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Family Court Ordered Psychological Evaluations

Confirmation bias: why psychiatrists stick to wrong preliminary diagnoses

Around 20 per cent of psychologists acting as expert witnesses for the family courts are not qualified, according to a Channel 4 News investigation broadcast tonight, writes producer Phil Carter.

Donald Tenn says

OK, OK, OK! That’s “3″ Okays for the “3″ people who sent me this story today. I am sharing the story but this is one of those stories that you just don’t share. THIS IS AN ACTION STORY! I mean how can you read this story and not do something? At the very least a letter must be written, there must be some additional attention to this case.

There are some stories that are just so outrageous that you can’t just simply share… you must take action!

That being said, none of us should ever forget William Reddie of Michigan. If you don’t remember what happened to William Reddie and his child, what are we doing here? United we could accomplish so much that every government agency or their representatives would think twice before abusing another one of our children anywhere ever.

Federal lawsuit filed against Miami Family Court Judge Manno Schurr.

I've previously noted William S. Burroughs and his "cut-up technique," where you take a perfectly understandable linear text, cut it up into individual words or phrases, and then reassemble it all back together again into a new, wholly inexplicable and completely non-linear artistic expression. Well that seems to have happened in this new federal lawsuit filed against Judge Manno Schurr.
I'm rarely this effusive, but let me be clear -- I believe these pro se litigants have lifted the mechanical, soul-sucking drudgery of preparing a complaint into the lofty realms of high art.
Indeed, these visionaries should be applauded for confronting and challenging the reader, and for daring to radically reimagine -- nay -- forquite literally unshackling us -- from the small-minded, restrictive and fundamentally bourgeois chains of Rule 8(a).
I'm fairly certain Judge King will see it the same way, don't you agree?

Posted by South Florida Lawyers Labels: Judge Valerie Manno Schurr, William S. Burroughs

Florida's Commission on Access to Civil Justice

"EYES WIDE SHUT"

I sat in Florida Access To Civil Justice meeting and it was surreal. I am in a room that is 80-85 % Attorneys that have to come up with solutions to help "low to middle income litigants" access civil justice that can't afford.

I have a solution how about attorneys not charging $300 or more dollars and hour but this is my non attorney perspective. I don't financially benefit from the decisions made in the meeting but all the majority of the 80% - 85% of the people in the meeting and the ones with decision making authority do financially benefit. The Florida Bar Association has a non profit organization called the "Bar Foundation" and the Bar Foundation is basically in control of the Florida Access To Civil Justice Commission. On paper it may read another way but when you actually saw who pretty much dos everything it is the "Bar Foundation" and in my opinion is equivalent to the Florida Bar Association.

Chief Justice Labarga did not this Commission not to be an extension of the Florida Bar Association and the Florida Bar Foundation but for anyone that has a brain to look past the pretty presentation and ask questions may come to the same conclusion.

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Everyone needs to be engaged and active to ensure that this Commission acts in it intended role because what I heard was a bunch of BS. Things were presented as solutions that are not practical and the only persons that have power to make decisions did not ask basic questions to clarify is the proposed actions were even practical and applicable to implement.

FYI only 12 or 13 members out of 27 Commission members were present, 2 had fill in and Chief Justice Labarga was recently diagnosed and is receiving treatment for an illness. I am advocating for member positions to be added to the Commission that are reflective of the people the Commission was created to help and a subcommittee.

The 1st topic was related to Florida Bar lawyer referral service. Topics of $45 billion in unmet legal needs and the words "untapped" were used. This has nothing to do with the purpose the Commission was created for and everyone should be concerned at the tremendous power that attorneys have and the way the Florida Bar covers for bad attorneys. The Florida Bar publishes attorney disciplines but we are prevented from talking about the numerous complaints the Florida Bar does not make findings on.

