The best way to show the problems with jury-less family courts, where judges rule as potentates and rapacious lawyers control proceedings behind the scenes, is to publish stories of its victims.
The case is Robert Emert and Andrea Schuck. The fight centers on their 16 and a half year-old son, Bryce.
This story adds a dimension of a potentially corrupt criminal prosecution by the Dan Diego DA’s office.
The key to this story is the desire of the son to live with his father, but the mother, backed by family money, has the financial spending advantage.
The story of Rob Emert is similar to many in family court. It begins as a tale of a family torn apart by divorce and swiftly morphs into a Kafkaesque narrative, where truth and justice are subordinate to profits.
Granted 60% custody initially, for Rob, the situation seemed hopeful. But as time passed, the family court tilted inexplicably against Rob. The son, Bryce, consistently says he prefers to live with his father.
The mother’s attorney, David Schulman, knew that the obscure currents of monetary gain and courtroom politics trump a teenager’s preferences in family court.
With no evidence of unfitness as a parent and no substantive change in circumstances, Judge Patti C Ratekin suddenly revoked Rob’s custody rights, awarding the mother full legal and physical custody of Bryce.
Bryce spent nearly a year under his mother’s care. Then Bryce left his mother and went to his father for 14 months. Bryce describes it as a period of growth and stability.
Fueled by the mother’s money and her well-connected attorney Schulman, the DA began an investigation to bring criminal charges against Rob for violating the family court custody orders.
The DA’s investigation revealed extensive email communications between Rob and Luis Pena, the investigator from the DA.
Audio records show a conflicted investigator, Pena, who is heard on tape repeatedly saying family court should handle the case, not criminal court, since Bryce was over age 14 – when the DA typically lets family court take custody matters.
It took over a year for the DA’s office to arrest Rob, claiming he held Bryce hostage and forced him to stay against his will.
The DA charged Rob with felony child abduction under Penal Code 278.5(a), custodial interference [PC 278.5(a)] with “malicious intent” – a felony.
The court denied Rob bail.
The DA suppressed audio recordings between Deputy District Attorney Balerio and Bryce, 16 that reveal
- His desire to live with his father,
- He chose to leave his mother and stay with his dad.
- He could have left anytime.
- His life was going great when he lived with his dad.
- If he could live with his dad, it would solve all his problems.
- Bryce asks for a chance to speak in court to testify he needs his dad.
- Bryce appears mature, articulate, and competent in presenting his views.
In the suppressed recording, Balerio compliments Bryce on advocating for himself and promises she will help Bryce testify.
DA withheld evidence that contradicts DDA Balerio’s statements in support of the abduction charges that alleged Rob held Bryce hostage.
Rob claims the DA’s office promised him that if he took a felony plea, Bryce could return to his home, provided he helped repair Bryce’s strained relationship with his mother, who the boy said emotionally abused him.
Rob agreed, claiming the promised delivery of his son from his abusive mother was one of the decisive factors in his acceptance of the plea deal.
After the court released Rob from jail, he sought the return of his son.
The DA claimed Bryce’s return was never part of the deal.
For the record, Bryce wants to return to his dad and has published videos clarifying his desire and the abusive tactics of his mother.
Rob has audio recordings of calls, which demonstrate the DA promised Bryce could return to his father as part of the plea bargain.
The primary legal issue now revolves around the integrity of the plea agreement and whether the DA breached it.
The DA’s office wants the court to ignore Rob’s evidence and sentence Rob for felony abduction.
Rob wants to present evidence to set aside the plea agreement, clear himself of the criminal charge, and resume his role as an active parent.
The case warrants a fuller investigation.
Here is some evidence.
Emert Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion to
Emert Motion to Stay Family Court Proceedings
Emert updated transcript sept 2022 Luis Pena initial three hour conversation transcribed
Emert BRYCE TRANSCRIPT WITH DDA BALERIO 021723
Louder Bryce conversation with DA (2)
Frank Parlato 
Janine Morrison 
J.J. O'Hara 
Richard Luthmann 
Marie White 
Paul Serran
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Typical subterfuge and misuse of police power. What most don’t know is this is a Public Policy Mandate and is Quasi-Legislative not Quasi-judicial thus, one is placed in dual-potentiality where these cases should be flooding the Legislature Sargent-at-Arms of the Legislature and cases dismissed under the holding in the (NY) Dobson v. Pierce. The federal funds incentives Title IV program directives violate emoluments clause and the holding in the case of Owens.v City of Independence. Just look at what this State did to Block a federal witness from testifying that he did now owe nor was his proposed child given a DNA test which is part of the Title IV-D “demonstration projects” protocols and keeping a federal witness with all evidentiary docs from being placed in evidence in the record knowing, these are not tribunals nor courts of record.. Gross negligence is running rampant and this system needs to be abolished, period! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suMccI8SEvQ&t=37s
Family law Schmamily law. Nuthin family like about any of this bull crap. More like bloody vampiric lawyer who are greedy as hell and soulless and corrupt and bullshit-y law.
