Richard Luthmann
By Richard Luthmann
Judicial Power Run Amok: Family Courts or Judicial Collection Agencies?
On August 14, 2024, Connecticut Superior Court Judge Erika Tindill sent shockwaves through the state. She jailed Nishani Naidoo, a Harvard graduate and corporate lawyer.
Naidoo’s crime? Failing to make a court-ordered payment to her ex-husband’s Stamford attorney, Gary I. Cohen. The sum in question is $37,512.50.
Naidoo, the sole caregiver for two young children, was incarcerated despite her pleas for more time. This case has become a lightning rod for criticism of family court corruption. Recent years detail the growing use of jail time to enforce financial judgments.
Naidoo’s story is about one mother’s struggle and highlights a more profound, systemic issue within the U.S. judicial system, particularly in the family courts. Judges wield unchecked power to jail individuals for unpaid debts—an act many thought had been abolished nearly two centuries ago.
“This is a fundamental family court corruption issue of our time. It is the criminalization of parents already financially drained from the divorce process,” said Peter Syzmonik, a legal and parent’s rights advocate familiar with Naidoo’s case.
“Family Court Judges like Erika Tindill act like seventeenth-century debt collectors with robes. The use of modern-day debtor’s prison needs to stop,” Syzmonik said.
A Judge’s Decision Highlighting Systemic Family Court Corruption
Judge Tindill’s decision came after Naidoo failed to meet a May 1, 2024, deadline to pay Cohen, who had represented her ex-husband. Naidoo, a corporate lawyer with degrees from Harvard University and Columbia Law School, still cannot fully employ her education and experience. Judge Tindill granted her full custody of her children, to who she was the primary caregiver. Years of acrimonious divorce muffled Naidoo’s ability to practice her profession. She was further tied down in the winding up of her previous marital affairs. The Court decreed a rental property to her to be sold to cover her financial obligations and get her out from under the beast.
However, the closing couldn’t come quickly enough. Naidoo explained that the property sale was delayed, and she didn’t have the money to pay Cohen by the court-ordered deadline.
“I asked the judge for more time, but she wasn’t hearing it,” Naidoo wrote in a letter she posted on social media. “I explained that the [sale of rental] property would close at the end of August, and I would pay Cohen in full then. But Judge Tindill refused to listen.”
Naidoo’s offer to make a partial payment of $2,500, the maximum amount she could charge to her credit cards, was also rejected.
“Cohen didn’t want to wait, and the judge backed him up,” Naidoo added.
Despite her ex-husband, Vipul R. Kumar, appearing in court and asking the judge not to jail the mother of his children, Judge Tindill stood firm.
“A judge is supposed to protect the best interests of children, but instead, this one is destroying a family,” Kumar said in court.
Evidently, the right of a lawyer to their immediate fee trumps the fundamental right to be a family.
This is Connecticut Judge Erika M. Tindill’s interpretation of the law.
The Return of Debtors’ Prisons
Naidoo’s jailing has ignited outrage among civil rights advocates who see her case as a return to the era of debtors’ prisons—a practice Congress abolished in 1833. President Andrew Jackson championed the legislation. According to Old Hickory, debtors’ prisons were a clear affront to fundamental rights.
“The personal liberty of the citizen seems too sacred to be held, as in many cases it now is, at the will of a creditor to whom he is willing to surrender all the means he has of discharging his debt,” said President Andrew Jackson in his Third Annual Message, delivered December 6, 1831.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has been vocal about the resurgence of debt-related incarcerations in modern America. In its report, “A Pound of Flesh: The Criminalization of Private Debt,” the ACLU details how thousands of Americans are jailed each year over unpaid debts. The report highlights how debt collectors and their attorneys exploit civil court systems to have judges issue arrest warrants for debtors who fail to appear in court or comply with payment orders.
“This isn’t just about missed payments; it’s about an abuse of judicial power,” said an ACLU spokesperson. “Judges are issuing arrest warrants for people who can’t pay, effectively turning our court system into a tool for debt collection. It’s a complete reversal of the progress made since the abolition of debtors’ prisons.”
Ironically, most of these so-called “fees” are dischargeable in bankruptcy. Had Naidoo and several others filed for federal bankruptcy protection, the automatic stay provision would probably have shielded them from modern-day Debtor’s Prison. But that is an expensive legal solution, one effectively out of reach for most financially depleted litigants and designedly so in most state courts, including family courts.
Judicial Rogues and Calls for Reforming Family Court Corruption
Legal experts argue that cases like Naidoo’s demonstrate the urgent need for judicial reform.
“Judges like Erika Tindill are acting outside the reach of regulation and punishment,” said one Connecticut attorney familiar with the case, speaking under conditions of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
“Their actions are not just punitive; they smack of treason against the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Judges should not have the power to jail individuals for financial hardship, especially single mothers.”
The problem, critics say, lies in the unchecked authority of judges causing family court corruption. These courts have broad discretion to order one party to pay the other party’s attorney’s fees—often after one party is already financially drained from the divorce process.
In Naidoo’s case, despite her ex-husband having already paid Cohen approximately $140,000 in legal fees, Judge Tindill ordered her to pay an additional $37,512.50 as a reimbursement to her husband.
“It’s absurd,” said Parent’s Rights Advocate Peter Szymonik. “This wasn’t about ensuring fairness; this was about punishing someone for being unable to pay a lawyer’s bill immediately. And now, her children are without their mother, all because of a judge’s out-of-control ego.”
This outlet has covered family court corruption and a panoply of judges seemingly “drunk” with the power that they believe their elevation to the bench bestows. This outlet recently covered the despicable activity of controversial New York Divorce Court Justice Ronald Castorina, who threatened an ailing, retired NYPD Detective and 9-11 Responder with debtor’s prison over the payment of attorneys and other fees.
