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Showing posts with label ANNE STEVENSON. Show all posts
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Monday, July 20, 2015

MEDIA AVOIDS POINTING OUT THE LINK BETWEEN JUDGE BARRY PINKUS AND HIS SUPPORT OF RAPIST AND KILLER JOSHUA KOMISARJEVSKY!

As we consider the death of baby Aaden Moreno, we do need to keep in mind that Judge Barry Pinkus, who denied Adrianne a restraining order which would have protected her and saved her baby's life, was the very same judge who gave full custody of a 5 year old little girl to rapist and killer Joshua Komisarjevsky.  For the details of this, please click on the link below:

"Connecticut Court Failure:  The Deadly Rebranding of Joshua Komisarjevsky" by Anne Stevenson

http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-court-failure-the-deadly-rebranding-of-joshua-komisarjevsky-10607/



For a description of Joshua Komisarjevky's criminal actions, see the Wikipedia description below:

From WIkipedia:

"During this time, Hayes and Komisarjevsky escalated the aggravated nature of their crimes: Komisarjevsky raped the 11-year-old Michaela.[12][13] Komisarjevsky, who had photographed the sexual assault of the youth on his cell phone,[14] then provoked Hayes to rape Hawke-Petit. While Hayes was raping Hawke-Petit on the floor of her living room, Komisarjevsky entered the room announcing that William Petit had escaped. Hayes then strangled Hawke-Petit, doused her lifeless body and parts of the house including the daughters' rooms with gasoline. The daughters, while tied to their beds, had both been doused with gasoline; each had her head covered with a pillowcase.[15] A fire was then ignited, and Hayes and Komisarjevsky fled the scene. Hayley and Michaela both died from smoke inhalation.[16]"


This is the kind of individual Judge Barry Pinkus considered would be a better parent than the little girl's mother who had been primary caretaker up to that time.  And we are surprised about what happened to Baby Aaden?  

The death of Baby Aaden Moreno was inevitable in the light of current Connecticut Family Court policies to place the interests of fathers well over that of mothers, no matter how criminal the fathers are.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

ANNE STEVENSON'S PRESENTATION AT THE BATTERED WOMEN'S CUSTODY CONFERENCE 2015!

I first became involved in this issue when a group of parents came to me and wanted their stories heard and asked me to find a journalist who would write them.  Unfortunately, I couldn't find anyone I felt would tell their stories properly.  So I began to take on the task and luckily I have a background in journalism.  For those who are interested, the slides accompanying this presentation are located at the link below:

http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/AnneStevensonPolicy-Solutions-Fraud-Corruption-in-the-Courts_Anne-Stevensonbmccxi.pdf

What I did is I reviewed around 200 cases in CT and I concluded that many judges, many court personnel are not corrupt.  But the question was, what happened when they were?

I asked the question, what happened in your case?  Were there elements of fraud, was violent crime excused, did you lose everything you ever had in your whole life, your children, your jobs, your homes, your entire financial base, and sometimes your freedom.  Some people lost their lives.  Some people walk away with PTSD, depression, severe anxiety--quite simply, their brains don't work like they used to.  Please know, this is not an anomaly.  You are not alone.  

This is the result of my work, the article which appeared in The Washington Times entitled: "CT Court Employees Face Tough Questions Over Conflicts of Interest" For instance, there was the Susan Skipp case where they took her children, knowing she'd fight tooth and nail to get them back, then appointed all sorts of experts to the case who then falsely billed her.  Also about another case where the child had been raped and the child was given to his abusers and mother was denied access.  

What I'd found out was that Judges and attorneys had established a private organization called the AFCC and were operating this organization out of the CT Judicial Branch and were getting federal grants for this organization to run programs and services within the Branch as well as training outside the branch.  So when litigants came to family court, the employees would sift through the cases and find those that would be suitable for their schemes to force parents into business relationships with unvetted, untrained vendors.  

Judges had conflicts of interests and the Court was acting as a collection agency for the GAL's associated with the AFCC.  Judges were calling payments owed to GALs child support, parents were selling their homes and going into bankruptcy to pay these fees.  GALs were accused of double billing, and not meeting with their child clients.  They also charged for hundreds of thousands of dollars for problems they themselves had created.  The result was the loss of parental rights, loss of employment, bankruptcy, bogus criminal charges, jail, and the loss of freedom if litigants didn't pay.  