Ugly law.
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There isn’t any “investigation” going on here. This is just one side of the story. Where’s the Mom’s voice?
This is a controlled narrative from one perspective. Certainly makes for an easy argument when there is only one side to hear.
As well a crime has been committed by Mr. Emery for which he has plead guilty.
But he continues to use the victim for he is to have no contact with as his excuse for committing the crime and apparently does not want to spend another day in jail. So hence he’s created this circus which is perpetuating further abuse upon the victims for crime he has plead guilty of.
Now if that any makes sense to the general public you’re understanding the truth represented by this lunacy.
The father did not commit a crime. There was no custodial interference. No one was held against their will. This is how they criminalize parents in family court.
The lunacy is denying parents the right to raise their children. And denying children the right to be raised and have relationships with their parents.
Kids are also denied the right to live where they feel safe and loved. It’s child trafficking.
None of these parents are criminals. None of them should have restraining orders to force kids from their care.
Abusers are using the legal system to abuse further.
The father and family locked their gated property and denied access to Bryce for 14 months.
Custody had been granted to Bryce’s mom, the father disagreed and held Bryce against a court order- that is the definition of a crime.
The father has a name
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This article is very one sided. No interviews with the mom or the other child people are mentioning in the comments. This is not investigative journalism. It’s propaganda.
If it was only propaganda the journalist would not have approved your post. If you spent any time looking at the documents you would quickly realize that the dad got railroaded for simply standing up for his and BOTH his children’s rights. The court will not even give the dad an evidentiary hearing because they know what they have done to this dedicated and loving father.
If the mom will participate and work for the good of everyone in the family, this service is free (unlike “family court”). Everyone involved should live long and happy lives and happily ever after.
The mother has. The father has never been satisfied with any agreement
Two years 50/50 and the dad always said 50/50 with the children going back and forth between their homes on an as needed basis for their emotional well-being. The mom says the daughter does not have to talk to the dad but Bryce must live with her under the threat of juvenile determination. I have seen the evidence for this that the court refuses to look at. The dad put a spotlight on the family court cockrroches with a public corruption complaint. The cockrroches didn’t like that and maliciously retaliated and has almost killed the dad with their relentless BS.
Doesn’t the mom have a name ?
It’s accurate and reflective of what’s happening in Connecticut courts- and other family courts throughout our country and beyond.
You don’t force your son into a facility when he lives his dad.
Families are supposed to be United- but not if they need to make money off you. Then separation can go on for a lifetime.
These are predators. This is a playbook. Very obvious and father is being vilified as mothers team steals a son of 17, who has rights as well.
Our civil rights are obliterated by family court. Keep fighting Bryce! Keep exposing and telling your truth!
It’s really unfortunate that you feel like writing this article makes it fact. Even worse that this kind of one-sided storytelling will make people believe that this is what actually happened.
There are many inaccuracies in this story, regardless of your “evidence” and highly opinionated writing. You have no information about the struggle of the mother, and you fail to mention that there are *TWO CHILDREN* (which makes Rob’s relentless attempts for Bryce make you wonder what sick relationship they have while the second child has always thrived with Mom).
You failed to mention that Rob *took Bryce illegally* against court orders from school. Whether he disagreed with those orders, based on his BS “corrupt” claims, he should have followed the procedure to earn time back. Instead–as usual– he thought he was above the law and made bad decisions that ended him in jail.
Bryce wasn’t getting an education during those 14 months because Rob refused to put him in school. This *prevented Bryce* from getting services for his diagnosis from the school.
Rob, capable of getting full employment as a lender, hasn’t held a job in over *8 years*. Instead, he forced his own parents to live in their guest house so that he could take up the Master Bedroom of *their house*.