Despicable Judge Castorina Demands Arrest of Ailing 9/11 Responder
In the interests of full disclosure, the author has a pending lawsuit against Ronald Castorina, Jr., for the non-payment of nearly six figures related to services rendered. At the same time, Castorina was a New York State Assembly Member and an elected government official. When paying bills for Castorina, it’s: “Rules for thee, but not for me.” That case is set for a hearing on Thursday, September 5, before Justice Louis L. Nock in Manhattan Supreme Court.
We also recently covered Wall Street Fixed Income Guru David Weigel’s NYC divorce saga. Weigel, a Fiduciary Asset Manager and Columbia University Business School grad, was sent to Riker’s Island for a weekend over a “paperwork mishap” while his matrimonial matter was pending before New York State Supreme Court Justice Tandra L. Dawson, who Attorney Daniel B. Nottes alleges was called the “Bill Cosby of Family Court Judges.”
This outlet also detailed the harm the Connecticut Family Court dealt to Dr. Luigi DiRubba, a celebrated Cheshire chiropractor. Dr. DiRubba had six children, a thriving business, and was worth millions. Now it’s all gone. The victim of at least six “Silver Bullet” false reports by his ex-wife, Annamaria Mongillo, Dr. DiRubba was arrested and jailed seven times. None of the charges stuck, but Dr. DiRubba says his wife’s Cos Cob attorney, Marianne Charles, coaxed the family court to accept these false allegations as if they were Gospel truth.
“I was the victim of multiple Silver Bullet attacks, falsely levied by my ex-wife and coached by her lawyer. But the irony is, in criminal court, I had rights. Now, with family court debtor’s prison, they can throw you away for weeks or months, and you have no recourse,” Dr. DiRubba said.
Wall Street Guru Dave Weigel echoes these sentiments.
“Your legal obligation to pay has no relationship to your economic ability to pay. The legal fiction is pure insanity that has no basis in economic reality. In my case, I presented a purely financial analysis based on hard numbers that would stand up to scrutiny by any regulator. The family court ignored the numbers and compared apples to oranges. In my business, that’s called financial fraud. In family court, it’s called a Decision and Order, the hammer of the racketeering business model,” Weigel said.
The issue is garnering national attention and is coming to a head in places like New York City, where criminals can beat store owners and rob thousands of dollars of goods and then are released on “no cash bail” hours later by New York State Supreme Court Justices. However, honest, hardworking, taxpaying citizens like Dr. Sanjay Tewari, a pediatric anesthesiologist who focuses on helping children with special needs, are thrown away for days and weeks based on a family court civil contempt order.
NBC4 NY’s renowned investigative journalist Sarah Wallace and the I-team uncovered apparent corruption and misconduct by New York State Supreme Court Justice Kathleen C. Waterman-Marshall in Manhattan divorce court. Over six complaints to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct allege malfeasance, due process, and ethical violations.
According to the I-Team report and the New York County Clerk’s Docket for Geeta Kohli v. Sanjay Tewari, Index No.: 365297/2021, Dr. Tewari was ordered into “Debtor’s Prison” at Rikers Island for weeks because he could not immediately pay over $135,000.00 in attorney’s fees to Blank Rome LLP attorneys Brett Scott Ward and Grace Chamoun.
Dr. Tewari alleges that the financial interests of attorneys and court-appointed persons in the New York State Supreme and Family Court system are prioritized over the well-being of their clients and their families. His proof is, among other things, the two weeks he spent at Rikers’ Island for a civil legal bill, jailed for contempt while representing himself pro se and never having been afforded appointed counsel to represent him.
We contacted tax-payer-funded press representatives for the Connecticut and New York Judiciary (in NY, the Office of Court Administration) for comment about the implicated judiciary members. As of press time, we have not received a response.
Reporters from this outlet also contacted attorneys Gary Cohen (Naidoo), John Z. Marangos (Simonetti), Daniel B. Nottes (Weigel), Marianne Charles (DiRubba), and Brett Scott Ward and Grace Chamoun of Blank Rome LLP (Tewari) for comment. We also asked if they viewed it as legally justified: A) Debtor’s Prison for unpaid legal fees and B) the Death Penalty for Treason. As of press time, we only received a response from Attorney Gary I. Cohen of Stamford, CT.
“Just to be clear: The $35,000 that Attorney Naidoo was ordered by the trial judge to pay to me was a reimbursement to her husband as a sanction against his lawyer-wife for the out-of-pocket legal fees he incurred in responding to his wife’s litigation misconduct. I was merely the conduit for delivering that reimbursement payment to Mr. Kumar. The trial judge made it very clear on the record that her incarceration order was NOT requested by me or my client; but was ordered sua sponte by the trial judge, because of Attorney Naidoo’s refusal to comply with previously entered orders of the court,” Attorney Cohen said.
We have not received a response from any of the other attorneys.
We sought comment from the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct and its counsel, Robert H. Tembeckjian. Reporters asked about pending complaints against Justices Castorina, Dawson, and Waterman-Marshall. We also sought comments about the Commission’s and Attorney Tembeckjian’s impotence because of Executive Branch budgetary dependence and political corruption. As of press time, we have not received a response.
The Devastating Impact on Families
As we see from the Weigel, DiRubba, Tewari, and now Naidoo cases, the consequences of a parent’s imprisonment extend far beyond their own personal hardship.
“My children are suffering because of this,” Naidoo wrote in her social media post before her arrest. “If I am put in prison for not being able to come up with $37,512.50, who will take care of my children? I will have a criminal record and will not be able to get another job. And all of this will be because I asked for a few more weeks for the property to be sold so I could make the payment I am being forced to make.”
Naidoo’s fears have become a reality. According to reports, she lost her six-figure job as a corporate lawyer after her arrest, and her children are now without their mother. The devastating impact on families is one of the most troubling aspects of these judicial decisions.
