F&F: Federal Court Awards $750,000 in Damages Against Woman for Conduct in Custody Case

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'Lori Handrahan, ex-wife of Igor Malenko, has been ordered by a federal court to pay her former husband $450,000 and her daughter $300,000.  Federal District Judge George Z. Singal ordered the damages to be paid for Handrahan’s outrageous conduct throughout her custody battle over their daughter, Mila.  Handrahan’s repeated false allegations against Malenko were so obviously at odds with the truth and her behavior so immune to judicial control that a Maine family judge eventually gave Malenko sole custody of his daughter.  Handrahan’s visitation is conditioned on her seeking, receiving and benefiting from intensive psychotherapy.  Since custody was transferred to Malenko in 2011, Handrahan has apparently neither seen nor spoken to her daughter, despite the fact that telephone contact is permitted her under the court’s order.  Apparently, she’s paid no child support either, although that may be old news.  The current state of her child support obligation, I haven’t been able to ascertain.'