tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70059220625123820982024-03-13T08:43:08.560-07:00Family Court Crisis-Abusers Getting Custody!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2411125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-9241992364413781742013-09-26T05:53:00.001-07:002013-09-26T05:53:08.564-07:00APA: Fathers who batter their children's mothers can be expected to use abusive power and control techniques to control the children<p><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/images/bluebara.gif" width="586" height="38" /><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/images/Pubint01.gif" /></p> <p>Report of the American Psychological Association Presidential Task Force On Violence And The Family</p> <h4><a href="http://www.nnflp.org/apa/issue5.html" target="_blank">ISSUES AND DILEMMAS IN FAMILY VIOLENCE</a></h4> <i></i> <hr /> <h4><u><b>Issue 5</b></u></h4> <h5><b>WHEN PARENTS SEPARATE AFTER AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, SHOULDN'T FATHERS HAVE AS MUCH RIGHT AS MOTHERS TO BE GRANTED PHYSICAL CUSTODY OF AND VISITATION RIGHTS WITH THEIR CHILDREN?</b> <p><b><i>Tensions exist between children's need for contact with their father and their need to be protected from the physical, sexual and psychological abuse that is common in families where there has been other forms of violence such as woman abuse.</i></b></p> Although most people believe that fathers should have equal access to their children after the termination of a relationship between the parents, the equal-access option is based on the assumption that the fathers will act in their children's best interests. However, that is a naive assumption in situations where family violence has occurred.</h5> <p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Fathers who batter their children's mothers can be expected to use abusive power and control techniques to control the children, too</font></strong>. In many of these families, prior to separation, the men were not actively involved in the raising of their children. To gain control after the marital separation, the fathers fight for the right to be involved. Often children who have been exposed to violence in the family are frightened to confront their father's negative or abusive behavior, and mothers cannot protect them. Sometimes the father tries to alienate the child from the mother by using money and other enticements, negative comments, or restricted access to the telephone during visitation with him. Other times, fathers may threaten or actually kidnap the child to punish the mother for leaving, or to try to force her to return.</p> <p>Most people, including the battered woman herself, believe that when a woman leaves a violent man, she will remain the primary caretaker of their children. Family courts, however, may not consider the history of woman abuse relevant in awarding custody. Recent studies suggest that an abusive man is more likely than a nonviolent father to seek sole physical custody of his children and may be just as likely (or even more likely) to be awarded custody as the mother. Often fathers win physical custody because men generally have greater financial resources and can continue the court battles with more legal assistance over a longer period of time.</p> <p>Family courts frequently minimize the harmful impact of children's witnessing violence between their parents and sometimes are reluctant to believe mothers. If the court ignores the history of violence as the context for the mother's behavior in a custody evaluation, she may appear hostile, uncooperative, or mentally unstable. For example, she may refuse to disclose her address, or may resist unsupervised visitation, especially if she thinks her child is in danger. Psychological evaluators who minimize the importance of violence against the mother, or pathologize her responses to it, may accuse her of alienating the children from the father and may recommend giving the father custody in spite of his history of violence.</p> <p>Some professionals assume that accusations of physical or sexual abuse of children that arise during divorce or custody disputes are likely to be false, but the empirical research to date shows no such increase in false reporting at that time. In many instances, children are frightened about being alone with a father they have seen use violence towards their mother or a father who has abused them. Sometimes children make it clear to the court that they wish to remain with the mother because they are afraid of the father, but their wishes are ignored.</p> <p>Research indicates that high levels of continued conflict between separated and divorced parents hinders children's normal development. Some practitioners now believe that it may be better for children's development to restrict the father's access to them and avoid continued danger to both mothers and the children.</p> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/familyvio/issue4.html"><img border="0" hspace="10" alt="Last Page" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/familyvio/back.gif" /></a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/familyvio/homepage.html">Table of Contents</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/familyvio/issue6.html"><img border="0" hspace="10" alt="Next Page" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/familyvio/next.gif" /></a></p> <hr noshade="noshade" /> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/about.html">About Public Interest</a> � <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/conf.html">Conferences</a> � <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/edmessages.html">Executive Director Messages</a> <br /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/">Public Interest Home Page</a> <br /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/programs.html">Program Areas</a> � <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/publicat.html">Publications</a> � <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/pi/student.html">Student Information</a> <br />American Psychological Association <br />Public Interest Directorate <br />750 First Street, NE <br />Washington, DC 20002 <br />E-mail: <a href="mailto:publicinterest@apa.org">publicinterest@apa.org</a></p> <hr /> <p>�1998 American Psychological Association <br /><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/">APA Home Page</a> . <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://baldwin.apa.org:88/best/index.html">Search</a> . <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050303225918/http://www.apa.org/sitemap.html">Site Map</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-33872857053359042732013-08-27T11:18:00.001-07:002013-08-27T11:18:54.325-07:00Dombrowski et el V. U.S.A, 2007 -- PETITION # 664-07 International Commission Human Rights (IACHR)<p>This case is still pending at the IACHR. We expect a ruling any day. The last that we heard the commission had asked for more information from the petitioners that request can be seen <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/161511733/IACHR-2012-Nov-15-Dombrowski-et-el-V-U-S-A-2007-Mothers-Lawsuit" target="_blank">Follow up request from the commission 2013</a>. I supplied the requested information of my part in February 2013. I have also started a file that can be <a href="http://www.scribd.com/collections/4333991/IACHR-Files" target="_blank">viewed here</a> related to the IACHR.</p> <blockquote> <p> Since the information is no longer available via the stop family violence <a href="http://iachr-mothers-petition.blogspot.com/p/httpweb.html" target="_blank">website, a reconstruction of that site is here</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>####</p> <p>Full Text of IACHR Petition. On May 11,2007, just before Mother’s Day weekend, ten mothers, one victimized child, now an adult, leading national and state organizations filed a complaint against the United States with the Inter American Commission on Human Rights. Their petition claims that U.S. courts, by frequently awarding child custody to abusers and child molesters, has failed to protect the life, liberties, security and other human rights of abused mothers and their children.</p> <p>2007 May 11 IACHR Entire PETITION Mother's File International Lawsuit<br>Dombrowski et el V. U.S.A, 2007<br>International Commission Human Rights<br>PETITION 664-07</p> <p><a href="http://claudinedombrowski.blogspot.com/2013/08/dombrowski-et-el-v-usa-2007-petition.html">http://claudinedombrowski.blogspot.com/2013/08/dombrowski-et-el-v-usa-2007-petition.html</a><br></p> <p>Failures of U.S. Courts Forces Mothers to Turn to International Law - See more at: <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/46-failures-of-us-courts-forces-mothers-to-turn-to-international-law#sthash.mPqmwjGP.dpuf">http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/46-failures-of-us-courts-forces-mothers-to-turn-to-international-law#sthash.mPqmwjGP.dpuf</a></p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 6px; display: block; font: 14px helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none"><a style="text-decoration: underline" title="View Full Text of IACHR Petition. 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KILLS" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSLIT81wXCNiSYHhLo5rjaLHgR8lPP_II6F1-lgqoiBuczYbaYhRKQfr39ak8fG3InwEjx207_R0Z_QnthG6JYxlVADXgErvuuTFX9iwsLr882ZsVQRFFB3ZtVpA6yxZrmNhH8Lyb7BY/?imgmax=800" /></p> <p>source: <a href="http://site.nomas.org/shared-custody-issues-context-domestic-violence/">NOMAS</a></p> <p>In a Queens New York custody case, the court appointed a prominent psychologist to evaluate a young couple. The psychologist was frequently used as an expert in the New York courts despite a fathers’ rights bias that included a quotation in a New York Times article supporting shared parenting. Throughout his testimony supporting the abusive father, the evaluator could not respond to any of my questions asking for research to support any of his claims. Finally I asked him if there was any research to support his belief that children benefit from a 50-50 division as compared to 70-30. He cited Judith Wallerstein, but could not cite a particular book or article. A colleague put me in touch with Ms. Wallerstein who sent me an email for my continued cross-examination of the evaluator. She said that earlier research had indicated shared parenting might be beneficial in cases where the parents are able to cooperate, but more recent research has demonstrated that shared parenting is in fact harmful to children. One of the problems in our custody courts is that this psychologist, like most experts relied on by the courts does not have the knowledge of up-to-date research or the ability to apply it to custody cases.</p> <p>Shared custody, sometimes referred to as joint custody involves joint decision making by the parents and sometimes also requires something close to a 50-50 division of time with each parent. The equal time division is often important to parents wishing to avoid paying child support. Proponents of shared parenting say it is only fair that parents have the same rights to parenting time with their children and courts claim that they must treat each parent that comes to court equally. This seems fair unless we understand the unstated part that parents should be treated the same <strong>regardless of the quantity and quality of time </strong>each parent spent with the child before the separation. Research about primary attachment is not controversial and demonstrates that a child’s primary attachment figure is more important to the well being of a child than the other parent. Furthermore, although research supports the belief that children benefit from having both parents in their lives, this is not true if one of the parents is abusive. Nevertheless many courts think it is their obligation to treat each parent the same even when one is much more valuable to the child.</p> <h5 align="center">Custody When Neither Parent is Abusive</h5> <p>The concept of shared parenting was supported by an initial study that found a favorable response. Courts were delighted to support shared parenting because it served as a way to compromise a difficult issue and could remove many cases from an already crowded calendar. Abusive fathers who had little involvement with the children during the relationship strongly supported shared parenting as a way to avoid child support and maintain access and control over their victims.</p> <p>The initial study was based on a very limited population and most favorable circumstances that included parents who enthusiastically supported the use of shared parenting, were able to cooperate and lived close together. Later studies that included larger populations and more long term effects of the arrangement demonstrated shared custody to be harmful to children, but these studies failed to dampen the enthusiasm for shared custody in the legal system and by abusers.</p> <p>The studies found that children with two homes in reality had no homes. Children forced to bounce back and forth between their parents’ homes were denied a sense of security and continuity. They could not spend the time with friends that they wanted and often could not participate in a variety of activities because they had to be with the other parent when some of the events occurred. Children were often embarrassed when articles they needed for school or other activities were left in the wrong home. In other words, even when parents were able to cooperate, the shared custody arrangement placed added pressure on the children and made their lives more difficult. Their success in academic studies and social interaction was negatively impacted by the shared custody arrangement.</p> <h5 align="center">Shared Custody in Domestic Violence Cases</h5> <p>Many of the laws and proposed legislation seeking to promote shared custody purport to contain language to create an exception for domestic violence cases and sometimes for other cases in which the parties are unable to cooperate. There is a good reason to treat domestic violence cases differently as shared custody is particularly harmful to children when one of the parents is an abuser. A parent cannot co-parent with an abuser because it is unsafe to challenge him and compromise is impossible when there is unequal power. The fundamental problem, too often missed by courts is that abusers are willing to see their children harmed in order to maintain what they believe is their right to control or punish their partner. Most contested custody cases that courts mistakenly label “high conflict” are in reality domestic violence cases in which fathers use the common abuser tactic of seeking custody to maintain control of their partner or punish her for leaving. Children who witness domestic violence (including non-physical abuse) are more likely to engage in dysfunctional behavior when they are older. Depending on their age when they witness his abuse, their stage of development is disrupted. All batterers have been found to engage in harmful parenting practices including undermining the relationship with the other parent, teaching bad values (sexism) and providing a bad example. In other words, up-to-date research establishes that abusers are not appropriate candidates for custody or shared custody.</p> <p>The benefit of an exception for domestic violence is limited because of the widespread failure of courts to recognize domestic violence in custody cases. Thirty plus years ago when domestic violence first became a public issue there was no research available. Courts, like other bodies developed practices and approaches to consider domestic violence without knowing what worked. At the time domestic violence was mostly focused on physical abuse. The assumption was that mental problems and substance abuse caused domestic violence and that women’s behavior contributed to their partner’s abuse. Courts therefore chose to use mental health professionals as experts although they had no training in the dynamics of domestic violence. Courts assumed that children were not harmed by domestic violence unless they were directly assaulted and his abuse would end once the parties separated. Up-to-date research demonstrates that all of this and many other assumptions still relied on by many professionals in the custody court system are wrong.</p> <p>There is now a specialized body of knowledge about domestic violence, but too often judges and the professionals they rely on are overconfident in their own understanding of domestic violence and fail to consider up-to-date research. Judge Mike Brigner wrote in his chapter for DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE and CHILD CUSTODY that when he trains judges they often ask him what to do about women who are lying. When asked what they mean, they cite women who return to their abusers, fail to pursue petitions for protective orders, don’t have police reports or hospital records and the myth that women frequently make false allegations of abuse to gain an advantage in litigation (in reality this occurs only one-two percent of the time). None of these behaviors indicates the women are lying and in fact this is often the safest response they can make particularly when still living with their abuser. Similarly inadequately trained professionals often cite the fact that the children did not seem afraid of the alleged abuser when they observed them as proof the allegations are false. The children understand what the “experts” don’t that the abuser is not going to hurt them in front of others and in fact they could be punished if they demonstrated fear in public. Many professionals in the court system believe they have the ability to determine who is lying just from observation. In fact research shows that aside from a very few elite CIA and FBI agents, no one has been shown to possess this skill. Accordingly these professionals through this belief become more susceptible to abusers who are skilled manipulators. While the unqualified professionals often discredit allegations of abuse for these and other invalid reasons, they fail to look at the pattern of controlling and coercive behaviors that would help them see the pattern of abusive behavior.</p> <p>The result of this and many other mistakes by professionals in the custody court system is that thousands of children are being forced to live with abusers and many protective mothers, who are wrongly dismissed as disgruntled litigants and denied any meaningful role in their children’s lives. Legislatures and courts should be focusing on using the available up-to-date research to protect the safety and secure the potential of children caught up in domestic violence custody cases. Today, shockingly, courts are getting a majority of domestic violence custody cases wrong. This is one of the reasons we recommend that all professionals receive not just general domestic violence training, but specific training in Recognizing Domestic Violence, Gender Bias and The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children. Until courts have and apply this information, our children will not be safe when courts decide their fate.</p> <p>In domestic violence custody cases, the use of shared parenting does not save court time and resources, but rather only postpones extensive litigation at great expense to the parties and harm to the children. Abusers eventually contrive incidents as an excuse to seek sole custody or protective mothers are forced to seek custody because the abusers are hurting the children. Abusive parents with limited parenting skills use shared parenting to get their foot in the door while continuing to harass and abuse their former partners. Court professionals often pressure protective mothers to accept shared custody with their abusers and punish them for trying to protect themselves and their children. Over forty states and many other court districts have sponsored gender bias commissions that have found widespread gender bias. Gender bias is particularly hard to overcome because judges and other professionals engage in gender bias without realizing they are doing so. The studies have shown that in custody cases, mothers are given higher standards of proof, less credibility and are blamed for their abuser’s behavior.</p> <p>When mothers seek to limit contact between their children and their abuser for safety reasons and courts routinely treat this as if she is trying to interfere with the relationship between the children and abusive father, this is an example of blaming mothers for the father’s behavior. Instead of courts pressuring the abuser to stop his controlling and threatening behavior, protective mothers often face retaliation and punishment for trying to protect their children. This is particularly common when courts fail to recognize domestic violence and then punish mothers who continue to believe their abuse allegations. Provisions in shared custody laws that purport to make an exception for domestic violence will continue to be ineffective as long as there is widespread failure to recognize domestic violence and to take it seriously. Accordingly shared custody laws are not beneficial in cases where the parties can voluntarily cooperate and create serious danger to children in domestic violence cases</p> <p> </p> <p>See more at: <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/94-batterers-revenge-punishment-and-continued-abuse-via-court#sthash.OhT2CBag.dpuf">http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/94-batterers-revenge-punishment-and-continued-abuse-via-court#sthash.OhT2CBag.dpuf</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-24242371801701424952013-07-31T08:34:00.001-07:002013-07-31T08:34:51.170-07:00Serious Health Consequences to Children Witnessing Domestic Violence<p>by Barry Goldstein</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BarryGoldsteinRepresentingDomesticViolenceSurvivor" target="_blank">Barry Goldsteins Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor</a></p> <p> <a href="http://www.barrygoldstein.net/">www.Barrygoldstein.net</a> </p> <p> </p> <p><img alt="" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/vJZRVmQlha4kEK4ma1vAalLL2v2Psj48jaB7ov_ABjyaNriN8yuGW-d4UbujRnWe_VONlfu5NDo3Cwe93ZI4NS0QdcOSGBGM6o8MIIvKvdvPGr5kIApYmqrVuw" width="500" height="568" /></p> <p><strong>Serious Health Consequences to Children Witnessing Domestic Violence</strong></p> <p><strong>New Research Requires Changes in Custody Court Practices</strong></p> <p>Starting with the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study in 1998 medical researchers have established the enormous and long term harm to children from being exposed to traumatic events such as witnessing domestic violence and direct physical or sexual abuse.  The research establishes that there is a cumulative adversity so that the more exposure a child suffers the greater the chance of serious medical consequences and the more serious those consequences are likely to be.  There is now a substantial body of medical research that establishes not only the enormous harm to children, but the many mechanisms that result in increased illnesses and injuries during their childhood and for the rest of their lives.  When court or other professionals fail to take sensible actions to safeguard children, or give more consideration to less important factors they are literally reducing the life expectancy of these children.</p> <p>When domestic violence first became a public issue in the mid to late 1970s, custody courts had to develop practices to respond.  For many years when a protective mother went to court seeking a protective order and for any visitation with the father to be supervised judges would routinely ask some version of “Did he also assault the child?”  If the answer was no, the court treated the father as if he was just as qualified as the mother for custody and visitation.  These risky practices continued until the eighties and nineties when research established that children witnessing domestic violence were more likely to engage in a wide range of harmful behaviors when older including substance abuse, self-mutilation, teen pregnancy, dropping out of school, prostitution, crime and for boys to assault future partners and girls to be assaulted by future partners.  These findings led to legislation in every state either to require courts to consider domestic violence in any decision about custody or visitation or to create a presumption against custody for abusers under some limited circumstances.</p> <p>Every state has adopted the best interests of the child standard to determine custody and visitation and has developed a list of factors either legislatively or through case law that must be considered in making these decisions.  Unfortunately the states have not required that children’s safety be treated as the first priority so courts are free to use very subjective standards when deciding where the children will live.  In many cases political or personal beliefs and factors far less important than the safety of children are determinative in custody decisions.  This often poisons the process because abusers can distract attention from safety issues by raising less important issues.  Judges sometimes believe that fairness requires the court to treat the issues raised by the mother and father equally even though one of those issues is more fundamental to the well-being of children.  This is an example of false equivalency that is common in custody courts.  In many cases, courts weigh allegations of domestic violence and alienation as if they are equally important to the well-being of children.  At worst, alienation might temporarily interfere with the relationship between the child and a parent while domestic violence leads to serious and life impacting health problems throughout the child’s life and often reduces how long they live.  I have never heard an evaluator or a judge weigh the relative importance of these issues based on scientific research.  This is particularly problematic because claims of alienation are a common abuser tactic but courts seem to be more open to these allegations than domestic violence which mothers rarely falsify.</p> <p>There is now a substantial body of medical research that establishes the enormous risk to children of exposing them to domestic violence.  The research demonstrates that these children have significant, increased risk of illnesses and injuries as children and need more medical care.  Significantly, these medical problems do not end when children reach their majority but continue for the rest of their lives.  They will have far more medical needs as adults and their life expectancy is reduced.  I believe that custody courts cannot continue to tolerate practices that result in children losing precious years from their lives.  This research requires fundamental reforms or else the courts cannot be acting in the best interests of children.</p> <p><strong>The Medical Harm to Children Witnessing Domestic Violence</strong></p> <p>One of the leading experts about the medical consequences of childhood trauma is Kathleen Kendall-Tackett.  The second edition of her book, Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimization, was recently published.  This is a book by and for medical professionals that is designed to help them treat a variety of conditions in adult patients that were caused or exacerbated by traumas suffered as children.  The research and the writing were not designed to respond to custody court issues, but the information should be required for any court that wishes to act in the best interests of children.</p> <p>The long-term harm of exposure to domestic violence or direct physical or sexual abuse can and does develop in a myriad of ways.  A child could develop immediate and obvious symptoms or the harm can go unnoticed for many years.  The author encourages doctors to ask about childhood trauma because so many different ailments can have their genesis with childhood trauma.  This is especially problematic because patients are rarely thinking about events from decades earlier as the cause of their health problems.</p> <p>There are many ways in which childhood trauma can seriously impact health now and in the future.  The trauma can cause increased inflammation that can trigger numerous diseases now and in the future.  Accordingly, Dr. Kendall-Tackett recommends an anti-inflammatory for children exposed to abuse.  Quite naturally, exposure to domestic violence often interferes with the child’s ability to enjoy the quality and quantity of sleep needed.  This and several other common responses to abuse can lead to obesity with increased risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other medical problems.  The author suggested that programs and campaigns designed to prevent obesity ought to include efforts to make sure children get their needed sleep and avoid exposure to domestic violence and child abuse.  Indeed these experiences often lead to eating disorders.</p> <p>Many diseases including heart disease, asthma and diabetes are caused or exacerbated by stress.  One of the major reasons researchers found that we spend $750 billion per year on health costs related to domestic violence is because excessive stress is so inimical to good health.  Domestic violence is especially harmful because there is the constant danger that the abuser will threaten or hurt his partner.  Accordingly the stress is repetitive.  This harm is especially severe for children whose various systems are still developing.</p> <p>As discussed earlier, witnessing domestic violence strongly encourages substance abuse.  The use of illegal drugs, tobacco and excessive use of alcohol, especially by children also creates a wide range of long-term medical problems.  Many of the factors I am discussing interact with each other to reinforce the most negative impacts.</p> <p>Exposure to childhood trauma also increases the risk of depression.  This in turn can cause behaviors that further undermine the child’s health.  Depression can discourage proper self-care, negatively impact the immune system and other bodily defenses and is a major factor in suicide.  Significantly, separating children from their primary attachment figure as custody courts frequently do in domestic violence cases also causes depression.  I mentioned before that cumulative adversity magnifies the risk so that it is particularly devastating to children who have witnessed domestic violence or been directly abused to be denied a normal relationship with their primary parent.</p> <p>Childhood trauma is also associated with risky sexual behavior.  This is another example of how witnessing domestic violence leads to many behaviors that cause still more health risks.  Risky sexual behavior can lead to sexually transmitted diseases including HIV and cause survivors to interact with dangerous individuals.  It can also encourage the use of dangerous drugs.</p> <p>For children to witness their father or another man abusing their mother, they would tend to be fearful and angry, but often it is unsafe for them to express their anger particularly to the abuser.  This can cause them to express their anger in other ways that can undermine their health and safety.  This can result in both physical and mental illnesses or cause them to get into fights where someone else hurts them.  The childhood trauma also can lead to shame and self-blame that can be harmful to their health.  Significantly, low self-esteem can also be caused by denying children normal contact with their primary attachment figure so that many common custody court approaches serve to multiply the harm caused by domestic violence.</p> <p>In many ways, domestic violence leads to poverty and this undermines the health of victims.  Education is important in order to improve one’s economic status.  Children who witness domestic violence and often miss needed sleep both because of frightening incidents at night and the fear which makes it hard to sleep at other times.  This makes it difficult for children to get their work done in school.  They may also act out because of their anger.  Economic abuse is an often overlooked part of domestic violence tactics so that mothers seeking to leave their abusers often lose income and family resources.  In many cases the bias favoring abusive fathers forces mothers to trade support for custody.  Small wonder at least half of the homeless population consists of mothers and children who left abusers.  Many children also leave home because of domestic violence, physical or sexual abuse.  Victims with limited financial resources often can’t afford safe housing, healthy food and needed medical care.  All of this contributes to medical problems facing children impacted by domestic violence.</p> <p>Many victims of childhood trauma suffer from unexplained or inadequately explained conditions.  Many are labeled as hypochondriacs which may say more about the failure of the medical community to find the cause than the complaints of the victims.  These experiences are painful in many ways both physically and emotionally and can prove debilitating.  Living with pain undermines other parts of a person’s life and interferes with their ability to reach their potential.