Rob represents himself often, because his lawyers know better than to deal with his *CRAZY* rantings and incessant documents and emails. This keeps everyone in court constantly, trying to shift through the pile of lies and bull that he continues to spout because he doesn’t have *anything else to do.*
Maybe… He should get a job.
Maybe… You should report accurately instead of spreading lies (and hate).
Maybe… The readers should know that this is one side of a long and brutal, painful battle and they have NO. BUSINESS. chiming in.
Maybe… We can leave this family alone to let them heal instead of ripping them limb from limb and sharing it with the world.
My hope is for Rob to STOP getting his story published. Let people fight their battles, but not at the expense of both sides being dragged through the mud. His story is not unique, and this particular telling is rampant with misinformation (and illegally-obtained recordings).
I hope your readers understand and question their own feelings before they jump to responding and slandering this family further just to join your campaign of hate.
Which morals inform “procedures” for children and parents to “earn” family time?
How long has the case gone on? Who benefited from the case dragging on for so long?
Who took how much money from that family in that “family court” process? How many taxpayer dollars were wasted because of that one mismanaged “family court” case? How many other “family court” cases are that mismanaged in SanDiego? In California? In America?
Bryce could have had his own house by now with all the money spent. And, what did all that money buy instead? 💰 💰 💰
If you do a search of SD Family Court records you’ll find that the father has been the primary factor in the case dragging on, having asked for continuances for new attorneys, health issues, and other factors.
Maybe he’s stressed. That’s what happens to most “litigants” who are no longer parents to their children. Family court turns parents into stressed out shells of their former selves. Family courts are purposely adversarial. No family court case is for free and taxpayers have paid the most for all the harm done for the past 50 years.
Most profit happens when a family with money to spare is stressed. More stress, more problems. More problems, more profit.
Having trouble with your spouse?
Try this Instead:
Choose 5 of the wealthiest attorneys in your state. Send each a bill for $100,000. Cash the checks. Split that $500,000 with your former spouse. You will both have $250,000 to start your new lives. Much better, right?
The mom was probably”stressed” when the child was taken against the court order and kept out of an accredited school. There is a reason for the penal code. It was neglect to have that child miss more than a year of school. But no one is asking the mom her side of this story. And no one is looking at the father he and his family’s extreme parental alienation of the child.
Hey Anonymous,
Bryce is almost 17 and simply wants to go home to the father that raised him. Bryce’s mom says the daughter does not need to speak to Rob but Bryce must speak and live with her. Bryce’s mom says if Bryce does not live with her, he goes to juvenile detention. And, yes, there are recordings to prove this. Rob loves his daughter more than anything and their relationship was always great before this divorce and the daughter only living with Bryce’s mom which makes what happened there pretty obvious to anyone.
Journalists are the watchdogs of democracy. Their role is to hold those in power accountable and to inform the public about the activities of industry and government. This means that they have a duty to investigate and report on corruption, wrongdoing, and abuse of power.
Its amazing, almost everything you said can be proven to be a lie and in the documents section of this article, more documentation will be uploaded to prove you are lying. What’s your real name again?
This story is a simple one. When the divorce hit and Rob initially received 60% custody, he told Bryce’s mom it did not really matter because he offered to let both children go back and forth between their homes on an as needed basis for their emotional well-being. He did this for their daughter, but Bryce’s mom simply refused to do this for Bryce to his extreme detriment.
You say, “makes you wonder what sick relationship they had”. There are so many witnesses that will attest that Bryce truly thieved and recovered from the abuse he suffered from his mother that used him in divorce proceedings and was going to let the system put Bryce in a “facility” because she was just so resentful of Rob and if Bryce didn’t want to be with his mom, Rob couldn’t have him either and a “facility” sounded fine by her.
When there is fraud upon the court, orders are void and null. Lots of case law for this.
Two judges, three family court services reports and two family court services interviews put 60% custody in Robs hands and it was 50/50 for almost two years. Then, Patti Ratekin (the commissioner hearing the case after almost two years) comes in and snakes away all parental legal rights from Rob with no clear and convincing evidence or evidence of unfitness as is demanded by law. It is found out that Patti Ratekins Supervising Judges wife is friends and works with Bryce’s mom and the next supervising judge is a founding member of Bryce’s mom Attorney (Dave Schulman) law firm. Yeah, that seems really fair. Ratekin brings in minor council, Matt Cord, to rubber stamp her narrative to place Bryce in a facility and Bryce’s mom brings in Jesse Olague ( the quack hired gun psychologist) to rubber stamp the “facility” narrative. This is what is commonly referred to as a “kids for cash” scam in the divorce industry.