Everyone needs to be concerned the Florida Bar in my opinion is not donating all the monies toward the Commission from the goodness of there hearts to help low-middle income litigants, the monies they are giving is called and "INVESTMENT" and there will be a return on the donations of monies and time the Florida Bar Association and/or The Florida Bar gives to this Commission. As Greogory Coleman temporary fill in for Chief Justice Labagra reminded the room and probably me because of the concerns I voiced during the meeting Florida has been able to complete so much more in such a short time unlike other states because of Florida's ability to secure financing such as having the meeting in the Marriott Hotel. FYI the Florida Bar was having one of their meeting things at the Marriott hotel the venue was not secured for the Commission meeting only. I could care less where the meeting was held, an nice convention room is not a distraction from the truth.

I will share with you one of the things that did not make sense. One of the Ad Hoc committees said there would be trained persons to assist people in filling out court forms in Law libraries, libraries and court clerks office. This is not realistic because there are TOO many libraries Palm beach county has 17 branches, Miami Dade 48 branches, Broward has 40 branches and Orange County has 16 branches and that us 121 branches alone for 4 counties. As for court clerks offices are having staffing cuts and layoffs, so adding more non required duties to less workers in addition to clerks mandatory duties is not realistic. When I asked questions I was informed this was not a public meeting and only the Commission members could ask questions but the Commission members did not follow up to seek clarification.

During the break I spoke with Commission member The Honorable Linda Doggett Clerk of Court, Lee County. I voiced my consent that the referenced California court system and it was crazy because California has HUGE family court issues but she and another person said something about some places don't go before a judge in a divorce until the final hearing, I said really, where I think her answer was Norway. In my present opinion this Commission under the present system has a lot of things that just doesn't sound realistic and I need everyone to engage and make sure this Commission serves its intended purpose and is not just another way for the Florida Bar to exert more control over our civil court system than it already has.

The next Commission meeting will be on February 12, 2016 Tallahassee, Florida. I am hoping this time there will be more people attend and the people the Commission was created to help outnumber the attorneys in the room and send the message we are engaged, intelligent and will not continue to have our "eyes wide shut" and remain unaware and inactive in our civil justice system.

Mario Jimenez Mario Jimenez posted this message on Basecamp.Speech Before Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade- Let's Do Away With The Bipartisan Kleptocracy: *http://saynotopas.com/speech-before-lp-of-miami-dade-lets-…/***

Dear brothers and sisters of freedom,

My name is Mario Jimenez Jerez, a medical doctor, an electrical engineer, an ex Olympian, a descendant of Maximo Jerez, a forefather of democracy in the American continent, but most importantly, I am a child of the most high God.

We approach a turning point in world history. We must decide whether to contend for liberty or abandon our freedom to tyranny governed by a bipartisan kleptocracy, officials or a ruling class exploiting corruption to extend their personal wealth and political power, burdening and creating orphans and parents under impossible burdens of that corruption.

“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell, so by telling the truth today, I declare a revolution by demanding reform in DCF and family courts. The word revolution comes from the Latin revolution, which means to turn around, and turn around 180% degrees, we must.

Today, DCF and Family courts violate due process and our constitutional rights under the color of law illegally removing children from loving and caring parents for corrupt financial modus operandi due to federal incentives through Title IV-D and E. I challenge you… Isn’t this effectively committing child trafficking, kidnapping and extortion?

About a year ago the Miami Herald reported that nearly 534 children have died or were murdered over about a 6 year period under the care of DCF. About 2 children per week died. Isn’t it time parents rise up all over this nation in a parents’ rights revolution and demand Turn Around in DCF and Family court reform and return our children to their parents? The blood of these 534 children CRIES OUT TO HEAVEN! Our children are our most valuable assets in this world. We turn away their cries at our certain destruction.

When we walk into a DCF or Family court, we are immediately stripped of our constitutional Bill of Rights, – the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom from self-incrimination, due process, guarantees to a jury trial, equal protection, Right to Cross Examine, Equal Justice, and Equal Parenting and Debtors prison to name a few. We have fewer rights than known criminals in other courts, for if a criminal cannot afford an attorney, one is assigned to them.