</p> <p>Just as any adverse experiences a child has are cumulative so that combined they are much more harmful, the same is true of the many medical consequences caused by domestic violence and child abuse.  The various conditions which are just some of the problems faced by children impacted by domestic violence come together to magnify the harm done to children.  This research ought to make clear that we must stop minimizing the significance of these childhood traumas.</p> <p><strong>Impact of Health Concerns in Individual Cases</strong></p> <p>The fact is that the present custody court response to domestic violence has been a disaster for battered women and children.  Everything is severely tilted to favor abusive fathers so that the outcomes are often catastrophic and the court discussions tend to focus too much on protecting abusers’ interests rather than safeguarding children.  Accordingly we are desperately seeking to find a way to help court professionals understand the enormous harm they are causing by following outdated, discredited and biased approaches.  In succession we have hoped that the powerful documentation of court failures contained in The Batterer as Parent, Domestic Violence, Abuse and Child Custody, the Saunders’ study from the US Department of Justice and Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor might encourage court officials to take a fresh look at false assumptions that continue to place children in jeopardy.  Much of this research and publications are new so they still may help change the system as they sometimes change individual cases.  They may also have a cumulative effect over time.</p> <p>The new research about the lifelong health impacts on children witnessing domestic violence, child abuse and other childhood traumas ought to require courts to take a new look at standard practices.  There are two important differences that might help give this information some traction.  The research does not come from anyone involved in the domestic violence movement, but rather is from the medical community.  It was developed for the purpose of better treating adult patients who suffered childhood trauma.  In other words it would be hard for anyone to discredit this research.  The second factor is that the findings go to what is supposed to be the essence of what custody courts are supposed to do.  HOW CAN ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT IMPACT THE IMMEDIATE SAFETY OF CHILDREN BE TREATED AS IF IT WERE AS IMPORTANT OR MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHILDHOOD TRAUMAS THAT RESULT IN INCREASED ILLNESSES AND INJURIES THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE CHILDREN AND REDUCED LIFE EXPECTANCY?</p> <p>This medical research strongly supports requests from protective mothers to make safety the first priority.  Common issues that courts routinely consider as factors in deciding custody and visitation like alienation, friendly parent, which home is nicer, relative financial status of the parties, children’s preference and many of the phony or unimportant mental health diagnoses used to pathologize protective mothers pale in comparison with the significance of factors that impact children’s health such as domestic violence and child abuse.  Not only should the court place far more weight on these factors, but there is no reason to allow issues that do not impact children’s safety to distract attention from factors that so directly impact the well-being of children.  The “rights” of the parents, which “fathers’ rights” groups have elevated to the first priority, must be subordinated to the health and lifespan of the children.  Yes, courts should have seen that before, but the research about the impact of trauma means that political beliefs about father’s rights can no longer be used to undermine children’s safety.</p> <p>We have also seen many evaluators and other court professionals who do not understand domestic violence dynamics require some artificial level of domestic violence or child abuse before taking the risk seriously.  In our new book, Elizabeth Liu and I wrote about a New York evaluator with a bias for shared parenting who claimed to know domestic violence when he saw it and required the victim to have serious physical injuries before he would allow claims of domestic violence to interfere with his personal preferences.  Similarly some states require a more “serious” offense or level of proof such as conviction of a felony before presumptions against custody for abusers apply.  This would not prevent a court from protecting children in cases that do not rise to this level, but some courts have discarded evidence if it fails to meet the requirement for the presumption.  Courts sometimes forget that the purpose of considering domestic violence is because of the harm it does to children.  The medical harm I have been discussing in this article is not limited to cases in which the victim sustains a “serious” injury or even to cases of physical abuse.  Furthermore, one of the problems with the custody court response to domestic violence is the widespread failure to understand domestic violence dynamics.  Abusive fathers commit domestic violence tactics based on a belief system that they are entitled to control their partner and make the major decisions in the relationship.  His belief system does not change with the end of the relationship and in fact the use of the custody tactic demonstrates the likelihood he will continue to abuse future partners.  If the abuser is granted custody or unsupervised visitation, the children are likely to witness still more domestic violence.  This adds to their cumulative adversity and therefore dramatically increases their medical risks.</p> <p>The severity of the harm of domestic violence makes it critical that courts are able to recognize true allegations of abuse.  We frequently see practices where courts rely on inadequately trained court professionals.  The Saunders’ study recommended these professionals need to learn how to screen for domestic violence and conduct a risk assessment.  In many cases allegations of domestic violence are dismissed for non-probative reasons such as the mother returning to her abuser, failing to follow-through when seeking a protective order, having no police or medical records or the children interacting with their father without fear because they know he would not hurt them in front of witnesses.  At the same time few lawyers know to present the pattern of coercive and controlling tactics which includes so much more than physical abuse and judges and evaluators rarely look for this pattern.  Evaluators routinely fail to use any tools such as the Campbell Danger Assessment that would help them recognize the danger, but instead rely on psychological tests that tell them nothing about domestic violence.  We cannot continue to use such flawed practices and inadequately trained professionals when the resulting mistakes are likely to reduce children’s life expectancy.  It becomes even more important for courts to use best practices which include considering current scientific research and at least consulting with a domestic violence expert.  A psychologist or other mental health professional could also be a domestic violence expert, but this is rare.  The Saunders’ study found that a mental health degree and the standard and required training for evaluators do not provide the level of expertise needed for domestic violence cases.</p> <p>Many protective mothers have complained that their attorneys refuse to present evidence of abuse.  The new medical evidence will make it critical that attorneys not only present the father’s history of abuse, but make sure the court is aware of the enormous medical harm to children to witnessing domestic violence.  They must also ask the courts for the protection that is needed including protective orders and supervised visitation.  One of the findings in the Saunders’ study is that courts did not limit alleged abusers to supervised visitation as often as needed.</p> <p><strong>The Medical Research Requires Fundamental Reforms in the Custody Courts</strong></p> <p>The enormity of the harm to children caused by witnessing domestic violence, child abuse and other childhood trauma makes it critical that society find ways to protect children and minimize their exposure to risk.  Now that the research is available that demonstrates the cumulative impact of adversity on children, our method of resolving custody and visitation must assure everything possible is done to minimize this risk.</p> <p>Our system of jurisprudence is based on the belief that if both parties present their best case the truth will usually prevail.  This is particularly problematic when one party has significantly more resources.  This frequently happens in domestic violence cases because abusers use control tactics that include control of financial resources.  They have also developed tactics designed to bankrupt their victims by using aggressive and often questionable legal strategies.  In many cases, protective mothers are left unrepresented by the time the case comes to trial.  This means the results are often determined more by the relative wealth of the parties than the merits of the case.  This can no longer be tolerable when the result often takes years off children’s lives.  The Batterer as Parent recommends that the abuser pay all expenses including legal fees made necessary by his abusive behavior.  Judge Mike Brigner has written that courts have the authority to level the playing field but rarely make use of this authority.  At the very least courts will have to become more aware of economic abuse and create effective remedies so that victims can present their side of the story in a meaningful way.</p> <p>Lawyers are ethically required to zealously advocate for their clients within the law even when this causes a miscarriage of justice.  In the case of a criminal defense attorney they are required to use defense strategies that sometimes result in guilty criminals going free.  In some cases they use their freedom to kill or hurt new victims.  Nevertheless the potential harm would be speculative and the greater good of maintaining our system of jurisprudence takes precedence.  Can it be ethical to use the same legal principles to help an abuser gain custody or unprotected visitation which is likely to seriously harm the health and well-being of a specific child victim?</p> <p>It seems to me that the harm to children’s health requires that the legal and mental health community take a fresh look at the ethics involved in practices that are likely to hurt children.  This is particularly true of the lawyers and psychologists who are part of the cottage industry that makes its money supporting abusive fathers.  Can it be ethical given the new research for mental health professionals to provide reports and give testimony based on personal beliefs and theories unsupported by scientific research that are likely to harm the children in the case?  Similarly can attorneys for batterers ethically use strategies deliberately designed to mislead or confuse the court in ways that place children in jeopardy?  Can these professionals remain ignorant of current research so that they are unqualified to handle the case but can truthfully say they were unaware of the danger they helped create?  Another way of asking this is should the legal system reconsider how custody and visitation are determined in cases involving domestic violence and child abuse in order to make sure the children’s health is protected?</p> <p>At a minimum, it seems to me the courts must create a screening system so a professional with genuine domestic violence expertise reviews each case and sends all domestic violence cases to a special part or section that specializes in these critical and difficult cases.  This will be important because a lot of common custody practices particularly seeking to require the parents to cooperate are inappropriate in domestic violence cases.  Children will benefit if the professionals responding to the case understand the serious health and safety risks the children are probably facing.</p> <p>The judges presiding over these cases would have special training about domestic violence and understand the risks involved.  They would be used to looking to the specialized body of domestic violence research to inform their decisions.  Lawyers, GALs and evaluators (if needed) would all be required to have the necessary training.  The focus would be on the safety of the children as it should be.</p> <p>The initial inquiry would be limited to the validity of allegations concerning domestic violence and child abuse.  This avoids distractions from other less important issues that abusers often use as part of their tactics to avoid responsibility for their actions.  If allegations of domestic violence or child abuse are confirmed the court will protect the children and encourage actions that would limit the long-term health impact.</p> <p>The first priority is to make sure the children are never again exposed to these traumatic events.  This is especially important because of the increased harm from cumulative adversity.  Professionals trained in domestic violence dynamics will understand the danger for children to witness the offender’s abuse of future partners if the children are not protected.</p> <p>There are responses and treatment children can receive that would reduce the harm caused by exposure to domestic violence and other trauma.  In some cases they might receive anti-inflammatories to reduce negative consequences.  Their sleep patterns can be monitored so they can be helped to get the sleep they need.  Mental health therapy can be used to cope with the trauma and respond in more healthy ways.  The protective parent is more likely to encourage the needed treatment, make it safe for the children to discuss their experiences and help them heal.  In the present custody system, we often have arrangements that give the abuser control or veto power over treatment and other issues which are used to prevent or discourage the necessary treatment.  This is another example where the “rights” of the parent or the minimization of abuse are harmful to the long-term health of the children.</p> <p>Given the enormous risks to children’s health, it is important that children have access to any treatment that could prevent serious health consequences years later.  This treatment is available today and could help protect children’s health.  Other treatment may be needed as the child gets older and new symptoms develop as a result of earlier traumas.  Many of the treatments will only be effective if the child is no longer exposed to domestic violence and abuse and is made to feel safe.  This is another reason courts should be giving custody to the safer parent.  It should be considered malpractice for any court professional to make recommendations that undermine a child’s chance to heal.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong></p> <p>What happens if a court mistakenly believes a mother’s allegations about the father’s abuse and limits the children’s contact with the father?  The children would be denied some good times with their dad and be denied opportunities to learn from him.  This would be wrong and harmful and I have no desire to minimize the negative impact on the children.  What happens if the court disbelieves the mother’s true complaints and provides the abusive father with unprotected visitation or even custody?  This is an unmitigated catastrophe that substantially increases the children’s risk of illnesses and injuries throughout their lives and likely result in a shorter life.  Certainly a less pleasant and productive life.  In the rare event that the mother made a false complaint, the missed time can be made up and there is no reason to expect any long-term consequences.  When the court fails to protect a child from an abuser, it is possible it can later realize its mistake and modify the custody arrangement.  One problem, however, is that in my experience courts that rule against protective mothers are often extremely defensive about their mistakes and rarely correct them.  Furthermore the abusive father is likely to use the control given him by the court to undermine the mother’s relationship with the children.  It is possible, the children could be returned to the mother and receive treatment to ameliorate the harm caused by the court decisions, but in many cases much of the damage will be permanent.</p> <p>Courts routinely consider the relative risks of being wrong in most other types of cases, but rarely in domestic violence custody cases.  Indeed most evaluation reports and court decisions that I have read fail to weigh the relative risks and benefits of a given action based on scientific research.</p> <p>The Saunders’ study from the U. S. Department of Justice recommended that evaluators and other court professionals receive training about the impact of domestic violence on children.  Most of the court professionals who participated in the study claimed to have this research.  In the case of the evaluators, however, this was not supported by their response to vignettes presented as part of the study.  I suspect that when the professionals claimed they had this information, they were referring to the earlier research that witnessing domestic violence makes children more likely to engage in harmful behaviors when older.  The frequency that courts minimize the significance of domestic violence strongly supports this conclusion.</p> <p>The Saunders’ study also recommended that court professionals get training in screening for domestic violence.  The serious consequences when courts fail to recognize true allegations of abuse confirm why this is so important.  So does the finding that the courts are not imposing supervised visitation on alleged abusers as often as they should.  Significantly, court professionals without adequate training tend to believe the myth that mothers frequently make false allegations of abuse.  This means that in many cases the lack of training or bias of court professionals causes decisions that pose enormous risks for children.  Even if the judge knows that mothers rarely make false complaints, the court might be relying on an evaluator or GAL making a recommendation based on this myth.</p> <p>Now that we know the enormous lifetime medical harm caused to children when they are exposed to domestic violence and child abuse, what will we do to minimize the potential harm?  I would like to ask judges and court administrators if they agree this medical research requires a fundamental review of practices used to respond to abuse allegations.  In order to better protect children, would the courts be willing to create meetings with leading researchers and domestic violence advocates to explore the best ways to protect our children.  THE LOSS OF ONE YEAR FROM ONE CHILD’S LIFE IS ONE YEAR TOO MANY.</p> <p>###</p> <p><em>Barry Goldstein is a nationally recognized domestic violence expert, speaker, writer and consultant.  He is the co-editor with Mo Therese Hannah of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE and CHILD CUSTODY.  Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor, co authored with Elizabeth Liu is designed to train attorneys to present domestic violence cases and was released in April of 2013.  Barry can be reached by email from their web site www.Domesticviolenceabuseandchildcustody.com</em></p> <p><em>For more information about the new book, including access to the first approximately 50 pages or to purchase the book go to the publisher’s web site at </em><a href="http://civicresearchinstitute.com/rdv.html"><em>http://civicresearchinstitute.com/rdv.html</em></a><em> Elizabeth Liu and I have convinced our publisher to make available the last section of our chapter about GALs that lists and explains the best practices for GALs in domestic violence cases.  You can now download and print this information and share it with your GAL.  Everyone is welcome to share this information.  I also hope you will check out my new Face book page, Barry Goldsteins Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor.  Barry’s web site, </em><a href="http://www.barrygoldstein.net/"><em>www.Barrygoldstein.net</em></a><em> is back up and running with new material.</em></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-61163566207648471602013-07-24T21:03:00.001-07:002013-07-24T21:03:13.244-07:00Announcement for all Protective Mothers<h5><a href="http://thetruthaboutthefamilycourt.blogspot.com/2013/07/announcement-for-all-protective-mothers.html">Announcement for all Protective Mothers</a></h5> <p>Due to recent revelations by Janice Levinson and Lundy Bancroft of Protective Mother's Alliance, as a contributor to this blog, I hereby denounce JL, LB and PMA. I do not support either of them, the organization with which they are affiliated, and in fact do believe by Levinson's recent actions that both are needlessly and shamelessly throwing TRUE victims of horrendous abuse under the proverbial bus. If you decide to align with either Levinson or Bancroft, please do so with caution.</p> <p><a href="http://thetruthaboutthefamilycourt.blogspot.com/2013/07/announcement-for-all-protective-mothers.html">http://thetruthaboutthefamilycourt.blogspot.com/2013/07/announcement-for-all-protective-mothers.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://claudinedombrowski.blogspot.com/2013/07/reply-to-lundy-bancroft-change-is-here.html">http://claudinedombrowski.blogspot.com/2013/07/reply-to-lundy-bancroft-change-is-here.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://glennscult.blogspot.com/2013/07/due-to-recent-revelations-by-janice.html">http://glennscult.blogspot.com/2013/07/due-to-recent-revelations-by-janice.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://bx.businessweek.com/open-government/janice-levinson-using-the-blood-of-battered-mothers-and-children-for-her-personal-gain/7420065467279087640-54223d6685f4e599a8d5d17d4bb694b9/">http://bx.businessweek.com/open-government/janice-levinson-using-the-blood-of-battered-mothers-and-children-for-her-personal-gain/7420065467279087640-54223d6685f4e599a8d5d17d4bb694b9/</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-63639364389736352342013-07-24T20:16:00.001-07:002013-07-24T20:16:03.339-07:00Kansas Mother Lost Custody to State because she WORKED! Foster Parent Grandmother not allowed to Care For her own Grandson. #Child #Trafficking #Federal #Funded<blockquote> <p><font size="3"><em>On Monday, July 29, 2013, there will be a rally in front of KVC, 1223 Meadow Lark Lane, Kansas City, Kansas, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.</em></font></p> <p><font size="3"><em>This is a rally for the grandmother, Patricia, who was on the local Kansas City News, Channel 4, reporter Tess Koppelman,  last week who stated that even though she had been a foster parent for years for KVC, Patricia was not allowed placement or adoption of her 4 year old grandson.   Patricia's grandson was placed in stranger foster care and her grandson has had cuts and bruises which is possible abuse while in foster care.</em></font></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://changingkansas.blogspot.com/2013/07/kansas-kvc-takes-child-from-mother-and.html"><font size="2">http://changingkansas.blogspot.com/2013/07/kansas-kvc-takes-child-from-mother-and.html</font></a></p> <p></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p></p> <h3>Grandmother fights for custody of own grandson</h3> <div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody"><i>Grandmother is a foster placement for other KVC foster children </i><script height="315px" src="http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#ec=lrZ3U1ZDqxjyziJgUKE8AQLwDE3CPakF&pbid=99b31ca60977447aac65383d61b8503b" width="560px"></script><a href="http://fox4kc.com/2013/07/09/grandmother-fights-for-custody-of-own-grandson/">http://fox4kc.com/2013/07/09/grandmother-fights-for-custody-of-own-grandson/</a></div> <p>KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas grandmother says there’s no reason why she shouldn’t be able to have custody of her own grandson, but for some reason, the state won’t let her have him. Patricia Madison says she is approved by the state of Kansas to be a foster parent, and she’s fostered many children over the last five years. But for some reason she’s not allowed to take in her own grandson.</p> <p>This custody battle has been going on for about a year and a half now. But Madison says she turned to fox 4 for help because she fears her grandchild will never be returned to his family now that the child’s foster parents are interested in adopting him.</p> <p>For more than a year, the only way Madison has been able to see her almost four year-old grandson Tristen is with supervised visits. She used to see him weekly, but then it was changed to once a month.</p> <p>“When I do see him I really don’t know if that’s the last time,” she said tearfully.</p> <p>Madison says about a year and a half ago her grandson was taken away from her son and put into state care. For awhile Tristen was placed with Madison’s daughter, but Madison says KVC, the agency that oversees foster care, took the child away. Madison says it was because they told her daughter that she worked too much.</p> <p>“She works 40 hours a week, I think that’s normal,” Madison says, “you have to work to pay your bills.”</p> <p>Madison says she’s made it clear from the start she wanted to take in her grandson.</p> <p>“I told them I wanted him placed in my care because I had been working with KVC keeping their foster kids,” she said, “and they told me ‘no.’”</p> <p>Madison says she’s never been told exactly why she can’t have Tristen. At one point she says KVC told her it was because of an abuse allegation from 1998. But letters from the state dated last year and last week both confirm that Madison is not on the Abuse and Neglect Registry and is not barred from working with kids.</p> <p>“I want all of this to be investigated,” Madison said, “this is not a way of putting families together this is not the way it’s supposed to be.”</p> <p>Madison keeps the bedroom ready for her grandson to come home but she’s losing hope, and fears that her grandson’s foster family will be allowed to adopt Tristen.</p> <p>“If he’s taken from me, I will never be the same,” she said, “I love him and I miss him and I hope soon he’ll be back with us again.”</p> <p>Both KVC and the state’s Department of Children and Families say they can’t comment on specific cases. But KVC says it does place kids with family members whenever possible. The agency adds that it works with the state and the courts to determine what is best for the child.</p> <p>Kansas, KVC, Child Trafficking, Mother-less, DCF, Whores of the Court, Social Workers, Foster Care, Profit, Patricia Madison, Kansas City,</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-20688300385530927052013-06-04T08:44:00.001-07:002013-06-04T08:44:20.839-07:00Bill Windsor Sexual Deviant, Homeland Terrorist and His Cult Group Lawless America<h5>Courtesy of the joeys’ – head over and read the comments as Billy boy implodes.</h5> <h5><a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/05/sexual-deviant-bill-windsor.html">http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/05/sexual-deviant-bill-windsor.html</a></h5> <h5>Sexual Deviant Bill Windsor</h5> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjHZR6p1X2hlL-227ufBjZ77vCu9JwnstIzBfSnHdTmBgcNbQQWo4_bmdo6Om9kcFX4SuY3cPEBN5RmrnGLRydq4KPFDITSSJbwuZ4nHTmu93sT33Zx2ymXezafkClrC4IwDf3_SHuvI/s1600/sexual-predator-predators-sex-crime.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjHZR6p1X2hlL-227ufBjZ77vCu9JwnstIzBfSnHdTmBgcNbQQWo4_bmdo6Om9kcFX4SuY3cPEBN5RmrnGLRydq4KPFDITSSJbwuZ4nHTmu93sT33Zx2ymXezafkClrC4IwDf3_SHuvI/s1600/sexual-predator-predators-sex-crime.jpg" /></a></p> <p>So Bill tried to co-op a real reporters story on rape and incest.  Bill used it as an opportunity to seek out people to tell him their stories involving rape and incest.  He can no longer be bothered by women with custody issues, but he is more than happy to hear a detailed sordid story of rape or incest.  He sent out this plea: <br />DO YOU HAVE A STORY OF SPOUSAL RAPE OR INCEST? <br />I am communicating with a newspaper writer who is researching a story on spousal rape and incest. He is particularly interested in speaking with survivors whose abuse allegations were handledeither in criminal or family courts. If you would be interested in sharing your story, please email nobodies@att.net with the subject in all caps: RAPE. <br />Well this started a fire-storm as one woman named Jan, rightfully gave the direct contact info to the real reporter doing the story, telling the lemmings to bypass the creepy old man trying to get in the middle.  Bill then lashed out at her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> Hey Jan, go away. You must be one of the sickos. <br />Then her friend Lynn stuck up for her saying that she said nothing that was either on the order of a liar or a sicko.  So bill then lashed out at her saying all kinds of sexist and delusional things, Bill asked for stories about rape, but instead he exposed himself as being a liar and a perverted fraud:</p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> Lynn, you are a liar and a slanderer. Go away. Cease and desist the slander and stalking. I have helped many true victims, not you liars. No one named Lynn Buss has ever em ailed me nor is there a Lynn Buss in my database. You are one of the pathetic liars out there.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308303425970622&set=a.267168686750763.1073741826.267163020084663&type=1&comment_id=729224&offset=0&total_comments=21">54 minutes ago</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica"><img alt="" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/s32x32/373033_267163020084663_1698339765_q.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?fref=ts#"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> I am asking anyone with information about Jan Halley or Lynn Buss to contact me. I want to expose these people.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308303425970622&set=a.267168686750763.1073741826.267163020084663&type=1&comment_id=729232&offset=0&total_comments=21">51 minutes ago</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica"><img alt="" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/s32x32/373033_267163020084663_1698339765_q.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?fref=ts#"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> No, Ardith Cunningham. Lynn Buss never emailed me anything. She appears to be a serial liar...as you likely are. You say you know, well, put up or shut up. Paste the proof right here for all to see. I won't ban you for an hour to give you the opportunity. You have libeled me with your comment here, so I demand an immediate apology and retraction. Absent that, I shall see you in court.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308303425970622&set=a.267168686750763.1073741826.267163020084663&type=1&comment_id=729237&offset=0&total_comments=21">46 minutes ago</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica"><img alt="" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/s32x32/373033_267163020084663_1698339765_q.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?fref=ts#"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> I didn't lose a damn thing. You are a libeler, slanderer, and liar, and your associates are the same. You aren't in my email or database either -- just another scumbag in my opinion. You have 50 minutes. Show us the proof you hav4e "right there on your computer."</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308303425970622&set=a.267168686750763.1073741826.267163020084663&type=1&comment_id=729242&offset=0&total_comments=21">42 minutes ago</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica"><img alt="" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/s32x32/373033_267163020084663_1698339765_q.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?fref=ts#"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> I am sick and tired of all the women who lie their a$$e$ off. Anyone with information about Jan Halley, Lynn Buss, and Ardith Cunningham are encouraged to contact me at nobodies@att.net. I am interested in speaking to former spouses or significant others in the case of some.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308303425970622&set=a.267168686750763.1073741826.267163020084663&type=1&comment_id=729245&offset=0&total_comments=21">39 minutes ago</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica"><img alt="" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/s32x32/373033_267163020084663_1698339765_q.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?fref=ts#"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> You are a real sicko, Ardith Cunningham. You are a liar, a serial liar, and I look forward to pursuing you and all the liars in court and with law enforcement.