“Judges are supposed to protect families, not tear them apart,” said Jill Jones Soderman, a family rights advocate and founder of the Foundation for the Child Victims of the Family Courts. “When a judge decides to jail a parent over a financial dispute with an attorney, they are causing irreparable harm to that family.”
Jones Soderman has dealt with family court corruption and debtor’s prison as Executive Director of the FCVFC, which has their own “Rogue’s Gallery” of crooked judges and lawyers.
“Judges are not just arbiters of justice; they’ve become bill collectors for court-appointed minions who prey on vulnerable families,” Jones Soderman said. “The system is rigged to benefit those who thrive on conflict, leaving parents who can’t pay court-appointed bills to face the threat of jail.”
Jones Sodeman says that court-appointed attorneys, GAL, therapists, and other personnel are squarely to blame.
“Court-appointed therapists and guardians ad litem are creating chaos, pitting families against each other while profiting from the destruction they cause,” Jones Soderman said. “Judges are part and parcel to the billing pipeline tapping into federal funds under Title IV-D and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by ordering appointments of preferred vendors who are then able to bill the taxpayers for unlimited and scarcely regulated services that are antithetical to the well-being of children, families, and society as a whole.”
In a shocking investigative report, Frank Parlato previously detailed the mechanics of this corrupt billing system by comparing the court-submitted billing of Connecticut GAL Jocelyn Hurwitz to dishonest and fraudulent billing touted by Westport’s “tough-guy” divorce lawyer Edward Nusbaum.
A pathetic and small man can be a telephone tough guy and threaten a journalist that he will “Put Your Face Into the Pavement.” But recent rulings by Judge Tindill, Justice Waterman-Marshall, and other rogue judiciary members have irrevocably tainted the public’s perception of the justice system and family court corruption.
Not only did Edward Nusbaum rob a single mother, Karen Riordan, of thousands of dollars of demonstrably unearned legal fees. Now, Connecticut law says that if the poor woman fails to pay every red cent, she can be thrown into modern-day Debtor’s Prison over the whims of a judge.
The same is the case in New York. How thoroughly did Justice Waterman-Marshall review Blank Rome LLP‘s billing before she called for Dr. Tewari to get onto the bus to Riker’s Island, where his life was immediately at risk?
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. The law firms that benefit from these “judicial collections practices” are the most significant contributors to the election and reelection campaigns of the judicial figures involved.
Is family court debtor’s prison “rigged” to benefit any group more than the rogue judiciary?
How to Curb Judicial Abuse and Family Court Corruption?
Advocates, including Szymonik, are pushing for legislative reforms to curb judges’ unbridled power to jail individuals over civil financial disputes. Some states have already taken steps to curb these abuses. Illinois, for example, has passed legislation prohibiting courts from issuing arrest warrants in civil debt cases and requiring the release of debtors on their own recognizance if they are arrested.
“We need similar laws in Connecticut and across the country,” said Szymonik. “The power of judges to jail family court litigants over fees for lawyers, guardians ad litem, and other court-appointed personnel needs to be reined in. We can’t allow this kind of abuse to continue.”
Calls for reform have also highlighted the need for greater oversight of family courts, which critics say are particularly prone to judicial overreach.
“Family courts are supposed to be about protecting the best interests of children and ensuring fairness between parents,” said an unnamed Connecticut family law attorney. “But in reality, they are often battlegrounds where judges can impose their will without real accountability.”
These debtor’s prison cases, among others, have prompted calls for judicial impeachment and removal of judges like Tindill, Castorina, and Waterman-Marshall. These judges engage in what critics describe as “judicial treason” against citizens’ fundamental rights.
“When a judge abuses their power to jail someone over a civil financial dispute, they are betraying their duty to uphold justice and protect individual rights,” said David Weigel. “That behavior is not just unethical; it’s a violation of the Constitution and deserves the harshest penalties, including impeachment and removal from the bench. Family court litigants in New York and elsewhere should not step back in front of these corrupt judges unless this entire system is meaningfully overhauled.”
But where can the aggrieved go for meaningful recourse? As stated above, official judicial complaint bureaus draw the claims that they are corrupt, impotent, and even complicit with the rogue courts. What can be done when the so-called watchdogs are just another arm of the troubled beast?
‘Judge Crater Call Your Office’: How is Immediate Change Possible?
Family court corruption and Debtor’s Prison cases are a stark reminder of the ongoing issues within the U.S. legal system regarding debt-related incarceration, highlighting the need for reform to protect individuals from being jailed for financial hardships. Lawmakers and advocates must address the underlying issues that allow for the criminalization of debt in modern America.
The time has come to handcuff the unchecked power of judges like Erika M. Tindill, Ronald Castorina, Jr., and Kathleen C. Waterman-Marshall, whose actions have crossed the line from sober judicial discretion to drunk-wuth=power judicial abuse. The jailing of cash-strapped litigants – parents in family court proceedings – is an outrage that cannot be allowed to continue.
Legislative reforms must be enacted to protect individuals from these abuses, and judges who violate the public trust must be held accountable through impeachment and removal. Anything less would betray our nation’s foundational principles of justice.
But legislative reforms take time. In 1831, President Jackson called for the abolition of Debtor’s Prisons. It took two full years for Congress to send him a bill to sign.
The looming question remains: How is Immediate Change Possible? Naidoo, Simonetti, and Tewari are not the first victims of Modern American Debtor’s Prison. But can they and others afford to sit in jail while our system is broken? Impeachment and removal of out-of-control judges are effectively off the table. The judiciary branch’s self-discipline process is a joke.
What is the people’s recourse against out-of-touch, rogue, egoistic, and harmful judges who are drunk on their own power?
Let’s look to history for guidance.
Judge Joseph Force Crater’s mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930 remains one of the most infamous unsolved cases in American history. It cast a long shadow over New York City’s judiciary and political systems. The case is also a powerful case study of the power of the media to inform and modify public perceptions and government behavior.
