Masitto v. Masitto

For almost five years Stacy Masitto has been trapped in the middle of a pitched battle for her custody. The record makes it abundantly clear that some of the adults in this matter have relegated her to the role of pawn in a vindictive game. The legal and emotional ordeal of this child is reminiscent of that undergone by the pitiful wards of the English chancery courts protrayed in Charles Dickens’ novel, Bleak House.

The difficulty of this unfortunate saga is now compounded by the majority’s approval of the lower courts’ fundamental error in jurisdiction. Based on the following, I believe it…