In Connecticut activists showed that a group of parents stuck with the same professionals and proof that the money doesn't add up can cause a raucous and get an investigation opened.  

What are some of the bases for complaint:

1.  Conflict of Interest:   This is the real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's fiduciary duty.  N.J. Judge Melanie Appleby conspired with a lawyer to help in her custody matter, then assisted him in his cases.  

2.  Fraud:  This is the intentional perversion of truth in order to induce a person to part with something of value or give up his or her legal rights.   

3.  Racketeering:  This is organized crime which involves extorting money through intimidation, violence, or other illegal methods.  It includes a pattern of illegal activity such as bribery, extortion, fraud, and murder carried out as a larger conspiracy, etc.  Pennsylvania attorney Danielle Ross of Lackawanna County served as a GAL paid to represent the best interests of the child in family and juvenile court cases and make custody recommendations.  She was paid by court and family.  The Court would order her to be appointed and forced parents to pay her hundreds and thousands. Then at the same time, the county paid her a $38,000 salary and if parents couldn't pay earned $50 per hour in those cases.  She was earning $400,000 per year.  However, it turned out she had billed the court and the family for services, double billed and did not report her billing to the IRS; this represented a form of racketeering.

Organized crime operating within the justice system itself is not just unethical or unfair, it's a serious threat to public safety, particular when children are given to their abusers. 

Billing fraud is a threat to public safety  Children are put at risk when GALs don't investigate properly.  

However, putting children in harm's way is more profitable for family court professionals.  Thus, GALs and family court professionals get less money if kids are safe; they get more money if they knowingly leave children in a position where they can get hurt and then earn money investigating the injuries that resulted from their inaction or improper actions.  

Corrupt GALs have no incentive to close cases.  This is fraud, because the services would not be needed if not for the trouble caused by these service providers.  In order to discredit the victims of these scams, the victims are falsely diagnosed with mental illness or deliberately traumatized so they appear irrational and incoherent.  Violent and dangerous offenders are allowed to get away with their crimes, and victims end up being told they are making it all up.

After reading of these outrages in my articles in The Washington Times, parents went to the legislature and complained about the false billing and started a task force.  However, once the task force was put into place, low and behold the majority of people chosen for the task force were members of the AFCC.  Eventually, there was a big hearing before the legislature, which included 100 people who showed up.   These parents showed their representatives copies of their billing invoices, and this hit home with the legislature.  When you saw the financial loss on paper, it was considerable.  

The parents had a state auditors report which I had located through freedom of information act requests showing that significant money and resources were missing from the coffers of the family services.  They also had evidence that the AFCC affiliated vendor CT Resources Group had double billed clients and improperly billed health insurance companies for services.   

In Susan Skipp's case the psychologist billed the insurance company with a coding that indicating that the child had major depression, but in court he said the child was fine.   It was clear that AFCC affiliation resulted in policies that  protected vendors, attorneys, and providers, but not consumers. Judges made decisions based on business interests.  

The problem with the AFCC:  it was inbred, and funded with tax dollars and private donations.  The AFCC is a trade association founded by family court judges, court administrators, and professionals who appear before these judges.  This could be a court vendor hired to run vital services, conduct studies, for example mediation, dv screening, etc.  

CT Resources Group also came up as a problem.  This was a private practice of  mental health evaluators who ran the GAL certification program, and conducted private evaluations of litigants,  Parents provided invoices from this group indicating billing irregularities.  Meanwhile through the FOI there was evidence in emails that providers were having private conversations with judges.  Judges were approving payments for services not provided and there was no push to sanction these guys.  Parents were afraid to come forward.  Still, the end results was that legislation was passed to reel in the GALs.  

What did parents do right?  They focused on the billing not the right and wrong of their cases.  

Currently, there is a federal law enforcement agency investigation into corrupt public officials in CT.

So how do you get the press to listen to your story?

Put together a press list; look for journalists who are the right fit for the type of story you are pitching--do your homework on that.  Make sure of the reputation and honesty of the reporter before you contact them.  Blog for someone else re their story.