At the time of his disappearance, Judge Crater, a New York State Supreme Court Justice, was caught in the crosshairs of a corruption investigation that was beginning to shake the foundations of Tammany Hall. This powerful Democratic political machine controlled much of New York City’s politics. His vanishing act, coming just as investigators were beginning to delve into corruption within the judiciary, raised numerous questions about the integrity of New York’s courts and fueled widespread speculation about ties to organized crime, including Crater’s ties to the notorious Murder, Inc.
Crater’s disappearance occurred when New York City was awash in corruption scandals. The Seabury Commission, tasked with investigating corruption in the courts, had just started its work, and Crater was rumored to be involved in the very corruption the commission was targeting.
His sudden vanishing led many to believe that he had fled to avoid exposure or had been silenced by influential figures seeking to prevent him from revealing damaging secrets. Crater’s connections to Tammany Hall, the political force behind his rapid ascent to the bench, only deepened suspicions of his involvement in illicit activities. In many ways, the media’s coverage of Crater’s disappearance ended Tammany.
Media coverage was relentless, with front-page headlines fueling public fascination and outrage. The press quickly dubbed him “The Missingest Man in New York,” the story became a nationwide sensation.
Crater’s high-profile status and the ongoing corruption investigation made his disappearance more than just a personal mystery; it symbolized the deep-rooted corruption that plagued New York’s judiciary and political landscape.
The investigation into Crater’s disappearance unearthed several disturbing leads. Two of Crater’s briefcases, believed to contain incriminating documents, vanished along with him. Witnesses linked Crater to organized crime figures, including Jack “Legs” Diamond and Arnold Rothstein, both notorious for their involvement in New York’s criminal underworld. Further suspicion arose from Crater’s reported connections to Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of the mob, which was known for carrying out contract killings on behalf of organized crime syndicates.
A later revelation by Stella Ferrucci-Good, the widow of an NYPD detective, implicated Charles and Frank Burns, both with ties to Murder, Inc., in Crater’s murder and alleged that his body had been buried in Coney Island.
Crater’s disappearance also highlighted the murky intersection of the judiciary and organized crime, casting doubt on the impartiality and integrity of New York’s courts. The grand jury convened after his disappearance ultimately failed to produce any conclusive findings, underscoring the difficulties of investigating corruption that permeated so many levels of power.
Judge Crater’s case remains an enduring mystery, emblematic of an era when political corruption and judicial malfeasance were rampant in New York City.
The parallels between today’s broken family court system and its civil Debtor’s Prison are hard to miss. Today, family court corruption and political and judicial malfeasance are rampant nationwide.
The Crater case also serves as a paradox. Despite the extensive media coverage and public scrutiny, the truth about Crater’s fate has never been uncovered. A legacy of unanswered questions and suspicions about the depth of corruption in New York’s judiciary during that time remained.
However, the extensive media coverage did serve to almost immediately end the rampant political and judicial corruption – far better than the Seabury Commission or any grand jury. The sunshine cast by the Fourth Estate almost overnight rendered the Tammany system impotent. That is the power of media.
We would be remiss if we did not point out that the presumed violence and death of Judge Crater is unacceptable in a civilized society. No one, not even corrupt officials who have caused harm to many, should fall victim to the violence of organized criminals, vigilantes, or the mob. To have a justice system, we must trust in justice.
Indispensable to justice is a free and open press and the liberty to freely converse, newsgather, publish, and exchange ideas. To that end, if you are unhappy about family court corruption and modern-day Debtor’s Prison and want immediate change, our system has only one answer: Media Scrutiny.
America’s free press tradition is robust. More than any other factor, it has been the driver of immediate, substantial, and lasting social change. The Fourth Estate’s clarion call remains constant: Contact us if you are aggrieved or wronged and have nowhere to go. We will listen. Journalists can tell your story. Each voice is another note in the chorus. We can all play a role in meaningful change.
If you are reading this and want to formally and finally abolish the heinous practice of Debtor’s Prisons in the United States, you can. Help our reporting by raising awareness of this issue and putting faces and names to this judicial crisis.
Richard Luthmann is a writer, editor, and investigative journalist.
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Great Reporting. I am a Waterman-Marshall victim, 30 days in Rikers. The law firms have to be investigated. They are paying judges.
The word is dirubba doesn’t pay child support.
That my be so or may not be but the word is his wife stole through chicanery his right to see his children.
3 are adults and made choices for themselves. The GaL called the prosecutor office ( rumor has it) which falls in line with the marking of DV cases. Julie Monique went to the police with over 209 texts. The prosecutor office said they needed more proof. She is dead. Mawhanny’s former wife reported sexual assault and feared for her life. Dismissed by prosecutors office and the court. One thing is for sure Luigi’s Cash went to the family court Mafia. Did Anna Marie brainwash the kids? In the state of Connecticut if children become estrangement from a parent because of the parent’s own choices and behaviors it’s called alienation. The AFCC information confirms that there is no difference in the investigation. If a child shows apprehension or resistance they continue to proceed with reunification therapy. Best interest standards in the state are based on the MOU for fatherhood funding. They early work of therapist focused on the evaluation of estrangement v “alienation”. The AFCC and alienation industry has bypassed this. Ann Marie has not responded neither did the adult children in that case. There is no focus on the family dynamics leading up to the filing of cases. There are many reasons not to call the police, there are many reasons to stay in an abusive partnership. The risk of having your children taken away. There is financial insensitive to keep parental alienation alive in the family court. The family court filings in that case were never going to end. There is a whole under ground father’s rights movement in the nation especially to get out of paying child support. The entire country is financially bleeding for the errearage. All of the equal and shared parenting/ parental alienation crew has been complaining about the child support. A primary focus of the group is to apply diagnosis to people reporting DV and sexual assaults. As well as discrediting them. Like Ann Marie anyone showing up in family court system concerned about the other parents and not agreeing to split custody is a malicious alienator. Frank, I urge you to look a little deeper in to the people you are supporting. Granted the system is currupt and a real mess. So is the fight to fix it.
