article_snippet: Heather Hironimus attorney, Thomas Hunker, said Her attorney, Thomas Hunker client is staying with Heather Hironimus in a shelter for domestic violence victims because her son was 'scared to death' of undergoing the surgery.
article_snippet: I was hoping the mother was going to be here,' Nebus' attorney May L. Cain said on Tuesday. '
article_snippet: The Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that the the judge last week called The Florida Sun-Sentinel 'reprehensible' for the mom to have kept the boy's location hidden from the father since February  20. '
article_snippet: I will allow the mother to avoid incarceration or get out of jail if the mother signs the consent to the procedure,' Circuit Judge Jeffrey Gillen said Friday.
article_snippet: the mother did this for one reason and one reason only: because the child is scared to death of this procedure,' Hunker told Gillen, launching into a defense that was cut off by the judge. '
article_snippet: So Mr. Hunker, I take it then that the mother is not going to appear today?'
article_snippet: It's just ridiculous,' said one of the protesters, Jennifer Cote of Pembroke Pines. '
article_snippet: Jennifer Cote's protecting Jennifer Cote son.'
highlights_snippet: her attorney said Her attorney client is staying with  son in a shelter for domestic violence victims because the boy was 'scared to death' of surgery .
  