Send out an email making initial contact reviewing your story briefly.   Never talk about your own case, focus on the money, don't bash fathers, include fathers, refer to parents, talk about violent crime rates, do not traumatize others with your knowledge.  Keep it simple.  Don't be a  conspiracy theorist.  

Buzz Phrases.  Use sympathetic terms.  For example, instead of domestic abuse talk about violent crime, instead of father's rights groups, talk about male offender advocacy groups, instead of judicial corruption, talk about extortion rings, organized crime, operating within the justice system. Talk about abusers getting custody, and professionals who deliberately place children in dangerous homes for profit.  

When you meet with a journalist, be sure to appear credible, dress appropriately, i.e. dress like Arianna Huffington, clean, simple, no frills.  When it comes to things to bring with you to a meeting, include a cheat sheet, and agenda. Bring your invoices, bills, contracts, vendor names, and evidence of financial fraud to illustrate your point.  

In order to obtain information on the corruption make Public Record Requests to the judicial branch, to the public  defender's office, state controller, etc. seeking copies of communications, invoices, contracts, bids, etc. IRS filings are available via Guidestart, plus there is the Secretary of State's Office Business filings.

Resources: Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press which includes a FOIA Letter Generator, federal or state specific. There is information on how to draft motions, administrative appeals, and complaints, etc.


Afterwards say thank you, email to the reporters, send a hand written thank you card to the editor at the newspaper and include followup with a phone call.

Friday, February 6, 2015

ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS ON THE UPCOMING INVESTIGATION OF CORRUPTION IN THE CONNECTICUT COURT SYSTEM!

Anne Stevenson reports as follows:

"NEW HAVEN, Conn., February 5, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Justice and representatives of five federal law enforcement agencies announced this week the establishment of a public corruption task force in the State of Connecticut. The task force will investigate corrupt public officials, the misuse of public funds and related criminal activity. 


Some state officials have suggested that the task force’s first order of business should be to address problems with fraud and corruption in the State’s family courts. According to the Connecticut Judicial Review Council’s website, the 25 member committee has fielded tens of thousands of complaints filed by consumers against Connecticut judges, however, fewer than than 11 judges have been subject to public disciplinary hearings since the 1980’s.

“Public servants are entrusted by all of us to act in the best interests of the public they serve. It is important for the United States to bring to justice those who betray that trust,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Patricia M. Ferrick. “Public corruption at all levels of local, state, and federal government must not be tolerated, and this task force will leverage the best assets of the task force partner agencies to address the threat posed by corrupt public officials.”

For more information on this topics, please click on the link below:



http://www.commdiginews.com/news-2/doj-connecticut-announces-investigation-of-corrupt-courts-34507/#Ah3mqVWFCEtyhl3j.99



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON JOINS WITH ATTORNEY LISA HUNT ON MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING FAMILY COURT!

Anne Stevenson in coordination with Attorney Lisa Hunt report as follows on Commdiginews:

"CONNECTICUT, October 22, 2014 — When pop-star Usher Raymond won sole custody of his two youngest sons, his family court case received international attention.

The outcome of Raymond vs. Raymond was not unique.

Fit, loving, capable parents like Tameka Raymond are losing custody of their children every day in family courts for the same reason that Tameka lost custody; their cases are tainted by money, power and influence.

Next month, court industry experts from around the country will meet at a family law reform conference in Arlington, Virginia to discuss possible solutions to improve the way the courts do business."

For more information, please read more at the link below:

http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/commentary/divorce-corp-conference-seeks-solutions-to-family-court-problems-28335/#FgbvyqPT24xUyV8D.99

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON ASKS, "DO HIGH TICKET DIVORCE CASES ATTRACT CORRUPTION?"

WASHINGTON, September 11, 2014  — A California family court’s questionable handling of one celebrity’s high-ticket divorce case has pushed the discussion over the link between family court corruption and child safety into the mainstream media spotlight. Much of the attention comes thanks to the efforts of celebrities affiliated with the Children’s Justice Campaign, a ground breaking new charity with a focus on placing child welfare before legal industry profits.

One might expect corrupt child custody decisions to come from corrupt patriarchies like Afghanistan or Saudi Arabia, yet the American courts are also known to run illicit businesses, placing children into the hands of predatorspedophiles and murderers.

