An anonymous person, who did not like my story: San Diego DA Bungles Prosecution of Father as Hidden Tapes Emerge; While 16 Year-Old Bryce Emert Battles to Be Heard, made a strongly worded comment.
- The commenter disputes the accuracy of the story and criticizes the one-sided and opinionated reporting.
- They highlight that the story omits the mother’s struggles and fails to mention that there are two children involved, questioning the nature of the father’s focus on one child.
- The father, Rob, is accused of illegally taking one of the children, Bryce, from school against court orders.
- Rob is criticized for not following legal procedures to change custody arrangements, and instead acting above the law.
- During the 14 months when Rob had custody of Bryce, the child reportedly did not attend school, missing out on educational services for a diagnosis he has.
- The commenter alleges Rob has been unemployed for over 8 years, relying on his parents’ support and taking over their house.
- Rob’s representation of himself in legal matters is seen as problematic due to his behavior and excessive communication, which burdens the court system.
- The commenter suggests Rob should find employment, rather than obsessively engaging with the court and the media.
- The reporting is accused of being biased, spreading misinformation and hate.
- There is a call for privacy and healing for the family, instead of public exposure and scrutiny.
- The commenter warns Rob’s story is being unduly publicized and contributes to dragging both sides “through the mud.”
- The story is characterized as not unique and contains misinformation, including potentially illegally obtained recordings.
- Rob Emert’s mother is mentioned as contributing to the continued alienation of the son from his mother.
Rob’s mother makes a reply
By Glenda Emert
I am Bryce’s paternal grandmother. Bryce is almost 17 and wants to go home to the father who raised him.
The commenter mentioned the other child, a daughter. Rob and his daughter always had a great relationship until Rob was forced out of her life by this “kids for cash” scam.
Once the family court forced her dad out of her life, she did not talk to him anymore. This has crushed my son. It does not take a genius to figure out who the alienator is.
Ironically, their mom, Andrea Schuck, says the daughter does not need to speak to Rob, but Bryce must speak and live with her.
Rob was a stay-at-home dad for approximately eight years of their marriage. He was a cool dad but also worked extensively with Bryce in all areas of his life, including homework.
Father’s Commitment Challenged by Threats of Detention for Son
When the divorce hit, two judges, three family court service reports, and two family court service interviews put 60% custody in Rob’s hands.
Rob told Andrea it did not 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.
They shared custody, 50-50, for almost two years.
Bryce’s IEP case manager was even a witness for the dad, as were many others who attest to the dad’s dedication as a loving father to both children.
Rob did not alienate. However, Bryce had a strained relationship with his mom for most of his life. She never had the time to spend with him and mainly focused on her daughter.
Andrea then said if Bryce does not live with her, he must go to juvenile detention. She planned to let the family court system put Bryce in a “facility” rather than let him live with his father because she was so resentful of Rob.
If Bryce didn’t want to be with his mom, Rob couldn’t have him either, and a “facility” sounded acceptable to her.
Father Accuses Court of Bias and Conflict of Interest Amidst $250K Legal Battle
Andrea likely paid close to $250K to beat Rob down.
If Andrea’s parents had stopped paying, and her attorney, David Schulman, had stopped stirring the pot for profit, Rob and Andrea could have resolved this issue quickly.
Instead, Judge William Y. Wood appointed Commissioner Patti Ratekin to manage the case.
Ratekin appointed an attorney for Bryce, Matt Cord, to rubberstamp Andrea’s narrative to place Bryce in a facility.
Andrea brought Jesse Olague (a hired gun psychologist) to rubberstamp the “facility” narrative.
Rob discovered that Ratekin’s supervising judge, Superior Court Judge William Y. Wood, is married to Whitney Hauck-Wood, a teacher at Avaria Oaks. Andrea was also a teacher there at the time. They were good friends.
Judge Wood recused himself and kept it all in the family.
The new supervising judge, Superior Court Judge Margo Hoy was equally conflicted.
Before Hoy became a judge, she worked as an attorney at Moore, Schulman & Moore under David Shulman —Andrea’s attorney.
So Rob was on his own, fighting this RICO enterprise for BOTH his children.
Heart Attack and Legal Turmoil
On the day he had a massive heart attack (100% blockage of the LAD), Ratekin tried to railroad orders but realized that 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 on the court.
Ratekin then realized Rob had exposed her little RICO enterprise with what the commenter called “illegal recordings.”
She recused herself, but in a nod to the “Kids for Cash” RICO enterprise, she backdated an order for supervised visitation and a one-sided default judgment.
Rob went to the presiding judge, Lorna Alksne, for help.
