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The Illinois Court of Appeals held in Perry v. Perry, 2012 Ill. App. LEXIS 341; 2012 IL App (1st) 113054 (Il. Ct. App. 2012) the father was granted temporary custody of the children and possession of the home because it was it was in the best interest of the children.
The mother appealed the courts decision to grant father temporary rights to the children and possession of the home. The court denied her appeal due to the fact that her career of being an escort and bringing men to the home was unfit and not in the children’s best interest.
Lori and Frank Perry were married in 2000, Frank is a fire inspector and Lori has been a stay-at-home mother since 2000. On or about February 15, 2011, Frank left the house because Lori threatened him, stating, "If I could kill you and get away with it I would." Lori had been physically violent with Frank in the past, and Frank felt it was in his best interest to leave. After Frank left the house, he was unable to see the kids for a total of six weeks, despite the fact that he tried to mend his relationship with his wife in the mean time.
Frank was awarded temporary custody of the children, and at the hearing, Lori did not object to this. Lori later filed an emergency motion appeal to the previous court order, and custody and the home was granted back to her. Later in the appeal process the courts found that Lori’s work as an escort and the impact it had on the children was not in the best interest of the children, and that custody to Frank was in the best interest to the children.
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