doesn’t take much to dig in a little deeper.
https://frankreport.com/2022/04/12/atty-marianne-charles-screams-i-want-my-f-king-bill-paid-at-ct-family-court-judge-james-kenefick/
https://frankreport.com/2023/03/13/custodial-interference-and-court-sanctioned-kidnapping-alleged-in-connecticut-family-court-case/
https://frankreport.com/2023/04/12/ct-family-court-judge-jane-grossman-attorney-marianne-charles-accused-of-unethical-practice-in-dirubba-case/
https://frankreport.com/2023/04/12/low-standard-of-evidence-in-abuse-claims-exploited-in-silver-bullet-divorce-trend/
https://luthmann.substack.com/p/ct-family-court-condones-bogus-abuse
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Feb 16, 2023Date Filed Document Text; April 3, 2023: Filing 9 Consent to Electronic Notice by Luigi DiRubba (Attachments: #1 Envelope) (Peterson, M) February 17, 2023: Filing 8 NOTICE TO COUNSEL/SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES : Counsel or self-represented parties initiating or removing this action
This is the majority of the problem in Connecticut family court. The court dismissal of charges without a real investigation. A phone call to the prosecutor office by someone. Saving on prosecution cost. There is a bypassing of best interest standards and constitutional rights to distract from alligations. The state appears to be not handling domestic violence only in extreme cases such as death. The majority of the women complaining in the state is the ignoring of the original complaints and the horse race for appointment. The eyes and ears of the court. Deaf , dumb and blind. Which often amounts to suppression of evidence. The state legislation guided by the men’s rights groups buying the judicial system. “All father’s to be engaged in the lives of their children”. No matter the circumstances and let’s blame the mother or grandmother.( 2019 fatherhood strategic planning) Fatherhood to take presentence over criminal matters in the 2019 fatherhood strategic planning. These are blanket applications. The attorneys are aware of all this. Everything is parental alienation. Women in Connecticut are relentlessly attacked by the family court. How many times have they heard” your abuse doesn’t matter “. Everything including sending snacks with the kids is interfering in the relationship. The three adults children are likely to afraid to call speak out along with Ann Marie. All of this is at a profit for the state of Connecticut and family law attorneys.# federal funding buying custody.
As we can see you choose not to look at the facts but thank you for your illogical non factual delusional statements sauteed with gaslighting undertones. Unfortunately there’s neither the time or enough crayons to explain that to you and your minions.
These are the facts. What minions? Complaining about the court ignoring abuse? The presentence of a gender of parent over criminal matters? There will never be enough facts for you. Everyone going to court with a complaint is a liar? Trying to discuss facts to a person who doesn’t want to face them. It’s like playing chess with a pigeon they just kick all the pieces off the board and shit on it. Then declare themselves the winner.
Gaslighting? These are the facts based on the information available. Are you the same guy who thinks Jennifer is still alive. Leaving her mother, best friends and five children so legislation can be passed to stop and help people with domestic abuse? Are you the same guy who thinks Fotis Dolus who remained in the marital home with his girlfriend, used Jennifer’s family finances and dumped bloody clothing all over Hartford is a victim? Or are you the woman who believes pretty much all women going to court that have been abused and or their children are all liars? The court is doing all this to profit off child support? In a country $113 plus million in dept for non payment of child support is just posting funding that doesn’t exist for shits and giggles?
Correction 113.5 BILLION. I think may Americans would be a little upset that their taxes are being spent especially for parents who can afford it. The judge who flipped out about the father who was refusing to pay. The judges all know about the large amount of money our nation is having to burden the rest of society. The men’s groups are coaching one another on the loopholes. Like going to court without an attorney for child support matters. There is a difference between Gary Cohen getting paid quickly then a person playing games with family court costing working in America to pick up the tab. Many have to wonder are some people really fighting for their children or angry because they didn’t get what they perceive they bought and paid for?
Now they these types of people are angry because people are becoming educated on how the laws work. Protective parents, especially mothers have been in the dark about family court for decades. Placed in the dark about legislation to place a gender above another because of the nation’s financial matters. The legal industry is taken advantage of the entire mess. Including the state of Connecticut. Is best interest a government intrusion?
Best interest standard is being failed in the state. A record number of deaths in DCF on William Tongs watch. DCF is partnered with the MOU. Is refusing to pay child support to get back at the spouse or state. Child support is attached to having access and visitation with no guard rails.
Automatic court orders are not freezing assets it places things on hold until the entire mess can be figured out. Fatherhood is not an excuse to be absolved of responsibility of criminal conduct. It should not be an excuse to drop domestic violence charges or turn a blind eye and not investigate. These Gals are partnered with the judicial branch in the public defender’s office. A good look at the Connecticut appropriation committees should be had. All of these people are partnered with the MOU bringing money into the state.
Let’s ignore all of this because I have court ordered child support. Let’s ignore all the grant money and $500 million dollar donations to fathers’ rights collages promoting women as the problem in marital disillusions and father child’s failed relationships. Gender profiling mothers and grandmothers as the focus of the problem in 2019 fatherhood strategic planning while we place new wives/partners and dad’s parents on a pedestal.
We are a long way off from fixing the family court because we want to ignore domestic abuse in households.” 99 percent of these disputes are disagreements”.” 99 percent of these accusations are false.” Let’s use parental alienation to cover the entire problem of domestic violence up.
I’m going to venture to guess Jennefer lost her life because the bogus custody evaluation was tossed out. If you want to fix family court start prosecuting the GALS and custody evaluators. He was attempting to use parental alienation to gain custody and get child support. This appeared to be a man who could not maintain the lifestyle without Jennefer’s family money. Using his children to receive money and assets. Brought Michell into it with the help of the Attorneys. Using the fatherhood initiative just like many men in Connecticut. This is the AFCC playbook and men’s rights playbook.
