tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post5400070937846362441..comments2024-03-23T22:45:11.889-04:00Comments on Divorce in Connecticut: TESTIMONY OPPOSING SB #1049 FROM THE CT COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCECatharine Sloperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08915766638552096174noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-29806781254690114422017-04-27T11:55:39.622-04:002017-04-27T11:55:39.622-04:00Family Court is anti-semitic. Jews don't get ...Family Court is anti-semitic. Jews don't get divorced there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-76292832472863803762017-04-27T06:09:01.063-04:002017-04-27T06:09:01.063-04:00Of course, the fellow who speaks in an anti-semiti...Of course, the fellow who speaks in an anti-semitic manner is correct that there are a lot of Jewish people involved in this game. Shouldn't they be ashamed? Is it anti-semitic to point that out?Catharine Sloperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915766638552096174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-91557570554533427382017-04-27T00:24:24.791-04:002017-04-27T00:24:24.791-04:00What? But Solomon is white.What? But Solomon is white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-86597330063524825072017-04-26T22:12:42.363-04:002017-04-26T22:12:42.363-04:00My infinite wish is for intelligent, experienced a...My infinite wish is for intelligent, experienced and realistic contributors to this site like Ms. Sloper et al and select Yale Law students aspiring to family law careers work together over two semesters to research, summarize and report to key media outlets the actions and results of the myriad unfair and scandalous CT family court cases, and identify the sinners' names and acts over a 3-5 year period. Thankfully this fine blog/site provides the foundation for the project.. This group would review the extent of cronyism and misdeeds of judges, committee members and their lackeys and expose the extent of their ongoing utter disinterest in doing what's right. Also report on the deficient use of common sense and fairness as primary tools. Regretfully the existing CT family court structure can't be eradicated and rebuilt from the ground up. Sadly, until more CT residents rise up and rebel and news media and other parties get involved, this madness will perpetuate, until when? 2025?.. It's too bad the progress to date on this issue is minimal and several bright and sincere contributors have dedicated massive amounts of time and effort to this cause. Maybe if one or more key CT politicians (or extended family member) become personally directly or indirectly involved with a CT family court horror show perhaps empathy and accelerated action will follow. Finally, for perspective, the atrocities covered in this blog involve just ONE STATE. Let's reflect on the quality of other states' family court procedures and history. Maybe the Yale Law students can explore and report on that too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-35879359167126397222017-04-25T19:39:32.434-04:002017-04-25T19:39:32.434-04:00Can you believe a bunch of father's rights adv...Can you believe a bunch of father's rights advocates submitting a bill that could actually be of some value and then burdening it down with a lot of misogynist crap? I find it appalling, personally. It gives the folks who put the bill out there a seriously bad name.Catharine Sloperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915766638552096174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-51027483753355568242017-04-25T19:32:36.491-04:002017-04-25T19:32:36.491-04:00The bill is not going to pass, don't kid yours...The bill is not going to pass, don't kid yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-90396595087382638972017-04-23T17:04:59.045-04:002017-04-23T17:04:59.045-04:00Wow. You have kept up a comment from an anti-semit...Wow. You have kept up a comment from an anti-semite. That scumbag calls Judge Solomon "the jew judge solomon" and "goyim get screwed in family court." You are officially a white-nationalist website and I will let everyone know. Congrats. Scumbags. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-55831541661328920622017-04-22T20:42:25.566-04:002017-04-22T20:42:25.566-04:00Yes but. Sorry. Yes but while the GAL game may c...Yes but. Sorry. Yes but while the GAL game may come to a complete stop, what about all the other games! You are mistaken. The lifting of immunity for the GALs obscures the DV argument.Catharine Sloperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915766638552096174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-62188602972815785782017-04-22T20:40:40.209-04:002017-04-22T20:40:40.209-04:00I certainly don't consider Peter Syzmonik dece...I certainly don't consider Peter Syzmonik decent. That fellow has directly slandered me and lied about me, and also there are serious questions regarding his behavior with his ex wife. Rep. Gonzalez and Hector are simply mixed up. Anyone with common sense and a modicum of brains can tell that this is a poorly worded bill. I can only feel sorry that here was an opportunity to do something important for everyone, and instead it has turned into a fiasco. I like the way the sponsors of the bill are listed as Finance Committee. All of them? Every member? If so, each and every one of them should be ashamed of such garbage, and they should also be informed that establishing family court policies has nothing to do with finance.Catharine Sloperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915766638552096174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-64383486482688696572017-04-22T20:36:47.719-04:002017-04-22T20:36:47.719-04:00I don't think anyone argues with how important...I don't think anyone argues with how important is is to remove judicial immunity from GALs which, from its inception, was a law created illegally by the court system itself. However, the bottom line is that this bill ALSO replaces joint custody with shared custody, an approach which is burdensome not only in situations of abuse but also in average divorce cases--imagine children being bounced back and forth from one town to another like homeless yo-yos! In addition, this bill would expand the definition of shared parenting to include interference in what the other parents eats for breakfast or chooses to wear. It would be an absolute nightmare for anyone on whom