In all cases, we are left at the whims of kleptrocat unaccountable judges who ignore conflicts of interests, and receive campaign funds from cronies. They are elected in sham “elections” where any potential opponents face chastisement, stigma or are even blackballed. Election donors are the same attorneys who come before them.

Attorneys that as the Divorce Corp documentary now viewable in Netflix shows, when a victim/client first comes, they are required to disclose their entire family treasury before the case begins, and immediately begin to take at least 50% of their assets, or even put the parent in debt without constitutional protections, depleting and seizing their assets, inheritance and children’s college education. Some family courts even extort elderly parents for excessive, contrived fees with impunity.

Contrived, intentionally generated acrimony deliberately provoked by attorneys, through perjury and libel creates extended litigation that in many cases go on for 10 to15 years, destroying parent / child relations, careers and the children’s college educations. Some I know personally. Litigation finally ends when the money runs out, leaving many parent / child relations permanently alienated; however, many Pro Se are stripped of all due process, making it impossible for them to restore relations with their alienated children. Many non citizen terrorists in Gitmo have more rights than some parents in family courts for simply trying to be there for their children.

As a doctor who has saved hundreds if not thousands of lives in my professional carrier, I believe that the problems in our DCF and Family courts represent not only a judicial emergency, but are a true physical, psychological and financial health crisis of pandemic proportions.

As I have personally experienced with my children and many others I know personally, the negative effects of our current dysfunctional Family courts often lead children and adults to suffer serious mental health issues including major depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder sending their emotional health and academic performance into an uncontrollable tailspin which they are unable to understand or speak against.

A considerably large number of unfortunate cases end in suicides, homicides, and a number of other serious crimes affecting not only adults, and children, and people of all walks of life, but especially affecting war veterans, who often come home after having fought faithfully for our nation, and are confronted with family courts that utterly ignore their service and sacrifice for this nation.

The enormous economic cost of this senseless tyranny results in broken homes, and lives, while threatening the very own existence of our nation. This problem is best expressed by one of the founders of our present judicial system, Chief Justice John Marshall, who said “the greatest scourge an angry Heaven ever inflicted upon an ungrateful and a sinning people, was an ignorant, a corrupt, or a dependent Judiciary.”

In this speech, we attempt to honor and build upon the shoulders of giants by charting a course of action based on our eternal foundations of truth, justice and liberty.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor.” -Ginetta Sagan.

“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” -Abraham Lincoln.

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.” ~ Pastor Martin Niemöller.

“On January 21, 1776 in the Lutheran church in Woodstock, Virginia, Reverend Muhlenberg took his sermon text from the third chapter Ecclesiastes, which starts with ‘To everything there is a season…'; after reading the eighth verse, ‘a time of war, and a time of peace,’ he declared, ‘And this is the time of war,’ removing his clerical robe to reveal his Colonel’s uniform. Outside the church door the drums began to roll as men turned to kiss their wives and then walked down the aisle to enlist, and within half an hour, 162 men were enrolled. The next day he led out 300 men from the county to form the nucleus of the 8th Virginia Regiment.”

As men and woman of liberty, we are children of peace, but “Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.” – Oscar Romero.

“The ultimate test of a moral society is the world it leaves to it’s children” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

We must defend our families. Our families are in crisis!, Our children and families need our help now!. Let us join together in this revolution to defend our children. Please, join us at Votefamily.us and Votefamilia.us to protect our American families. Vote for liberty, for God, for our families, for our communities to create restored families. May God bless this most glorious nation, the U.S.A., one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. Gracias.

Mario A. Jimenez Jerez, M.D., B.S.E.E.
The Grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.
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Posted by Sheila George on Sunday, September 13, 2015

ASTOUNDING COURT NEWS

There was a Florida Supreme Court workshop on Courts today in Miami. Judge Soto was there. So were a host of other judges. The public participated, mostly asking questions about how and why they got screwed in their particular case, which of course the judges couldn't answer.

Here is the startling news to come out of the workshop: (steady now) The court system is out of money, it works inefficiently, and the technology is thirty years old. Yup, that is a big blow for most of you to read, but the truth will out no matter how difficult to hear.