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308303425970622&set=a.267168686750763.1073741826.267163020084663&type=1&comment_id=729252&offset=0&total_comments=21">32 minutes ago</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica"><img alt="" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/s32x32/373033_267163020084663_1698339765_q.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?fref=ts#"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica">Lawless America</a> Horse manure. I don't know Lynn Buss. She's a liar. The only thing I care about with her is exposing her as a liar. If she has an ex, I want to talk to him or her. My experience is that anyone who would lie about contact with me will damn sure lie claiming abuse. It's a disease among a bunch of you that severely damages the efforts of honest women who have been abused.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=308303425970622&set=a.267168686750763.1073741826.267163020084663&type=1&comment_id=729258&offset=0&total_comments=21">27 minutes ago</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?ref=stream"><img alt="" src="https://fbcdn-profile-a.akamaihd.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/s32x32/373033_267163020084663_1698339765_q.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?fref=ts#"></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica?ref=stream">Lawless America</a> Ardith Cunningham is probably a fake identity being used by someone like All Lie</p> </li> </ul> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-82559339069731734442013-06-01T10:01:00.001-07:002013-06-01T10:01:01.782-07:00Court Licensed Abuse - OUR FAMILY COURTS ARE ENABLING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSERS! BATTERED MOTHERS TAKE THEIR CASE TO WASHINGTON<p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/525229_121867651338005_1910821126_n.jpg" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/">www.Batteredmotherscustodyconference.org</a></p> <p>Court Licensed Abuse by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=579328998754019&set=a.404998956187025.89722.402177413135846&type=1" target="_blank">Clare Hardy O'Toole</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SafeKidsInternational">Safe Kids International</a></p> <p>ARE OUR FAMILY COURTS ENABLING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSERS? <br />BATTERED MOTHERS TAKE THEIR CASE TO WASHINGTON</p> <p> <br />When 16-year-old Damon Moelter took advantage of Nevada’s liberal marriage laws and tied the knot at one of Reno’s iconic kitsch “chapels” recently, his ceremony marked the start of something remarkable. It wasn’t his age or the fact that he had only met his bride in person a few hours prior to the wedding that was most significant. <br />What distinguishes this marriage and this groom from any other who might travel to Nevada to experience its offbeat brand of wedding services was that Damon chose to marry to protect himself from Family Court custody decisions stemming from his parents longstanding divorce battle. A marriage certificate gave him legal emancipation from his father, whom he claims has repeatedly sexually molested him, and from Family Court rulings that stripped his protective mother of custody and forced him to live under the sole confines of his abusive father.</p> <p> <br />Damon’s mother, Cindy Dumas, explained:</p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em>“I have never doubted my son. I fought for 10 years to protect him in the Family Court system. I did everything I could but the judges wouldn’t listen to me. They wouldn’t listen to my son. So when he’d turned 14, he ran away from his father and was in hiding for a year and a half.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Unlike most custody battles that are played out privately behind the closed doors of Family Court, Damon’s story captured public attention when, from the age of 13, he began to upload videos to YouTube calling for recognition that he was a victim of his sexually abusive father whom he said had threatened to kill him if he spoke out. His father, Eric Moelter, has persistently denied the accusations, maintaining his son and former wife are delusional.</p> <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/264442_248783648592852_1540913004_n.jpg" /> <br />Phyllis Chesler, Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies at City University, New York, has spent at least three decades observing cases such as Damon’s.</p> <p>She says no one would argue that all mothers are perfect, but most are “good enough” and very few go to court with a record that suggests they are genuinely “unfit” to parent. Yet, she says, increasingly, mothers are losing custody to fathers they allege are abusing the children.</p> <p> <br />Chesler is also a psychotherapist, expert courtroom witness and author of the recently updated, seminal treatise on abuse and child custody, <strong>“Mothers on Trial.” In her opinion:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em>“The courts don’t seem to realize a good father, by definition, doesn’t launch the custody battle from hell. Battles can take tens of years – like going through a war. No one emerges unscathed, least of all the children whom the courts are supposed to protect.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mothers-on-Trial-The-Battle-for-Children-and-Custody/209469375756133?fref=ts" target="_blank"><img src="https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/260204_209469995756071_8042303_n.jpg" /></a></p> <p> <br />Over the years, Chesler has seen a pattern emerging: <br />As she explains:</p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em>“Some mothers lost custody of their children to their batterers. Many battered mothers lost their children when they alleged their violent husbands had also been sexually abusing their child. Often such mothers are seen as “crazy,” and as “alienating” the child from their “perfectly nice” father. <br />The court system does not want to believe that a well-spoken, charismatic man could really be a savage wife-beater or child abuser. It is easier to believe that his traumatized, sleepless, frightened and rapidly impoverished wife is lying, exaggerating or imagining things. I have interviewed many such mothers.”</em></p> <p><em></em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />In 1986, after eight years of researching, Phyllis Chesler was the first academic to debunk the common misconception that mothers are more likely to win custody battles than fathers. She makes the significant distinction that mothers are usually the primary parent caring for children during the marriage, therefore they do not “win” custody as such, they “retain” it when fathers chose not to fight and custody of the children is agreed upon between parents. Chesler vouches for an increasing body of statistical research that demonstrates when fathers do fight for custody, and divorces goes to trial - contesting fathers win custody at least 70 percent of the time. <br /></p> <p><a href="http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/dvac.html" target="_blank"><img alt="pb with burst" src="http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/covers/DVAC_PB_burst_white.gif" /></a></p> <p>Many mothers might have cracked under the pressure of losing custody to a man they believe is molesting their child, but Cindy Dumas has shown remarkable tenacity and held her nerve. Likewise, over the course of proceedings, Damon came under the scrutiny of several judges, and an array of court appointed evaluators and therapists. Some tried to persuade him the abuse never happened; yet, he never veered from his molestation claims. He’s remained adamant that he has no wish to live with his father. He said he would not feel safe.</p> <p> <br />While on the run from his father, Damon moved between secret havens provided by Good Samaritans. He conducted a social media campaign and petitioned the court to honor his right to be safe, to grant custody to his mother or give him emancipation. All avenues failed to bring him the security he desperately sought.</p> <p> <br />An unlikely champion stepped forward, and Damon’s story was taken up by <strong>Fox 11-LA</strong> which followed the fugitive. His attorney, Pat Barry, told Fox 11:</p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em>“The legal system refuses to acknowledge just how much, how badly they botch these cases for children.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Typically, mainstream media exhibit extreme reticence to cover divorce and custody cases that are not celebrity focused, often citing privacy issues or limited resources to investigate the complexities of highly contentious cases and deliver balanced, objective reports. Even cases considered newsworthy because they involve the death of a child at the hands of a parent previously identified by a former spouse as abusive, tend to be treated as isolated incidents. <br /></p> <p>Significant stories and trends that should be newsworthy are therefore being missed, and in some cases - ignored. Crimes, such as the kidnappings of three women in Cleveland and Jaycee Dugard, draw huge response from media and public. But, crimes of equal depravity and ongoing cruelty that are Family Law based don’t get the scrutiny they deserve.</p> <p> <br /><strong>Fox11 is, so far, one of the few media outlets to cover what is emerging as a tragedy of epidemic proportions in the U.S., mirrored by equally disturbing cases around the world.</strong></p> <strong> <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/150419_120336854824418_682889903_n.jpg" /> <br /></p> </strong> <p>Figures released by the Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence (a nonprofit independent scientific organization composed of scientists, clinicians, educators, legal scholars, and public policy analysts), <a href="http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/med/PR3.html" target="_blank">show as many as 58,000 U.S. children a year</a> are being taken from their protective parent and placed into custody or unsupervised visitation with molesters and batterers.</p> <p> <br />The National Safe Child Coalition (NSCC) has appealed to the Surgeon General to have child sexual abuse declared an epidemic, and are in communications with the Victims’ Rights Caucus to raise concern about Human Rights violations of child victims.</p> <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/945260_248785758592641_451122851_n.jpg" /> <br />While there are protective fathers, and couples in same sex relationships battling over child custody and visitation rights, these cases are comparatively small in number. It is evident from reports and statistics emerging from The Leadership Council, various domestic violence agencies and the Center for Disease Control - vast numbers of children are being taken from “good enough” mothers and placed in harm’s way in the custody or care of their abusive fathers.</p> <p> <br />Statistics on domestic violence and child sexual abuse show that perpetrators are, most likely, male - usually the child’s father or someone who is part of the child’s familial circle of trust. In the case of child sexual abuse, the Leadership Council examined law enforcement as well as victim self-report data. As a result, it is estimated up to 90% of the perpetrators are male.</p> <p> <br />When divorce rates over time are factored in, Dr. Joy Silberg, <strong>Executive Vice President of the Leadership Council says;</strong></p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em>“A conservative estimate, based on available research leads us to conclude: at any point in time, it is likely that half a million children are left unprotected from a violent parent after their parent’s divorce and this parent is, more often than not - their father.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Many of these children are said to be held captive -psychologically and sometimes physically -by their abusive father, restrained from contact with their healthy, protective mother and subjected to subversive reasoning powers.</p> <p> <br />The behavior has been termed “Domestic Violence By Proxy.” It was first coined by Dr. Alina Patterson in her book “Health and Healing,” published in 2003, and is used in Leadership Council reports.</p> <p> <br />In these cases, it is said, the father might threaten to harm the children if they display a positive bond with their mother. He might destroy favored possessions given by the mother, or use emotional torture; telling the child the mother doesn’t want to see them because she doesn’t love them. In reality the mother may be court ordered not to see her children or may have severely restricted contact. The father may coach the children to make false allegations against their mother and combine this with creating and presenting fraudulent documents to the court to disadvantage the mother further.</p> <p> <br />In the most severe cases, DV By Proxy may lead to a child becoming trapped in a state of emotional mind that psychologists trained in domestic violence describe as: “traumatic bonding” – similar to Stockholm syndrome.</p> <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/485464_248801411924409_1875907841_n.png" width="169" height="223" /><img alt="domestiv Violence, abuse and child custody" src="http://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/covers/DVAC.jpg" /> <br />The Fox 11 series “Lost in the System” refers to specific cases, whereas, the Washington Post published an editorial based on developments at the tenth, annual Battered Mothers’ Custody Conference (BMCC X). This year, it was held in Washington DC at the George Washington University Law School over the Mothers’ Day weekend, in a bid to bring battered mother’s child custody concerns to the heart of government.</p> <p> <br />The conference offers a national, public forum to explore and expose the many complex issues facing battered women and the children they seek to protect when facing the machinations of Family Court Law and those practitioners involved in the cottage industry associated with divorce and child custody matters.</p> <p> <br />For ten years, speakers, representing many of the keenest minds in research and advocacy for battered mothers and their children have gathered to share ideas and push for change. They represent the vanguard of the fight for improved outcomes from the justice system, with child safety the paramount objective. </p> <p><strong>The lessons learned from this year’s conference will be carried forward over the months ahead.</strong></p> <p> <br />Currently, custody rulings are made on a judge’s arbitrary interpretations of legal tenets relating to the “Best Interests of the Child.” Findings from studies conducted by Phyllis Chesler, The Leadership Council and others, have been confirmed by Barry Goldstein and Dr. Mo Therese Hannah, co-editors of <strong>“Domestic Violence, Abuse and Child Custody.”</strong> The authors agree that Family Court judges show a marked deference to fathers’ rights and a casualty of this practice has been child safety.</p> <p> <br />I attended the conference and listened to several speakers explain how millions of taxpayer dollars have been poured into the federally funded “Fatherhood Initiative” to encourage fathers to become more involved in child rearing. It seems a tragic and unforeseen result has been the reunification of children with their abusive fathers, to the detriment of child safety concerns.</p> <p> <br />Likewise, Adjunct Professor of Sexual Violence at New England Law, Boston, impact litigator, former prosecutor and author of “And Justice for Some,” Wendy Murphy, told how judges - faced with the decision of whether to put sex offenders and abusers behind bars -are pressured to put them back on the street to take advantage of questionable treatment programs funded by public money. <br /></p> <p>One of the most striking revelations came from Camille Cooper, Director of Legislative Affairs for “Protect,” which spearheaded two successful acts of Congress to further child protection. Cooper unveiled an interactive map produced by the “Internet Crimes against Children Taskforce.” She said law enforcement knows the whereabouts of 500,000 individual IP addresses trading in sadistic images. <br /><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/164980_248786811925869_628295111_n.jpg" /></p> <p>She said it was the first time in the history of this issue that such a map had ever been shown to the American public showing the magnitude of child sexual abuse. But even with the tools to nail sex offenders through their Internet activity, it emerged there is a gross disparity between known offences and actual prosecutions in criminal or family court. Due to lack of resources to fund an adequate response, only 2% of cases identified have been investigated. <br /></p> <p>Cooper said the evidence gives the lie to claims that incidences of child sexual abuse are on the decline. And she insisted it is not appropriate to refer to the 30 million images produced simply as child pornography.</p> <p> <br /><em>“These are crime scene images of very young children being tortured and raped.”</em></p> <p> <br />Combined with CDC findings that there is an incidence reported of overall child abuse or neglect every 10 seconds, the clear record of criminal Internet activity involving child sexual abuse casts a dim light on the trend of family court judge’s to automatically doubt the validity of mothers’ claims when they make allegations of domestic violence and child sexual abuse.</p> <p> <br />Phyllis Chesler, who was keynote speaker for the conference, used strong language to define her frustration:</p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em><strong>“There is now a toxic bias in the family courts, resulting in court enabled incest and the legal torture of protective mothers.”</strong></em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Some solutions were suggested by Murphy. She argued that domestic violence and child sexual abuse should be handled by criminal court and not left to the intervention of social workers and family court judges. She also argued for civil rights, regarding gender discrimination, and human rights issues to be brought to the fore. She stressed that violence against any person based on who they are in society is a crime against the fabric of civilized democracy.</p> <p> <br />I met with Damon and his mother. They had both come to the conference and appeared calm and collected and very relieved Damon is now free to take up a more “normal” life. Conference events concluded with a march and vigil with advocacy group, Mothers of Lost Children outside the White House, followed by a day of lobbying on Capitol Hill at the invitation of the NSCC.</p> <p> <br />Damon’s mother, Cindy Dumas, addressed a crowd outside the White House:</p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em>“I’m here to speak out for other kids and hope the public become aware that this is a very serious and prevalent problem in our courts. Our Family Court judges every day give custody of children to abusers and molesters. This is not an accident. It is not out of ignorance and incredulity. It is a systematic, methodical cover-up of abuse, especially of sexual abuse. Just like Penn State, the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts. We have to do something about it. Kids are suffering. There are thousands and thousands of children suffering because our Family Court judges are handing them over to abusers.”</em> <br /></p> </blockquote> <p>The NSCC is supporting Mothers of Lost Children in asking for a Federal Oversight Hearing into the violation of civil rights when protective parents lose custody of the children they are trying to protect.</p> <p> <br />Compelling evidence was presented to senators and congressmen outlining the failure of family courts in the 50 States to protect victims of domestic abuse and their children during divorce and custodial hearings. The follow-through from these meetings is expected to gather pace in the coming weeks as the mothers continue to organize and hone their campaign for justice and safety for their children. <br />Members of the NSCC met with staff members from the offices of Senators Durbin, Franken, Boxer, Feinstein, Casey, Gillibrand, Hagan, Brown, Portman, Menendez, Schumer, Toomey, Thune, Leahy, Sanders, Kaine, Lautenberg, Reid, and Merkley, along with Congress members Conyers, Hoyer, Cardenas, Maloney, Neal, Poe, and Costa. Initial responses were encouraging, and behind the scenes, the work goes on.</p> <p> <br />A strong supporter of improved justice and safety for protective mothers and their children is White House advisor to the Vice President on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Lynn Rosenthall. She has openly acknowledged the high levels of discrimination against women in family courts. Rosenthall is encouraging protective mums to petition for change. She has offered to use her position to pass on any targeted recommendations stemming from the conference and its aftermath to Congress. She said a Federal task force was being convened to respond to the Family Court crisis.</p> <p> <br />One, wheelchair-bound mother told representatives of the Congressional Judiciary Committee her back had been broken by her violent former husband and her eldest son had committed suicide while in the care of his family. She said the combined trauma and tragedy had limited her ability to maintain employment and yet she’d been court ordered to pay child support to her custodial ex. She described how she’d been put in jail for accepting and smoking a cigarette after the judge told her she was under order to hand any gifts over to her ex in lieu of child support. She said he told her she should have sold the cigarette and given the income to her former husband.</p> <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/482848_120376328153804_1973893568_n.jpg" /> <br />Hearing her story and others, Ron Legrand, Democratic Counsel for the <strong>U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary said:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><em>“I’m truly shocked and disturbed. Once in a lifetime something comes along that you feel you have to go out on a limb and give your all to support. This is such a cause.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Likewise, for Nevada, Senator Reid’s office promised to do whatever it took to bring some satisfactory resolution to the dire state of custody rulings in the Family Court and the clear failure of the court system to keep children safe.</p> <p> <br />Dumas’ story is typical of protective mothers around the nation. Lobbyist, Connie Valentine, a vocal member of the California Protective Parents Association (CPPA), said she’s observed over the years of attending the conference: <br /></p> <blockquote> <p>“One mother can start her story and another can finish it. Specific details may be different but the general stories are all the same.”</p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Since the inception of BMCC, ten years ago, mothers have shared how they and their children suffer, often years, of abuse from their partners. They’ve described domestic violence that can manifest as physical, psychological or sexual in nature. They’ve agreed all forms are interrelated, equally threatening and totally unacceptable. They’ve told how they are wrongfully profiled by judges, attorneys, and an assorted variety of custody evaluators as being the parent most responsible for the collapse of the marriage, the hostility of the divorce and any detrimental effects on the children. <br /></p> <p>Victimized mothers injured first by their abusers and then again by court processes, have persistently identified the act of making an allegation of abuse as the trigger that results in an onslaught of false accusations and misrepresentation from the opposing party. Too many times, protective mothers have sought to defend themselves and fight for the safety of their children, only to be undermined by court practices. <br /></p> <p>They’ve found no alternative but to take the child into hiding and face very serious charges of abduction. When mothers have chosen not to run, but to continue in a seemingly never ending fight for custody of their child, they have found themselves forced into bankruptcy or facing jail sentences when they cannot pay child support to the custodial father. <br /></p> <p>Phyllis Chesler’s advice to battered mothers is stark and dramatic. She said:</p> <blockquote> <p> <br /><em>“Battered mothers need excellent court representation and the best lawyers, often exemplified by those prepared to represent a mother pro bono. These lawyers are prone to ‘burn-out.’ Helping a custodial embattled mother is very demanding.”</em></p> <p><em> <br />“The police do not rescue abused children. In fact, the courts often award custody to their abusers and severely limit or cut altogether the “crazy’ mothers’ visitation. When such mothers finally run away to save their children, they are routinely captured, imprisoned and lose access to them for a very long time.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Chesler likened the plight of battered mothers to: <em><strong>“the days of battling for Jews wanting to escape Nazi torture and control.”</strong></em> Conference attendees asked her whether it was necessary to launch another world war to keep children safe in America.</p> <p> <br />Luckily for Damon, in Nevada a marriage license can be obtained with notarized permission from one parent only. He could therefore pursue emancipation through marriage without seeking his father’s approval. </p> <p>The worst of his personal war is over and yet he is keen to stress he does not see this as a victory:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>“I didn’t beat the system, I circumnavigated it,” he said. “I spoke to numerous professionals and none of them protected me.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />His experience has led him to become a staunch advocate for children’s rights and his closing comment, aimed at protective mothers and other child victims of abuse, was chilling:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>“One in five kids is sexually abused. It’s not as if the professionals don’t know what they’re doing, they deliberately cover-up abuse. They are entrenched. If you don’t recognize it’s deliberate, you may make the wrong choices and then you won’t be able help yourselves.”</em></p> </blockquote> <p> <br />Media Contact: <br />Clare Hardy O'Toole <br />otoolec.1000@gmail.com <br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/messages/100001328452316">https://www.facebook.com/messages/100001328452316</a></p> <p> <br />-------------------------------------- <br />(Sidebar story)……….</p> <p> <br />Hera McLeod, is a special education teacher and mother of Prince McLeod Rams who was murdered by his father on an unsupervised court ordered visit has given a moving testimony.</p> <p> <br />In an open letter to Jude Michael J. Algeo of Montgomery County (full text at cappuccinoqueen.com); the bereaved, battered mother writes:</p> <blockquote> <p> <br />“Dear Judge Algeo,</p> <p> <br />You may not remember me, but I will remember you for the rest of my life…. <br />I was the woman who came into your court room begging you to keep my son safe from his father…</p> <p> <br />I watched my son’s body slowly shut down for nearly two days as I waited for the doctors to officially declare him brain dead. As I watched my innocent baby boy die, I thought about you. I remembered how you told us you hated Family Court.</p> <p>I remembered how you blamed me for falling in love with a con man. I remembered how you talked about fairy dust and how you explained that my son would need to come home with cigarette burns before you would believe Luc was abusive. I remember how you rolled your eyes, appeared to fall asleep on the bench, and opened up your computer as if to read your email – you did all of this as I pleaded with you to keep visitations supervised…..</p> <p> <br />You told us that you made your Custody decision based on what you would do if he was your child….</p> <p> <br />How terribly sad it is that you have become so jaded that when a mother comes to you pleading for your help, you dismiss her concerns as merely those of a scorned woman. Prince deserved better. He deserved to live just as your own child would have….. <br /></p> <p>I can’t stop thinking about how my life would be different if I hadn’t trusted you – if I had fled the country – if I had simply refused to comply with the court order. <br /></p> <p>Sadly, the story of Prince McLeod Rams is not unique. The testimonies of protective mothers who have lost their children in disturbing custody battles are increasing in volume. At the annual BMCC, on the Internet, among advocacy groups and catalogued by legal researchers, their stories of injustice are gaining ground. They tell of courts dismissing or trivializing material evidence of abuse, favoring fathers’ rights over child safety and displaying entrenched prejudice toward mothers.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=579328998754019&set=a.404998956187025.89722.402177413135846&type=1" target="_blank">Read More Here</a></p> <p> </p> <h4>Barry Goldstein’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BarryGoldsteinRepresentingDomesticViolenceSurvivor?fref=ts" target="_blank">Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor</a></h4> <h3><a href="http://ncmbts.blogspot.com/">Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse</a></h3> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-77917072033677898522013-05-17T05:27:00.001-07:002013-05-17T05:27:10.172-07:00Is World War Needed to Protect Our Children? Battered Mothers, Abused Children, A National Crisis<p> </p> <p>The <a href="http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/1116/is-world-war-needed-to-protect-our-children" target="_blank">Phyllis Chesler Organization</a></p> <h3>Is World War Needed to Protect Our Children?</h3> <p><strong>Every time</strong> a news story breaks about a woman imprisoned as a sex slave (for example<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/07/missing-women-cleveland-brothers-arrested/2140359/"> the Cleveland Three</a>) people are, appropriately, shocked and horrified.</p> <p>What is even more shocking is the fact that such crimes are committed every single day in every country on earth. Children and adult women are routinely sold, tricked or kidnapped in epidemic numbers and <a href="http://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/glotip/Trafficking_in_Persons_2012_web.pdf">trafficked into sex slavery</a> for profit. Rarely do such pimps and profiteers bother to keep one girl (or boy) only for themselves.</p> <p><img hspace="6" alt="" align="left" src="http://ontheissuesmagazine.com/hottopicimages/chesler2.jpg" />Civilian pedophiles do that. We think of pedophiles as depraved older men or, increasingly, as men of the cloth, whose prey is an under-age stranger. Once caught, they are registered as sex offenders and law enforcement can, potentially, keep eyes on them.</p> <p>But what if the pedophiles are fathers and their captive prey are their own children? How will the police ever learn about this? There is no system that monitors children in their own homes. When mothers try to do so, they often lose custody of their children. Pedophiles, including a child's own father, are often charming, docile, and seem "normal."</p> <p>Given that it is almost impossible to "police" a man's home (which is still his castle), mothers are on the front line in terms of protecting children. There is no one else. But when mothers try to protect their children from physical or sexual abuse they often lose custody of them.</p> <p>This past weekend I delivered a keynote speech at the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conference-shines-light-on-plight-of-battered-mothers-seeking-custody/2013/05/10/8a2830fc-b8f1-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html">tenth annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference</a>. This conference was founded by Dr. Maureen ("Mo") Hannah and has functioned as a life line forbattered and "protective" mothers. The <a href="http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/BMCC%20Tenth%20Anniversary%20program%205-7-13.pdf">program</a> included keynote speeches by Terry O'Neill, NOW's national President and Toby Kleinman, prominent family law attorney and champion for women's rights. More than 15 sessions took place, led by the most dedicated and fearless lawyers, mental health professionals, and mothers. More than 150 people attended this conference. Forty people delivered lectures; 10 of them were custodially challenged mothers.</p> <p>Some mothers lost custody of their children to their batterers. Many battered mothers lost their children when they alleged that their violent husbands had also been sexually abusing their child. Often such mothers are seen as "crazy," and as "alienating" the child from their perfectly nice father. I first broke this scandal 27 years ago when I published my book Mothers on Trial. The Battle for Children and Custody. There have been some improvements. Documented domestic violence is often factored in a bit more often; where there are assets, judges may award mothers a greater percentage of them; gay parents and mothers with demanding careers do not lose custody as they once did for these reasons.