it were imposed. In addition, this legislation raises the burden of proof for abuse to that of clear and convincing evidence which is a criminal court standard, and would open the door to major corruption if such a standard were imposed within the family court system. As it stands, this bill is a wildly idiotic bill and I can only assume a bunch of lug heads created it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-68926640072915247312017-04-20T14:41:22.918-04:002017-04-20T14:41:22.918-04:00The DV argument obscures the lifting of immunity f...The DV argument obscures the lifting of immunity for the GALs. The judicial flying monkeys will be exposed to lawsuits for their expertise. The $300/hr plunder game will end. GALs will be sued left and right until they are run out of the system. The beauty of SB1049 is that the GAL game comes to a complete stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-59359291206468307972017-04-20T12:08:15.825-04:002017-04-20T12:08:15.825-04:00Catherine, with all due respect, by aligning yours...Catherine, with all due respect, by aligning yourself with the opposition to the bill you are on the same side as Cousineau, Bunk, Friedman, Judge Bozzuto and Humphrey. These are people who have benefited from the dysfunctional way things are. However, those who support the bill include Rep Gonzalez, Hector Morera, and Peter Szymonik. These are decent people who are trying to effect reform in a dysfunctional family court. Respectfully, don't you think you might be on the wrong side here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-50947533776571133872017-04-20T10:45:42.589-04:002017-04-20T10:45:42.589-04:00Unfortunately, as the current court system stands ...Unfortunately, as the current court system stands domestic violence is handled in divorce court. There is no mechanism included in this bill or any intention on the part of the CT Judicial Branch to change the status quo at any time soon. Currently, what happens is that if an assault of Mom occurs while there is a custody case in play, criminal court will simply refuse to take the case seriously. The majority of DV actions then end up being funneled into the family court system. And as you know, restraining orders are, for the better part, handled in family court. I prefer not to talk in terms of mens rights and women's rights in regard to this issue. I do think that we should change the way things are done and handle DV cases in criminal court as you propose, but the problem is that the system is absolutely not set up to do this yet and we certainly have not won the hearts and minds of prosecutors to make this change even if it were legislated. As a consequence, and this is the real problem, if the standard of proof for DV or for "fitness" as a parent was raised to that of criminal court i.e. to clear and convincing evidence, yet the actual court hearings in the matter were handled in family court where there are constant due process violations and violations of litigant's constitutional rights, the opportunity for abuses on both sides would be extraordinary. I think most of the time father's rights people think that a bit of legislation will only hit women, but in fact, please consider what it would be like if you are a father and your assault case against the abusive mother, or your fitness case against the negligent mother is clear and convincing evidence and you are denied your legal right to present your case. The results of these scenarios are damaging to both fathers and mothers. Also, please consider that since family courts are courts of equity and not courts of law and judges have absolute judicial discretion, consider what corrupt judges will do with that. Then since the family court now has these higher standards of proof, criminal courts will be only too happy to refer assault cases to family court rather than criminal court which are courts of law, and now with a higher standard of proof, they will be only too happy to pass them along. Whether you are or are not determined to be assaultive or unfit will then become one great big crap shoot. I don't know about you, but on behalf of the innocent men and women out there, I think they deserve a whole lot better.Catharine Sloperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915766638552096174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-20877687611372783902017-04-20T10:07:47.749-04:002017-04-20T10:07:47.749-04:00Someone should clue Liza in that domestic violence...Someone should clue Liza in that domestic violence is a separate issue from divorce. If dad beats the mom, that is assault. Dad is not beating the kids. That is just the fallacy of the transitive argument. Constant drumbeat of feminist 'murika.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-48136467657249957232017-04-20T09:50:26.810-04:002017-04-20T09:50:26.810-04:00The bill should mandate GALs be paid by the state ...The bill should mandate GALs be paid by the state at $25/hr not to exceed 20 hours, which was the standing order prior to 2006 when Judge Lynda Munro and her pedo money thieves took over the plunder game. Judges helping lawyers empty family savings accounts that is Family Court, a den of thieves lead by the deviant Judge Elizabeth Bozzuto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9173416929829483433.post-82855684596810641442017-04-20T09:36:54.591-04:002017-04-20T09:36:54.591-04:00It is an awesome bill. Takes away immunity from G...It is an awesome bill. Takes away immunity from GALs. Allows GALs to be sued for their pedo practices. Takes control of GALs away from Judge Bozzuto and her pedo pals. Limits what GALs can bill for. No more $300 hour for driving to the courthouse or sitting in the hallway waiting for a case to be called. The bill changes nothing on custody...learn to read. This bill will create a new legal industry....sue your GAL....most awesome. Dembo, Bozek, Gersten, Bringham, Rebimbas, Morra will all be too busy defending themselves in civil court to every enter family court again....this is awesome, bring on the lawsuits. This will even put the Children Law Center out of business. Money laundering stops. Only thing the bill is missing is a requirement to issue IRS 1099's to report GAL fees to the taxman....ends the kickbacks to the judges. YES!!! Awesome bill.....jew judge Elliot Solomon will not let it pass....goyim get nothing but screwed in family court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com