Tug of love.

Boyish-Tigerlilly · Post by **Boyish-Tigerlilly** » 2005-01-03 01:48pm

Italy Judge Tosses Coin for Xmas Tug-Of-Love Child

ROME (Reuters) - When the separated parents of a five-year old Italian boy could not agree whose house he should stay at over Christmas, a judge settled the dispute by tossing a coin, an Italian newspaper reported on Thursday.

The squabbling couple took their argument to a family disputes court a few days before Christmas and were surprised when the judge, who said there was not enough time to convene the tribunal, tossed a two-euro coin for "heads-or-tails."

"I did it in the interest of the child," Judge Carlo Alberto Agnoli was quoted as saying in Italy's leading daily newspaper Corriere della Sera.

"I certainly couldn't do like Solomon and divide the child. So I trusted to luck," said the judge who presides at a court in the northeastern town of Trento.

He was referring to the biblical King Solomom who threatened to cut a boy in half when two women claimed he was theirs, thus learning who was the true mother when she begged him not to.

The mother, who usually has custody of the boy, won the toss and the boy spent Christmas with her, the paper said.

That's kidna funny, I think, but it could also be sad, depending on your POV.

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Lusankya · Post by **Lusankya** » 2005-01-04 12:48am

Why, oh why do the parents not let the children decide themselves?

Boyish-Tigerlilly · Post by **Boyish-Tigerlilly** » 2005-01-04 01:15am

Because coin tosses in decisons are always better

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2005-01-04 01:30am

Because it's cheap and easy to sway the opinion of a five year old to spite someone you've come to dislike. Candy, as always, is dandy.

Guy N. Cognito · Post by **Guy N. Cognito** » 2005-01-05 01:21pm

You know, it's funny that two people can't agree to have the child on seperate days. One has the child Christmas Eve, the other Christmas day. But I guess they are fighting for the sake of fighting their spouse.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2005-01-05 01:32pm

This kid is certainly getting a healthy upbringing from his parents

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-01-05 04:23pm

Guy N. Cognito wrote:You know, it's funny that two people can't agree to have the child on seperate days. One has the child Christmas Eve, the other Christmas day. But I guess they are fighting for the sake of fighting their spouse.

Yeah, really. My parents did that easily enough.