</p> <p>However, matters have worsened in many areas—so much so, that I added eight chapters to the 25th<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mothers-Trial-Battle-Children-Custody/dp/1556529996">anniversary edition</a> of this book. Two chapters are titled "Court-Enabled Incest in the 1980s and 1990s," and "Court-Enabled Incest in the Twenty-First Century."</p> <p><img hspace="6" alt="" align="right" src="http://ontheissuesmagazine.com/hottopicimages/chesler1.jpg" />The court system does not want to believe that a well-spoken, charismatic man could really be a savage wife-beater or child abuser. It is easier to believe that his traumatized, sleepless, frightened and rapidly impoverished wife is lying, exaggerating or imagining things. I have interviewed many such mothers, and many more were present at this extraordinary conference which was held in Washington DC at the George Washington University Law School.</p> <p>The police do not rescue these children. In fact, the courts often award custody to their abusers and severely limit the "crazy' mothers' visitation. When such mothers finally run away to save their children, they are routinely captured, imprisoned and lose access to their children for a very long time.</p> <p>One such mother, <a href="http://nowayoutbutone.com/?page_id=15">Holly Collins</a>, was beaten badly for a very long time in the American state of Minnesota. Her children were beaten, too. No one came to their rescue. On the contrary. Eventually, the father, who terrified his children, gained custody of them. The court system nearly destroyed this mother and her children. And so, in 1994, Holly fled the country. She carried her entire legal file with her in her suitcases. In 1996, after an extensive legal review and appeal, Holland granted this American mother political asylum (!) on the grounds that America had not protected her or her children and did not seem likely to ever do so. Garland Waller directed a riveting documentary about Holly, titled <a href="http://www.nowayoutbutone.com/">No Way Out But One</a>. The film was shown to the conference. According to Dr. Hannah, their reaction was "highly positive."</p> <p>The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Battered Mothers Custody Conference and The National Organization of Men Against Sexism presented an award to the "People and Government of the Netherlands and to the extraordinary lawyer who fought for Holly and her children, Els Lucas.</p> <p>The BMCC mothers asked me amazing questions. "Do we need to launch another world war to keep the children safe in America?" "Where is our Abraham Lincoln on this subject?" "What country should we live in if not here?" The mothers, including a group calling itself the "<a href="http://www.mothersoflostchildren.org/">Mothers of Lost Children</a>" demonstrated outside the White House.</p> <p>According to the testimonies of these mothers, their children either witnessed their mothers being beaten on a daily basis and/or were also beaten; some children were also sexually abused. These were households of terror, ruled over by a legal husband and father, not by a stranger. Yes, I know, some mothers falsely allege domestic violence; most do not, nor do most mothers allege incest unless a teacher, pediatrician, social worker or other mandated reporter does so first. And why? Because 21st century mothers have all been advised by their lawyers that they risk losing custody if they make such an allegation. Even so, these mothers still lost custody of the children they were trying to protect.</p> <p>Jennifer Collins, Holly's daughter, has created a <a href="http://www.courageouskids.net/">website</a> for children who, like her, are living "<a href="http://americanchildrenunderground.blogspot.com/">underground</a>." Both Jennifer, who is working as a para-legal, and Holly, led a workshop at the conference.</p> <p>The work I began in 1976, when I testified in my first custody case for a mother and when I worked with "protective" mothers in the 1980s,continues. Now, there is a growing movement underway. I salute all those who are part of it.</p> <p><b>Related Topics:</b> <a href="http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/topics/4/motherhood-custody">Motherhood & Custody</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-26453090045223404362013-05-13T10:31:00.001-07:002013-05-13T10:31:37.248-07:00THE WASHINGTON POST: Battered Mothers Custody Conference This Weekend Shine Light On Child Custody Abuse<h5><a href="http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/BMCC%20Tenth%20Anniversary%20program%205-7-13.pdf">Battered Mothers</a> Custody Conference </h5> <h5>Conference shines light on plight of battered mothers seeking custody</h5> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conference-shines-light-on-plight-of-battered-mothers-seeking-custody/2013/05/10/8a2830fc-b8f1-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html" target="_blank">Board</a>, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conference-shines-light-on-plight-of-battered-mothers-seeking-custody/2013/05/10/8a2830fc-b8f1-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html#license-8a2830fc-b8f1-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8"></a>Published: May 10</p> <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/150419_120336854824418_682889903_n.jpg" width="686" height="552" /> </p> <p> </p> <p>THE BATTLES over child custody that unfold in courtrooms across the United States don’t get much attention. If a celebrity is involved, there might be headlines, but publicity is generally shunned out of the not-unreasonable urge to protect the privacy of children. Unfortunately, though, that has tended to shroud problems in how these critical decisions are made. That’s why a conference focusing attention this week on systemic issues in family court is so important.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/BMCC%20Tenth%20Anniversary%20program%205-7-13.pdf">Battered Mothers</a> Custody Conference started Friday at George Washington University Law School and concludes Sunday with a vigil at the White House. It brings together victims of domestic abuse, advocates and experts in an effort to reform a system they say doesn’t do enough to protect children. Too often, said organizers of the event, which is now in its 10th year, custody or access in contested cases where domestic violence has been alleged is given to abusive fathers because of a misguided emphasis on parental rights that discounts or disbelieves the concerns of women who have been battered. Victimized parents, often suffering from trauma caused by the abuse, are bankrupted and punished for fighting for their children.</p> <p>“Cascading disasters and shattered lives are predictable and inevitable,” said Eileen King, executive director of Child Justice in the District and a speaker at the conference. She pointed to the case of 15-month-old Prince McLeod <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/montgomery-court-system-failed-prince-mcleod-rams/2013/01/25/30987302-673f-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_story.html">Rams</a>, allegedly drowned by his father after his mother unsuccessfully tried to block unsupervised visits, and the infamous deaths in 2008 of <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-10-25/news/0910240118_1_cheryl-wharton-amy-castillo-room-service">Amy Castillo’s</a> young children by a father she warned was dangerous.</p> <p>Mo Hannah, a psychologist at Siena College near Albany, N.Y., who helped start the conference because of her own divorce experience, said the broad-based coalition of people who attend the event collects data on the extent of the problems, provides support and, most important, advocates for better practices in how decisions are made and monitored.</p> <p><img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/525229_121867651338005_1910821126_n.jpg" width="670" height="379" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conference-shines-light-on-plight-of-battered-mothers-seeking-custody/2013/05/10/8a2830fc-b8f1-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conference-shines-light-on-plight-of-battered-mothers-seeking-custody/2013/05/10/8a2830fc-b8f1-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-79273834684382149622013-04-12T18:35:00.001-07:002013-04-12T18:35:12.304-07:00Anatomy of a Broken Heart<p><a href="http://angelzfury.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/brokenbrokenheart26794260520523.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Broken-broken-heart-26794260-520-523" border="0" alt="Broken-broken-heart-26794260-520-523" src="http://angelzfury.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/brokenbrokenheart26794260520523_thumb.jpg" width="243" height="244" /></a> <a href="http://angelzfury.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/brokenheartwallpapers42.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Broken Heart Wallpapers-42" border="0" alt="Broken Heart Wallpapers-42" src="http://angelzfury.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/brokenheartwallpapers42_thumb.jpg" width="244" height="184" /></a>  </p> <h3>Anatomy of a Broken Heart: A Screenplay</h3> <p>Posted on <a href="http://janiemcqueen.com/anatomy-of-a-broken-heart-a-screenplay/">April 3, 2013</a> by <a href="http://janiemcqueen.com/author/jmcqueen/">JMcQueen</a></p> <blockquote> <p><em> ”Ma’am, give him the children and there won’t be any trouble. Alright? Do you understand? Just give Mr. Duckworth the children.”–Kentucky State Trooper Elliot</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Brash talk show host <strong>Wendy Williams</strong> profoundly angered a multitude of mothers–custodial and non-custodial alike–with a flippant remark on her TV show yesterday. She devoted a portion of her show toward lambasting beleaguered Texas mom <a href="http://janiemcqueen.com/a-nation-of-motherless-children/"><strong>Pilar Sanders</strong></a><strong>, who  lost custody of her three children to football hero Deion Sanders last month, for her emotional distress.</strong></p> <p>Williams contemptuously declared: <strong>”When a man gets custody, the mother is full of crazy.”</strong> She concluded by saying,  ”I would say good luck, but I’ll just say oh well.”</p> <p>That Williams is a mother herself isn’t the only reason for outrage; in her big booming voice she embodies the lack of empathy, of understanding, of the plight of so many mothers who are losing their children to a lopsided legal system. <strong>This system continually, and increasingly, favors the fathers–to the point of literally taking the children away from their mothers forever. And then society steps in to join the condemnation by ridiculing the bereft mother’s pain and laughing and scoffing at her concern for her children and her pleas for justice.</strong></p> <p>Playwright/scriptwriter Christopher Karr wrote a poignant, spot-on (because he was there) screenplay chronicling the day his younger siblings from his mother <a href="http://janiemcqueen.com/something-is-rotten-in-the-state-of-texas/">Robin Karr</a>‘s second marriage,  Matthew and Laura, were taken away from their home on court orders.</p> <p><strong>Already too old for his years from his experience </strong><a href="http://janiemcqueen.com/a-bright-beam-in-a-dark-forest/"><strong>watching an abusive system punish his mother for protecting all three of her children</strong></a><strong>, Christopher was just a boy of 13 when he wrote this heart-searing screenplay.</strong> Technically powerless to do anything about what he witnessed–as would be anyone–he not only watched in horror but tried his valiant boyish best to intervene.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> ”Matthew and Laura”</p> <p>By Christopher Karr</p> <p>OVER BLACK;</p> <p>INSERT–TITLE CARD</p> <p>This movie is based SOLELY upon a true story.</p> <p>INSERT–IMAGE</p> <p>Photo of MATTHEW (2) and LAURA (1) with their mother ROBIN in a restaurant at a supervised visit in Rockwall Texas. Matthew and Laura have OBVIOUSLY been brutally beaten. Matthew has a black eye and Laura has a large scrape across her forehead. Robin is holding them, forcing a smile.</p> <p><a href="http://janiemcqueen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Robin-Karr-1.jpg"><img alt="Robin Karr 1" src="http://janiemcqueen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Robin-Karr-1.jpg" width="413" height="350" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://janiemcqueen.com/anatomy-of-a-broken-heart-a-screenplay/" target="_blank">READ THE REST HERE</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-46183292593129349692013-03-24T11:19:00.001-07:002013-03-24T11:19:47.532-07:00Janice Levinson – Using the Blood of Battered Mothers and Children for Her personal Gain - Protective Mothers Alliance<p> </p> <h3><a href="http://janicelevinson.blogspot.com/"><strong>Janice Levinson</strong></a></h3> <p><strong>She Will Lure You in and Mercilessly Slaughter You and Your Children</strong></p> <p>Stay as far away as you can from this very evil very deadly – as in she freely will give all your personal information to you and your child's abuser.</p> <p>Obviously she is a fake always has been. I know she knows and so does Massachusetts in that <strong>this woman actually did claim abuse when none was there. FALSE ABUSE allegations</strong> that those who have been abused must over come because of people like her.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>She set her husband up… she NEVER lost her children, HE NEVER kept her children from her…. </strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Janice used the blood of REAL battered mothers and their children for her own personal gain and selfish agenda.</p> <p> </p> <p>Beware….the Propaganda of Deception Janice Levinson. Protective Mothers Alliance and her Partner Bill Windsor Lawless America.</p> <h3> </h3> <p>###</p> <h4><a href="http://janicelevinson.blogspot.com/2013/03/state-of-deception-janice-levinson-and.html" target="_blank">State Of Deception: Janice Levinson and Bill Windsor’s Propaganda</a></h4> <p><a href="http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDN1HZatOmTy5REMIm5wd06rg2-ZSdTJvbH4n8u_b1IuCySuwp38c8j-pGRB2ve4df8YLK9NlF-0YYzSlqih7Q5iAbu_-ai9HEoW4Rbq2Ftin73xIBSbWYsXephusAck2wWP3JrGM2rsq/s640/State+of+Deception+Janice+Levinson+Bill+Windsor.jpg" width="491" height="640" /></a><a href="http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/">http://www.ushmm.org/propaganda/</a></p> <p>Explore the Nazis' sophisticated propaganda campaigns and their legacy.</p> <p>These two (<strong>Janice Levinson and Bill Windsor</strong>) are about all you need in hurting people.</p> <p> <br />Just like Bill, Janice in their sick twisted narcissistic minds try to turn tables back. Classic projection and delusional mind screwing. State of Deception. <br /></p> <strong></strong> <blockquote> <p><strong>Both do not care how many bodies they climb over, who they hurt or kill to get to their *perceived* top - whatever that might be. <br /></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>I will not post that evil bitches blog. <br />But take a look over at joeys for the full article on the latest hell they are causing for more people.</p> <p> <br />Hitler and his sympathizers. <br />Bill Windsor and Janice Levinson</p> <h5> </h5> <h5>####</h5> <h5>Huge "shout out" to the folks at joeys!</h5> <h5>courtesy joeyisalittlekid </h5> <h5><a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/03/bills-blogs-are-trying-to-attack-us.html">Bill's Blogs Are Trying to Attack Us</a></h5> <p>***Rolls Eyes up and back***</p> <p>I have avoided this blog, but I guess we can no longer do that. <br />http://abusiveadvocates.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/protective-mom-bullied/</p> <p> <br />"<strong>Sheri Westover, a protective mom was recently attacked on Facebook…this is truly horrific, the Joe-PPers (Joeys + AMPP) actually write a letter to the children she has not seen in years, bashing their mother, calling Sheri a racist and openly supporting her alleged abuser and telling the children “<em>we hope you are placed in a good home</em>“."</strong> <br /><strong> <br /></strong>Ummmm, what?  No we didn't.  We don't even know who she is....or care, much less start writing letters to her children.</p> <p><a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/03/bills-blogs-are-trying-to-attack-us.html">Read the rest here....</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-81404131177690718832013-03-19T20:13:00.001-07:002013-03-19T20:13:20.200-07:00Claudine Dombrowski Congressional Testimony to the fake Movie Lawless America and CON MAN Bill Windsor<p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org">www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org</a></p> <p><em>Mothers Supporting Mothers. Because We can.</em></p> <object width="500" height="282"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=62204637&force_embed=1&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=1&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=62204637&force_embed=1&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=1&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="282"></embed></object> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/62204637">Claudine Dombrowski Congressional Testimony to the fake Movie Lawless America and CON MAN Bill Windsor</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2335274">Claudine Dombrowski</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p>###</p> <p>Dear Bill (fat boy) Windsor [<em>and your fake Lawless America movie</em>]</p> <p>This IS MY PAIN, MY life, MY face, MY voice. <br />YOU do not OWN me or anything that has anything about me. </p> <p>You do NOT have any rights over my person in any way shape or form!!</p> <blockquote> <p>VICTIMS BEWARE!! BILL WINDSOR IS a 'AMERICAN TERRORIST' <br /><a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/">joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Remember that 'gut' feeling...you had/ have? LISTEN to it!!</p> </blockquote> <p>*Side note to Billy boy </p> <blockquote> <p><em>Sue me you fucking freek. I dare you, to bring that fat ass to to the land of OZ. You will need a lot more than target lessons to take me on. You will need an ENTIRE army. <br />You will even have home advantage with the ppl here you are working with. </em></p> <p><em>c'mon.... bring it on. </em></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>[and all your little minions too… Janice Levinson]</p> </blockquote> <p><em>Bill, I will see you in Missouri. </em></p> <blockquote> <p>Allies Hearing… your idle lil threats do not hold a candle to my presence. And I am the brick and wire wall you will never get through. Keep following the yellow brick road……..</p> </blockquote> <p><em>Janice, See you at BMCC!! So excited!! How bout you?</em></p> <p>“<em>Beware of Flying Monkeys” [Wizard of Oz]</em></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-14042368584588027842013-03-12T14:34:00.001-07:002013-03-12T14:34:14.404-07:00Bill Windsor – Is he Just That Dumb?? Kansas Secretary of State – Is not happy with Lawless America<p> </p> <p>Bill, why don't you give my friend Kris Kobach a call??</p> <p><em> In fact, I Just did – he is not happy that one of his ‘protected mothers’ is being stalked by the the likes of you. </em></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="1">[As per his request I sent the following fake forms with my name on it - from you to him.]</font></p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="645" align="center"><tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="643"> <p align="center"><font size="1"><strong>Kris Kobach - Secretary of State of Kansas</strong></font></p> <p><img style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; display: inline" align="left" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQONNuOvkznwZf3SZqSS8NegnI8l4VSgX_bf6ZICWWMatZxyzOwbsDF1vI9" width="232" height="276" /> </p> <p><font size="1">Kris W. Kobach is the Secretary of State of Kansas. He is also currently of counsel with the Immigration Law Reform Institute, the legal arm of the Federation for American Immigration Reform. </font></p> <p><a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/safeathome/main.html" target="_blank"><strong>Safe At Home ACP – Domestic Violence</strong></a></p> <p><font size="1"><strong> Secretary of State of Kansas since 2011 </strong></font></p> <p><font size="1"><strong> Republican Party</strong> </font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </blockquote> <p>Bill Windsor and Lawless America --- are really that dumb??? You know the old saying “buy em books and buy em books….?”</p> <p>So old Bill is up to his usual “cease and desist” rants…. Gonna sue this, that, him, her, other unseen others, civil, criminal, this, that—</p> <p>So his latest terroristic tactic goes like this…</p> <blockquote> <p>He grabs a bunch of blank forms… fills them in and uploads them and WE are supposed to believe (since Billy never lies) that he has ….again…. filed suit.</p> </blockquote> <p>Another news flash for Bill and his lemmings. Blank forms are not to intimidating. Hell get me a case number a court date and a judges signature.</p> <blockquote> <p>Stupid people are so annoying, especially when they are in ‘melt down.’</p> </blockquote> <ul> <ul> <li>Billy’s <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/1vMOOdoaK0Lwa_fwca8ltLoHRWzH7EkWkT60s1wqXAW7h_n1weGA7V_bo1uVg/edit" target="_blank">rambling post in pdf here</a></li> <li><a href="criminal-warrant-application-claudine-dombrowski.pdf" target="_blank">Claudine Dombrowski</a> fill in the blank form <em>[I am like where did he get THAT address?</em>] People like him are why I am so good at being a ghost.</li> </ul> </ul> <p>My Actual Address <em>[so when you do really file - like that will ever happen]</em> I will be sure to get it. </p> <p>Did you think I was lying??? – Oh I guess since you lie – then others must too…</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXPfQ8IPMXOQQvhRXrNmD7VBTyUdet_qNWcsK9y7qWG0xoT_t3hAMQPh_AfSwUdM5W3uUTHPznV09DK9yAh6YKVS-mlUuYGxs3e85uSGADym5-ZjTj5gg_NIITnagIRbhyphenhyphenxvEqF5u56M/s1600-h/ACP%25255B25%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="ACP" border="0" alt="ACP" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir6B0THrx3egSggqb2YLvfmEyP8XbEJDDYyV5hFxozS_ff1LIUShu1zhOeadhVaQyF71nltV9IKmNwBezNVXgN2ixZl1lkenvvFzdAq6EqwGh_IkGUs3D0Y796FXo5StRlFABtiXC_kh0/?imgmax=800" width="250" height="143" /></a> </p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <h4 align="center">Kansas Secretary of State <a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/safeathome/main.html" target="_blank">SAFE AT HOME</a></h4> <p>Kansas is one of <a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/forms/safeathome/ACP_Nationwide_programs.pdf">several states</a> that offers an address confidentiality program. Safe at Home (SaH), enacted in 2006, <strong>provides a substitute address for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking or stalking as well as a free mail forwarding system for all first-class mail.</strong></p> <strong> <p> <br />The program allows qualified participants to use the substitute address (post office box) on all public records instead of the residential address required by many other Kansas laws. </p> <p>Victims can register to vote, obtain a driver's license, etc., without fear that such public records will put them at risk of being located by their abuser. Safe at Home offers participants an extra layer of protection and can be an important part of an overall safety plan.</p> </strong><strong> <p> <br /></p> After you visit our <a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/resources/resources_faq_sah.html">FAQ</a> and <a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/resources/resources_links_sah.html">Useful Links</a> page, please <a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/contact.html">contact us</a> about how we may serve you better.</strong> <ul> <li> <div><a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/safeathome/how_sah_work.html">How SAH Works</a><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px" alt="Safe at Home logo" align="right" src="https://www.sos.ks.gov/img/SafeatHomelogo.jpg" width="264" height="255" /></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/safeathome/sah_enrolling.html">Enrolling</a></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/safeathome/sah_voter_registration.html">Voter Registration</a></div> </li> <li> <div><a href="https://www.sos.ks.gov/safeathome/sah_laws_regulations.html">Laws & Regulations</a></div> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <br /></p> <p></p> <p><font color="#ffffff">janice levinson</font></p></blockquote> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-60007864294725437532013-03-02T07:36:00.001-08:002013-03-02T07:36:48.634-08:00Showcases how GAL's destroy mothers and children.<p>Please Share</p> <h3>Immunity for Guardian Ad Litem destroys Connecticut family</h3> <p> <br />Read more: <a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#ixzz2MOeN5szj">http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#ixzz2MOeN5szj</a> <br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bFUy1y59er4B9Macwqm_6l&u=wtcommunities">@wtcommunities on Twitter</a></p> <p><img alt="Some Guardian Ad Litem's favor abusive and unnecessary billing over what is best for the child." src="http://media.washtimes.com/media/community/viewpoint/entry/2013/03/01/Skipp_family_photo_s640x427.jpg?73b8e21685896c3f2859310aaa5adb253919b641" width="640" height="427" /> Photo: Susan Skipp and her children</p> <p><em><strong>The following post is by guest author, Aine Nistiophain</strong></em></p> <h5><strong>This is part II of a two-part article.  Read Part I, Finding Ground Zero in Connecticut, </strong><a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/feb/28/finding-ground-zero-connecticut-part-i/"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></h5> <p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong>, DC, March 1, 2013 - In Connecticut, the phrase “for the sake of the children” is often thrown around on custody cases involving child victims of violent crimes.  However, cases like 9-year old Max Liberti’s suggest that some family court appointees are more likely to favor the opportunity to continue billing families for unnecessary, even fraudulent services, over what is best for the child.</p> <p>After all, children living in safe environments do not need Guardian Ad Litems (GAL), evaluations, or therapy to protect and rehabilitate them.  When Max disclosed that his father raped him, the GAL and other professionals charged his family a whopping total of $1.5 million for their services. Yet most of the 40+ professionals assigned to his case spent little or no time with Max, or did not know him at all before making recommendations that forever severed his relationship with his mother. </p> <p>Often the court appoints a GAL to advocate for the child’s “best interests” instead of asking the children for direct input. The GAL then bills the parents for asking other strangers appointed onto the case what’s best for the children.   </p> <p>In 2003, the Connecticut court decided that the GAL has the exclusive right to speak on the child’s behalf, yet there are no requirements as to how much time a GAL must spend with their ward.  To clarify the GAL’s role, the court drew the bright line rule that <em>“Just as it is not normally the province of the attorney to testify, it is <strong>not</strong> the province of the guardian ad litem to file briefs with the court.”</em> (<em>In re Tayquon H.,</em> 821 A.2d 796 [Conn. Ct. App. 2003]).</p> <p>While the Judicial Branch provides free certification trainings<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn1">[1]</a> for GAL’s, there is no central oversight process in place to review the quality of their work, yet they enjoy qualified immunity for their actions.<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn2">[2]</a></p> <p>What exactly is the Judicial Branch training GAL’s to do?</p> <p> </p> <h4>GUARDIAN AD WHO? THE SKIPP-TITTLE CHILDREN</h4> <p>When Susan Skipp’s daughter Gabrielle truthfully disclosed<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn3">[3]</a> that her father assaulted her family, Susan was ordered to use the majority of her income to pay the fees of various court appointed professionals she could not afford. Attorney Mary Brigham was appointed as the children’s GAL, and Dr. Kreiger<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn4">[4]</a> and Dr. Horowitz<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn5">[5]</a> were appointed to assess the family and provide them with therapy. A court issued an order forbidding Susan from speaking to the children about the litigation, seeking domestic violence support for them, or “disparaging” the father who allegedly assaulted them. </p> <p>As GAL, Brigham billed the children’s home at a rate of $300 per hour to represent the children’s wishes and best interests. Billing records show that between September 2010 and November 2011, she billed over 196 hours, including only five meetings with the children.<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn6">[6]</a> It’s impossible to tell whether the children met with Brigham alone, how long these meetings were, or what was said.</p> <p>Invoices show during this period, Brigham’s time was largely spent talking to other providers who barely knew the children or recently met them, emailing unnamed parties, speaking to Dr. Tittle and his attorney, and talking about billing matters. Susan was also charged for the time Brigham spent drafting, filing, and successfully prosecuting motions, including as many as three motions she personally filed seeking to hold Susan in contempt for nonpayment of GAL fees. Susan says that last July, Judge Robert Resha held her in contempt, then threatened to incarcerate her if she refused to immediately liquidate her teacher’s retirement pension to pay Brigham $20,000 in fees.  </p> <p>Susan also saw Horowitz and Kreiger’s unorthodox billing practices as red flags that made her doubt the legitimacy of the appointments.</p> <p><em>“</em><em>My divorce agreement states that the parents will see Dr. Krieger for parent counseling. Instead, Dr. Krieger drafted up an agreement for co-parent mediation,” </em>says Susan. This was improper she says, because<em> “Mediation is a legal service that is not covered by health insurance and must be court ordered.”</em></p> <p>Susan says that Kreiger charged Aetna for treatment, despite the fact that she was required to provide him with a $2,500 retainer and pay expenses out of pocket.  She questioned whether Dr. Kreiger was billing for treatments that were unnecessary or improperly performed. </p> <p>“<em>Dr. Krieger also performed psychological evaluations on the family,” </em>Susan says.<em> “Those need to be ordered by the court too, and were outside the scope of his appointment as a counselor.” </em>Susan adds that one such evaluation had flawed results because it was done against medical advice immediately after her car exploded, leaving her hospitalized with head injuries.</p> <p>When Susan requested copies of the records and bills, then questioned Dr. Horowitz and Dr. Krieger’s refusal to address the assaults or the father’s struggles with addiction and the law with the children, both providers recused themselves from the case.<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn7">[7]</a> <a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn8">[8]</a>  However, Brigham then asserted privilege on the children’s behalf, thereby prohibiting Susan from obtaining documentation from either provider.<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn9">[9]</a></p> <p><em>“While Kreiger and Horowitz testified in trial that there was no domestic abuse, they both used domestic violence codes when billing Aetna,”</em> says Susan.  Dr. Horowitz testified that he used one medical chart for 2 children, used the wrong billing codes with the insurance company, then failed to inform the parents and the GAL that he had diagnosed the children with serious mental disorders.<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn10">[10]</a></p> <p>Brigham decided it was “not in the children’s best interests” to have them testify at trial.</p> <h5>“ARE YOU HERE TO SAVE US?”</h5> <p>Once when their father refused to pick his children up for three days of parenting time, I had the pleasure of meeting Susan’s children. The children seemed traumatized not only by the violent crimes perpetrated against them, but also by the fickle will of the courts to intervene on a moment’s notice and upend their lives without including them in these decisions. Given their isolation and the infrequent, yet intensely hostile interactions between Brigham and the children, it was no wonder they sought answers from me the moment their mother left the room.