For more information, please click on the link below:

http://www.commdiginews.com/life/do-high-ticket-divorce-cases-attract-corruption-25601/#c8stQG7avEeY23k0.99

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS JUDGE IN GLASTONBURY RAPE CASE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN COURT CORRUPTION!

CONNECTICUT, July 22, 2014 — 

Investigative reporter, Anne Stevenson reports as follows:  "In a hearing yesterday in Hartford Superior Court, accused pedophile rapists Dennis Harasz, 48, and Douglas Wirth, 43, waived their right to a jury trial in favor of a trial before Judge Julia Dewey. This is not surprising given how well things have gone for the defense, now that a GAL affiliated with one of the defense attorneys’ and the judge herself has been appointed onto the case to determine their fate.

Harasz and Wirth are now facing charges for raping some of the nine boys the couple had adopted since 2001, all of whom were removed from their care in 2011 by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. The couple’s parental rights were also terminated by the Superior Court in 2012, and currently the victims remain in DCF care."

Read more at:

Friday, July 18, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS GAL ALLIED WITH THE DEFENSE IN GLASTONBURY CHILD RAPE CASE!

Investigative Reporter, Anne Stevenson speaks out on notorious Glastonbury child rape case as follows:

"HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT — Hartford Superior Court Judge Julia D. Dewey granted the request of an accused rapist to appoint a GAL to assess whether it is in the best interests of the now 8-year-old victim to testify against him.

Judge Dewey’s decision this week to appoint a GAL with conflicts of interest could silence the victim at the expense of the taxpayers and public safety.


State Rep. Ed Vargas played a key role in convincing his colleagues to unanimously pass reforms to the State’s unregulated GAL industry while sitting on the Judicial Committee’s family court reform task force.

Contacting  Vargas for his response to the appointment, he said:

“If what you are describing to me is accurate, it sure seems like Judge Dewey selected an inappropriate GAL who should not have accepted the appointment” said State Representative Ed Vargas (D-Hartford). “Even the appearance of a conflict of interest should be enough for a judge or GAL to recuse themselves from participating in a case, and the Glastonbury case seems to have certainly exceeded that description.”

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/gal-appointed-in-glastonbury-child-rape-shares-mutual-interests-with-defense-21723/#IWx1DdHT0YvvdqHS.99

Sunday, July 13, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS CT PROSECUTORS FAIL CHILD SEX ABUSE VICTIMS!

Investigative Journalist Anne Stevenson reports,


 "GLASTONBURY, CT, July 11, 2014 -  The successful efforts of Connecticut’s top child welfare agency to rescue nine children from ongoing sexual abuse has run afoul of the State prosecutors. A policy of refusing to meaningfully track or prosecute Connecticut’s most dangerous child sex predators leaves them without protection.

The case centers on George Harasz and Douglas Wirth, a married couple who adopted nine boys. George Harasz, 48, was charged with sexual assault in the first degree, two counts of injury to a minor, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault in the third degree and cruelty to persons. Douglas Wirth, 43, was charged with sexual assault in the third degree and injury to a minor.

Meanwhile, the public’s safety may be at risk while the industry professionals involved continue to turn a buck off the victim’s misfortune as the case drags on at the taxpayer’s expense."

For more information on this article, please click on the link below:




http://www.commdiginews.com/news-2/glastonbury-ct-prosecutors-fail-child-sex-abuse-victims-21491/#o8XE0rwCdyZEWw6O.99

Sunday, June 29, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS GEORGIA COURT GIVING CUSTODY TO POSSIBLE SEXUAL PREDATORS!

"ATLANTA, June 26, 2014 — According to court records, throughout 2011-2012, “Jane’s” children (then ages 2 and 7) repeatedly insisted and showed credible evidence to child psychologist Nancy McGarrah, Ph.D and Ann Shannon, LCSW, that that their father made suicidal and homicidal plans with them, that he routinely watched child porn with them and sexually assaulted them during overnight visits.

Court orders show that Cobb County, Georgia Family Court Judge C Latain Kell has repeatedly ordered Jane’s children back into the unsupervised care of their alleged rapist, even after the Walton County Department of Family And Children’s Services (DFCS) issued a report substantiating emotional and sexual abuse allegations against the father.