She realized the magnitude of the fraud, tried to cover it up, and pyramided off Ratekin’s corrupt orders.
Rob asked for a hearing where he could bring his evidence and witnesses. Judge Alksne said to turn over Bryce first based on the order of supervised visitation that Ratekin made the day she recused.
The final judgment of Judge Lorna Alknse gave Rob ZERO parental rights and ZERO of the family assets.
I don’t know in what universe anyone could consider that fair.
Then, the family court lawyers got their co-conspirators 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 custodial interference, so they created a “threat” to throw Rob in jail for 90 days to coerce a guilty plea.
The plea deal was to let Bryce go home to Rob, and Andrea WELCHED on the agreement.
San Diego Deputy District Attorney Franciesca Dawn Balerio knows she can’t win a case against Rob, so she is now fighting against Rob’s motion to withdraw his coerced plea.
Bryce’s Plea to Return to Father’s Care
Bryce Emert wants to be heard.Bryce is the victim. He was doing fantastic in Rob’s care, and evidence and witnesses support this.
Bryce was in the most extensive home school network in the USA and registered with the state.
During the divorce, Andrea signed off on the family court system ordering Bryce to live in a “facility.”
He was getting harassed at all ends. His mom, her attorney, his appointed attorney, and the psychologists 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 he left to live with his father. For those 14 months, Bryce recovered and was doing fantastic. He had a loving, supportive home with his dad and his dad’s family.
Now, he is back in a toxic relationship with his mom, which he was begging everyone to stay away from.
While in his dad’s care, Bryce excels and always has. While in his mom’s 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 will sell your bed and use your bedroom for something else. Today, Bryce lives in the garage.
I am his grandmother. Bryce has been calling me for almost a year, simply wanting to come home. Bryce often needs to vent his frustration about how his mom has tried to erase his dad, his dad’s family, and many friends from his life.
Why should a 17-year-old be forced to live with his mom when his dad never did anything wrong?
Now, Andrea is trying to get a restraining order against me.
She has connections within the family court and got a court hearing within ten days when the father had to wait six months to try to be heard to fix this mess.
Bryce is almost 17 and wants to go home to the family he considers his family.
Who are you to say he can’t?
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While there are always two sides to every story, any parent who would pit their child(ren) against the other parent, is just cruel. These types of bitter parents tend to value their own interests over the child’s well-being and will stop at nothing to “win” against or “punish” the other parent. How horrible to make your child choose between parents.
I happen to personally know Bryce’s paternal grandparents. They are very kind and gentle people and after reading all this I know their hearts must be breaking.
It’s a shame this case has gotten to this point and to everyone who has enabled it, as well as those who left their nasty comments, should check themselves in the mirror. Do you like what you see?
There are two sides. But no one is asking Andrea to tell her side. I am sure both sets of grandparents are heart broken. And Glenda Emert has continued the parental alienation of Bryce. Also not following the court order did not work out so well for Mr. Emert as he was denied his motion to dismiss and it revoke his plea and is now on to sentencing. Also not loving the nasty comments. But you said it there are two sides. Maybe Frank should try to reach out to Andrea Schuck and ask her her side.
Ha ha grandma! Heard it was “fuck around and find out” day at Family Court.
The judge ignored Andrea Schucks petty complaints that she filed with the court against the grandmother so not sure what you are laughing about. Also, laughing about a family in crisis shows your character.
Ha ha she’s playing games, so I kind of laugh at her stupid ass.
I’d want to hang with my cool unemployed dad who did not make me do homework too.
Does Gram really want to raise a second generation of unemployed males who live in the main house while she gets the cottage (or whatever)? Is the maternal grandpa still around? Does he care his son can’t keep a job?
Also unclear: if Bryce hates his mom, why stress at the threat of selling his bed?
Sure, crazy evil mom-person. Sell it. I’ll be at dad’s. Knock yourself out, you perimenopausal shrew.
Put another way: Mom’s going to use his room for something else has his Jimmies rustled…but he didn’t want to live in that house or that room? Which is it?
I’d ditch these complaints and stick to the she-threatened-to-send-me-to-The-Facility complaint. That!’s a good one, imo.
However, when my mom was raising my teenage brothers she said (repeatedly) she was leaving and joining a cloistered convent. [She’s Presbyterian, so…uh…ok]. She did not in fact do that. Did Bryce end up in The Facility? I hope not.
This sounds like a cranky mom with a teenager who hates homework and or standardized testing, for whatever reason. She does not sound like a pervert like Ambrose.