Visit our website to learn more!

We didn't use the word Mafia in our movie. Perhaps we made a mistake!

Florida Access To Civil Justice

How do you put a face on what it means to have an equal opportunity for access to civil justice?

That's difficult -- but the Feb. 15 edition of The Florida Bar News attempts to do just that in their article, "Putting a human face on the civil legal access gap: Access Commission learns how the system is broken"

Look no further than the story of Miami's Maria Garcia, said Commission member and Third DCA Clerk of Court Mary Cay Blanks during a recent January Commission meeting. Garcia was fired from her job of 15 years, denied benefits and didn't know where to turn. When she visited Blanks' office to file an appeal, the attendant simply handed her forms and wasn't permitted -- by law -- to give her any legal advice. Unable to afford a lawyer, Ms. Garcia left feeling frustrated and unsure of what step to take next, as if the system had failed her.

That has to change, said Blanks

Posted by Children's Rights on Friday, September 4, 2015

Posted by American Fathers Liberation Army on Friday, August 28, 2015

A Mother Starts a Fundraising Campaign to Defeat Parental Alienation

The Story

I have not seen my son Connor for a year now. You’re probably thinking… “What the heck did she do?” She must be shitty mother. Not so fast... ignore the prejudgment and read on.

The last time that I saw my son was August 2014. We had an amazing summer! I took him to NY to Lego Land, to the zoo, to the beach, swimming, fishing, carnivals, and the county fair. We had nerf gun wars: I was so happy that his personality was really starting to show. He's a lot like me.

When I dropped him off at the end of our summer visit - we had our emotional “goodbyes” I had no idea what the struggle ahead of me would be.

I have thought about this for countless hours, brainstormed, investigated myself and I just can’t find a reason for how this is morally right And if you’re wondering if I discovered anything while investigating myself; I didn't.

What I have realized...

I am happy that he has a father and step mom who love him, but I love him too. I am happy that he married a person who does love and cares about Connor. She does help a lot and Connor loves her right back.

I am not happy when his step mom tells me “He is my son, I am the good mother, and that I need to talk to the real mothers in the world, because I am not a mother.” or texts stating "I am going to get MY son ready." Don't prevent me from seeing him then say "it takes more than giving birth to be a mother." Did everyone forget the past 7 years? Or are we only considering the past 2?

I try to get along with step mom for Connor's sake. I have taken her out to dinner, I have been to dinner with my ex and her, I have been cordial, and even on mothers day I thanked her for her help with Connor. I swallowed my pride. No response.

BACKGROUND

In 2009 It was ordered that I would be primary residential parent for my son. 4 months later my sons father moved back to his home state.

For the next several years I raised Connor alone 90% of time. I was a single mother, making nothing, and taking care of a child by myself. I was barely getting by... and I was exhausted.

Despite being angry I understood the importance of the father and son bond. A child needs both parents! We scheduled visits and sometimes Connor would visit for a month at a time.

In 2013 I was laid off from my position at a government contractor. His father decided that he would take him until I got back on my feet. I was happy he offered.

Since I had physical custody and my son had visited before and always brought back: I thought it would be OK to let him go for a long visit.

What a bad idea that was! Soon after that I was slapped in the face… all the way from Wisconsin. He didn't bring him back and he enrolled him in school.

Prior to having a child, I have always made the right decisions; I worked and paid my way through school, I earned a B.S, paid off student debt, and considerably worked my way into a career. I ALWAYS KNEW WHAT TO DO, but with this situation I was out of my league.

This past June I took a long hard look in the mirror. I told myself to stop crying, stop letting people hurt you, stop talking about it; and DO something. I was ready to start the most important fight of my life. The fight for my child to know just how much his mother loves him. I started to save money, I write resumes for extra money, and I was able to obtain a lawyer. I have sheer determination and I doing everything that I can.

I have hired representation, but I have used all of my savings. This is a special case and will be expensive - here's why: UCCJEA

To simplify, it's a law to determine which state would rule over the case. The home state of the state or the state of original jurisdiction.