Rob was on his own fighting this RICO crew for BOTH his children and on the day, he had a massive heart attack (100% blockage of the LAD) Ratekin tried to railroad orders but realized since he was in the ER she needed to wait a few days. After a few days, she reiterated the “facility” narrative and Rob called her out for fraud upon the court. Ratekin then finally recused on this day and backdated an order for supervised visitation and a one-sided default judgement. This order for supervised visitation was a sucker punch because Ratekin realized her and her little RICO crew had been exposed with what you call “illegal recordings”. These are public hearings by the way.
Rob went to the presiding judge at the time, Lorna Alksne, for help and she realized the magnitude of the fraud and simply tried to cover it up and pyramided off of Ratekins corrupt orders. Rob simply asked for a hearing where he could bring his evidence and witnesses and Alksne said no, turn over Bryce first based on the order of supervised visitation. The order for supervised visitation was made the day Ratekin recused and is based on a witness affidavit that witnessed a crime of Bryce’s psychologist. Ratekin just looks like a fool with this order. How does she go to supervised visitation based on someone reporting fraud to the court? Ratekin simply didn’t like being called out and this supervised visitation was malicious punishment. If you say it’s not, lets look at the final judgment of Lorna Alknse who gave Rob ZERO parental rights and ZERO of the family assets. Now, I don’t know in what universe that can be considered fair. It was malicious retaliation and punishment for Rob standing up for his and his children’s basic rights.
Then, the family court lawyers get their cronies over at the DA’s office to prosecute Rob. There is a recording that proves this.
The problem is the DA knew they could never win a case of PC 278.5(a) due to PC 278.7 so they created a “threat” to throw Rob in jail for 90 day to coerce a guilty plea. The plea deal was to let Bryce go home to Rob and Andrea WELCHED on the deal. DDA Balerio knows she can’t win a case against Rob so she is fighting Rob withdrawing his coerced under duress guilty plea.
Bryce was doing fantastic while in Robs care and lots of evidence and witnesses to support this.
Bryce was in the largest home school network in the USA and it was registered with the state.
You should read Robs pleadings and motions to the court as it proves he is not “crazy” ranting.
Rob has worked hard his entire life and the best job he ever had was being a stay at home dad for almost a decade before the divorce.
Bryce’s mom has likely paid close to 250K to beat Rob down. If Bryce’s moms parents stopped paying, and David Schulman stopped stirring the pot for profit, both Rob and Andrea could have resolved this issue easily.
Rob has had ALL of his parental rights snaked away with zero evidence.
Rob has NEVER even received a basic hearing in either the family court or criminal court to call witnesses or bring his evidence and is why Rob has resorted to putting his evidence out to journalists. Rob is simply getting railroaded by a few unethical people.
Robs parents, me, live in a very nice section of our home and it was my idea so Rob could be close to both his children in the main section of our house. I wanted both children to have bedrooms close to each other and close to their dad because I knew this transition was hard for them.
Glenda likes capital letters.
Let people speak. Kid wants to live with the dad. Let him live with the Dad . Stop reunification therapy and the AFCC. Get a job Rob. Get the boy in therapy. Case losed
Stopping Rob from getting his story across? Sounds like suppressing freedom of speech and breaking the 1st amendment. Looks like you want to move to communist China
Said the crazy mom 😂
It’s really maybe
This looks like the same template in the Ambrose case in Connecticut without the pretend barber shop.
How many “family law” attorneys take money from how many families in that same way?
It’s criminal racketeering in a “cash for kids” scheme. Do the feds really not see how children and families are set up to be exploited in the for-profit American family courts?
Guaranteed if the genders were reversed, this dad would make false accusations of sex abuse against the mother.
Guaranteed 100% —if either parent was transgender in any of these custody cases, they’d get more exposure.
This is a system that makes no sense to anyone who uses rational reasoning.
purpose of the system is :
Make people dependent on it, so they can profit from them.
System is going to fuck with every single persons head as much as possible so everyone feels bat shit crazy and then the legal system robs em dead.
Simple Simon.
“Bryce 09:03
It should have been worked out three years ago.”
Who and what dragged it out for so long?
Childhoods and teenage years are precious years. How many family court mongers stole those precious teenage years from Bryce for profit? How much did Mr. Schulman take from that family so far — and for what, exactly?