</p> <p><em>“Are you here to save us?” </em>Gabby asked.<em> “Someone has got to help mom stop my father. We are afraid because he hurts us.”</em></p> <p><em>“No honey,”</em> I told them, <em>“I’m just a journalist, I can’t save anyone.”</em></p> <p>They begged me <em>“Please write something to make Mary Brigham listen so the court will not make us live with my father.”</em></p> <p>My heart was heavy because they too felt the inevitable, that darkness was coming for them, and they knew they were helpless to stop it. </p> <p>With Judge Munro’s trial decision not yet issued, in September 2012 Dr. Tittle sought to permanently sever all of Susan’s parenting rights and access to the children. Judge Gerard Adelman heard testimony that the children refused to visit with Dr. Tittle for the stated reason that they feared for their safety. When Brigham refused to talk to them about these concerns, the children refused to get in the car with her. Brigham told the children she was unconcerned, then demanded they get in the car so she could bring them to Dr. Tittle’s [which they did not do.]  Consequently, Judge Adelman granted Dr. Tittle’s motion for sole custody with the caveat that the court would permanently terminate all of Susan’s parenting rights if she were even 5 minutes late for any future visits.</p> <p>One week later, I attended the hearing on Dr. Tittle’s second motion to terminate Susan’s parental rights.  Judge Munro called Judge Adelman’s orders “draconian,” then criticized Brigham’s role in instigating the proceedings by acting outside the scope of her appointment as Dr. Tittle’s “taxi driver.” As we left the courtroom, Brigham informed me that she had filed her affidavit of fees a month ago. Subsequently, neither I nor the court staff were able to locate Brigham’s affidavit.</p> <p>Ultimately, Judge Munro awarded Dr. Tittle sole custody of the children, then constructed a “set-up-to fail” parenting plan that effectively terminated Susan’s access to the children. Susan retains the right [on paper] to purchase a few hours per week with her children at Visitation Solutions, Inc.,<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn11">[11]</a> which is affiliated<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn12">[12]</a> with Horowitz and Krieger, and located over an hour away from the home she and her children once shared. </p> <p>Judge Munro denied Susan’s request for alimony, then awarded Brigham $70,000 in fees, despite the fact that Brigham never filed an affidavit disclosing her billing. After Judge Munro recused herself from hearing Susan’s case, Brigham’s subsequent motions to garnish Susan’s wages were denied pending the outcome of Susan’s appeal.<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn13">[13]</a></p> <p>Since October 2012, Susan filed for bankruptcy and has not been able to afford to purchase time with her children. Dr. Tittle<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn14">[14]</a> has refused to allow the children any contact with their mother, and remains on criminal probation for driving under the influence, reckless driving, and evading responsibility (leaving the scene of an accident.)<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn15">[15]</a></p> <p>Brigham has scheduled a status conference for April 4<sup>th</sup> to discuss payment of her fees, garnishment of Susan’s assets and tax returns.</p> <p>Who’s best interests have been served?</p> <p> </p> <h4>IS THERE A COMMON DENOMENATOR?</h4> <p>Horowitz and Dr. Kenneth Robson often conduct the court’s “free” GAL certification trainings together with Judge Munro.  Court records show that when Dr. Kenneth Robson<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn16">[16]</a> and Horowitz<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn17">[17]</a> are involved and the State is paying, the parents are often ordered not to communicate with their children about the trauma they experience. The GAL exclusively communicates directly with Horowitz about the children’s care, and only the GAL will speak to the children about the litigation.</p> <p><em>“One of the core issues is the qualified immunity GAL’s enjoy, which results in much of the judicial outsourcing to them,”</em> says advocate Peter Szymonik. He points out that a major reason why parents cannot even find relief from excessive GAL fees in bankruptcy is that the court categorizes it as child support, which is nondischargable. <em>“This leads to excessive and unnecessarily billings which permanently financially devastate parents.”</em></p> <p>While Szymonik says the system is biased against fathers, Journalist Keith Harmon Snow has documented over 70 CT cases<a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#_ftn18">[18]</a> where fathers who committed legal offenses, have gained custody of child victims. The mothers were often required to purchase parenting time through outrageously expensive, even corrupt supervised visitation providers, who extorted them out of relationships with their children. Now permanently destroyed and bankrupted by abusive, often deadly State sponsored litigation, these families have no recourse.</p> <p><em>“GALs are, in fact, paid by judges even ahead of child support,”</em> says Szymonik. <em>“</em><em>This translates into a multi-million dollar fraud and state sponsored corruption which is financial devastating families and parents, harming children, and fleecing taxpayers.”</em></p> <p><em></em></p> <p><strong>To additional documentation related this journalist’s investigative report on the Connecticut courts:</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>http://www.scribd.com/JournalistABC</strong></p> <p><em></em></p> <p><strong>REFERENCES:</strong></p> <p>(1)        2-22-2011 Transcript re: Liberti v. Liberti:</p> <p><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/126529767/Liberti-v-Liberti-Transcript-of-2-22-2011-Hearing">http://www.scribd.com/doc/126529767/Liberti-v-Liberti-Transcript-of-2-22-2011-Hearing</a></p> <p>(2)        CT Resource Group Contract With CT Judiciary re: Court Staff Education:</p> <p>http://www.scribd.com/doc/125730813/Dr-Howard-M-Krieger-s-Contract-With-Connecticut-Judicial-Branch-re-Professional-Trainings</p> <p>(3)        CT Resource Group Court Invoices Part 1:</p> <p>http://www.scribd.com/doc/125725460/Connecticut-Court-Billing-Invoices-Part-1-Dr-Howard-M-Krieger-and-Dr-Sidney-S-Horowitz</p> <p>(4)        CT Resources Group Court Invoices Part 2:</p> <p>http://www.scribd.com/doc/125730381/CT-Court-Billing-Invoices-Part-2-Dr-Howard-M-Krieger-and-Dr-Sidney-S-Horowitz</p> <p>(5)        Dr. Horowitz’s Testimony re: Medical Billing Irregularities (Tittle v. Tittle):</p> <p><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/126272714/Dr-Sidney-Horowitz-Testimony-re-Medical-Billing-Irregularities-Shawn-Tittle-v-Susan-Skipp">http://www.scribd.com/doc/126272714/Dr-Sidney-Horowitz-Testimony-re-Medical-Billing-Irregularities-Shawn-Tittle-v-Susan-Skipp</a></p> <p>(6)        Dr. Horowitz’s Bills re: Boyne v. Boyne:</p> <p><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/126239188/Dr-Sidney-Horowitz-s-Billing-Records-PART-3-Boyne-v-Boyne">http://www.scribd.com/doc/126239188/Dr-Sidney-Horowitz-s-Billing-Records-PART-3-Boyne-v-Boyne</a></p> <p>(7)        Dr. Kreiger’s Documentation re: Tittle v. Tittle:</p> <p>http://www.scribd.com/doc/126588063/Skipp-Kreiger-Documents</p> <p>(8)        GAL Mary Brigham’s Invoices re: Tittle v. Tittle:</p> <p>http://www.scribd.com/doc/125759601/Attorney-Mary-Brigham-s-Billing-on-Shawn-Tittle-v-Susan-Skipp-Case-Middletown-CT-FA10-4022922-S</p> <p>(9)        Maureen Murphy’s billing re: Liberti v. 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href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#ixzz2MOdzG8MU">http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/heart-without-compromise-children-and-children-wit/2013/mar/1/immunity-guardian-ad-litem-destroys-connecticut-fa/#ixzz2MOdzG8MU</a> <br />Follow us: <a href="http://ec.tynt.com/b/rw?id=bFUy1y59er4B9Macwqm_6l&u=wtcommunities">@wtcommunities on Twitter</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-87754201287737223652013-02-20T18:25:00.001-08:002013-02-20T18:25:11.656-08:00joeyisalittlekid: William M Windsor: An American Terrorist<small>In <a href="http://angelzfury.wordpress.com/category/domestic-law/">domestic law</a> on <strong><a href="http://angelzfury.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/joeyisalittlekid-william-m-windsor-an-american-terrorist/" target="_blank">February 21, 2013</a></strong> at <strong>2:11 am</strong></small> <p>This is the ‘go to blog’ for updates about the twisted psychopath Bill Windsor and his fake “Lawless America – con game”. Daily updates sometimes twice daily – open comments each post gathering in excess of over 200 un moderated comments. If you want to know — this is the place to go. <a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html">http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html</a> <blockquote> <p><em>Kudos to joeysalittlekid and many other blogs, video mixers and so much more. WE ARE the people and we invite free thinking. I am sure that some dictators could be good… but his Fuher Bill y Windsor is most definitely not good for anyone but him self.</em></p></blockquote> <p>This entry is just one of many – one that needs reposted and shared. <p><strong>William M Windsor: An American Terrorist</strong> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr2vfoDVdMqk4gDBnTsqrjaNFx69fc3rt4q8IRkRICgw7OMMnKs4Of1OvHHCCEKJvfIOL2Tt8aBLu58cvCgp3ZDbtJPnZRlcaRmMLXaS9-nj2mIH0eaYF6nkuD_tRPndnzaODWqupmJQ/s1600/american_terrorist.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLr2vfoDVdMqk4gDBnTsqrjaNFx69fc3rt4q8IRkRICgw7OMMnKs4Of1OvHHCCEKJvfIOL2Tt8aBLu58cvCgp3ZDbtJPnZRlcaRmMLXaS9-nj2mIH0eaYF6nkuD_tRPndnzaODWqupmJQ/s320/american_terrorist.jpg" width="320" height="215"></a> <p>So I have been doing some reading up. First, on the latest over at Quatloos about Billy: <p><a href="http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=7690&hilit=windsor&start=40">http://www.quatloos.com/Q-Forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=7690&hilit=windsor&start=40</a> <p>As you can see, these guys have been <a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html#">following</a> him along with a hoard of other characters they all call a part of the Sovereign Citizen Movement. This got me to really thinking back to when Windsor devoted an hour of filming to his buddy Carl Swensson of the Birther Movement. Then I ran across this article: <p><a href="http://www.salon.com/2009/04/01/birthers/">http://www.salon.com/2009/04/01/birthers/</a> <p>Did you catch that? He pulled this citizen grand jury on the very day, April 1st, that Billy has announced he will do his own version on. Obviously Carl is advising him on this. Windsor is trying to learn from the mistakes Carl did in limiting it to just the Birther movement. The Why isn’t important, its the end result that matters. This is why Windsor is allowing any and everything into his fake movie. We can go from a guy who wants his cybersquatting rights, to mothers trying to get their kids back, to a guy trying to make his own currency and then to a slum lord trying to put up big billboards wherever he wants. There is nothing that connects these people other than they<a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html#">agree</a> with Billy’s preamble that the court system is broken and needs to be fixed. As long as you agree to that tenant, you are on his team. Your particular issue matters not, just the end goal. <p>But lets get back to this Sovereign Citizen Movement that all these characters seem to fit under. The FBI considers the SCM a domestic terrorist group and a growing threat to law enforcement. <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/september-2011/sovereign-citizens">http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/september-2011/sovereign-citizens</a> <blockquote> <p>"They could be dismissed as a nuisance, a loose network of individuals living in the United States who call themselves “sovereign citizens” and believe that federal, state, and <a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html#">local</a>governments operate illegally. Some of their actions, although quirky, are not crimes. The offenses they do commit seem minor"</p></blockquote> <p>"However, a closer look at sovereign citizens’ more severe <a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html#">crimes</a>, from financial scams to impersonating or threatening law enforcement officials, gives reason for concern." <p><strong>And they conclude with this:</strong> <blockquote> <p>"Although the sovereign-citizen movement does not always rise to violence, its members’ illegal activities and past violent—including fatal—incidents against law enforcement make it a group that should be approached with knowledge and caution"</p></blockquote> <p><strong>Lets look at what the Anti-Defamation League has to say about this movement and the similarities we can see in Billy:</strong> <p><a href="http://archive.adl.org/learn/ext_us/SCM.asp?xpicked=4">http://archive.adl.org/learn/ext_us/SCM.asp?xpicked=4</a> <blockquote> <p>"The key distinguishing characteristic of the sovereign citizen movement is its extreme anti-government ideology, couched in conspiratorial, pseudohistorical, pseudolegal and sometimes racist language. Many extremist movements in the 20th century have been anti-government in the sense that they opposed governmental policies, but few have been so purely anti-government that they challenged its very legitimacy"</p></blockquote> <p><strong>This sounds like our guy doesn’t it?</strong> <p>"Members of the Posse Comitatus believed that the county was the true seat of government in the United States. They did not deny the legal existence of federal or state governments, but rather claimed that the county level was the "highest authority of government in our Republic as it is closest to the people." The basic Posse manual stated that there had been "subtle subversion" of the Constitution by various arms and levels of government, especially the judiciary." <blockquote> <p><em>Uh huh, this is why he wants people in all 3,300 counties across the nation to bring the charges at the county level</em>.</p></blockquote> <p><strong>Paper Terrorism</strong> <p>"Yet despite a pattern of violent activity, the preferred weapon of members of the sovereign citizen movement is what has come to be called "paper terrorism." Paper terrorism involves the use of fraudulent <a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html#">legal documents</a> and filings, as well as the misuse of legitimate documents and filings, in order to intimidate, harass and coerce public officials, law enforcement officers and private citizens" <blockquote> <p><em>There is our boy Billy to the T. And don’t forget his illegal use of a 501c3 non-profit.</em></p></blockquote> <p>"One of the first tactics of the resurgent sovereign citizen movement was the formation of vigilante "common law courts." Members of these courts used them as a forum for grievances against the "de facto" government or for assistance in attempts to harass their enemies" <blockquote> <p><em>Yep, this is exactly where we are headed with this next phase in the Lawless Terrorist Network.</em></p></blockquote> <p>"The filing of frivolous lawsuits and liens against public officials, law enforcement officers and private citizens, on the other hand, has remained a favorite harassing strategy. These paper "attacks" intimidate their targets and have the beneficial side effect of clogging up a court system that sovereign citizens believe is illegitimate." <blockquote> <p><em>OMG, just stop it, this is way to accurate and telling.</em></p></blockquote> <p>So, as you can see, this is who Bill Windsor is, and this is also where we are headed. When the lemmings file their made up charges against law enforcement officials, they will be engaging in domestic terrorism along with Bill. And it needs to be overstated that everyone involved with Lawless America is connecting themselves with terrorist activities specificity delineated by the FBI. Ignorance is no excuse. You either wake up now, or finally figure it out when you are behind bars. The Pied Piper is leading you down a patch of certain destruction. <blockquote> <p>Hop on over to joeyisalittlekid and <a href="http://joeyisalittlekid.blogspot.com/2013/02/william-m-windsor-american-terrorist.html?showComment=1361289463389#c5010893843812507747">read and leave a comment!</a></p></blockquote> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-811928988594749232013-01-05T19:19:00.001-08:002013-01-05T19:19:12.058-08:00En Re: Bill Windsor - Endangering Domestic Violence Victims and Survivors<h3></h3> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong>“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the Oppressed. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” -Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor</strong></p> <p><em>“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” -Anne Frank</em></p> <p><em>"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. " <br />-Thomas Paine</em></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org" target="_blank">American Mothers </a></p> <p>Political Party</p> <p>Any cause, is good when always -- in all that you do, you maintain your <strong>honor,</strong> <strong>dignity </strong>and <strong>self respect</strong>. Life’s guiding tool. I learned this from my <strong>Romanian grandmother and Father who survived the death camps in </strong><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&sqi=2&ved=0CFgQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhistory1900s.about.com%2Fod%2Fholocaust%2Fa%2Fauschwitz.htm&ei=Z-PoUPi_FuHI2wWy7oCoBQ&usg=AFQjCNHHnsJNxI5KxexGhn-oLe7BCvDdWA&sig2=auowlHFRpbhd0p8Hh"><strong>Auschwitz</strong></a><strong> and then </strong><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CE4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ushmm.org%2Fwlc%2Fen%2Farticle.php%3FModuleId%3D10005214&ei=quPoULXPMejs2AW-q4GgBw&usg=AFQjCNGVesyH8FcuVV9PoThTiOA8eq1fQg&sig2=WWfrQ6sBkOqhsEZgjCtk5w"><strong>Dachau</strong></a><strong> – when finally they were liberated by the US - my grandfather - 2<sup>nd</sup> wave of Normandy</strong>. The reason I exist is because of the way humanity works when the heart is in the right place.</p> <blockquote> <p>We can learn about ourselves all throughout history. I encourage this as it is besides being interesting, it is repeated. I have had to learn that by abiding to the simple human rights of humanity that <strong>we can, or will, ‘’Rise a Nation’’ in a good cause, or even at minimum, because this is the good battle, the high road, the ultimate justice.</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>I watched a very good miniseries today, <a href="http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/World_Without_End/70260323?trkid=2361637"><b>World Without End</b></a>. Throughout it, I kept thinking of ‘the very notable parallels’ of the sudden 180 turn by Bill on so many people, and in doing so, the use of my website to hide behind for ‘his own’ actions.</p> <p>Throughout my almost two decades of being involved in a inhumane civil <strong>society that rewards for ‘criminal violence’</strong> and continues to perpetrate atrocious human rights violations against any people, usually a ‘category’ of people -- in what I do and with the countless mothers I have personally worked with – is a ‘category’ of people, a holocaustic hatred towards mothers and their children when they try to regain their Human Rights to be free of torture -- only to be tortured further by their tormentor in yet <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/72-one-more-battleground-domestic-violence-child-custody-and-the-batterers-relentless-pursuit-of-their-vic"><b>One More Battleground</b></a> of an already full arsenal. Family Court.</p> <blockquote> <p>I do not usually ‘feed’ into those who are so driven with all their time, to try to hurt a ‘category’ of already oppressed people. Real humans know this, so no words are needed, those who do not, no words are adequate. Besides, quite simply, I don’t do drama. </p> </blockquote> <p>In order to carry on -- although Bill has hurt so many through black mail, coercion and has threatened the safety of so many mothers and their children by sharing their intimate and confidential information on the non real world of face book – a dangerous place anyways, because ‘he thinks’ something - and his excuse for ‘his’ own actions and behavior is to ‘hide’ behind American Mothers Political Party website (AMPP). I would ask, “Why would someone do this?” However, I long ago stopped asking that and worrying about those types of people who feed on the frailty of vulnerable people.</p> <p>So with that, I will simply state that American Mothers Political Party (AMPP) and I -- are one in the same. My 1<sup>st</sup> and last (and imo to much) but if it will cease your obsession of endangering mothers or any one for that matter, my statement <i>(and I am being nice - most get a ‘two word’ statement from me when they act like you have)</i></p> <blockquote> <p>I, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEwQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stopfamilyviolence.org%2Fpages%2F308&ei=fOToUI7gDpP02wXDhoGgDQ&usg=AFQjCNFBBI3BB-31qNJujncv-v6V1057lg&sig2=XGcS_YMJBR3uBxUOaqEqhg&bvm=bv.1355534169,d">Claudine Dombrowski </a>or AMMPP (again only I am AMPP) state that everything you Bill have said about AMPP is and has been and likely to remain “intentionally distorted and inaccurate.” Let the record be clear, <b>I, and I alone maintain the website</b> <a href="http://www.AmericanMothers.PoliticalParty.org">www.AmericanMothers.PoliticalParty.org</a> Bill, you know this – and always have.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Bill, I have not threatened you, I have not, nor do I have the power to stop your goal. No copy right violations (I do know them, just ask PBS). I had thought, the concept of LA was a good idea, is why it saddened me (when, although I have broad shoulders) that you systematically began removing mothers who have been ‘battered’ by the fathers of their children, in horrendous ways, because you- 'gave them' (bill almighty) a chance to disengage with American Mothers Political Party or to ‘tell’ their side of story, wow!! Talk about demanding and classic black mail - and you do, hold that power - 'control' of fear over them with their personal, sensitive and life threatening information, entrusted to you, a power which you have misused and freely wield. </p> </blockquote> <p>You see, I need no public support, the truth is self-sustained. I will not hurt others to prop myself up. I will not alter, nor publish or intimidate others so basically I just ignore you. As I have with others like you throughout the last two decades, as I am sure will be others in the next two decades. I will not drop everything because you or any other ‘demands’ it. I will not defend myself against ignorance or ‘play’ into the need for self absorption. </p> <p>I will not engage in your feeding frenzy obsession and with American Mothers Political Party as simply, I try to spend my energy doing what I always have, keeping my energy focused on the positive and future real change, for all - as well with a ‘special’ heart held dream of freedom for that 'category' of people - battered mothers and their children.</p> <blockquote> <p>Anyone with any inclination, can research easily, any ones ignorance towards these mothers and the issues surrounding them. For those who do not, no amount of dialogue is possible to change their mind, nor their narcissistic - attention seeking behaviors.</p> </blockquote> <p>So perhaps, maybe you can come back down to reality and realize that all the good you have done you are destroying – hiding behind the ‘hatred of myself and my website American Mothers Political Party’. I have always told mothers, fathers and grandparents and cps victims that there is no ‘messiah’ or any –one sure way to regain so many freedoms lost on top of the already human rights freedoms that Domestic Violence Victims have and continue to endure.</p> <p>It’s just not important to society, dead women and children, terror and fear of those - perpetrated by their most intimate partner, lover and at one time friend. It is a terror a betrayal that is more than just a crime. Simple Human rights. </p> <p>I have not looked today what fear and terror you have stricken in others in the name of yourself, behind the skirt of American Mothers Political Party, but from a email post that you say you received (although was meant for me/ AMPP) and the oddly twisted cognitive thought process to assume that out of that email, you deduce ‘your own’ mantras of what ‘you think’ I said, what you ASSume...</p> <p>I alone, own, operate and maintain <a href="http://www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org">www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org</a> I alone, no one else. Simple enough?</p> <p>Now, you know as do others. Come after me and leave everyone else alone. You can no longer hide behind the ‘skirts’ of amp as to why, with your twisted excuses, of why you are hurting these mothers. </p> <p>Bill - you have already posted my address, email along with so many others. You know where to send your law suits.</p> <p><b><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/79-southern-poverty-law-center-on-the-fathers-rights-movement">Southern Poverty Law Center on the Fathers' Rights Movement</a> </b></p> <p>Listed as a HATE Group e.g. Skin heads, Westborough Baptist Church, Neo Nazi’s etc…<b></b></p> <p>· <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-home">AMPP Home</a></p> <p>· <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv">AMPP Article Library</a></p> <p><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release">News and Events</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/81-american-mothers-political-party-denounces-dominicks-law-in-michigan">American Mothers Political Party Denounces “Dominick’s Law” In Michigan</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/76-monsters-short-animated-video-that-depicts-devastating-view-of-domestic-violence-from-a-childs-perspective-launched-by-verizon-and-national-domestic-violence-hotline">Monsters In the Closet - Domestic Violence From a Child's View</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/68-parental-alienation-a-mythical-legal-argument">Parental Alienation: A 'Mythical Legal Argument'</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/66-press-release-historic-us-supreme-court-case">PRESS RELEASE: HISTORIC US SUPREME COURT CASE</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/62-its-not-angst-over-custody-fathers-kill-their-children-to-punish-their-ex-partners">It’s Not Angst Over Custody: Fathers Kill Their Children to Punish Their Ex-Partners</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/61-hearts-across-america-million-mom-march-mothers-day-2011-at-1600-pennsylvania-ave-washington-dc">“Hearts Across America” -- Million Mom March Mother's Day 2011, at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C.</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/60-500-million-from-the-fatherhood-initiative-and-hold-congressional-hearings">Cut $500 Million from the Fatherhood Initiative and Hold Congressional Hearings</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/59-family-courts-helping-pedophiles-batterers-get-child-custody">Family Courts Helping Pedophiles, Batterers Get Child Custody</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/57-stop-violence-against-mothers-and-their-children">UN Mothers UNiTE to End Violence Against Mothers And Their Children Campaign</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/55-mothers-of-lost-children-rally-in-washington-dc-february-13th-and-14th-2011">Mothers Of Lost Children Rally In Washington, D.C. FEBRUARY 13th and 14th, 2011</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/54--its-about-a-uterus-divorce-papers-and-bruises">Parental Alienation and Domestic Violence</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/49-battered-women-abused-children-child-custody-a-national-crisis">Battered Women, Abused Children, Child Custody A National Crisis</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/48-msmag-and-realitycheck-slamm-huffpos-censorship-protecting-abusers-warshack">Ms.Mag and Reality Check SLAMM HuffPo’s Censorship Protecting Abusers Tool by Dr. Warshak</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/46-failures-of-us-courts-forces-mothers-to-turn-to-international-law">Failures of U.S. Courts Forces Mothers to Turn to International Law</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/45-press-release-ampp-stands-behind-christian-coffey-his-mother-and-all-their-supporters">PRESS RELEASE: AMPP Stands Behind Christian Coffey HIS Mother and All Their Supporters</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/8-news-action-alerts-press-release/43-run-mommy-run-help-me-mommy-help-me-daddy-hurts-me">Melinda Stratton: Another Mother 'Hunted' Down</a></p> <p><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/7-pbs-documentaries-shows-national-media-exposure-abusers-court-crisis-children-at-risk">Multi Media</a></p> <p><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/7-pbs-documentaries-shows-national-media-exposure-abusers-court-crisis-children-at-risk/47-documentaries-video-index">Documentaries Of Importance</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/7-pbs-documentaries-shows-national-media-exposure-abusers-court-crisis-children-at-risk/38-dr-phil-exposes-the-crisis-in-family-court-">Dr. Phil Exposes the Crisis in Family Court</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/7-pbs-documentaries-shows-national-media-exposure-abusers-court-crisis-children-at-risk/34-interview-with-dominique-lasseur-producer-of-breaking-the-silence-the-childrens-stories">INTERVIEW WITH DOMINIQUE LASSEUR, PRODUCER OF “BREAKING THE SILENCE: CHILDREN’S STORIES”</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms">Family Court Related Research and Articles</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/89-mistakes-mothers-make-in-child-custody-litigation">MISTAKES MOTHERS MAKE in Child Custody Litigation</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/84-top-5-hhs-programs-endangering-women-and-children-billions-of-your-tax-dollars-fuel-it">Top 5 HHS Programs Endangering Women and Children - Billions Of Your Tax Dollars Fuel The Genocide Against Mother's And Her Children</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/83-us-family-courts-sacrificing-mothers-a-children-all-the-usual-suspects-guardian-ad-litems-psychologists-case-managers-custody-evaluators-access-visitation-supervisors-parenting-coordinators-and-therapeutic-jurisprudence">U.S. FAMILY COURTS SACRIFICING MOTHERS & CHILDREN all the usual suspects; Guardian ad Litem’s, Psychologists, Case Managers, Custody Evaluators, Access Visitation Supervisors, Parenting Coordinators, and *Therapeutic Jurisprudence</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/82-endless-tupidity-domestic-violence-victim-advocacy-for-supervised-visitation-centers">Endless $tupidity: Domestic Violence Victim Advocacy For Supervised Visitation Centers</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/75-u-s-department-of-justice-v-custody-court-system">U. S. Department of Justice v. Custody Court System</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/71-when-battered-women-lose-custody-dangerous-parents-or-systems-failure">WHEN BATTERED WOMEN LOSE CUSTODY: Dangerous Parents or Systems Failure?</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/70--dear-custody-court-judge-extreme-custody-decisions-that-risk-lives">Dear Custody Court Judge: EXTREME CUSTODY DECISIONS THAT RISK LIVES</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/67-pas-as-a-religion-parental-alienation-syndrome">PAS as a Religion - Parental Alienation Syndrome</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/65-what-is-fair-for-children-of-abusive-men">What is Fair for Children of Abusive Men?</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/64-want-to-be-a-good-dad-support-mom-and-avoid-fathers-rights-groups">Want To Be A Good Dad? Support Mom And Avoid Father’s Rights Groups</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/63-insanity-nope-its-family-court-">Insanity? Nope, it’s Family Court</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/58-175-killer-dads-fathers-who-ended-their-childrens-lives-in-situations-involving-child-custody-visitation-andor-child-support-usa">175 Killer Dads: Fathers who ended their children's lives in situations involving child custody, visitation, and/or child support (USA)</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/56-batterer-manipulation-and-retaliation-denial-and-complicity-in-the-family-courts">Batterer Manipulation and Retaliation; Denial and Complicity In the Family Courts</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/44-a-cancer-spreading-in-the-custody-court-system">A Cancer Spreading in the Custody Court System</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/42-some-concerns-about-false-allegations-of-abuse-are-accurate">Some Concerns About False Allegations of Abuse Are Accurate</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/41-how-many-children-are-court-ordered-into-unsupervised-contact-with-an-abusive-parent-after-divorce">How Many Children Are Court -Ordered Into Unsupervised Contact With an Abusive Parent After Divorce?