Perhaps in retrospect, the Atlanta based divorcee would not have cooperated with child protection authorities if she had known from the start that it would cost her hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal industry professional fees, while at the same time, creating a perverse incentive for the Court to order the children to spend even more time with their alleged attacker."

For more information on this article, please click on the link below:



Tuesday, June 17, 2014

JUSTINA PELLETIER GETS GREEN LIGHT TO RETURN HOME TO HER LOVING FAMILY: ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS ON THIS BREAKING NEWS!

This news in from investigative reporter, Anne Stevenson,  "BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, June 17, 2014 –  Communities Digital News has from the family that  Jennifer Pelletier had planned to spend the next three days in front of the Suffolk County Juvenile Court with hundreds of child welfare advocates protesting for her younger sister’s release from State care, but now it appears that those efforts may not be needed.

After over 18 brutal months in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, Jennifer says the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will return Justina to the family tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18, 2014.

“I find that the parties have shown by credible evidence that circumstances have changed since the adjudication on Dec. 20, 2013, that Justina is a child in need of care and protection pursuant to G.L. c. 199, 24-26.,” Judge Joseph Johnston wrote in the ruling. “Effective Wednesday, June 18, 2014, this care and protection petition is dismissed and custody of Justina is returned to her parents, Lou and Linda Pelletier.”

For more information, please click on the link below:



NEW YORK BRANCH OF AFCC UNDER INVESTIGATION BY IRS: ANNE STEVENSON REPORTING!

This news in from investigative reporter Anne Stevenson.  See below:

"NEW YORK, June 17, 2014 — The IRS has revoked the tax exempt status of a New York corporation founded and operated by sitting family court judges and the professionals who appear before them for failure to comply with federal tax laws.

This is just the latest string of punitive actions authorities have taken over the years against the national trade association whose members oversee cases involving the State’s most vulnerable children and families. Legal industry professionals are now asking questions about whether the authorities should do more to protect families from sub-regulatory corporations, and whether or not a bigger cover up is afoot?"

For more information on this topic, please click on the link below:


Friday, May 30, 2014

FEDERAL MONEY USED TO PERSECUTE VICTIMS AND AID PERPETRATORS!

Anne Stevenson reporting from Boston, MA —  "Two days before Jennifer Martel was murdered, Jared Remy was arrested for assaulting her with a deadly weapon, causing Martel to take out a restraining order against Remy. Once again, the Middlesex DA’s office and the Probation Department ignored Remy’s violent criminal history and immediately released him on $40 bail. Less than 24-hours later, Martel was dead.
 
 
According to the arrest report, on August 15, 2013, Remy stabbed Martel to death in front of their 4-year-old daughter while fighting off onlookers, bringing an abrupt end to the 20-years long State sponsored violent crime spree which had gone practically undetected.
 
 
As the son of a prominent Red Sox commentator, questions arose as to how much influence Remy’s family had over the courts. But according to Remy’s long time privately bankrolled defense attorney Peter Bella, his client never received any special treatment from the courts. It was just business as usual for the Massachusetts justice system."
 

For more on this story, please click on the link below:
 
http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/former-prosecutor-questions-integrity-of-courts-federal-funding-used-to-punish-crime-victims-reward-violent-offenders-18529/


Highlighting another article on this same case, how is HHS money being used?  Is it being used to support victims, or is it being used in custody switching schemes to aware custody to violent and criminal men.  See more below:

“Remy’s case is a poignant example of why so many abused women and children end up dead even AFTER the so-called “protective” arm of the state steps in,” says Attorney Wendy Murphy.  “Not only is there a revolving door at the courthouse – preceded by a red carpet walkway for people of influence – but also, available funding streams mostly from the federal government literally reward family court judges who favor abusive men over victimized women and children.”
 
 
According to Murphy, the system is not broken, it’s running exactly the way it’s creators intended.  But if the DOJ’s crime prevention grants are not being used to prosecute dangerous predators and crime victims, who are the real beneficiaries of this funding?
 