Did Julie Minogue die because of placing fatherhood over criminal matters? I fear so. Are women losing custody when claiming abuse without a real investigation by GALS and bogus custody evaluations, I fear so. Is Ned Lamont appointing the new Supreme court justice nomination to keep the fatherhood gravy train going in Connecticut, I fear so. Are people pretending to want to straighten family court trying to cover the funding up, I fear so. Are all kinds of people misusing Connecticut judicial system including politicians, I fear so.
We do not have black and white problems. We have people problems. We don’t have Jewish problems. We have using religious organizations in government affairs problems. Connecticut is not woke. Gay, straight, they, them, he , she, white , black/brown, Hispanic, Pacific islander, put people who are quilted in the job. Put the most appropriate person on the job. We have plenty of discrimination in Connecticut it’s just not the usual kind.
In the interest of cleaning up the court house and child safety. Connecticut’s PA “expert” has a degree in government according to her publicized divorce. I’m sure she is well aware of the welfare reform and can explain it to Peter if she hasn’t already. The documents on non custodial parents and the likelihood of not paying child support if you have not seen your children. It written in the original paperwork. Access and visitation grants as well as supervised visit. The local PA expert I believe ran a visitation center. What has her non profit received in funding?
all in the best interest of their pockets. just a bunch of sleezeball.
The local Person must be making money through the nonprofit. They usually recommend AFCC GALs.
You be the judge. I put together the “evidence” on one of Tindall’s findings that Naidoo was in contempt. There is clearly something going on here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WjtqiGpgm9iXfnuDCiGXZFITXQF8jBN_/view?usp=sharing
[…] Luthmann And we and I talk about it in my article that I recetly published on the Frank Report, and my article talks about the pattern that we have here with that out of control judges. One of […]
The judge used a child support enforcement order to jail the mother. The mother is the sole provider for her kids! This money she is being jailed for was for the support of Gary Cohen!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14CBB0k8SNvAPBW2o4dUwxWF6obvam7Am/view?usp=drivesdk
They are all a bunch of filthy swines filled with maggots
https://medium.com/@info_6724/types-of-parental-gatekeeping-impact-on-a-childs-well-being-2e25d6c89d34
The entire judicial system needs reform including the corrupted Rules of Professional Conduct.
In the beginning, you think it’s smart to hirer some lawyer… but your life literally becomes 10 times worse after you walked into that private law firm.
What rules of professional conduct? If someone grieves a lawyer all that usually happens is a slap on the wrist and maybe a CLE order at worst.
The legal profession is the only profession that regulates itself. It is akin to allowing a convicted rapist to be the warden of a female prison.
The Bar association is running the state. DOJ is run by the Attorney generals. William Tong vice president of attorney generals. No investigation and no enforcement of professional conduct. The policy and legislation to continue the entire mess.
Tragic
When you file for divorce in Connecticut, possibly the US you loose control of your own life. Your children become a pawn in the game. Best interest standards are a complete joke. You are subjected to costly procedures if there is any disagreement. It’s as if you are being punished severely for a marital breakdown. They love to use excuses like you married him/her. There is absolutely no comprehension that people can and do change. Situation become intolerant. People can fail to recognize an abusive partner, until something really bad happens. Our legal system has become preditory. Judges become unreasonable and maliciously punish people for the benefit of their comrades. It’s been the better part of 3 years I have followed the Frank report. Nothing other than legislation to cover the mess up has happened in Connecticut. The bar association has more influence over the politicians. The bar association is been the priority of the judges. The system has become unreasonable, unethical and the attorneys along with the state are benefiting off it. If you continue to allow these politicians back in office you are contributing. Rubber stamping the politicians is rubber stamped more of the same.
This is only true if the couple who seeks dissolution of their marriage has money. Once it is determined they have money all these so called professionals with their grossly inflated fees swarm the family and feed off them u til there is little to nothing left.
If, on the other hand, there is no money in the marital estate, you are sent to family relations and everyone pushes you to settle your case as soon as possible because there is nothing to feed off.
spot on.
There is a monitary gain to the state in some cases. There are cases were there is no visible income. There are PPE loans, benefits that pay for legal representation outside of personal resources. If you are going to fix family court you need to look at all the contributing factors. There are low income residents that this is happening to. Middle class as well. Only the monitized cases are being focused on that is the problem with Peter Syzmonick , he likes to ignore things that don’t suit his argument. Takes a disliking or ignores people who are trying to point it out. This case is ridiculous, they could have waited for payment. The judges took a disliking to her. It possible in this economy even with a good job she could have a cash flow problem. We don’t know her personal financial responsibilities.
Cohen is a Jew.
Just saying.
That’s right out of the Paul Boyne Hornbook on Connecticut Family Law.
Alex Cuda, who misused Jennifer’s law and got Ambrose the kids is NOT Jewish. He is Italian.
The unscrupulous lawyers in the CT family court game come from all religious and ethnic denominations.
Sorry, but Jennifer’s law was NOT misused in that case. Anyone who thinks it was misused is blissfully ignorant of what Riordan was doing all along.
That’s a lie Chris. Everyone knows Chris Ambrose is a Child Molester and a Psychopath:
https://luthmann.substack.com/p/child-molester-and-psychopath
I’m not Chris. 🙂 you do understand that Frank has more than one reader of his blog, right?
Ok. Then state why the Ambrose v. Riordan case is a valid application of the letter and spirit of CT Jennifers’ Law. Go.
Kinda interesting that Day Pitney got millions in PPP loans prior to O’Neil becoming a judge. Put him right in the hear the Ambrose/ Riordan case. Fresh in the bench ruled in favor of Cuda’s use of Jennifer’s law.
Richie, when are you going to be televising your deposition of incorruptible_bk exposing how he/she/it/they have been collaborating with Ambrose, tortious interference, human trafficking, blah blah blah?