</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/39-child-custody-and-visitation-decisions-in-domestic-violence-cases-legal-trends-risk-factors-and-safety-concerns">Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases: Legal Trends, Risk Factors, and Safety Concerns</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/36-family-court-and-fathers-rights-a-deadly-combination">Family Court and Fathers’ Rights = A Deadly Combination</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/33-mothers-day-proclamation-mothers-of-lost-children-at-the-white-house-on-mothers-day-may-9-2010-">Mother’s Day Proclamation at the White House 1870 and 2010</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/23-maternal-deprivation-brain-scans-monkey">NIMH - Monkey Brain Scans With and Without Mom</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/15-courts-are-biased-against-mothers">Confirmed: Protective Mothers Were Right</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/14-justice-is-biased-the-laws-play-russian-roulette-with-childrens-lives">Justice is biased!! The laws play Russian Roulette with children’s lives</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/13-138-killer-dads-the-fathers-rights-to-kill">138 Killer Dads: Fathers who ended their children's lives in situations involving child custody, visitation, and/or child support (USA)</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/11-high-conflict-cases-likely-have-history-of-domestic-violence">High Conflict Cases Likely Have History of Domestic Violence</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/1-family-law-act-aids-abusive-fathers-imperils-children">Family Law Act Aids Abusive Fathers, Imperils Children</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services">Federal Fatherhood Initiatives</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/91-congressional-report-on-fatherhood-funding-used-in-family-courts-child-support-agencies-engaged-in-financial-fraud-senate-finance-committee-hearing-june-2012">TANF Fraud Diverts Billions To Dangerous Unfit Fathers. Healthy Families Initiatives, Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives, Access and Visitation Initiatives</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/37-control-of-women-and-children-under-the-guise-of-qresponsible-married-fatherhoodq">U. S. Fatherhood Initiatives - Control of Women and Children Under the Guise of "Responsible Married Fatherhood"</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/35-how-to-avoid-child-support-and-hurt-the-mother-of-your-children">Attention Judges and Lawmakers: This is the REAL AGENDA of the Father’s Rights Movement</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/25-maternal-deprivation-inflicted-battered-mothers">Maternal Deprivation Inflicted on Battered Women and Abused Children</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/12-senate-judiciary-chairman-response-to-proposed-changes-to-child-custody-law">Senate Judiciary Chairman - Response to Proposed Changes to Child Custody Law</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/10-hearing-to-review-responsible-fatherhood-programs">Hearing to Review Responsible Fatherhood Programs</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/2-the-national-fatherhood-initiative-supporting-a-misogynistic-agenda">The National Fatherhood Initiative: Supporting a Misogynistic Agenda</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody">Family / Criminal Law and Research</a></p> <p>§ <b><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/79-southern-poverty-law-center-on-the-fathers-rights-movement">Southern Poverty Law Center on the Fathers' Rights Movement</a> A Known HATE Gruop</b></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/78-qjust-say-good-byeq-new-study-fathers-kill-children-for-revenge-on-their-mothers-when-the-women-leave-them">"Just Say Good-Bye" New Study -- Fathers Kill Children For Revenge On Their Mothers When The Women Leave Them</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/72-one-more-battleground-domestic-violence-child-custody-and-the-batterers-relentless-pursuit-of-their-victims-through-the-courts">One More Battleground: Domestic Violence, Child Custody, and the Batterers’ Relentless Pursuit of their Victims Through the Courts</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/69-mothers-on-trial-the-battle-for-children-and-custody-motherhood-under-siege">Mothers On Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody. Motherhood Under Siege</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/40-abusive-fathers-are-more-likely-to-seek-sole-custody-in-child-custody-battles">ABUSIVE FATHERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK SOLE CUSTODY IN CHILD CUSTODY BATTLES</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/31-coercive-control-how-men-entrap-women-in-personal-life">Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/30-court-whores-rape-american-justice">Whores Of The Court and the Rape of American Justice</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/21-domestic-violence-abuse-and-child-custody">Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody</a></p> <p>§ <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/9-vawa-parental-alienation-syndrome-and-fathers-rig">VAWA, Parental Alienation Syndrome, Fathers Rights</a></p> <p><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/9-vawa-parental-alienation-syndrome-and-fathers-rig/88-vawa-title-ii-the-entire-missing-section-of-the-vawa-identifying-use-of-pas-legal-strategies-as-violence-against-women-which-endangers-children">VAWA - Title II - The Entire MISSING Section of the VAWA Identifying Use of PAS Legal Strategies as Violence Against Women Which Endangers Children</a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-83381027112067559492012-12-13T10:49:00.001-08:002012-12-13T10:49:56.836-08:00Kansas - Lawless America Congressional Testimony of Claudine Dombrowski to Bill Windsor Lawless America<p><em><b><a href="http://www.lawlessamerica.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="3908_195698540566484_502655422_n" border="0" alt="3908_195698540566484_502655422_n" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bkedJlSLFeU/UMoirHUhc0I/AAAAAAAABZE/u1hBii2uhYI/3908_195698540566484_502655422_n%25255B23%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="431" height="155"></a></b></em></p> <p><em></em></p> <blockquote> <p><font size="2"><em>“CLAUDINE HAS BEEN BEATEN WITH CROWBARS, THROWN OUT OF CARS, FORCED TO LIVE WITH COFFINS, BUT HE HAS CUSTODY, AND SHE HASN'T SEEN HER CHILD IN 13 YEARS...”</em><strong> </strong></font><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica/posts/101817146656657"><font size="2">https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica/posts/101817146656657</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <p><em><font size="2"><strong>“</strong>CLAUDINE'S SUIT AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE LEAD ACTION. SHE IS A HORRENDOUS VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. SHE IS FULLY DISABLED FROM THE ABUSE. THIS STORY TAKES SEVERAL CAKES” </font></em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica/posts/179860735488206"><font size="2">https://www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica/posts/179860735488206</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><b><font size="2"></font></b></p> <p><b><font size="2"></font></b></p></blockquote> <p><font size="2"><b>Related Documentaries: </b>* </font><a href="http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/57138144?board=2652"><font size="2">Breaking The Silence: Children’s Stories</font></a><font size="2"> * </font><a href="http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/57095124?board=2652"><font size="2">Family Court Crisis – Our Children At Risk</font></a><font size="2"> * </font><a href="http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/57095349?board=2652"><font size="2">Domestic Violence Continued Through Child Custody Litigation</font></a><font size="2"> * </font><a href="http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/57095464?board=2652"><font size="2">Interviews - Battered Mothers Custody Conference</font></a><font size="2"> <b>{WARNING: GRAPHIC} </b>* </font><a href="http://www.nowayoutbutone.com/"><font size="2">No Way Out But One</font></a><font size="2"> * </font><a href="http://www.mefeedia.com/AMPP/customchannels"><font size="2">More</font></a><font size="2">…..and </font><a href="http://lockerz.com/z/21184618/collections"><font size="2">more</font></a><font size="2"> and more </font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/feed/playlists"><font size="2">here</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.lawlessamerica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1202:plans-announced-to-bring-criminal-charges-against-every-corrupt-government-official-in-america&catid=133:lawless-america-the-movie&Itemid=105" target="_blank"><font size="2">Plans announced to bring Criminal Charges against Every Corrupt Government Official in America (including Kansas)</font></a></strong><i></i><font size="2"> by Bill Windsor of Lawless America <strong>Lawless America Movie Promo: </strong></font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK6Un98ZzFQ&feature=youtu.be&a"><strong><font size="2">Nobody -- Claudine Dombrowski</font></strong></a></p></blockquote> <p><b><font size="2"></font></b></p> <p><strong><font size="2">Kansas - Lawless America Congressional Testimony 10-29-2012 of </font></strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsHkK06MGM&list=FLTgDrfnNlGwUpMWZCd6lVHw&index=1"><strong><font size="2">Claudine Dombrowski to Bill Windsor Lawless America</font></strong></a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:02bac804-3885-4e3b-b3b2-9f1eae8605c0" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="9978a0b1-67ab-49e0-b788-82a75491c8cf" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBsHkK06MGM&feature=youtube_gdata_player" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-skWPnXvnFb8/UMoisnQmIfI/AAAAAAAABZM/b3-opR1_hZ8/video2ff84a7cd090%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('9978a0b1-67ab-49e0-b788-82a75491c8cf'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lBsHkK06MGM&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lBsHkK06MGM&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p><font size="2"><b>Occupation: </b>Nursing, Co-founder & Webmaster of </font><a href="http://www.americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/"><font size="2">American Mothers Political Party</font></a><font size="2">, Kansas Mothers For Custodial Justice, Kansas Family Court Reform, International Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) </font><a href="http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/"><font size="2">Battered Mothers Custody Conference</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <p><font size="2"><b>State: </b>Kansas<b></b> </font></p> <p><font size="2"><b>Corruption Experienced: </b>Domestic Violence, Criminal Courts, Lack of Prosecution, Family Court, Government Corruption, Attorney Misconduct, Deprivation of Civil Rights, Deprivation Constitutional Rights, Deprivation Basic Human Rights, Maternal Deprivation, Torture, Other </font></p> <p><font size="2"><b>Subject Type</b>: Victim/Survivor, Domestic Violence Activist/Advocate, Expert Speaker/Consultant </font></p> <p><font size="2"><b>Complaint Details</b>: </font></p> <p><font size="2">My name is </font><a href="https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=3&gs_rn=0&gs_ri=hp&tok=2p00UC0ZTCe0UFlbZ3MjvQ&cp=7&gs_id=q&xhr=t&q=claudine+dombrowski&pf=p&safe=off&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=claudin&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355272958,d.b2U&fp=c666ec7bd4"><font size="2">Claudine Dombrowski</font></a><font size="2">, I have one daughter Rikki who will be 18 in December 2012. We are victims of </font><a href="http://www.kansas.net/~freepress/7-12-01-8.html"><font size="2">Judicial Corruption</font></a><font size="2"> in Topeka, Kansas. Our Case leads the suit filed at the (IACHR) Inter American Commission on Human Rights (</font><a href="http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/308"><font size="2">Dombrowski et el v US 2007</font></a><font size="2">) on behalf of all Mothers Nationwide <b><i>for the practice and policies of US courts routinely granting child custody to abusers and pedophiles when Battered Mothers file for divorce</i></b>. Petition can be viewed in its entirety on the Stop Family Violence website. </font><a href="http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/308"><font size="2">www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/308</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">I am a US Army Veteran, Co-founder & webmaster for </font><a href="http://www.americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/"><font size="2">American Mothers Political Party</font></a><font size="2">. In 2006, I was placed on the Kansas Secretary of State’s, Address </font><a href="http://www.kssos.org/safeathome/main.html"><font size="2">Confidentiality Program</font></a><font size="2"> - Safe At Home for Victims of </font><a href="http://www.kssos.org/safeathome/how_sah_work.html"><font size="2">Domestic Violence</font></a><font size="2">. I was a psychiatric nurse for thirteen years with the State of Kansas and the Veterans Administration, Until December 2000 when I was placed on 100% physical disability related to the violence inflicted by the batterer. </font></p> <p><font size="2">I, like many Battered mothers <b>thought that I had the right to be free from Violence. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/15555694/1997-KS-Court-of-Appeals-Brief-of-Appellant-Dombrowski-v-Richardson?in_collection=2728794">I was wrong</a>.</b> Due to both the Criminal and Family Court Failures. Having been </font><a href="http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2728796"><font size="2">beaten with crowbars</font></a><font size="2">, thrown out of moving vehicles, have had both wrists and several ribs broken, thrown through plate glass windows, tied up, raped, sodomized then left in a crawl space for several days. </font><a href="http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2728794"><font size="2">Just to name a few of the Criminal Assaults</font></a><font size="2">-by an already 8 time criminally convicted perpetrator </font><a href="http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2728798"><font size="2">to include but not limited</font></a><font size="2"> to: <i>(Battery, Attempted Battery, Battery of a Law Enforcement Officer, Obstruction of Legal Process, Possession of Marijuana, Violation of Open Container law, Violation of Restraining Orders, Domestic Violence and Terroristic Death threats)</i> </font></p> <p><font size="2">Even with </font><a href="http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2728798"><font size="2">8 criminal convictions</font></a><font size="2">, the perpetrator filed for custody of my child in </font><a href="http://www.scribd.com/AnotherAnonymom/collections"><font size="2">family court</font></a><font size="2"> and after being ‘beaten’ with a crow bar to which he admits, but was never charged, but in fact was given early release from probation for ‘good behavior’ and Without motion from any party the Judge simply on his own issued an </font><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/32127370/2000-Custody-Switch-Order-3-pdf"><font size="2">11 page Order</font></a><font size="2"> by ‘snail mail’ giving complete custody of my daughter to an admitted and convicted batterer. I was immediately placed in supervised visits after a complete suspension of any contact with my daughter. The past 13 years I have had minimal contact w my child and absolutely no contact at all this past 3 years. Due to the </font><a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html"><font size="2">‘therapeutic jurisprudence’</font></a><font size="2"> access to justice – deniers, whom </font><a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html"><font size="2">advocate for the perpetrator</font></a><font size="2">, who state; <b><i>‘that is not in the best interest of the child to know that her father is a batterer,’ and instead of protecting mother and child, all contact was to be eliminated between myself and my child.</i></b><i></i> </font></p> <p><font size="2">I last held my daughter 13 years ago. </font></p> <p><font size="2">The Criminal Courts have failed to offer to myself and my daughter equal protection under the law, failed to use simple common sense in giving a victims child to the admitted and convicted perpetrator. <br>The <b>complete ‘Failure of Justice’</b> for myself and for my daughter, <b>in criminal and in family court</b>, our denial of any ‘Access to Justice’ is the current state of the Courts, the lawyers and Mental Health so called experts known as </font><a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html"><font size="2">Therapeutic Jurisprudence</font></a><font size="2"> - a lucrative business that denies access to justice to society’s most vulnerable victims, battered mothers and their children and only for profit. </font><a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html"><font size="2">It’s monetary, it’s all about the money and it can be prevented.</font></a><font size="2"> </font></p> <p><a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html"><font size="2">Eliminate all Therapeutic jurisprudence</font></a><font size="2"> –do-gooders-Psychologists, Gal’s, case managers, return to Rule of Law not the Rule of man. <b>The</b> <b>lesson is clear – do not report abuse. Or never see your child again.</b></font></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-33151367976077184852012-10-29T08:53:00.001-07:002012-10-29T08:53:25.239-07:00Holding My Hand Through Hell: Susan Murphy Milano – Rest In Peace My Sister!<p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1888160675/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1888160675&linkCode=as2&tag=readtruecrime-20">Holding My Hand Through Hell: Susan Murphy Milano,First: 9781888160673: Amazon.com: Books</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://mamaliberty.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/holding-my-hand-through-hell-susan-murphy-milano-211x300.jpg"><img title="Holding-My-Hand-Through-Hell-Susan-Murphy-Milano-211x300" alt="" src="http://mamaliberty.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/holding-my-hand-through-hell-susan-murphy-milano-211x300.jpg?w=430"></a></p> <p>Susan Murphy-Milano</p> <h6><font size="6">“No legacy is so rich as honesty.” -William Shakespeare</font></h6> <p>Earth lost a warrior this week and heaven has gained an angel. Our hearts are heavy with the news of the passing of our friend and sister in arms, Susan Murphy-Milano.</p> <p>I remember the first time I spoke to Susan on the phone when I was in the midst of my family court nightmare. Here was a very busy woman who had taken time out of her day to speak to me about her experiences with losing her son to an abuser. She never minced words, she told it how it is, I loved that about her. It was a long hard road for me during that time for my family and I but they will all tell you that her phone call to me was and is the most important for me. I will tell you that there is no better inspiration than to listen to Susan talk of her childhood filled with violence and then ultimately finding her mother killed by her police officer father in a murder-suicide. There is little to feel sorry about yourself or to think that you cannot change the world, she did.</p> <p>I know I have thanked her for being my soul sister many times, but I want to say again and on behalf of all children and mothers that live the nightmare Susan has had to. Thank Susan, you inspired, empowered and never cease to amaze many of us who will continue to fight and carry on your legacy. Susan was the most humble of creatures and right now I can hear her say in her commanding voice that she is no hero. But she is and I hope that she can let them know up there we could use a little help down here, then again, I’m sure she has already.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-58031495877988389212012-09-30T21:07:00.001-07:002012-09-30T21:07:42.020-07:00The Hero’s, The Warrior’s: The ‘Survivors’ - October Domestic Violence ACTION Month<p><a href="http://claudinedombrowski.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-heros-warriors-survivors-october.html" target="_blank">October</a> means a lot too many people, fall, Halloween, preparing for winter- but to <strong>1 in 3 women</strong> it represents Domestic Violence <strike>Awareness</strike> ACTION– (Intimate Partner Violence) month. </p> <p>For 18 years, I have been a hardcore advocate/activist. I have met and worked with so many wonderful people like <a href="http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2012/09/holding-my-hand-through-hell-officially.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">Susan Murphy Milano</a>, Delilah Jones, Mo Hannah, <a href="http://www.barrygoldstein.net/" target="_blank">Barry Goldstein</a>, The <a href="http://BatteredMothersCustodyConference.org" target="_blank">Battered Mothers Custody Conference</a>, <a href="http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/custody-abuse/legal-documents/petition-to-inter-american-commission-on-human-rights" target="_blank">Stop Family Violence</a>, The <a href="http://www.leadershipcouncil.org/1/pas/1.html" target="_blank">Leadership Council</a>, DV Leap…. the list of organizations and people who some like myself and others because they simply care - all work year round -- are endless. </p> <blockquote> <p>Not to mention all the hundreds of mothers who have lost custody because of abuse. I spent the last 15 years networking mothers on a national and local level – even international. In October we really pound it out — we do all year, but by storm we take it to the internet, the streets, the conferences, the National and State AG’s, Coalitions, judiciary and the community. This is “our month” to further not just awareness - but solutions. </p></blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Domestic Violence aka Intimate Partner Violence, rape, torture, and death – IPV: A Human rights issue that is violated from the beginning and it seldom ever ends, has not gotten any better – only worst. </p></blockquote> <p><strong>Awareness? Oh, we are all ‘well aware’ </strong>- 1 in 5 high school girls will report being abused by their boyfriend either physically or sexually before they graduate. 1 in 3 women you know has survived it, is going through it, or maybe she died ‘accidently’ e.g. drowned in a dry bath tub, (this btw is a very common ‘accident’ the many mothers have) falls, blunt force trauma, or you know of, or have heard of, the father viciously slaughter his entire family, the wife, mother and children – most all are under age 10. And EVERYONE in their life time will know someone or be intimately affected by Domestic Violence (DV) – Intimate partner Violence (IPV) </p> <p><strong>I am a survivor. The color purple bleeds. <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/15-courts-are-biased-against-mothers" target="_blank"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="296588_240990569286453_876103963_n" border="0" alt="296588_240990569286453_876103963_n" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9S0LrJql_G6q7tRMFbKzx1X8vhKqoutJNJE7rYlCHIOY05r3QIGKszSE3CSReoytCIOZ5DJlgT7k0RcG_DL_D1TFEBSKCfskjiW6Xm_Ve2b_MIB0UkGsaG-pbByLzxLSsB5Om_gMd3g/?imgmax=800" width="191" height="128"></a></strong></p> <p>I am boycotting the yearly rally I have attended here in Topeka, Kansas since its inception 17 years ago – I have never missed a single rally. Not one. October was my month to ‘be the change’ to take my <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0A501E485BF719CC&feature=view_all" target="_blank">knowledge and experience</a> and expound upon it. To let others know- ‘NO it is NOT alright to live in constant fear’. </p> <p>But after the City of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Topeka%2C+Kansas+Domestic+Violence&oq=Topeka%2C+Kansas+Domestic+Violence&gs_l=news-cc.12..43j43i400.1633.6203.0.11075.18.2.0.13.0.1.198.330.0j2.2.0...0.0...1ac.1.DRJESF2atko#q=Topeka%2C+Kansas+Domestic+Violence&hl=en&safe=off&gl=us&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=YAVpUNfsI4eO2wXRx4GQDA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=e144f1b25e45ee57&biw=1366&bih=655" target="_blank">Topeka, Kansas</a>, Removed Domestic Violence from Cities Ordinance codes - in essence ‘decriminalize’ Domestic Violence, last October 2011 – (THIS STILL REMAINS) – The City Ordinance prohibiting DV has not been re instated, but ‘dog at large’, tall weeds, prostitution, drunk and disorderly’ along with all other misdemeanor’s and misdemeanor assaults – remain. But NOT ‘Domestic Violence’ – still remains retracted. The county does its best but the case loads are over whelming. But again—it’s just Domestic Violence cultural attitudes. </p> <p>I simply cannot go out to the rallies, marches, activities - screaming at the top of my lungs – chants, (more lies.) Slogans like <em><a href="http://ncmbts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss" target="_blank">“Get Out” – “Get Help”</a> – “You Don’t have to live this way”</em> – you have all heard them. They are all lies.<strong> 1 in3</strong> – yet we still do our community customs of: ‘<em>See we care about___(fill in the blank) – but;</em> (really it’s just an annual fall walk, political shoulder rubbing, a few victims find validation (if it’s their 1st one). </p> <p><strong>‘Policy and procedure’</strong> – ‘Women and Children are top Priorities’ <em>everyone ‘talks the talk.’</em> Still—no one holds these most evil of society’s criminals accountable – it’s just domestic violence, as they turn away from the realities of it every other day of the year. <strong>No one <em>‘walks the walk’</em> except those survivors turned advocate/activist. They are the true hero’s and warriors, shakers and World changers</strong>. They do it so that no one else will have to endure needlessly or die needlessly as so many already have. </p> <p><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/1-research-articles-family-court-bias-custody-abuse-battered-moms/83-us-family-courts-sacrificing-mothers-a-children-all-the-usual-suspects-guardian-ad-litems-psychologists-case-managers-custody-evaluators-access-visitation-supervisors-parenting-coordinators-and-therapeutic-jurisprudence" target="_blank"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Coercive-Control" border="0" alt="Coercive-Control" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPItdcq1MQ1qcKIYoIWtha1trU2cP6HwDWt_GIF3hmbxXO7niKL4a5duad3v1PEGRX1bBepf0UrbZFAoAOW87b35erE0vs5oGmbjvUoouzINWDMDE6RX6Y7raaEOM2bnpaBAAj90GdRc8/?imgmax=800" width="179" height="204"></a> Domestic Violence as Evan stark so clearly writes in <a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/5-family-criminal-law-and-research-abuse-dv-child-custody/31-coercive-control-how-men-entrap-women-in-personal-life" target="_blank">Coercive Control</a> – “Why the domestic violence revolution has stalled” and further explains it as what it really is. <strong>Human rights violations</strong>. <em>It is a pattern of coercive control, emotional, physical, verbal that chains the victim to the perpetrator</em>, sometimes they break free, sometimes they endure, some survive, some die and sometimes they leave – only to find that living w a batterer was much easier than dealing with the abusers in the judiciary, criminal courts, family courts. </p> <p><strong>1 in 3 women.</strong> How many of those three have children? You can quote me stats all you want but the very fact that the leading cause of death to pregnant women is homicide by their male partner and the very real fact that Mothers are vanishing, the fact that the cemeteries’ are filled with women and children who were of the most profound types of crimes a complete stripping of autonomy, prisoner of war, concentration camp – comes close. It is their dead bodies in that fill those cemeteries. </p> <p><a href="http://americanmotherspoliticalparty.org/ampp-article-library-family-court-custody-abuse-dv/3-federal-fatherhood-initiatives-dept-health-and-human-services/91-congressional-report-on-fatherhood-funding-used-in-family-courts-child-support-agencies-engaged-in-financial-fraud-senate-finance-committee-hearing-june-2012" target="_blank"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="64795_482000300228_469045_n" border="0" alt="64795_482000300228_469045_n" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ek-mvmhRcudzJM401wJynEj2QwGUauAekxzJ81FRc47WQ0Q8HoRPOPdVyv2vFIv7sPUSKxNQyFR221EeoCmP6hjsXiIUDM4Jn80YLfwnM1jXgteOWycDUWv8fJFTkFYnVHiEQdN75wA/?imgmax=800" width="170" height="212"></a> It’s not about awareness; this has been ongoing since the beginning of time. We all know about – some judge, some ignore, some become impassioned. But Domestic Violence – Intimate partner Violence <strong>exist because we as a society socially accept it</strong> - Bottom line. It is acceptable to beat your wife. Beat your kids, murder them all under this so called “domestic violence’ umbrella. Ahhh ‘so sad’ we say, the media articles write <em>“he was such a nice guy”</em> in regards to yet another familicide or murder-suicide within the family. </p> <p><strong>The most dangerous place for a woman is in her home. A man’s castle is his home.</strong> This actually goes a long way in showing why Domestic Violence is a societal accepted norm. </p> <p>A man’s home is his castle- how many men are removed from ‘their’ home and placed in a shelter. None. They take the victims, mothers mostly with usually small children to a ‘shelter’? Shelters are for animals, the stay is the same for both the animal shelters and the battered mothers – about 2 weeks. Then….with many mitigating and very coercive factors, mother returns to the “Man’s castle – HIS home’ with her children. On average, if mother survives, she will leave 7 times. -- Then she will think that like all those slogans above that she is better than that, she and her children don’t have to live like that in fear 24-7. I mean look at the rest of the world- they don’t go through what she goes through – or so she thinks, again its all lies. 1 in 3. But so ‘perfect the couple appeared’ – such a nice family” so quiet and on and on…… when we hear finally outrage. </p> <p>Not tragedy but <a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/outrage/index.html" target="_blank">outrage</a>, as you see every crime of IPV is preventable. Every murder of another mother and her children, preventable. </p> <blockquote> <p><b>Trag·e·dy (trj-d) n. pl. trag·e·dies </b>- 1. A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances... <p><b>THESE CASES ARE NOT "TRAGEDIES". THEY ARE <b>OUTRAGES</b></b></p></blockquote> <p>With blinders on, we as society see the world through rose colored glasses. Perfect. The perfect wife, the perfect family the perfect father. All lies. <a href="http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/57335482?board=2821" target="_blank">Domestic Violence RARELY ENDS –except in death.</a></p> <p><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlS1lhJjMivJsGgydW-IreZIQv7uY1QK3kQAhiRXp0r6W0I2b0Vq12BUxeK7W_tmmEMOgZkBlXYiPP6sxGkqHpJYOhL2Mx9GcnXeflUuOCGjxzQaK6LLh27nszTI4A-DLu5BhosJrWOQ/s1600-h/mothers_vanishing%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="mothers_vanishing" border="0" alt="mothers_vanishing" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxF3t794A4DZntsaf9uGWAY_lLIEBPa02oC3Vt8qL3b_877S05CelBh_9NgvJspnQdmOZU6_7tD5Aop6_pnkffcRa5kPNvm1WMB2dlyfit9GIFRH_9TOAOvcaT6Zg4RnUd1vFUBTlFpo/?imgmax=800" width="165" height="165"></a> The blood flows. Another mother disappears. <a href="http://mothersarevanishing.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mothers Are Vanishing</a>. </strong></p> <p>Those mothers are always up and leaving their kids, their purse, cell phone car etc….. this is the nuts and sluts view of our society. But if a man ups an disappears leaving behind his wallet, his car his cell phone – something IS wrong, became harmed in some way accidental but usually would be seen and viewed from society’s rose colored glasses as a crime. I mean men (<em>who truly are the nuts and sluts</em>) would never leave. </p> <p>Further, many States, like here in Kansas, the Federal and State Grant Funding for Domestic Violence ”…<em> is to encourage the battered mothers to go back to the abuser.!”