Community Chat

[mgm2]

Do we know ""the estranged husband ordered his wife around?""

How did we leap from him being in the delivery room to him supporting the child?

He could be the wounded party in all of this.

[redhead handbag queen]

I agree, but it's sad that they are in court fighting before this baby is even born.

[sidsmom]

The judge sited Roe vs Wade....if she wanted to terminate the pregnancy, she could have. But the one thing no one thinks about....all that negative energy & attitude during the pregnancy & birth HAS to affect the baby. Just can't imagine how, in 9 months, life has gotten so wheels off to have a court order. Can you imagine how icky that poor baby's life is going to be...if you can't be there for each other during the joy of the birth, there's no chance beginning & after Day One. Sad.

[JaneMarple]

On 3/11/2014 redhead handbag queen said:

I agree, but it's sad that they are in court fighting before this baby is even born.

I agree, unfortunately the article didn't give any details about the couple. We can speculate as to the reasons of this case.

[sidsmom]

Steven Plotnick and Rebecca DeLuccia began a relationship in late 2012. Soon after DeLuccia learned she was pregnant in February 2013, Plotnick proposed marriage and DeLuccia accepted, but their engagement ended by September. They each retained counsel, who negotiated over Plotnick’s request to be involved in the pregnancy and in the child’s life afterward. In November, as the date of delivery neared, Plotnick filed for an order to show cause seeking the right to be notified when DeLuccia went into labor and to be present at delivery, among other relief.

Judge Mohammed, who sits in Passaic County, held a hearing Nov. 19, 2013, in which DeLuccia participated telephonically from the hospital, where she had gone into labor. He denied the relief from the bench. DeLuccia delivered the child later the same day.

Mohammed cited the doctrine of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), that women have the right to control their bodies during pregnancy. He also cited Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), which struck down a state law requiring married women to notify their husbands before having an abortion.

In addition, the New Jersey Supreme Court held in Kinsella v. NYT Television, 382 N.J. Super 102 (2005), that disclosure of a patient’s hospital admission to the would violate the New Jersey Hospital Patient Bill of Rights.

Brian Schwartz, chairman of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Family Law Section, says the decision “clears up the issue for once and for all that the woman gets to make that decision” about who is present when she gives birth, and is a “good opinion for moms to know they have a safe haven in the hospital.”

[JaneMarple]

IMO, the mother has the right to have anyone in the birthing room as well who can't be in there during the birth.

[Clover29]

Sounds like he's a controlling jerk and she should have the right to keep him away. I don't get why some men are so obsessed with women's reproductive everything.

[MrsSweetieBear]

I would hold this against him the rest of his life. And this is just the beginning for this poor woman and child.

[evelomaddict]

he was allowed to see the baby in the nursery afterward.

in my opinion, it sounds like the father may have control issues, which is probably why they're not getting married. who would take a pregnant woman to court other than to cause more stress during an already stressful time in her life.

[JaneMarple]

On 3/11/2014 evelomaddict said:

he was allowed to see the baby in the nursery afterward.

in my opinion, it sounds like the father may have control issues, which is probably why they're not getting married. who would take a pregnant woman to court other than to cause more stress during an already stressful time in her life.

He's the plaintiff????