girls is irate his clients were released from custody late Thursday into frigid temperatures and without a ride.
Defence counsel Balfour Der said Friday the grandmother and her daughter were released on bail into sub-freezing temperatures after 9 p.m. without being granted access to a phone and without overcoats.
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The girls went missing after a Court of Queen’s Bench judge ordered interim custody of them by their father at a hearing that day.
When the father went to pick them up at their Cochrane residence, Leonine and Wyatt and their grandmother and aunt were missing.
The girls were located in B.C. on April 14, and the grandmother and aunt were charged with one count each of abducting a person under the age of 14, abduction in contravention of a custody order, unlawful confinement and abduction of a child with intent to deprive a parent who has their lawful care.
Alberta RCMP provided an update on two Cochrane area girls who were located in B.C. after they were reported missing last month and have charged the children s grandmother and aunt.