</em> <strong>WHAT?</strong> We have taken giant leaps over tall buildings, sometimes it is like for every ‘one’ good we achieve – we get thrown back into the dark ages. Well, that is the goal. Oppression, slavery, ownership, entitlement and belief system, of not only the batterer, but that of society’s. </p> <p>I have no doubt, that ‘We… ‘will eventually change that too. </p> <p><strong>So here is to the true Hero’s -</strong><strong>The real Warrior’s</strong></p> <p><strong>The ‘Survivors’ - Who Take What happened To them and indeed create a ‘Better’ world as a result.</strong></p> <p><strong></strong> </p> <p><strong>##### </strong></p> <p><em>Special Dedication to </em><a href="http://murphymilanojournal.blogspot.com/2012/09/holding-my-hand-through-hell-officially.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank"><em>Susan Murphy Milano – Holding My hand Through Hell</em></a><em> </em></p> <p><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px" alt="Holding My Hand Through Hell" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLII5Pqs3FQQxCNHtpIrMXzvAmxbaNJh4zovwb5zz34DOfmjFVhzZmTDW0YsiOe_BYxVkxMuYqoLWMBFbem5O0QrNlHqMblKWcnrAJKr42y2Q0OM8naMG4_SClftgb3kAj9y0nlI3bMou/s290/newHolding+My+Hand+Cover.jpg"></p> <p><strong>Holding My Hand Through Hell</strong> is much more than a story of survival, the book is a re-enactment of how God reaches through the fire of chaos and brings peace and hope. A woman questioning her faith through a multitude of experiences finds herself continually in the midst of battle, within her own relationships, and through the thousands of high risk intimate partner violence victims whom she rescued and became a thread in the tapestry of her life. <p><em>"More than a memoir <strong>Holding My Hand Through Hell</strong> is like a true crime drama played out through the years of one woman's life."</em> <p>The premise of <strong>Holding My Hand Through Hell</strong> is gripping, yet heart wrenching, and readers say they are compelled to follow Murphy Milano through her journey to the end. After years of torment and abuse, her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Police_Department">Chicago Police Department</a> father murdered her mother in the family home, and took his own life, but Murphy-Milano decided not to be another crime victim, but to survive the worst tragedy of her life and make sure it didn't happen to others. Leaving a lucrative career as an investment banker, she spent the next 20 years in the trenches with other victims of abuse, like her mother, enriching the lives of each and every one who enlisted her help. <p>Often shunned by traditional domestic violence organizations, Susan Murphy-Milano became like a one man band, utilizing unique strategies specific to each individual she helped. Using her connections within courtrooms and the media, she found herself face to face with some of the worst abusers, often questioning whether God would bring her through the next crisis. <blockquote> <p><em>“My Sear Sweet Susan - </em><em>Had it not been for the hell we endured we would have never met, you have taught me and thousands of other’s how to be the –change- we want, by your selfless, 200% nonstop commitment and compassion. Thank you sister! You are my hero!” xoxo C</em></p></blockquote> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-51542993396337719042012-09-24T21:15:00.001-07:002012-09-24T21:15:03.020-07:00My Friend, My Sweet Dear Susan Murphy–Milano<blockquote> <h6><em><font color="#000000">(((<font size="3">Susan))) holding you close in my heart </font></font><a href="http://claudinedombrowski.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-friend-my-sweet-dear-susan.html" target="_blank"><font color="#000000" size="3">baby.</font></a><font color="#000000">!!!!</font></em></h6> </blockquote> <h3 align="center"> </h3> <h3 align="center"><a href="http://www.conqueringcancer.me/2012/09/funding-challenge.html?m=1"><font color="#33e8df" size="4">Funding Challenge</font></a></h3> <h3> </h3> <p align="center"><font size="1">               <em>Susan with Dr. Akoury at first </em></font><a href="http://www.conqueringcancer.me/2012/09/funding-challenge.html?m=1#"><font size="1"><em>chemo treatment</em></font></a></p> <p><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG1p9fvhWLQtMzqyE8PPFKupFbSydRZbp1x7HSNr1nksyqYknHVkFSXI8l7HoZA7FYsSx0p3p4GVCZX6sGYHL-FkOTrNHpFuIwQavmuyyZFDOKDaQU0wQp2eROG7-l9x1cDOZQV61fq8/s320/20120801_095317.jpg" width="299" height="375" /></p> <p>As quoted in a <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-stacy-peterson-pastor-fights-domestic-viole-20120915,0,3684724.story?page=1">Chicago Tribune</a> article over the weekend, Susan Murphy Milano says she doesn't know if she'll make through the end of the year with her cancer battle. That could very well be true.</p> <p>Susan has had a total of 4 chemo treatments, has done very well with them, made progress, but has to commit to 9 more chemo treatments, as well as strictly follow a regimen to build up her body in order to prepare it for surgery in several weeks. She has a great team, all working together with her to make this happen and to continue<a href="http://www.conqueringcancer.me/2012/09/funding-challenge.html?m=1#"></a> with ongoing treatment.</p> <p>The challenge to make this happen is funding. Although many have stepped up and generously given from their hearts and pocketbooks, we must, once again, appeal to the public for help.</p> <p>In order to fulfill the commitment to the treatments we need to raise at least $1000-$1500 <b><i>per week</i></b> for the next 9 weeks. Yes, do the math, it's quite a sum!</p> <p>We know that there are many of you who have donated that can not afford to do any more, we thank you and understand, but, do you know people, perhaps in your circle of friends, who may wish to participate?</p> <p>The outpouring has been great, and we really hate to keep asking, but don't know what else to do.</p> <p>We are working diligently to follow up on all of the resources many of you have sent our way. Sometimes it seems like we're buried under mountains of papers to fill<a href="http://www.conqueringcancer.me/2012/09/funding-challenge.html?m=1#"> out</a>, swimming upstream with so little time to devote to it.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3OjXPgRkJLpuyhqe7yuzq9Y4m4c_E367I7kKIsDA8CJcpLlWvKiQz5Hn4t-ovzG9FqcJ_mtfnBxUJubb7SYvmDiCYZ3XyX0DTJfG98b2Yny8VR_8GkyPABwZ41oeTY534iHjNHb8OgQ/s1600/20120720_183600.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3OjXPgRkJLpuyhqe7yuzq9Y4m4c_E367I7kKIsDA8CJcpLlWvKiQz5Hn4t-ovzG9FqcJ_mtfnBxUJubb7SYvmDiCYZ3XyX0DTJfG98b2Yny8VR_8GkyPABwZ41oeTY534iHjNHb8OgQ/s320/20120720_183600.jpg" width="240" height="320" /></a></p> <p>As we once again appeal to you, we'd also like to thank each and every one on the supporter's<a href="http://www.conqueringcancer.me/p/thank-you-for-your-support.html"> list</a> on this site, with special thanks to <a href="http://ncmissingpersons.org/">CUE Center for Missing Persons volunteers</a>. What a family you all are! You do so much as it is, on your own time and your own dime, to help families of the missing, it just amazes us that you've taken Susan under your wing and called her your own.</p> <p>To <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dtalks/2012/07/17/conquering-cancer--a-tribute-to-susan-murphy-milano">Denise Brown and Danielle Pierre</a> for stepping up and featuring many colleagues of Susan's on their tribute radio show, we thank you for the donations your show was able to bring in and we hope they will continue.</p> <p>Also, to all of you who have consistently shared articles about Susan, the EAA,<a href="http://documenttheabuse.com/">Document the Abuse</a>, and the work that will continue, no matter what, we offer our gratitude. Especially to Document the Abuse colleagues Sandra Brown of <a href="http://saferelationshipsmagazine.com/">The Institute for Relational Harm Reduction</a>, Pastor <a href="http://neilschori.com/">Neil Schori</a> and all others connected who have given their time and dollars. It can't be done without you all.</p> <p>And...every day we are thankful to Dr. Dalal Akoury, MD at <a href="http://awaremed.com/">AwareMed </a>for being the compassionate, knowledgeable and caring physician that she is. She's been so generous with her time and resources and is determined to do all she can to help Susan get the cancer under control.</p> <p>We are running out of options, as well as time. Susan has a terrific team of doctor, oncologist, surgeon, and caretakers who are all working very hard to keep her going, but, with no <a href="http://www.conqueringcancer.me/2012/09/funding-challenge.html?m=1#">health insurance</a>, and no income to help with expenses, there's only so much that can be done.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=0459146e-03f4-41ad-8da8-cb0f0ebf83fd" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/09129593439262648032">Delilah </a>at <a href="http://www.conqueringcancer.me/2012/09/funding-challenge.html?m=1"><abbr>4:16 AM</abbr></a></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-42087753177729217422012-09-20T20:42:00.001-07:002012-09-20T20:42:57.733-07:00Leaving The War Zone: A Battered Mothers Memoirs For her Daughter<h5 align="left"><a href="http://theloveforherdaughter.blogspot.com/2012/09/chapter-7-witchs-hat_20.html" target="_blank">CHAPTER 7 – The Witch’s Hat</a></h5> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURX3lrt3DJ_bEexoz5KIpgluMp9TxhTywuhyphenhyphen4kEZVwRra2-rXIki-rswvGEmAtFwQYwuIHk096RcRT6QY1XW1kZhnWIuBd0hE1ypP83z8gxbepkRPiTDpRlicErqygxayb_rwhbuzAZg/s1600-h/015_15%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="015_15" border="0" alt="015_15" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAVIcYcZ6tykZT8DbSDzm5VTSr6NqecRnLL2FwvfLloaMizDFHo55igUtiRTyEcr6ULEa2byN3K40RNXwPtjEi3wyQbNG23TDYE1-x9rUnz92EpQSQirU3Cr2yJOqapUldeq8cz6tYaE/?imgmax=800" width="223" height="244" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3c_lWfXZrVViYyAwA_2w5k8781hg1VNEw4BlcjknkUpn4m6eJv4xTN3Nj-TpHY0EZNykHQH3FRt8QL7j4zfXtd8ATT-3AHX5ONdFR-d5aFhCAPM4XG8IdzBWVbjoQt_DXrDwsUZngBE/s631/photo.jpg" width="214" height="256" /></p> <p align="center"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="288" height="192" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=https%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2F106192456536943612939%2Falbumid%2F5733956487788430769%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></p> <p><strong><a href="http://theloveforherdaughter.blogspot.com/2012/09/chapter-7-witchs-hat_20.html" target="_blank">The Witch’s Hat</a></strong> </p> <p>This past few weeks have been pretty good. I usually get very sad when summer ends. The pool, the heat. This has been one of the absolute hottest summers I can ever recall in my 46 years. Triple digits were the normal. On Labor Day, my window AC went out. So the following week I stayed in the pool. Stayed cool. I love the solitude of being out in the country. The quiet, the peace. My raw nerves – turned inside out this past two decades have taken such a toll on me. The stress, the emotional pain has shown its self through physical outlets. </p> <p>During the summer, the memories of being in the pool with my daughter, growing up in a pool myself, and the memories’ of my mother. Memories suck. Their were so many bad ones. So much suffering. The torture camps not unlike those of the concentration camps, the fear, the 24-7 fear. </p> <p>The beatings were almost like a release. A Release of that constant fear. As then for a a day, maybe two. All was quiet. Constant chaos soon followed. </p> <p>Present <a href="http://kansasjudicialsystem-casemanagers.blogspot.com/2012/08/case-management-parent-coordination-bad.html" target="_blank">day</a>, in healing from trauma, sometimes one simply cannot recall all the ‘things’ that happened. The mind works like that. It takes care of us. So when trauma is enduring to survive within the mind, you block that ‘trauma’ out. This is a normal thing, a healthy thing and one that is built in to our human composition, of coping adapting and evolving. </p> <p>The thing is, with the blocking of all that bad – went the few precious moments we had, Rikki and I. With even thinking about her, the pain of her loss the pain of the past ‘constant’ 14 years of court litigation (Continued abuse, torment) I have had to put her few pictures away. This past year I have slowly began to convert the old VHS tapes into digital and DVD. I have for all these years been unable to look at them. The pain immense. Even in her photographs, complete strangers could even see in her once very happy , dancing sparkling eyes disappear. Each years school photo they diminished until finally the light was gone altogether. </p> <p>The only photos I was allowed to have, from kindergarten through 6<sup>th</sup> grade. In them alone shows the years of agony she suffered. SCAN PHOTOS HERE Each year, her eyes were darker, until finally the light in them was completely gone. So in order to survive, I have had to put those photos away, in a scrap book. Again, at the loss the helplessness and agony of my baby girl who was <a href="http://kansasjudicialsystem-casemanagers.blogspot.com/2012/09/kansas-judges-merit-selection-good-ole.html?utm_source=BP_recent" target="_blank">robbed</a> of everything, especially her mother. A childhood of fear, loss and torment. Destined to follow her through adulthood. </p> <p>The good memories are precious few, those years were as well stolen, tainted with the ever ending struggle of court abuse, but we were together and we made those few times good. It is no wonder that when the bad is blocked the good as well because they are all attached to the torment our human rights, we had none. We still do not. </p> <p>But this year, as I was packing up my summer clothes, preparing for winter, thankful in fact as the summer damn near killed me. To hot even for hell. I was going through what few things remain from my life. Not much. A few old boxes. It was sorta like a treasure hunt, I saw of course things that reminded me of all the bad, things of my baby girl that I have promised to preserve for her. A gentle smile crossed my face. </p> <p>Then just out of nowhere a Witch’s hat. My hat. Then I recalled the most wonderful of all memories. Halloween. Fall, the entire month was always ours. That was the only one thing that was consistent, one thing that did not come with pain inflicted by the abuser himself or his court whore proxy’s. </p> <p><img style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline" align="left" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU3c_lWfXZrVViYyAwA_2w5k8781hg1VNEw4BlcjknkUpn4m6eJv4xTN3Nj-TpHY0EZNykHQH3FRt8QL7j4zfXtd8ATT-3AHX5ONdFR-d5aFhCAPM4XG8IdzBWVbjoQt_DXrDwsUZngBE/s631/photo.jpg" width="270" height="337" /> </p> <p>No one wanted that day, Halloween, not like every other holiday, even mother’s day we were robbed of all. Dad always got her every single holiday. As he was the non custodial parent, I just the evil bitch mom who wanted to set herself and her daughter free of torture. But, Halloween….. became ours. We celebrated the fall the holiday throughout the month. We decorated beginning with fall and working into the Halloween spirit. On this day, we could be anything we wanted. This day was always a ‘safe’ day for us. Nothing bad ever happened. It was ours, it was special and we had so much fun. </p> <p>Every year we would add more to our ‘holiday’ boxes - cool Halloween decorations themes. We had an entire 12 x 15 ft. room filled with storage boxes of nothing but fall and Halloween decorations. Throughout these last 13 true hell years, those were all but lost a little at a time, then a lot. Until about 3 years ago, when I stopped seeing anything. As I did not put them up. Eventually, it left my mind as well. Once again, Those precious few good memories attached to the bad. </p> <p>But this witch’s hat, out of nowhere - in what few things are left at all, (not even enough to fill a 10 x 10 ft room) this hat was ‘just’ there. Instantly I had a very comforting feeling, placed it on my head and continued to go through seeking winter clothing, packing summer clothing. Not really thinking about it nor the significance of the hat - just that all was well, like it had always been there. Just a nice feeling, a feeling odd to me, comfortable somehow ‘connected’ in a life long ago forgotten. The hat has been with me every day since, not consciously aware that, I kept it nor that it is always close to me. </p> <p>But as the days began to pass I realized that it was in my car, on the couch,- kinda like with your keys and billfold. The peacefulness of fall all around, the critters all doing their scurrying around, the trees with the ever so slight sound of the old tired leaves scorched from the summer also awaiting the first freeze, before they turn the most vibrant of all colors - fall colors. The winds slightly beginning to shift. Yes the world, the seasons, Mother Nature. So very beautiful. So with all this and preparing my little house for winter, cleaning rearranging, feeling alive, being creative, thinking about absolutely nothing. There sits this witch’s hat. </p> <p>About a week later, actually just a few days ago - the movie ‘twister’ came on TV late I just happened to be up the with the rain storms this week, they have gone from muggy hot to the classic fall cool. Rikki’s absolute number one favorite movie back then in the late 90’s was “Twister”. As I watched it I was thinking about how granny had dubbed her soaps over Rikki’s twister tape, and Rikki in tears said “granny, you taped your soaps on my twister tape’ – she was heartbroken. Lmao  - So was Granny, bless her heart, she was able to get not one but several more tapes of “Twister”. Yes that was a good memory. J </p> <p>Still the witch’s hat, sits near. I see it has a purple feather and purple stone. Then, I recall why I bought that particular witch’s hat, its purple for the color of anti domestic violence. Even way back then as new a survivor, that purple was sacred. So now I have not only the memory of the Halloween but the subtle deeper meanings coming through as well. I survived, my daughter was safe. (back then – late 90’s) But, Still all is well. These memories are without any fear or pain. They just feel good. Atop my aching heart as I grieve the loss of my child. And at this point all resources long ago depleted to keep that special connection with her. It died when my mother died. The courts and daddy made sure that we never spoke again, nothing. Just gone. Like my mom. But in a more brutal way. You see I know my mom is with Jesus, Rikki however is with pure evil. Brutal does not come close. </p> <p>Then the following day, the movie <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QBYYEhtzVY&list=PL8p3NZQWoR_mmuNg8frBdaEKgf6Iwpri_&index=4&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">‘Hocus Pocus</a>’ came on…. Then it was more freeking awesomeness…!! To go along with the rest our ‘safe’ zone of Halloween of course our favorite Halloween movies!! All Disney of course, Rikki was not in school yet and she was legally kidnapped by the age of 7.She began kindergarten in the house of hell, and without her mother. He killed her soul then, a thousand deaths she went through. I was not allowed to be anywhere near her, not allowed to comfort her, to just hold her. L It was several year before I was even allowed to see her ‘supervised’ and then we could not hug we could not talk about what happened, we could not talk about hope, the future, we could not talk about our past out home our life, only what Rikki was currently doing with daddy dearest. Her sadness poured out of every pore her entire body eminated a pain that would knock the wind out of any ‘real’ human. </p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjURX3lrt3DJ_bEexoz5KIpgluMp9TxhTywuhyphenhyphen4kEZVwRra2-rXIki-rswvGEmAtFwQYwuIHk096RcRT6QY1XW1kZhnWIuBd0hE1ypP83z8gxbepkRPiTDpRlicErqygxayb_rwhbuzAZg/s1600-h/015_15%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="015_15" border="0" alt="015_15" align="right" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUAVIcYcZ6tykZT8DbSDzm5VTSr6NqecRnLL2FwvfLloaMizDFHo55igUtiRTyEcr6ULEa2byN3K40RNXwPtjEi3wyQbNG23TDYE1-x9rUnz92EpQSQirU3Cr2yJOqapUldeq8cz6tYaE/?imgmax=800" width="332" height="361" /></a> </p> <p>With “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QBYYEhtzVY&list=PL8p3NZQWoR_mmuNg8frBdaEKgf6Iwpri_&index=4&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">Hocus Pocus</a>”, I watched it, loved it, and with warm memories of Rikki (before dad stole her). Then came the movie ‘<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r41NAZSAtA8&list=PL8p3NZQWoR_mmuNg8frBdaEKgf6Iwpri_&index=6&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">Halloweentown</a>’ omg. This was absolutely number one favorite for our ‘safe zone’ time. There were two. HalloweenTown and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPxTXg1lZwc&list=PL8p3NZQWoR_mmuNg8frBdaEKgf6Iwpri_&index=1&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">HalloweenTown 2.</a> As I watched them, a flood of so many wonderful memories opened up. </p> <p>Like I had opened up the door and let the fresh air in, these movies, inspired by the witch’s hat were the answer. If I can get to Rikki these movies especially HalloweenTown, deep inside her blocked off heart - a door will open for her too. I somehow know this with every fiber of my being. </p> <p>I have time. My main goal is for her to just ‘watch’ them. I have began to rip and burn them for myself, but I want Rikki to ‘watch’ them. So I will buy them and have them sent to her. Not from me of course and hope they still make it into her DVD player- just movies packaged and sealed, nothing mom could have ‘sneaked’ in. Nothing from ‘mom’ so perhaps she will one day watch it. Directly to her from Amazon maybe. </p> <p>My hopes are that now – perhaps I can begin to write to you. As I said before, it just hurts to bad to the point of panic, anxiety, chest pains and inability to breath. Avoid pain. That’s what we do naturally. And although it pains my heart now as I write this, it is not debilitating, it is welcome, and it just feels right. Like everything else around me - and busy it is – fall. The power of higher than anything else - that special power of Mother Nature. God’s creations and the ‘ultimate justice’. Just wait - the leaves have not even begun to change yet and I plan on doing every fall Halloween activity I can, the healing has finally begun. I guess, it is just time. </p> <p>The witch’s hat made me feel good. LoL as I look at it now. It sits kinda like the witch hat in harry potter, bent over at middle, old and knowing just comfortable. I smile. I love you my daughter my dearest sweet Rikki. </p> <p>Just believe what the heck - you ain’t got nothing to loose, I sure do not, plus - it just feels good. I do not know where I will be from one day to the next or even if I will be. Weather this will be the first day of the rest of my life or the last day - it will be the best day I can make it. </p> <p></p> <p>Of all that I have done, wished to have done – MOTHER was and is the BEST Blessing, the truest love, the Laws of Nature and everything that I had never dreamed of- but what I wanted more than anything.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-46286009049187046812012-09-19T19:03:00.001-07:002012-09-19T19:03:48.078-07:00Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is a Scam Crackpot Logic<h3><strong>PSYCHIATRY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!</strong></h3> <h3><a href="http://parentalalienationsyndromepas.blogspot.com/">Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is a Scam</a></h3> <p><a name="901065509230946559"></a></p> <h5>Crackpot Logic</h5> <p>"Here is how crackpottery works in real life: let's say I am a crackpot and I have invented a miracle cure for the common cold. My magic cure is to shake a dried gourd over the cold victim until he is all better.</p> <p>If I shake the dried gourd long enough, the victim's cold will get better. My miracle cure always works, it is 100% effective, it is extremely reliable. I deserve recognition for my medical breakthrough. Anyone who wants to dispute myclaim prove that it doesn't work — that all those people who got better, didn't get better.</p> <p><strong>"The crackpot's logic is perfect, and perfectly loony. "Crackpots come in many varieties, but they all have one trait in common -- they don't understand how science works." -- Paul Lutus</strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote> <blockquote> <p><em>Parental Alienation Syndrome/Disorder, Shared Parenting, Co-parenting, Fathers Rights, Fatherhood exaltation, Children need both parents, DSM-5, False Abuse Allegations, women lie, children lie, daddy is always perfect no matter what.</em></p> <p><em>Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Guardian Ad Litems, Custody Evaluators, Parenting Coordinators, Mental Health Experts, Sexual Abuse Prevention (SAPA) Reintegration therapy, shock therapy, false memory syndrome, Draptomania, Family Court Judges, Best Interest Child, Co-parenting therapy, Borderline, mommy caused daddy’s bad behavior, that lying bitch should never have left she and her children are owned.</em></p></blockquote> <p><strong>Psychiatry is a theory, not fact not science. Just a court appointed pocket money lining industry.</strong></p> <h5><a href="http://www.randijames.com/2010/06/amy-j-baker-and-parental-alienation.html"><strong>Amy J. Baker and Parental Alienation: Behind the Veil of Ignorance</strong></a></h5> <p><a href="http://www.randijames.com/2010/05/ever-expanding-parental-alienation.html"><strong>The Ever Expanding Parental Alienation Theory: Amy J. Baker's Research Revisited</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>A Collaboration Of </strong><a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/019380.html"><strong>disease mongering</strong></a><strong> </strong></h3> <p><em>“Disease mongering” is the effort to <strong>enlarge</strong> <strong>the market for a treatment</strong> by convincing people that they are sick and need medical intervention [2]. Typically, the disease is vague, with nonspecific symptoms spanning a broad spectrum of severity—from everyday experiences many people would not even call “symptoms,” to profound suffering. The market for treatment gets enlarged in two ways: by narrowing the definition of health so normal experiences get labeled as pathologic, and by expanding the definition of disease to include earlier, milder, and pre-symptomatic forms (e.g., regarding a risk factor such as high cholesterol as a disease in itself).</em></p> <p><em></em> </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.randijames.com/2010/01/amy-baker-and-parental-alienation.html">Amy Baker and Parental Alienation Syndrome: Is This What Scientific Research Looks Like?</a> <li><a href="http://www.randijames.com/2010/01/psychology-and-parental-alienation.html">Psychology and Parental Alienation: Closer to Science? </a> <li><a href="http://www.randijames.com/2010/05/ever-expanding-parental-alienation.html">The Ever Expanding Parental Alienation Theory: Amy J. Baker's Research Revisited </a> <li><a href="http://www.randijames.com/2010/05/parental-alienation-in-hochs-rachel.html">Parental Alienation in The Hochs' Rachel House: This is How They Get Down in Texas, Legally</a></li></ul> <p> </p> <h3>The Manufacture of Madness: Psychiatry Is Social Control Used Against Non Conformists.</h3> <p><strong></strong><a href="http://po.st/4tdPWW">http://po.st/4tdPWW</a></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:52dbacf6-5d48-4d69-9a3e-c26021c59e7a" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="582586b9-b346-4893-9279-2916e796fe2f" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQegsqYhuZE" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-13J0sy4ZwvA/UFp4A7t6U1I/AAAAAAAABY0/0ZD7QsxzIt8/videoa04e16187126%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('582586b9-b346-4893-9279-2916e796fe2f'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zQegsqYhuZE&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zQegsqYhuZE&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <h3><strong>PSYCHIATRY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL!</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Dr Thomas Szasz died aged 92, an indefatigable critic of conventional psychiatry, that it offended human dignity infringed rights of the individual.<br><a href="http://po.st/fDst89">http://po.st/fDst89</a></li></ul> <p><strong>“A damning indictment of the psychologizing – and undermining – of the American legal system. With righteous wrath and devastating wit, this sweeping critique should stir national debate.”</strong> <p><a href="http://whoresofthecourt.com/" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; display: inline" align="left" src="http://whoresofthecourt.com/images/bookcover.jpg" width="191" height="286"></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <h2><a href="http://whoresofthecourt.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Whores Of The Court</strong></a></h2> <p><em>Margaret Hagen, Ph.D, reveals how expert psychological testimony is a total fraud, showing how the courts have increasingly embraced not a cutting-edge science but, instead, a discipline that represents a terrifying retreat into fantasy and hearsay; a discipline propelled by powerful propaganda, arrogance, and greed.</em></p> <p><em>Dr. Hagen sounds a clarion wake-up call, offering some startling – and much-needed – recommendations about how we can reclaim our own ability to judge and supplying vital advice on how we can protect ourselves from the ravages of psychological testimony in our own lives.</em> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-27477708961435080522012-09-17T09:42:00.001-07:002012-09-17T09:42:07.841-07:00Just The "Good Ole' Boys" - Kansas The Only State in Union that selects it’s Judges using ‘merit’ rather than political process. <div><p>Read entire story here --><br>
<a href="http://kansasjudicialsystem-casemanagers.blogspot.com/2012/09/kansas-judges-merit-selection-good-ole.html?m=1">Kansas Judicial System - Case Managers - Court Whores : Kansas Judges - The 'Merit' Selection - The "Good Ole Boys"</a></p>
<p>"To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism." — G. Edward Griffin</p>
<p>Appeals Court Upholds Kansas Judicial Selection --- "WHAT?'' 2012 Sept. 14th - Kansas Judicial "Merit" System Upheld By the Good Ole Boys' - the unpublished opinion -</p>
<p>"The ruling comes in a lawsuit challenging the lawyer-dominated commission that forwards judicial nominees to the governor."</p>
