"The whole thing is so transparent and soridiculous," said Paul B. Ocon, Gina Ocon'sfather. "One minute he is saying that he can't payfor part of the day care, and the next minute hesays he wants full custody of Bailey."

"Gina's mother and I have bickered about manythings over the years, but we never disliked eachother more than we loved our children," added PaulOcon, who divorced Gina's mother when his oldestdaughter was four years old. "I think [Tom]dislikes Gina more than he loves his child."

Tommaso Maggiore was ordered last April to pay$1,831 in restitution for damages he caused afterhitting a city police car in December 1996,according to the Long Beach Press Telegram.

Two months after the incident, Maggiore wasconvicted of drunk driving. He received a 30-dayjail sentence and five years' probation.

The Press Telegram also reported thatmisdemeanor battery charges against Maggiore andhis brother Joseph Maggiore were dismissed lastNovember, four months after a July scuffle amongthe Maggiores, Ocon and Tommy Carroll, her friend.

Carroll accused the brothers of beating himthrough a car window as he waited for Ocon.

Maggiore and his attorney, Robert Gasper, couldnot be reached for comment.

Last night, Ocon said she will spend the nextfew weeks doing research the legal precedents forher case, since she cannot afford an attorney.

"Ultimately, we have to have an end to all thislitigation," Ocon said. "We just need to get onwith our lives.