The dad has worked his whole life, is college educated and left a career earning over 100k a year to be there for both his young children for half af a 14 year marriage. The dad is the one who extensively helped Bryce with his homework. If you looked at the evidence, you would know better. The dad had so many witnesses that the court refused to listen to. The dad got zero custody after he had a heart attack from the shameless pile on of the kid’s for cash pile on that were trying to profit off Bryce while Andrea Schuck stood by and let it happen.
Are you doing you son’s work for him here? Again?? Wilikers! This is why you don’t get to sleep in your own house, I assume.
If one reads the transcript when he gets out of jail, Rob Emert (speaker 2) sounds like a jabbery, whiny, man-baby. He admits he’s been hanging around with loonies. I think flat earthers are actually mentioned. I hope that’s a joke. Although I kind of would like to read a flat earther post. The mind reels.
Later Emert states (paraphrased) he’s sorry to hear Bryce won’t be able to get into a 4 year college when he graduates…he’ll have to go to junior college because Bryce doesn’t have enough credits. But he [unemployed sickly cool-dad] did what he thought was best.
Perhaps this was helping too much with homework? See, the thing about homework is: the kid is supposed to do the homework, not the parent.
Bryce is almost 17 and clearly a competent and articulate young man. Listen to his words in his postings and his interview with Deputy District Attorney Balerio. Bryce wants to go home and there is no evidence to suggest he can’t. If you look closer, this is a classic kids for cash divorce industry scam where both parents and children are victims. Because the dad called them out with a public corruption complaint, the criminals came raining down on him in a malicious and retaliatory manner and the mom sadly rode that wave to the detriment of her children. Her parents have paid Dave Schulman close to 300k to erase a good father from his childrens lives. There are many witnesses that attest to the dads dedication including teachers and IEP case managers. The mom, Andrea Schuck was arrested for domestic violence and there are text messages that show her alienating ways. There are extensive emails that prove the dad almost always said 50 50 and letting the children go back and forth between their homes on an as needed basis. Schuck is straight up lying. the dad is getting railroaded and can’t even get an evidentiary hearing to prove it and is why he has gone to the media.
They don’t like evidence they prevent it. Anyone blowing the whistle is frawned upon and discredited. Let the kid go to his Dad’s.
Weird, how would you know who did or did not help with the homework and even more strange how you assume to understand the living arrangements or rooms of the house of this family. Bryce has told everyone the truth and he is 16 and clearly competent and kind as he appears in the videos and just wants to go home. Bryce is a great kid and I have personally talked to him a few times, have you? The mom, Andrea Schuck, initially signed off on letting the kids for cash family court players put her son in a residential home because if Bryce did not want to live with her, the dad could not have him either. Apparently, there are recordings that prove this. There is even a recent recording I listened to where Andrea Schuck even said if Bryce runs away, he can’t go live with any of his many families and friends, and she would put him in juvenile detention. Andrea Schuck says that the daughter does not have to talk to the dad but Bryce must live with her and take her toxic ways. I have looked at the documents and the dad always said 50/50 with the kids going back and forth for their emotional well-being. The dad just got hammered because he was a whistleblower on corruption and sadly, Andrea Schuck just rode that wave to the detriment of her children and has had her parents pay over 300k to buy revenge it appears. Hope it was worth it Schucks.
The dad left a 6 figure job? Where are the receipts. Pops made a decision to stop working without consulting his wife and leaned on her to be the bread winner- she’s a teacher in California so you can see how problematic it is to make it on one salary.
So the man baby can’t or won’t hold down a job and now his mom is coming to his rescue in a public arena?
He has time to return to the workforce and refuses to do so. What kind of example is this for his son and daughter?
Oh and once again all these people commenting don’t mention his daughter, nor does he… ever.
His obsessed with Bryce. In an unhealthy way. Don’t worry Dad, he’ll be living on your couch in a few years and he’s never leaving until the bank forecloses on your parent’s home and you are left destitute and homeless without a job.
I know this family and have spoken to Bryce a few times. Andrea was never the sole bread winner. The dad had money and contributed just as much as Andrea was earning. The dad has worked hard his whole life and is college educated. How do you know he is not working? How do you know his relationships with his children? I have read most of the comments in both stories and have even spoken to Rob. Rob got his children kidnapped by a broken family court and Bryce simply wants to go home. Why are you so ugly with your petty attacks.
“she does not sound like a pervert like Ambrose”. Don’t be too sure. Andrea Schuck is the “cool” drama teacher. I was a student at Aviara oaks middle school years ago when Andrea Schuck taught there. There were sex orgies with 7th and 8th graders, which would happen almost every weekend and I know that students reported this to the “cool” drama teacher who never reported it. She was a bit too close to her students then from what I remember. I remember a time where she flipped off her 8th grade students and at the time, I thought it was funny but now as a young adult, I realize it was very inappropriate. I live in the same area still. Andrea Schuck has changed teaching jobs and now works where she went to high school. Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad California. Kids drink and smoke weed in the bathrooms and Andrea Schuck knows it but as the “cool” teacher, does nothing about it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12707877/Eleanor-Hunton-Hoppe-plea-deal-child-porn-sting-Virginia.html
Women can be just as wretched as men.