<br/><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CtUPOP6-nVA/UFdS28gt9gI/AAAAAAAAC5w/GAAkYxmnbpc/rice-holderfieldcrtwhore.png' /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7005922062512382098.post-73148321821655522132012-09-05T12:00:00.001-07:002012-09-05T12:00:31.689-07:00Comments on Kansas Case Manager Guidelines 2012<hr> From: angelfury@live.com<br>To: thompsona@kscourts.org<br>Subject: Comments on Case Manager Guidelines 2012<br>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 13:50:54 -0500 <h3>Comments Below Submitted with permission of <a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html#soulhttp://www.thelizlibrary.org/parenting-coordination/index.html">Liz Kates</a></h3> <h3>by </h3> <h3> <p><a href="http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/308">Claudine Dombrowski</a> <p>Just 'another' Kansas Case Management - <a href="https://www.google.com/#hl=en%26rlz=1C2CHNG_enUS330%26sclient=psy-ab%26tbs=ppl_ids:-100007026314043137352-106192456536943612939-28ef22wgolxz8%2cppl_nps:Claudine+Dombrowski%2cppl_im:lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L7B0LztudrU/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/f5woHDyrAWM%26dq=%26q=Claudine+Dombrowski%26oq=claudine%26gs_l=hp.1.3.0l3j44i39i27.746.8059.0.10710.15.11.2.0.0.0.350.2232.0j5j5j1.11.0.les%3b..0.0...1c.vQ74Yud_VmQ%26pbx=1%26bav=on.2%2cor.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.%26fp=9873ec4276f803b6%26biw=1440%26bih=765">(non) Success Story</a>, one family - 3 generations ruined and counting - *ker-ching* <p><a href="http://www.angelfury.org/">www.AngelFury.org</a> <p><a href="http://www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org">www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org</a> <p> </p></h3> <h3><b>PARENTING COORDINATION<a name="back"></a> <a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/parenting-coordination/">issues</a> - pros and cons Parenting Coordination is a Bad Idea. Why:</b></h3> <p>Let's start with the problems with parenting coordination that every lawyer knows: inappropriate delegation of the judicial function, impediment to court access, and denial of due process. And so on... <p>The parenting coordinator concept encroaches on family liberty interests, bringing the government behind the closed doors of people's lives, injecting into the private realm a third party who is not in any way more capable than either of the parents are to make day-to-day decisions about their own families, values, and goals. <p>Parenting coordination is a made-up, make-work field that has been invented by bottom-feeding extraneous "professionals" who have literally reproduced like bacteria in the family court system. <p><b>There are no studies indicating that parenting coordinators make good decisions, improve the lives of children or parents, or improve child wellbeing. And, there is no reason to believe they would.</b> <p><b>What qualifies a person to make personal family and childrearing decisions for other people</b> -- what physician a child should go to, what school, other academic decisions, what extracurricular activities a child should participate in, family routines and scheduling decisions, seating decisions at the bar mitzvah or soccer game, and so forth? What qualifies a person unilaterally to interpret a court order, or "fill in the gaps" in the details of a legal document, a "parenting plan" (a violation of freedom of contract)? What qualifies a person to do "parenting coordination" to "help other persons implement" a legal contract (marital settlement agreement), as a supposed neutral? <p><b>Nothing.</b> <p><b>What constitutes "success" at parenting coordination?</b> Who knows. To the parenting coordinator, perhaps <b>getting a nice fee.</b> <p>To a judge, perhaps that he thinks he's eliminating work, clearing his docket, or just putting off disputes to another day, or another judge. If a judge thinks this is good for the court system, he's mistaken, because parenting coordination will make the congestion worse in the long run. While the parties are being denied immediate access to the judge, the presence of a parenting coordinator counterproductively requires that the door be left continuously open in the case, generating additional issues. The parenting coordinator's ideas introduced into the case, the minutiae that now has a forum, and the inevitable iatrogenic problems virtually guarantee that this is a short-sighted nonsolution to court congestion. Some of these issues may or may not be immediately apparent, and may even avoid detection in short-term surveys of pilot projects (assuming such studies otherwise are methodologically sound, which is unlikely.) The problems nevertheless are foreseeable. And relieving court congestion by hindering litigants' access to court (without regard to whether this is beneficial to families) is, in any event, of dubious validity as a rationale for the denial of due process. <p>So if relief of court congestion isn't a measure of success in parenting coordination practice, then what is? To one of the parties, that he or she now has an ally? That one of the parties is happy? Parenting coordination advocates of late have been busily setting about to create satisfaction surveys (not unlike the self-serving "evidence" that we saw upon the implementation of mandatory parenting class programs). But that a given litigant is satisfied would not be an indication of success at all unless we know with certainty that that party generally has the more meritable position. It might well be an indication of the complete breakdown of justice. Just as with the parenting class and court docket faux research, we also would have to discount these on studies based on lack of credibility because of $elf-$erving corruption, as well as unintended bias that is built in because of non-random subject selection, unwarranted optimism, self-reporting respondents' fears that negative comments could come back against them, and other methodological problems. <p>How about an objective measure of success, such as increased family well-being? How is this possible when people are burdened with tasks and negotiations and meddlesome reportings of the details of their days to third parties, when their time and money is consumed, pointlessly, when their privacy is intruded upon by the government like this, and when they are forced to kow-tow to the dictates of a court-appointed, decision-making autocrat in every area of their most intimate lives? It's not. <p>Are there better child-rearing outcomes? As compared with what? Defined how? And if not, what the heck are we supposedly doing here? Under any definition, <b>increased child wellbeing has not been shown to flow from any of the ideas of applied therapeutic jurisprudence</b>, i.e. trade promotion, in the family courts. (In fact, increased well-being in the population generally has not been demonstrated by <i>any</i> research from the burgeoning of psychological interventions and therapies over the decades.) <p>Just as with custody evaluators and guardians ad litem, and even to a large extent, the practice of mediation, there is no way to do any decent studies in this area. Benefit is not even apparent informally across demographic groups. Don't fall for self-serving industry articles spinning speculation. Research will never demonstrate any benefits from many of these ideas, including parenting coordination, because credible studies simply cannot be done. Even, inappropriately, after the fact. (If you don't understand why, contact me privately and I will direct you to material on social science versus science, experimental methodology, logic, and how to <i>do critical reading and thinking and not be such a credulous patsy</i>.) <p><b>The parenting coordination concept is an infection that causes all of the problems that custody evaluators and GALs bring into the family court system, and then some.</b> Again, what qualifies a third-party stranger parenting coordinator to make daily family life decisions for other people? Nothing. And nothing ever will. Many of these kinds of decisions are made based on a free individual's own private life, relationships, desires, work needs, schedule, and personal values, beliefs and goals. The parenting coordinator makes decisions based on the parenting coordinator's own private agendas, preferences, motives, work needs, values, beliefs and goals -- and which party the parenting coordinator just happens to like better (which already is the unfortunate but real basis for most of custody evaluator and guardian ad litem opinings). The decision-making is based on, <i>inter alia</i>, intangible personality things as well tangibles such as who likes them and pays them timely and well. <p>Many, if not most, lawyer parenting coordinators as well as many mental health professionals, notwithstanding their ostensible "training", completely lack psychological insight. That's because it's not a function of academic training. Parenting coordination also is not "co-parenting therapy" (which rarely works anyway -- witness all the mental health professionals lobbying, writing, organizing, promoting, bucking for the authority to be mini-judges and dictators in a "parenting coordination" role.) Most mental health professionals also lack a clue regarding the repercussions in law of their ideas (a more obvious deficit, since they are probably not lawyers), yet these are people supposedly interpreting and "filling in the gaps" in legal documents! <p><b>The primary reason there is no valid "training" to be had is that there is no body of expertise, no foundation of knowledge, upon which to base any such training.</b> It's... all just made up. Maybe they're smart? Well, not versus all possible litigants by a long shot, and no stranger will understand the daily life and routines, family members' needs and personalities, the interactions going on in someone else's household or the effects of their ideas in practice unless they actually spend considerable time in that household. Which, of course, they don't. <p>To go back to the court congestion problem that is moving the legislatures and courts to embrace the parenting coordination lobbyists' arguments: parenting coordination provides <b>a forum for the arguing of minutiae</b> that, in the absence of a parenting coordinator, the parties would have to work out, and learn to work out, on their own, or just let go. In other words, it addresses issues that wouldn't be there in the first place! It cannot prevent the litigation of issues that aren't within the purvue of the parenting coordinator to begin with, but still must be addressed by a judge. With regard to these other issues, however, when the parenting coordinator makes a bad decision, or oversteps authority, simply because this was the decision of a third party, that opens the door to the courthouse for matters that otherwise would not have had a forum, or would not have existed at all. The very presence of a parenting coordinator, like an uber-parent for the parents, itself creates opportunity for petty squabbling, encouraging it because, ironically, just like a misguided inept parent, the third party (getting paid for his time) is ready and available to intervene in all manner of disputes, thus retarding rather than encouraging growth and cooperation. Conflict <i>is</i> something that harms children. <p>Parenting coordination creates its own conflicts. And it not only encourages new conflicts, but creates a number of other foreseeable harms. <p>Parenting coordination is expensive, even at hourly rates less than the ordinary rates charged by these professionals when they do real work. This is so because the cost is for extra work, on top of the lawyers and litigation expenses the parties still have to maintain; the parenting coordination process actually does not eliminate any of this. Rather, it adds on additional professional expenses to handle minutiae that otherwise would not be creating expense. Ultimately, it's very expensive because any expense that does not yield something of equivalent value is a <b>waste of money</b>. Moreover, having a parenting coordinator at the ready permits one party to spend the other's funds by unilaterally contacting and choosing to bring issues before the parenting coordinator. Generally, both parties have to pay a portion of the parenting coordinator's fees; usually these are divided 50-50, and timely payment of the parenting coordinator's fees also becomes a matter of high concern for the parenting coordinator, adding that issue into the case. <p>Once appointed, the parenting coordinator has absolutely no incentive to work himself or herself out of a job. The potential amount of work is open-ended and in large part able to be self-generated by the parenting coordinator. The schedule is flexible and the royalties can go on indefinitely, until the parenting coordinator is removed (but not "for cause" because this would have to be based on criteria of success that largely is unable to be established). (How nice for the parenting coordinator.) <p>Frequent and typical make-work by the parenting coordinator includes forcing people to include the parenting coordinator in all communications and emails, provide the parenting coordinator in advance with parents' and children's schedules and activities, meet at the whim of the parenting coordinator, provide the parenting coordinator with school documents and medical records, and the like. Churn, churn, churn, duplicate, churn... <p>Parenting coordination intrudes on privacy. Among other things, parenting coordination permits the state via a state-appointed agent to demand information and details about people's lives that then can be brought back into court by the opposing party, effectively becoming ongoing compelled government discovery, contrary to the Fourth Amendment. <p>Individuals who choose to do this "work", to become parenting coordinators, are the equivalent of <b>paid yentas and neighborhood meddlers.</b> They tend to be individuals who cannot make a go of practicing the profession for which they were ostensibly educated and licensed -- the incompetent, the inexperienced, the nincompoops, the untalented, the lazy and/or the burnt-out. A good number have ulterior agendas, conscious and subconscious, either political agendas, or agendas of the psychologically issued psychic vampire or petty tyrant variety. Many parenting coordinators have axes to grind and strongly held personal beliefs about how other people's lives should work, what constitutes "fairness", fathers' or mothers' rights, parental values and roles, and so forth, as well as a need to re-visit, re-live and normalize their own family-of-origin issues. <p>A big draw for doing parenting coordination work is, of course, that while parenting coordination promoters tout the "lower cost", meaning that they are willing to settle for lower fees per hour for this work rather than their other work, the work itself is relatively brainless. And it's <b>unregulated</b> and practicably unable to be regulated. There is no efficient or effective oversight. Being unregulated means that there is no recourse against the parenting coordinator for malfeasance or malpractice. For good measure, as added insurance against malfeasance, many, if not most parenting coordinators require the parties to sign various consents and waivers of liability. Some statutes and procedural rules have formalized the lack of accountability as well. (How nice for the parenting coordinator.) <p>If you've heard argument otherwise, that the field was chosen in order to "help" (dictate to other) people, or because they were "frustrated" as lawyers or psychologists or mediators in not being able to "help" (dictate to other) people, then given the relatively lower (albeit no-overhead) hourly fees charged for parenting coordination, ask how much unpaid voluntary work the person has done. Query why this ostensible advice-giving do-gooderism wasn't just done through their church, or a community charity agency, and offered to all-comers in their avocational spare time on a no-obligation basis, while in their regular working time, they just continue to practice the profession for which they actually were trained and licensed. That's how good samaritans and persons with kindly, charitable intent usually "help" when that's the actual motive and they already have a real profession to practice in the family court field. <p>The nature of the function as designed enables parenting coordinators to churn money by insisting on all manner of crap that involves them, under circumstances in which their decisions cannot be second-guessed, even by a judge. The parenting coordinator's "work" cannot conveniently be reviewed by a judge because the "proceedings" with a parenting coordinator are informal, undocumented, and outside of the court and due process. In many jurisdictions, the parenting coordination practice essentially is professed to be "confidential except when it's not." (More on this, below.) Also, there is no criteria of "success", no standard of satisfactory practice. All fuzzy. If and to the extent acts or omissions of the parenting coordinator are contested, no matter what occurs, the parenting coordinator simply can "remember" conversations and events differently from the way they really happened. If contested, the parenting coordinator also can -- and will -- employ the ready CYA alibis of "high conflict custody case" and one parent's ostensible irrationality or prevarication. <p>Many of the lawyers, mental health professionals, and erstwhile mediators and guardians ad litem who want to do parenting coordination have no actual experience themselves as parents, let alone as caregiving parents, let alone as single parents -- or with blended family issues, or with children with particular issues, or in "shared parenting" or divorced situations. Some do, and as noted, more often than not, they are normalizing their own issues. These advice-givers do not necessarily hail themselves from successful well-functioning families. Parenting coordinators bring to their job their personal opinions and values and speculations founded on their unknown personal backgrounds, including some of the most dysfunctional (and undisclosed) personal familial histories, and implement their personal and political agendas. <b>They are the antithesis of "wise persons"</b>, who generally are not found among neighborhood gossips or those who relish involving themselves in the mundane details of other people's lives. <p>Time spent with the parenting coordinator, where not catering to the dysfunctional weak or abusive litigants who are hoping for support or a sounding board is tedious and time-consuming for the parents. The same timewasting, of course, represents a <b><i>ca-ching</i></b> in the bank account of the parenting coordinator, which encourages plodding and more time-wasting meetings and talkings. (Meanwhile, the litigant fantasy of having a parenting coordinator "on the case" as an ally will end quickly when the selected parenting coordinator in this crapshoot aligns with the other parent.) <p>Parents are placed at the whim of all kinds of arbitrary demands made by the parenting coordinator, including for the payment for their time, which is largely in the control of the parenting coordinator and possibly the other party. (This applies, to a great extent, as well, to various court-appointed therapists and GALs). Given the presence of the parenting coordinator, and the payment incentive, every decision, no matter how petty or absurd, is open for endless discussion and rumination. In addition to being time-consuming, <b>this is a delight for stalker-harasser abusive types</b>, as well as those who just won't let go of the other party. <p>The parenting coordinator can think up all kinds of activities to do and with which to require the parents to comply: pseudo-therapy (unregulated of course by the licensing boards because it's "not really" therapy, and it's "not really" law); "communications counseling"; "coaching"; reading of materials; various "educational" homework assignments; meetings with one or the other of the parties, meetings together, meetings with various combinations of others; demands for disclosure, frequently in writing, of private thoughts, emotions, and information; consultations and strategy sessions with the children's guardian ad litem and parents' court-ordered or parenting coordinator-ordered therapists; meetings with the children's physicians and teachers; meetings with anyone at all; ordering of a parent into supervised visitation or therapeutic visitation; recommending to the court therapies of all kinds with yet more of the helping professionals -- almost anything. Confidentiality? That's a pipe dream. It's only "confidential" when that suits the parenting coordinator, and there's a court issue. But under the pretext of having to gather information, the PC has authority to yammer to pretty much everyone in the community. And if a parent doesn't comply, there are sanctions, imposed both by the parenting coordinator and the court for "noncompliance". <p>Does this not strike you as an outrageous and unconstitutional denigration of the First Amendment freedom of speech and association, Fourth and Fifth Amendment privacy rights, and the fundamental parental rights of perfectly fit parents, as to whom the state would be unable to file a dependency action and remove their children to foster care? Free, competent individuals are entitled voluntarily to subject themselves to private judges and arbitrators, of course. But why would any informed and reasonably intelligent individual who is not under duress and coercion, ever agree to living with one who cannot be appealed, discharged, or limited to issues brought before him? Answer: they wouldn't. Either these litigants were not properly informed (in any number of ways), or they indeed were under inappropriate coercion of some kind that rendered their consent essentially involuntary. <p>How-to techniques for would-be parenting coordinators in this newly invented "profession" consist of almost anything the parenting coordinator might dream up, sprinkled with suggestions and teachings borrowed from law, psychology, mediation and other practices, as well as fantasies from other imaginative self-styled professional parenting coordinators in the recent explosion of manuals, books and trade-promotion "trainings". (Until enough fools sign on for this cock-'n-bull to fill a workweek, for the ambitious, there's still money that can be earned professing to be a mavin). <p><b> Parenting coordination "training" materials comprise mostly stuff plucked from the asses of their inventors.</b> <p>Doubt me? Read some of it. Parenting coordination methodology includes such things as ordering people how to talk with each other ("use my template"), ordering parents in what method they may or must talk with each other ("email only, and you must copy me"), and even uttering orders to parents regarding when or whether they must or may not meet and/or communicate with each other, with the parenting coordinator, with the court or their own lawyer, and with other people such as extended family, all in astonishing violation of fundamental constitutional rights. To facilitate all of this, parenting coordination orders, agreements, "voluntary" consents, "understandings" and intake forms generally require the parents to sign away all manner of these constitutional rights -- in what is, essentially, a busybody's lucrative wetdream. <p>As previously noted, having a parenting coordinator on a case keeps the case continuously open and invites it to explode into endless issue-making, rather than being finally resolved, and in doing so, actually creates more, not fewer, problems for both the litigants and the courts. Sometimes a case does appear to resolve, but all too often that is only because the financially or emotionally weaker party, or the party unfavored by the parenting coordinator, just gives up in defeat, beaten away by the constant undercurrent threat of litigation, the harassment, and the need to avoid continuing costs. <p>(If judges' goals here are to get people to just shut up and go away, we could eliminate all of the docket problems in the civil courts and achieve equally fine results just by closing the courts altogether.) <p>Parenting coordination, the latest of the therapeutic jurisprudential ideas, is dangerous, and not merely because of the distortion it makes in the judicial system and of due process. <b>In recent years there has been a burgeoning of child abuse and deaths</b> stemming from child custody disputes in which abusive individuals get custody and visitation rights, correlating with the rise of joint custody theory and the intrusion into the family courts of therapeutic jurisprudence. Unqualified strangers can and will make bad decisions that simply cannot timely be brought to court, cannot effectively be reviewed by the court, or which are prohibitively expensive to bring to court. Parenting coordinators have missed domestic violence. Conversely, in one <b><a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/parenting-coordination/hastings.pdf">Florida appellate case</a></b>, a parenting coordinator wrongly claimed that domestic violence had occured when it hadn't, prompting an emergency change of custody. Parenting coordinators have assumed facts that are not true. They have perceived emergencies or situations incorrectly. They have mischaracterized events and made egregious judgmental mistakes. They have lied outright. See the cases. The concept is dangerous because parenting coordinators are not and practicably cannot be subject to any effective oversight. Each case is different, there are no studies, there is no body of knowlege, there is no methodology, there are no licenses, there are and can be no effective regulations, there are no actual practice parameters other than aspirational sound-goods, such as "be neutral", there are no definitions of a successful outcome, and it's all vague nonsense or worse. <p>Depending on the vagaries of the practice from time to time in this or that jurisdiction, parenting coordinators effectively have license to wield heavy authority and extremely biased power, opining back to and influencing judges, bringing issues into the public domain that do not belong there and which were not brought into the case by either party, siding with one party unfairly (even developing personal relationships with one of the parties), and recommending or just ordering the parents to hire the parenting coordinator's own cronies for therapies and guardianships and evaluations. It's a recipe for more corruption and <b>an insult to the rule of law</b>. <p>Parenting coordinators can -- and do -- violate the terms of parties' contractual agreements as well as the law. Lobbyists for statutory implementation of this role have argued, speciously, that oversight does indeed exist because, well, "if the parties are not happy, they can always go back to court". But real life doesn't work that way, and it especially does not work that way under these circumstances. <b>"If you don't like it, then take it to court"</b> is a dare that can be thrown out cavalierly, because the parenting coordinator role permits these court appointees to hold over the head of objecting parties the power -- baselessly presumed to be executed in good faith -- to obtain the ear of the judge first, and to poison the well. They also hold more credibility before before the judge than those lunatic, bitter, embattled, unreasonable, "high-conflict", personality-disordered parents. They can and do function as shadow witnesses <i>ex parte</i>, to provide the judge (directly as well as indirectly through guardians ad litem, other witnesses, and even via support to one of the parties) with information, evidence and innuendo. Their inexpert opinions can and frequently will label one of the parties as the recalcitrant, the wrongdoer, the deadbeat, the crazy, or the "uncooperative" one. <p>So "take it to the judge" does not work, particularly post-decree, when a party may be short of time or funds, or may no longer even have a lawyer. And it does not work because in many courts, days or weeks, or months may go by before a party can get a hearing. And it does not work because an objecting party has to overcome not only the parenting coordinator but also the opposing party -- being out-voted from the git-go, two against one, a problem also inherent in the family court guardian ad litem role, but potentially even worse in this instance because the parenting coordinator solicits support from the guardian ad litem, the appointed therapists, and the rest of the courthouse cronies. And it does not work because "going back to court" means risking the <i>irritation of the judge who appointed the parenting coordinator in the first place precisely because he didn't want to hear about it</i>. There is <b>no oversight</b>. <p>Difficult to remove in any event once appointed, the parenting coordinator is even more difficult to remove when he or she is biased (and that's a better than even bet, given the nature of ongoing informal relationships with people, especially where there is money at stake, and especially given who is drawn to this line of work). Bias should be one of the grounds that immediately would mandate removal of a parenting coordinator, but it also means that the parenting coordinator will be vested in preserving his own aura of competence and neutrality (as well as current and future income stream), all the while being validated by the party with whom he is aligned. Moreover, how does a party prove "bias" when the ubiquitous explanation is that the "disgruntled" party who didn't get his or her way always makes this claim of "bias". <p>There is no way to tell in advance who might be a "good" or "helpful" parenting coordinator. Families differ, circumstances differ, and personalities differ. To parties disputing this, or buying into a sell-job from some mental health professional, mediator, or burnt-out lawyer, I would ask: how great were you in deciding in advance who to marry, or with whom to have a child. What makes you believe that the third party who wants this easy work will be a second voice on "your" side? <p>In the inane insistence that "both" parents "participate" in making decisions regarding the child, in order to avoid stalemate, parenting coordination is the <b>tool for unworkable custody and timeshare arrangements</b>, notably joint custody, which removes from BOTH parents the right to function with authority and automony. A big flaw in the concept of joint custody is that, instead of having at least one functional parent, the joint custody child now has two ineffective half-parents who may not function except in tandem, and ironically they are typically the kind of parents least able to pull this off. With a parenting coordinator or guardian ad litem added into the mix, the child does not even have that, because instead of two half-parents sharing an undivided fundamental parental liberty interest, the child has half-parents who report to a parenting boss. It's involvement by the state in the complete absence of any actual threat to the child that ordinarily would justify state intrusion like this. <p>One should counter: if a third party stranger, based upon no established field of expertise whatsoever, is supposedly qualified to make and facilitate decisions impacting other people's family lives, something that is not even usually encouraged in clinical therapy, then why is not the better solution just to assign that authority to one of the parents? The spheres of decision-making authority can be allocated too. It would be easier, cheaper, quicker, and done. And at least then the child would have one real and functional authoritative parent, something that IS demonstrably evidenced in the research to be necessary for child security and well-being. <p>While the rhetoric is rampant that parents are less likely or unlikely to consider their children before themselves in their decision-making when they are embattled in divorce and post-divorce issues, <b>no research actually substantiates this concocted rationale</b>. <p>The rationale first was invented by psych trade groups to lobby state legislatures for guardians ad litem in family law cases, and later was used to justify in part the appointment of custody evaluators. It's become yet another family court system truism without a shred of foundation. The anecdotal claims (if you even get that much, get any anecdotes) of individuals who have a political or profit motive, peddling their services to the market, are just not credible, especially as to historic primary caregivers. No one is as interested in or vested in their own children's happiness and wellbeing as the child's own parent, or, if you must, as between two parents, than the one who already has shown higher attachment and commitment. <p>Parenting coordination stands as proof positive that something is very, very wrong with the substantive direction of child custody law in recent years. As more and more mental health professionals stream into the court system, get involved in bar associations, and encourage lawyers to mix it up in "multidisciplinary" organizations, the substantive laws are getting worse. The problems consequently are getting worse. The solutions for the iatrogenic problems caused by these therapeutic interventions are more and more of them. That's dysfunctional.<b> That cure is "hair of the dog that bit you" and goodgod, the "science" of the psychological experts is about as valid. There's a better solution. You should know what that is by now. Just Say No.</b> <h3>Comments Submitted with permission of <a href="http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html#soulhttp://www.thelizlibrary.org/parenting-coordination/index.html">Liz Kates</a></h3> <h3>by </h3> <h3> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/#hl=en%26rlz=1C2CHNG_enUS330%26sclient=psy-ab%26tbs=ppl_ids:-100007026314043137352-106192456536943612939-28ef22wgolxz8%2cppl_nps:Claudine+Dombrowski%2cppl_im:lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L7B0LztudrU/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/f5woHDyrAWM%26dq=%26q=Claudine+Dombrowski%26oq=claudine%26gs_l=hp.1.3.0l3j44i39i27.746.8059.0.10710.15.11.2.0.0.0.350.2232.0j5j5j1.11.0.les%3b..0.0...1c.vQ74Yud_VmQ%26pbx=1%26bav=on.2%2cor.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.%26fp=9873ec4276f803b6%26biw=1440%26bih=765">Claudine Dombrowski</a> <p>Just 'another' Kansas Case Management - <a href="https://www.google.com/#hl=en%26rlz=1C2CHNG_enUS330%26sclient=psy-ab%26tbs=ppl_ids:-100007026314043137352-106192456536943612939-28ef22wgolxz8%2cppl_nps:Claudine+Dombrowski%2cppl_im:lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L7B0LztudrU/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/f5woHDyrAWM%26dq=%26q=Claudine+Dombrowski%26oq=claudine%26gs_l=hp.1.3.0l3j44i39i27.746.8059.0.10710.15.11.2.0.0.0.350.2232.0j5j5j1.11.0.les%3b..0.0...1c.vQ74Yud_VmQ%26pbx=1%26bav=on.2%2cor.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.%26fp=9873ec4276f803b6%26biw=1440%26bih=765">(non) Success Story</a>, one family - 3 generations ruined and counting - *ker-ching* <p><a href="http://sn110w.snt110.mail.live.com/mail/www.AngelFury.org">www.AngelFury.org</a> <p><a href="http://sn110w.snt110.mail.live.com/mail/www.AmericanMothersPoliticalparty.org">www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org</a></h3></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00519491961801119854noreply@blogger.com0