Tim Holland Files for Divorce
Story Created: January 12, 2007
The Lansing State Journal online edition reported today that Tim Holland filed for divorce from his wife Lisa Holland. He filed the papers on December 15, 2006. He asks in the filing that their property be divided and that she retains her maiden name of Taylor.
I am not surprised that this marriage is ending in divorce; it is just too bad that Tim did not file for the divorce before Ricky was murdered.
It really frosts me, although I should not be surprised, that Tim Holland is just asking for their marital property to be divided between the two of them. I think the right thing for him to have done considering he will be serving at least the next 30 years in prison was to ask that their marital assets go towards Ricky’s burial, perhaps a memorial fund, and to pay Ingham County back for the search for their son. If there is anything left after that then the remainder should go to a fund for the remaining children.
Some may say why should any money be given to support the children because their parental rights have been revoked. I say it does not matter, at least if he had provided for the burial and the children then he would be showing some sort of real remorse. I guess it really is too much to ask.
There ought to be a law.
Tim and Lisa Holland started their relationship online. They married in November 1997.
Maybe the right thing to do is to force them to remain married for the remainder of their sorry lives.
Tim Holland is serving his sentence at the Standish Maximum Correction Facility in Standish, MI. He is in protective custody and stays in his cell 23 hours a day. Lisa is serving her life sentence at the Scott Correction Facility in Plymouth, MI.
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I agree totally with you. I really wish he had seen the light when Ricky was alive. Why does he see it now? Will this in some way help him if he comes up for parole?
He makes me totally sick, but at least he has pleaded guilty, unlike Lisa that fights everything.
I will never give up on the fight for Ricky.
caring
15 Jan 07 at 4:19 am
Thanks Trish for all that you do, keep it up.
caring
15 Jan 07 at 4:20 am
Hey Caring,
How have you been? I have not heard from you since the end of the trial. I am glad Lisa was found guilty and I just do not get how she can continue to file appeals – her murder conviction as well as the revocation of her parental rights. It is really sad because as long as she continues to file appeals it will take that much longer for Ricky to be able to be laid to rest.
Trisha
15 Jan 07 at 4:24 am
I am doing fine, how are you? I sure wish that they would bring charges against the DHS workers that let Ricky be tortured and murdered under their watch. Grandholm and the DHS make me sick, I really do believe they are going to do nothing. They close down private agencies when a child gets murdered, but they don’t even fire the workers that were responsible for not following the law in the DHS. Also, I would have thought charges would have been brought against Lisa’s father by now.
Your right about the appeals, it makes me sick how she keeps fighting it, causing more hurt and sadness to the other children (not being able to be properly placed in a home). It is as though she knows nothing can move on as long as she keeps appealing. She is a big loser. Poor Ricky, I wish they would have a wonderful memorial for him and let him be put to rest.
caring
18 Jan 07 at 12:44 am
I live in Jackson County and I don’t know how DHS never picked up on this whole sick thing. With every thing i have heard and read about the harness and carrot sandwichs why didn’t someone do something???? Ricky would still be alive today if just one person would have been insistant on making sure DHS did their job. I have seen to many cases where people can adopt children and later the children end up abused or dead. I am not a perfect parent,but as a single parent, because dad won’t help, i do my best. I just couldn’t image doing such harm to any child, I wish I could help them all. To all children in foster care you are loved and people do want to take care of you.
loving mother of two
20 Jan 07 at 4:05 am
Thank you for maintaining this blog, even after the case has been solved and the guilty parties locked away. We must do whatever we can to prevent this death, or the death of *any* child, from being forgotten. Your efforts toward this end are very appreciated!
I only just discovered your blog – I wish I had found it much sooner. I take this case very personally. I live within 20 miles of Williamston, MI. My husband’s entire office took several days off work to help in the search for Ricky, walking slowly through the fields, examining every blade of grass. With his blonde hair, blue eyes, and intelligent-looking smile, Ricky reminded me very much of my own son, who was of the same age when Ricky disappeared. Sometimes when I look at my son, I’m reminded that Ricky would be 8 years old now, that he might have been into Pokemon and dinosaurs and scouts and baseball – if he had been allowed the happy, normal life to which all children are entitled. If he’d been allowed a life at all.
I, too, wrote to Nancy Grace several times after Ricky’s body was found – I, too, received no answer whatever, while they devoted almost all of their air time to the preppie rape case (not, of course, to call that unimportant, but really…).
No child should ever be subjected to abuse from anyone, let alone a parent. Something must be done, and someone must start doing it. I’m not sure who sickens me more – the parents who commit the crime or the neighbors, professionals, and officials who abet it’s commission. Yes, it’s a fine line to walk. Yes, none of us wants to unjustly accuse an innocent person of atrocities against a child. But our willingness in this society to convince ourselves that a) we’re exaggerating/imagining a problem, b) it’s someone else’s problem, and/or c) it’s not our place to get involved, dooms innocent children to pain and death. Those who knew and did not act should be seen as accessories in Ricky’s murder.