Will that be before or after you convince the judge to rescind your guilty pleas?
Now that I’m off paper, I don’t even have to play with the courts. Bad people, like Judge Crater, tend to take a swim in the East River. Today, it’s legal or social “disappearance.”
I’ll be there to cover it.
But like 10 people have already said Ambrose is a special case…
And I guess I don’t know who Impotent_BK is. So how would I know if he went for a swim?
The law was properly applied because Riordan and her gang was coercively controlling the children with emotional abuse Just like a cult leader uses coercive control to manipulate/force followers to do their bidding. It’s not difficult to understand.. She and her flying monkeys were controlling those poor kids like puppets on strings.
Ahhh. Mind control. I see. So Jennifer’s Law stands for the proposition that Mind Control is the ultimate form of child abuse? To the exclusion of sexual penetration, the promotion of underage drinking, statutory rape, and physical restraints on children?
I guess I stand corrected. I didn’t read any Mind Control provision in Jennifer’s Law. But I guess your Mind Control interpretation of the law was also Judge Thomas J. O’Neill’s understanding. So does the physical reality actually matter under Connecticut Law, or has the Nutmeg State gone full NAMBLA in its protection of children from abusers?
https://luthmann.substack.com/p/how-is-wealthy-elite-christopher
I didn’t say mind control.
I said coercive control and manipulation. Jennifer’s law does pertain to coercive control.
How can you write about family courts when you are ignorant about how many litigants suddenly claim child abuse when a divorce doesn’t go their way? Silver bullet technique.
Riordan made zero abuse complaints until she was slapped with a 90-day no contact order. then all of a sudden her ex husband was the face of evil?
How convenient.
Everything was investigated, found to be unsubstantiated, and one child even told the investigators that the mother instructed him to lie or he would never see her again.
I know you , like Riordan, have a personal vendetta against CA so really you should cease trying to make any “journalistic” commentary since you are incapable of being objective.
I don’t have a personal vendetta against Christopher Ambrose. It is a very public, civil, and religious disdain.
I believe, like many professionals and law enforcement, that Christopher Ambrose is a narcissistic, manipulative abuser of women and children. He has sexually penetrated his children. He employs DARVO to cover his tracks.
I believe he should be charged, and after a speedy and public trial, he should receive the death penalty. Then, he should spend eternity in Hellfire.
That is not personal. That a pedophile deserves the death penalty is a valid legal position.
That an unrepentant pedophile should burn in Hell, removed from Christ’s love for all eternity is Catholic Church teaching.
Chris Ambrose should stop his evil ways, come clean, and repent. I pray for his soul.
Until he does these things, his children deserve the protection that only media scrutiny can deliver.
The teenagers as alleged victims had the right to testify and Ambrose continues to silence them to protect himself.
He’s a sick person who takes pleasure in dominating and controlling his ex wife and teenage children.
Richard, are you really this dumb or are you just pretending?
What do you base your penetration claim on?
That comment where CA said something like he could say something that would really dig in, as in “making a dig”?
So I guess if I said “boy, that person really made a personal dig at me today” on the FR that means they penetrated me sexually?
😆😆😆
Get a grip and stop playing dumb.
You do have a personal vendetta because didn’t he report you to your parole officer or something? After that, you kind of went nuclear on him. Or tried to. It’s been very transparent.
DCF records previously published that specifically refer to Christopher Ambrose’s sexual penetration of at least two of his children.
https://luthmann.substack.com/p/child-molester-and-psychopath?utm_source=publication-search
The teenagers as alleged victims had the right to testify and Ambrose continues to silence them to protect himself.
He’s a sick person who takes pleasure in dominating and controlling his ex wife and teenage children.
Step away from the computer Ambrose. Stop stalking and obsessing. Your fixation with Parlato and Luthmann is all consuming.
Find a guy, settle down, relax and take it easy…
Go suck a bag of dicks, anonymous.
What is she doing besides going to the court house with a serious problem?
Absolutely!!
According to Wikipedia, “… The internet has been utilized for information warfare, with many internet trolls acting as agents provocateurs by disseminating certain propaganda. Such tactics are used to further the interests of countries, corporations, and political movements. …”
Do you think that’s true?
The idea of “Trolls” is outdated and misinformation itself. Governments and private/corporate espionage operations want us to think their active measures are being perpetrated by a lone wolf, 400 pound, 40 year-old-virgin living his mother’s basement. This is simply not the case and hasn’t been for two decades:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks?s=04
That’s how they play the game in family court.
Flying monkeys ? Experience family court system first hand. You don’t need to claim sexual abuse. You can run to family court with evidence and a problem. You can be agreeable to services and quickly find out how currupt the system is. There is no assistance that I witnessed for conflict resolution. I experienced the lynch mob at the court system myself. I am not wealthy. The money came from the Connecticut labors legal services. They paid for my former spouse attorney. The GaL and property appraisal. If it wasn’t for my family helping and the previous media coverage I would not have been able to defend myself. If my child didn’t age out and have professionals sticking up for her that where not court appointed I’m sure they would have flipped custody. So when people blindly trust our judicial system they need to know all of the factors involved in escalation of divorce/custody battles. Peter, if you are truly interested in helping parents you must first recognize that serious family problems exist. They can escalate over time. Domestic violence and abuse do exist and people are at the court house for more than a simple disagreement. When you are ready to recognize all the funding in the state to promote legal abuse, you can call yourself an advocate for parents. The international brotherhood of teamsters. 76% men paying union dues contributions to discrimination in the family court system. Department of labor partnered with the MOU. The benefits can be found in the union benefits book. Please stop promoting the GaL guiding cases into parental alienation. The court system is pushing her on cases beyond mine. She is increasing conflict, collecting alot of money. Promotes cash for kids agenda running in the state of Connecticut. Same day appointment s. No choice to parents. Working her way on the bench. Stop promoting a one sided narrative. Until you are ready to discuss all the contributing factors to the problems at the court house, no meaningful reform can accure. People have the right to go to court and present arguments in what they feel is in the best interest of their children and themselves. Everyone deserves a legal system that is educated and willing to consider all factors. Yes, they increase conflict and don’t discriminate against income. The income is not just coming from “rich” people involved in high conflict divorce.