Good question. They had 50/50 equal shared parenting but the Dad wanted more. He was getting child support and alimony the first two years, the ex wife is. Teacher not much money there. He wanted the son to live with him more for money. And they had an enmeshed relationship, The dad completely parentally alienated the son from his mom. He was the cool dad who let him do whatever he wanted and she was the teacher mom who made him go to school, do his homework, have and take responsibility for things in his life. Because the dad took the child for 15 months with out accredited schooling he will NOT be eligible to apply to college which is what he says is his most important goal. He doesn’t even understand what his Dad has done to his future. He paternal grandmother continues the alienation.
Anonymous, you are not correct. Even when the Dad initially got 60% custody, he told the mom that it does not really matter and to let the children go back and forth between their homes on an as needed basis for their emotional well-being. There is extensive evidence for this. The dad did this for their daughter, but the mom refused to do this for their son to Bryce’s detriment. There is no alienation going on by the dad. Bryce has had a strained relationship with his mom most of his life. She never had the time to spend with him and focused mostly with the daughter. There is even a recording of the mom saying that she was going to put the daughters needs over Bryce’s needs. I will send to you if you want to hear it for yourself. The dad was a stay at home dad for the last approximately 8 years of their marriage. He was a cool dad but also the one who worked extensively with Bryce in all areas of his life including homework. Bryce’s IEP case manager was even a witness for the dad as were many others that attest to the dads dedication as a loving father to both children. Some of these are in the form of affidavits to this effect in the document section of this article.
I am the paternal grandmother and Bryce has been calling me for almost a year now simply wanting to come home. Bryce often needs to vent his frustration about how his mom has simply tried to erase his dad, his dads family and many friends from his life.
Bryce’s dad homeschooled Bryce even when Bryce was in school. During the divorce when Bryce’s mom signed off on the system putting Bryce in a “facility”, Bryce was getting harassed at all ends. By his mom and the attorney and psychologists that were all trying to make money off him and get him to turn on his dad. Bryce begged his dad to take him away from the insanity and for those 14 months, Bryce recovered and was doing fantastic. Now, he is right back in a toxic relationship with his mom and right where he was begging everyone to stay away from. While in his dads care, Bryce excels and always has. While in his moms care, she calls him skinny, ugly and stupid. When Bryce indicated he wanted to live with his dad more, Bryce’s mom said that’s fine but I am going to sell your bed and use your bedroom for something else. Today, Bryce lives in the garage. Bryce had a loving supportive home with his dad and his dads family. Why should a 17 year old be forced to live with his mom when his dad never did anything wrong.
Bryce was homeschooled with the largest homeschool network in the USA and this was registered with the state. Also, Bryce’s dad told the mom and Bryce’s attorney that he would get Bryce to regular school if everyone would simply leave Bryce alone and not try to take him from school. What Bryce’s mom and attorney did was say no to this deal because they would rather try to make the dad look bad by not taking Bryce to school than making a simple agreement that they would not try to snatch Bryce from school. I will forward you the emails to prove this if you like and I will upload them to this site as well.
The dad and the daughter always had a great relationship until the dad was forced out of her life by this kids for cash scam. Once the dad was forced out of her life, she simply did not talk to him anymore. This has crushed the dad, who is my son. It does not take a genius to figure out who the alienator is.
The mom had already tried to get a restraining order on one of Bryce’s best friends and it failed. Now the mom is going about trying to get a restraining order in the family court as a no contact order because she knows a regular restraining order request would again fail. The moms attorney has connections within the family court and got a court hearing date for this within 10 days when the father has to wait six months to try to be heard to fix this mess.
Bryce is almost 17 and simply wants to go home to the family he considers his family. Who are you to say he can’t?
Hmmm. So what’s a good solution? Have they considered 50/50 again with a “nesting” arrangement so Bryce can focus on college prep?
Nesting for people is a recipe for disaster. Let the boy get counseling. Live with his Dad and re establish a relationship with the mother without the pressure of the court.
Years ago, common sense worked better than “counseling”.
Okay
Attorneys and judges are leeches of society. Filthy disgusting rancid.
I think Nicole Kidman likes to eat them fried with grasshoppers, or was that Chris Ambrose who wrote about that on Bones? Get all the rancidos mixed up.
Thank you for exposing the corruption in San Diego and for allowing Bryce Emert and Rob to have a voice. This has happened and is happening to many parents.
