:59:02
in no way diminishes
a woman's ability to be a good mother...
:59:05
has been upheld.
:59:09
I am prepared to accept
Miss Powell's contention...
:59:11
that her client's writings
and former opinions...
:59:14
however forcibly expressed,
have no bearing on the present situation.
:59:18
However...
:59:20
I cannot pretend to have gained
a very reassuring impression...
:59:23
of Mrs. Miles's character
and stability...
:59:26
and I continue to regard the matter of
her open lesbianism with considerable seriousness.
:59:32
I fully appreciate that another court
might take a more lenient view...
:59:36
but this is not another court.
:59:40
Mr. Miles's failure to be aware of
what was going on under his nose...
:59:44
may lay him open to
accusations of naiveté...
:59:47
but it is not a crime to be unobservant,
and I see no reason to doubt his word in this.
:59:53
The fact remains
that a lesbian relationship...
:59:56
is not a proper setting
for the rearing of a child...
:59:59
particularly when that child is a boy.
1:00:02
I therefore see no reason
to vary my earlier order...
1:00:04
giving interim custody, care and control
of the child to Mr. Miles.
1:00:09
I now order a welfare report
in this matter.
1:00:12
- I shall require an affidavit
from the applicant within 28 days...
1:00:16
and a reply from the respondent
in 28 days thereafter.
1:00:26
May I ask Your Honor
to reserve this matter to yourself?
1:00:31
Yes. I don't see why not.
1:00:34
The hearing of the full application
will be set down...
1:00:36
once both parties have filed
certificates of readiness.
1:00:43
Well, the next time should be a formality.
1:00:45
The trick was to get the judge
to agree to preside over the final hearing.
1:00:48
Same judge, same verdict.
That's the beauty of the system.
1:00:50
I wish she hadn't cried.
Cheryl never cries.
1:00:53
Well -
1:00:55
Hooper!
1:00:58
You really are a vile
and despicable bastard!