This lady in this article really takes the cake.
Whoever sexually abuses a child should be punished for destroying their life not just for sexual abuse.
Same thing happened to a woman socialite in Connecticut. It’s all about money and who you know.
A well balanced investigation would have sought out comment from the District Attorney’s office and make note if no comment could be obtained.
This is an opinion piece and should be labeled as such.
Beyond a one sided perspective it alleges complete ignorance of the mother’s situation and her family.
Bryce’s maternal grandfather is 79 years old and still working and not be choice. The ongoing legal complications of this case has forced hardship on Bryce’s maternal grandparents to deal with repeated legal issues stemming from the father and his family who have dragged out every court appearance over 3 years.
The length of the case and complications are due to the father’s continued instance on new attorneys, blaming a heart attack, and other “unforeseen complications” to ask for many many many extensions.
This could be solved to the satisfaction of both parties if the father would meet minimal needs to gain employment and take basic parenting classes to insure Bryce is in school and had access to healthcare.
Bryce could have access to both parents and find support and direction without the backdrop of this dramatic situation.
This does not need to be a zero sum game .
I meant is the *paternal* grandpa in the picture? Not a good typo on my part. 🤦🏻♀️
Family court services granted father 60% custody and custody was 50/50 for two years based on a few judges and a few child interviews. The dad promoted 50/50 with the children going openly between their homes as they only lived about 10 minutes away from each other. Andrea Schuck refused and that is what caused this whole mess and her moron attorney, Dave Schulman, just stirred the pot and used her resentment of her x husband and son to milk her parents for close to 300k. Andrea Schuck was arrested for Domestic violence against Bryce and Bryce’s dad. The family court lawyers hounded a weak DA for criminal charges when the DA investigator said the DA never had a case. There is a recording of the district attorney investigator that proves this. This is a case of malicious prosecution based on a bunch of cronies in the divorce industry.
A “well balanced investigation”. Listen to the recording that Bryce made of him and the prosecutor that the prosecutor withheld from evidence. Her name is Balerio. Bryce tells her he just wants to go home, and he does not have a good relationship with his mom. Listen to the recording between Rob Emert and the San Diego District attorney investigator Luis Pena. The investigator told Rob that the DA never had a case against him. Pena says this several times and a lot more that is just so damaging of the San Diego DA I am sure that is why they continue to harass this man. Both recordings were made without the knowledge of the San Diego DA’s office, and they got caught with their paints down and will stop at nothing to punish Rob for simply telling a few unethical people that he would not let them use his children in their scam that happens to so many families across the country.
… Our judiciary system has almost zero accountability. There are some good bills going around this session, as it is becoming more clear what is happening. But they aren’t enough, and WE need to help our legislators by DEMANDING things change. …
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“Family Courts” … 100% “a Kids for Cash RICO enterprise”.
Bryce, you’re being called names and being demoralized by your mom and the family court jesters. I hope you know you are better than what the monsters portray you as. Many skinny young men grow up to be strong handsome men. Living in the garage? Reminds me of the beautiful Mia, who has to live in a basement during her abuse. Please do like the Ambrose victims do. Document everything. Send all incriminating evidence to the Frank Report. Koodos to this site for trying to save innocent children.
What names? Nobody is calling Bryce names.
The bedroom in question is a loft bedroom with access through the garage and 99% of teenage boys would kill for a detached bedroom.
This is another train wreck. A detention center just like the Ambrose children. Let the boy almost a man live with the Dad.
Are the Ambrose children in a detention center?
Are they still With Chris a
Brose?
Judicial and family court over reach are destroying the lives of our children. It is indeed cash for kids.
The mother preferring her son in a facility over the dad he loves shows her jealousy – the court appointed criminals endorse the abuse of this innocent 17 year old that wants his dad!!!
The 14th amendment gives parents rights to bring up their children.
The family court cash for kids criminal enterprise obliterates constitutional rights.
Thank you FR for your continued dedication to expose nation-wide family court racketeering.
Until the public sees what is happening – nothing will change.
This nonsense of “EXPOSURE” bring a bad thing is false. Silence allows these predators abs criminals to operate in secrecy.
So proud of Bryce and thankful he’s standing like the string young man he is- to fight for his rights!
Well done by his grandma to advocate as well! Thank you🙏🏽❤️