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Dukes' visitation at issue now
By KEVIN GRAHAM, Times Staff Writer
Published September 21, 2007
TAMPA - A judge will decide Tuesday when and how often inactive Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes gets to see the two young children he shares with his estranged wife.
At a court hearing Thursday, Hillsborough Circuit Judge J. Kevin Carey held a conference call to deal with emergency motions about the visitation issue filed by Catherine Real, the attorney for Dukes' wife, NiShea Gilbert.
Earlier in the day, Gilbert said Dukes argued about the agreement they had for Dukes to visit the children on Wednesday.
Gilbert said he was to pick them up from day care and return them to her home by 8:30 p.m.
But Dukes, 23, said the two agreed that the children could spend the night with him, so they did.
After hearing inconsistent stories from Dukes and Gilbert about what happened, the judge said he'll decide when the children will see Dukes.
Dukes must now also find a new attorney for his divorce case, because the St. Petersburg law firm of Meros, Smith, Lazzara & Olney told the judge it no longer wanted to represent him.
[Last modified September 21, 2007, 01:11:01]
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by andrew
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09/22/07 10:28 AM
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Keep the Elijah news coming. This maniac fascinates me. I'd want to hear regardless of whether he was a Devil Ray.
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by Roger
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09/21/07 04:57 PM
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This is old and he'll probably never play for the Rays MLB team again, so why cover it? I'll bet you 10 cents that the Rays trade him this offseason for a bag of BP balls and a box of donuts.
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by JSP
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09/21/07 11:46 AM
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PLEASE STOP THE DUKES WITCH HUNT!!!
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by Southern Girl
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09/21/07 11:23 AM
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I will take care of them.Elijah does not love this girl and she does not love him, it is and always was about the money,E.Dukes you must love yourself before you can love anyone else.Be a father to you Kids, all of them , forget about the women.
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by Southern Girl
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09/21/07 11:18 AM
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First of all this is getting a little petty, be happy that he wants to see his kids ,because how many fathers don't care?Dukes and Gilbert both need to GROW UP! It's not about the TWO of you anymore it's about the kids,KIDS Give the kids to me!
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by david
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09/21/07 11:16 AM
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is this a credible newspaper, or a tabloid? this is a mans life, his personal life. this same situation plays out 100's of times a day all over the US. it's just another ugly divorce, and is NONE of our business. please stop writing about this.
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