It was 1998 and Bill Connington's sons were with their mother on a court-allowed visitation. That would be the last time he saw them. Jill Connington kidnapped her children on that day and fled Washington state. A warrant was issued for her arrest, but she evaded capture - until last week. In yet another fine display of mature parenting, she called the police last weekend and said she no longer wanted to be a mom. She didn't want to take care of her own children and was going to surrender.

Now the teen boys are in foster care and arrangements are being worked out to return them to their father. Something that is long overdue.

The "bad guy" in custody battles can be of either gender. Sometimes both. We really need a family law system that focuses on what is best for the child and in almost all cases, that is shared parenting time with a loving mom and dad.

Original news story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/31/custody.arrest/index.html