Please be advised anyone divorcing with representing form the labor’s union legal services. The fees for the gal were not disclosed. Both parties were made responsible. Leaving me responsible and the other party wasn’t. Checks were written, however the union member was I am sure reenbursed. The GaL didn’t submit her billing to the court. So who knows what she was paid. Just provided canceled checks. These provisions for gal were used to benefit the party not the minor. For financial upper hand.
Failure to disclose 3rd party payer. Misappropriation of funds. The funds are the minors and were used to benefit the union member. It’s a misappropriation of funding to be used to engage in reunification therapy. The guardian ad lithium is an attorney, not a license mental health professional. The bar association dismissed the complaints against both attorneys. It’s part of the code of conduct to maintain independent, object and operate with fairness in dealing with parties and professionals, at all times and all settings. Treat parties with respect , fairness and good faith. She withheld evidence from the court. Received another appointment with the labors union right after my case. She has had several lawsuits and complaints filed against her over the years.. By both father’s and mothers. She is relentlessly pushed on cases. The bar association and the judicial branch knows all about her escapades, yet she is allowed to continue. Recommended by the alienaton industry. Where is the Internet to clean up family court? Reform or control the family court judicial system? Please stop presenting your self as an advocate for parents, until you are willing to address all the problems in family court and continue to recommends one of the worst players in the system.
Looks like the Connecticut department of labor is bitch burning 🥵. Fucked up state.
“… The whole idea of Scientology is you do drills that that will stop you from feeling. You’re learning not to respond.
Not to have emotional reactions. And with Scientologists, you’re losing your own sense of self. …”
That’s what’s happened to children and parents in purposely mishandled “family court” cases since the 1970s. It’s also what happened to NXIVM victims.
The problem isn’t “the Jews”. The problem is, we’ve allowed sociopaths to rule us and the world for far too long. By the way, Andrew Gold was:
1. raised in the UK
2. in a Jewish family.
Do those two descriptors matter?
Here’s an interesting conversation about those who say they are Jews and are not …
Richard Luthmann shows up.
“Judge Tindill ordered her to pay an additional $37,512.50 as a reimbursement to her husband.”
Ah… now the story is changing.
That was the amount that was the basis for the sua sponte contempt. If I am mistaken or made a misstatement of fact, please show me where – with evidence – and I will stand corrected.
Oh please.
The only people outraged over this are Naidoo and this Peter dude who is outraged over anything that happens in family court.
That’s not true. Anyone who believes in the rule of law should be outright worried. The family courts are in crisis, and rogue judges drunk with power are a large part of the problem.
Politicians are to blame. All judges are appointed by politicians. And once they are appointed, there is no oversight.
It’s not just the politician and judges. The bar association doesn’t do anything about the attorneys either. Half the of not more of politicians are attorneys. This is so foolish. Tossing her in jail when it’s a matter of a little more time. The entire system is a mess. Only the judicial system thinks this kinda stuff is justified.
Ps. Richard- get new glasses. Please.
Cazals are tight.
They actually devalue your appearance of seriousness and professionalism. They look childish and frankly super goofy. They distract from your messaging and believeability. Can’t take you seriously wearing clown glasses.
Those are boss glasses. But I also wear others. I’ll rotate headshots so you can see.
Can’t wait to see the new looks.
What do you think about these frames?
Better glasses. But I’d just get normal glasses that aren’t big or thick. In this case, bigger and thicker isn’t better.
Why are you encouraging Richard to fake an appearance of seriousness and professionalism?
He has neither of those qualities
The glasses reflect the true person.
Duh.
Give me a break, you and these other people must be living in La La Land and are unfamiliar with poor people problems.
Do you know how many working class dads are put in jail for contempt every single day because they can’t afford or refuse to pay court-ordered child support? Many thousands.
And now we’re”outraged” Because this rich bitch decides to play games with a judge and not hand over what is actually a tiny amount of money for her? Which she can easily afford?
You all are out of touch with reality.
I agree. But until suburban housewives believe they too can go to jail, there will be no political will to affect any change.
Paying a lawyer and paying to support children 🤔. Is Peter backing this story? We want to toss suburban housewives in jail because men get put in jail all the time for contempt? I refuse to pay for my children’s upbringing and a mother asking for more time to pay the x husband’s attorney. Apples and oranges. Let’s punish women in the state of Connecticut because fathers have gone to jail?
Is this written by Gary Cohen??
Gary Cohen is too busy representing high net worth clients at $850 plus per hour to bother himself with following and reading this blog.
That’s why I appreciated Stamford Divorce Attorney Gary I. Cohen taking the time to respond to our press inquiry.
You sound like a little boy at play. “Our press inquiry” hahahahaha
Don’t be jealous.
Gary Cohen is innocent! He is a mere conduit for getting the money to his client.
He did respond to our request for comment, confirming that Judge Tindill’s order was sua sponte. She did it on her own.
Unfortunately, many lawyers are the culprits when it comes to bending the rules and breaking the Constitution.
Didn’t Gary Cohen file the motion for contempt? He was fully aware that Naidoo would be incarcerated if she did not pay him. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O_crYA4OmBUPQ9DA73AHgn6KTFBNu0wZ/view?usp=drivesdk
Do you happen to be Cohen?
I am not Gary Cohen. I am just someone who thinks he is the greatest family law attorney in the State of Connecticut and jealous of anyone able to retain him and therefore have the honor of his representation.
… by way of deception.
Riiiight……
I am just someone who thinks he is the most corrupt family law attorney in the State of Connecticut … but I still love him because I just do. There I corrected that comment for you.