Obviously this is huge in my situation

On a side note; I have my sons very best interests at heart. I believe that he has individual rights and as parents we have a responsibility. Our responsibility is to ensure that our children grow up in a loving environment, that we guide them into becoming wonderful people, and we lead by example. We protect them and their rights until they grow up and become better versions of us.

What I need: Funding for my fight.

Why I haven't Seen Him: Denied access.

Why I need donations: This is expensive, I want to see my son, I want him to know I love him.

What I will use donations for: Every penny will be spent on my son. Any amount left over will be donated to someone else who is in a similar situation as myself. Pay it forward.

"Married? The Judicial Assault on your Unalienable, Natural Law Rights" ~ Don Mashak

Though this article focuses on the departures from the Rule of Law in the Divorce case of Sandra Grazzini-Rucki vs. David Rucki, this writer takes a broader perspective. That broader being one addressing the importance of enforcing adherence to the the Rule of Law and Due Process; both of which are not only statutory requirements but Constitutional and Natural Law Rights of every person. (Before we go farther, this writer asserts that he would write the same article if the roles of the parties were reversed.) This article is a follow up to the latest hearing relating to this matter from January 10, 2014 and a call to action for the upcoming January 27, 2014 hearing for Lawyer Michelle MacDonald.""
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[The next round in this battle against injustice occurs,Monday, January 27, 2014 at 9 AM Dakota County District Court, 1560 Highway 55, Hastings, MN. State of Minnesota v. Michelle MacDonald Shimota, Court file no. 19HA-CR-13-2934]

Let us begin with an intellectual and emotional appetizer intended to make you non-lawyer types hungry for the rest of the story.

Imagine finding yourself in this scenario, you and your spouse have been married nearly 20 years. You have built a successful business and have five children. To settle the Divorce, you agree to take the family home of 14 years and have custody of your 5 children while letting your spouse have parenting time, the business, and other properties.

Somewhere along the line your spouse sits you and the 5 children down at the table with a gun and says either “you are going to kill everyone” or “you are only going to kill yourself”.

More than a year after the divorce is settled, you find out about a hearing that you were not party to. With no evidentiary hearing or finding of fact, Sheriffs inform you must be out of the house and cannot tell the children why. You drop the children off at school and go home and pack only the one bag that the Sheriff’s deputy will let you pack. Everything else is lost to you. The children are to be taken care of by an undisclosed third party. And you leave your home of 14 years.

A year later, during a hearing to restore the divorce agreement and regain custody of the children, your lawyer is arrested during the hearing for reasons yet unknown and you are told to leave, as obviously the hearing will not continue. You take the files and other property left in the court room so they do not become “lost”. You later learn that after you left, the Judgeresumed the hearing with your lawyer in handcuffs, without glasses, shoes, files or a client….

Later you find that the children are back with your spouse, but two of them have run away and not been seen in months.

That should be enough to get your attention and peak your interest.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

With that literary appetizer consumed, this writer hopes that the reader will find this writer’s perspective unique and thought provoking enough to be moved to action.

This writer sat in the Federal Court room in St. Paul, MN on January 10, 2014 and heard Judge Susan Richard Nelson ask Lawyer Michelle McDonald to produce Case Law Citations from the Federal 8th Circuit Court. As this writer listened, the following thought began to take root in this writers mind:

Can anyone wearing black robes arbitrarily deprive any US citizen of their Unalienable Natural Law Rights?

And with that thought, this writer set about answering this question using this thought process from one of his favorite recurring tweets:

You know those neat tricks & observations they use to catch the bad guys in major media and Hollywood shows? You need to start using them on your government. ~ @DMashak on Twitter (abbreviations & truncations removed)

And so we begin to use those neat tricks and observations to try to make sense of what has transpired and how Federal Judge Susan Richard Nelson should rule.

In the case of Sandra Grazzini-Rucki, the facts of interest to this writer are these....

Family Courts and the Civil Rights Movement

Children's Rights and the Civil Rights Movement