I believe the proceeds from any sale of property in this divorce should all go toward the care of the Holland’s other children. It seems a given that Ricky was not the only foster child in that house to suffer abuse – I may be wrong about that, but abusers normally don’t single out one child for abuse. Though Ricky’s suffering was apparently the most extreme, it seems very likely that their other children suffered as well. Those children are entitled to all possible reparation as victims of the Hollands, whether or not they have parental rights.
Yes, there should be a law. There should be several laws. I must say I’ve become dissapointed in Granholm – in the immediate aftermath of this crime, the Governor herself made public statements and vows to keep Ricky’s fire burning and help prevent this type of thing being repeated against another child. Maybe I’ve been under a rock, but I haven’t heard much from her on the matter since the initial media storm subsided. It seems she’s fallen into the same old groove as much of society does when the novelty of a case wears off. This is very sad.
What can we do? What laws can we enact? It’s a bit scary to be a parent anymore. My son is a happy, healthy, 8 year old boy. He’s learned manners and morals, but I’ll admit he can be a bit “spoiled” sometimes. He heard some things about Ricky’s case at the time – his father was one of the searchers – and he caught a few headlines from Gov. Granholm after the truth came out. His sharp little brain made some connections, and the next couple of times I got angry with him (for not picking up his toys, for turning on the tv when he was supposed to be reading), he told me, “I’m going to tell the governor on you for abusing me!” I’ve tried to keep his life care-free, but I did then have to explain to him what “abuse” meant – that, while the worst thing to happen to him was being made to stand in a corner for 5 minutes or so, some other children have it a lot worse. Some other children don’t have nearly as many toys as he has, or a Gameboy, or their own laptop, or their own tv in their room. Some other children aren’t allowed to eat when they’re hungry or play outside whenever they want to or choose their own fashionable clothes. Some other children don’t get to spend their allowance however they want (okay, we’re guilty of requiring a portion of it to go into his savings account…). Some other children are hurt by their parents. Some other children’s feelings are hurt, and some other children are hit. The idea that someone’s mama may hurt them on purpose was shocking to my son, as it should be. He’s decided that we don’t abuse him after all.
The problem is twofold: the current laws are flawed, and they are enforced by humans. I personally, as all of us, have seen innocent parents accused of abuse they did not commit. We have seen children taken from normal, loving families because of paranoid reporting and overzealous prosecution. We have also seen children ignored during life and to the point of death. Can we enact a set of laws that will protect all children – including those abused and underprotected, and those who unabused whose lives are ruined when they inadvertently bring the abuse laws down on themselves? Can we invent a system that can tell the difference, or should we accept that we will ruin some families and lives this way in the pursuit of preventing innocent deaths? I don’t know the answer, but we must do something for both. Our current system fails often for both cases.
Funny thing – in our society, any activity that can put others at risk of harm or death require some certification: a driver’s license, a gun permit – even a fishing license. Parenthood requires nothing but the dissemination of genes. It’s anti-democratic to suggest it, but who has power over life and death more than a parent? Foster or not, maybe it’s time to consider whether, to be entrusted with the care of a young life, one must be able to demostrate that he/she has the capacity and desire to actively prevent the destruction of that life?
As a parent, I cannot fathom what state of mind would permit me to not only allow but to cause harm not jsut to my, but to any child. I can say that I would throw myself in front of a speeding bus, without any hesitation, in order to push a child out of the way. There are millions of children all across our county in front of this bus all the time. We’re all smart people here. We must find a way to change this, and we must not just stand on the curb, watching them as they’re mowed down.
Thank you!
AnotherMother.
AnotherMother
8 Feb 07 at 7:48 am
Just keep the pressure on Grandholm, DHS, and legislatures. Don’t stop.
I must say your message made me cry. I think of Ricky every day and feel he was so robbed of never given any kind of life, while others (my grandchildren included) get almost everything.
caring
24 Feb 07 at 11:50 pm
“loving mother of two Says:
January 20th, 2007 at 4:05 am
I live in Jackson County and I don’t know how DHS never picked up on this whole sick thing. With every thing i have heard and read about the harness and carrot sandwichs why didn’t someone do something???? Ricky would still be alive today if just one person would have been insistant on making sure DHS did their job. I have seen to many cases where people can adopt children and later the children end up abused or dead. I am not a perfect parent,but as a single parent, because dad won’t help, i do my best. I just couldn’t image doing such harm to any child, I wish I could help them all. To all children in foster care you are loved and people do want to take care of you.”
The Caseworker who Was handling Ricky’s Case was Stupid and Didnt know how To take her head out of her butt She has Hurt So MANY families it isnt Funny ……She Should be right beside Lisa for Neglant Homicide
KC
21 Mar 07 at 3:35 am