Are the same worst judges, lawyers, evaluators, therapists, reunifiers, mediators, supervisors etc. involved in the worst cases in San Diego?
Thank you for your dishonor Lisa. You continue this ridiculous argument by pushing for a side of the battle you clearly don’t know enough about.
What doesn’t she know?
This is so factually incorrect. Also no consent from the legal guardian to post the minor. This is one sided reporting and this article needs to be taken down.
What part is factually incorrect?
Family law isn’t supposed to micro-manage the lives of children and families in just one direction. It looks like he simply wants to:
1. live with his dad
2. visit with his grandmother
California’s new laws let teenagers undergo life-altering major surgeries without parental consent — and yet, when a teen wants to live with his family, he can’t?
American state governments are supposed to serve all people. A hundred years ago in the USSR and in the 1960s in China, governments forced children and families to submit to new laws. Those new laws dictated national cultural and political shifts which enslaved entire nations. Not letting children see their grandparents never turns out well.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB107&showamends=false
Consent from minor dummy
The minor can’t consent by definition, dummy
Great job speaking out Bryce! This is the only way to get Justice!
So sorry your father had to endure this criminal court and sorry for your suffering. You need to be heard and respected- and yes, you should be able to choose what’s best for you at your age.
Isolation from parents is traumatic and abusive. You don’t deserve any of this.
Sadly you’re not alone. Matthew Ambrose is your age with very similar situation. Stay strong. You teens will change the family court system. Keep speaking out!
Speaking out like this won’t get anyone “justice” in a custody case. Following court orders will though.
What kind of “court”?
What kind of “orders”?
ANY purposely adversarial for-profit industry with no oversight and accountability needs oversight and accountability.
These people are criminal.
“ It took over a year for the DA’s office to arrest Rob, claiming he held Bryce hostage and forced him to stay against his will.”
This is such utter bullshit and whoever has the money buys these illegal outcomes.
Our government is a for profit business!
Like the Ambrose teens they want to live with their mother. There was no finding against her and the kids were safe and happy after three years of isolation
The father – couldn’t take it and got a RO on their behalf! Soon dcf followed. The family court scam is going on throughout our country.
These parents who need to criminalize and vilify the other parent because they fail as parents is disgusting.
Ambrose had these teens for three years – says mother abandoned them – and still they have no relationship with him and don’t want to live with him.
In this case the mother had her teen son as well. Kids know what and who they need! Stop the madness. Stop arresting innocent parents — and in Ambrose’s case an innocent relative- using RO’s when no one is in imminent danger is a slap in the face to DV victims.
Listen to these teens!!! End their suffering.
Another example of the “plea” deals that destroy our lives.
The Bolsheviks, Mao’s Cultural Revolution and The German Reich liked to micro-manage families that much, too. Guess who helped organize and fund all of those politics, too.
Thank you for allowing teens to be heard!
Silencing the children is NOT the answer.
Exposing their experiences and listening to their wants and needs is what’s in their best interest.
The “best interest” standard is a way to legally abduct children. That is the only reason it was created. And the person who determines best interests is a LAWYER. A lawyer- a court appointed stranger – who has a “hearsay” clause- which allows them to lie!!!
And has immunity- so parents can never hold them accountable.
Thank you FR for your continuing coverage of these heartbreaking and unnecessary cases.
The abuse done to our children is clear. Judges are indeed evil. No one with a heart would endorse and order such isolation.
The courts silence our children. It is punishing and they will have scars long into adulthood.
Depression, anxiety, self-harm, insecurity, poor school performance, drugs and alcohol are just a few of the outcomes of family court abuse.
Instead of acknowledging wrongs and violation of civil rights, the courts use these outcomes and blame the targeted parent- they exploit the child further with more court appointed services which drug our children, and facilitate further isolation from the targeted parent and extended family.
The abuse is akin to a cult. Where the victims are isolated and made totally dependent on one parent. They need to survive the pain and trauma. And if they try to escape – reinforcements arrive to jail the parent they love. They will do anything to destroy loving bonds in exchange for money.
They must obliterate any reality or memories the children have to prevent federal lawsuits when the turn 18. And keep the racketeering operation at full force.
The family court manajere written here has become an obvious humanitarian issue. Destroy family court politics at all cost. To many innocent people are suffering and someone, like a judge is going to get killed or what about the dogs being killed by these abusive people? How can I help?