 
“The well-funded ‘training and education’ programs for violent male offenders have created a perverse incentive for judges to refuse to ‘punish’ violent criminals with either loss of custody or incarceration, and to send them, instead, to training programs that do not work.”  Murphy also says that the net result of this funding frenzy is that abusive men feel financially supported and NOT punished – while victims of violent crimes are forced to live with escalating violence because of a legal system that refuses to protect them from harm."

 
For more on this topic, please click on the links below:
 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

JOURNALIST ANNE STEVENSON SPEAKS OUT ON DCF ABUSE OF CT CITIZEN JUSTINA PELLETIER!

According to Investigative Journalist Anne Stevenson, "Justina Pelletier's case in Massachusetts sends the resounding message that DCF should have their feet held to the fire for all the money they have spent keeping this child away from her fit and feisty parents. The State should not be allowed to take children from fit parents because they dislike the parents' disposition, and hospitals should not be making decisions for the State and the parents. This child needs to be home with the parents who love her."
 
For more information on Justina, please read Anne Stevenson's article at the link below:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anne-stevenson/justina-department-children-families_b_5139708.html


Thursday, March 27, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON'S STAUNCH DEFENSE OF SELF-REPRESENTED PARTIES IN CT

Anne Stevenson calls out the CT Judicial System in regard to their comments about self-represented parties.  See below:
 
"Despite the economic barriers to justice faced by struggling Connecticut families, rising from the ashes of the highly charged public debates over how to reform the family courts is a shockingly insensitive outcry from court industry insiders demonizing the 85 percent of divorcing parents who have chosen to invest in their families instead of attorneys.
 
Tauck v. Tauck was perhaps the most inefficient and expensive trial in Connecticut family court history, spanning over five years, 600-plus filings, and ending in an 86-day trial in 2007 that played out before Judge Holly Abery-Wetstone on Middletown's Regional Family Trial Docket. According to the Hartford Courant, the family paid out some $13.3 million in fees to the dozens of legal industry professionals on the case, including $1.3 million paid (without challenge) to attorney Gaetano Ferro, the children's guardian ad litem.
 
Clearly, the legal industry professionals were the big winners in the Tauck case, and if ever there was a case for cutting out the middleman and going pro se, it is the Tauck divorce. While some may be quick to blame the Nancy and Peter Tauck for their part in spurring on this "high-conflict" litigation marathon, one might also question the competence and propriety of the judges and legal professionals who had clearly lost control of the case. Did Judge Wetstone really need help deciding the case from dozens of industry professionals who just couldn't seem to agree with each other on much except that the $13.3 million they charged the family was "necessary and reasonable"?


For more information in Anne Stevenson's remarks, please click on the link below:

http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202648664975/Opinion%3A-In-Defense-Of-Self-Represented-Litigants#ixzz2xCRBNjal

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON TALKS CT FAMILY COURT CORRUPTION ON THE JEFF SANTOS RADIO SHOW!

TODAY ANNE WILL BE ON THE JEFF SANTOS SHOW TALKING ABOUT YOUR CASES. PLEASE PROMOTE, SHARE, LISTEN IN AND CALL INTO THE JEFF SANTOS SHOW TODAY TO SUPPORT AND CALL ATTENTION TO THE FRAUD AND HELP BRING ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OUTSIDE OF CONNECTICUT.

THANKS!

Interview Details: Jeff Santos Show (Boston-based, syndicated radio program)

Date: Tues 3/18
Time: 3:30-3:45pm EST
Duration: 15 minutes

Studio call-in number: 
877-489-9421 

Topic: Investigative Journalist Gives Inside Scoop on Problems in the Connecticut Family Court System

Live Stream/Podcasts: 
http://www.revolutionradionetwork.com 

On air Boston/Metro West: AM 1120 WBNW

Twitter: @JeffSantosShow

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS THAT CT FAMILY COURT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST LITIGANTS WITH DISABILITIES AND IMPOSES INCREASED COSTS UPON THEM!

CONNECTICUT, March 11, 2014 —The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division confirmed in January 2014 that it has opened up an investigation into whether Connecticut judges are unfairly singling out and punishing disabled litigants caught in the State’s divorce courts. The announcement came in response to parents who complained that if the family courts even suspected a family member suffered from an impairment, judges denied them equal access to due process, took away their children, and imposed outrageous costs and fees on their families that drove them into bankruptcy and financial ruin.
“The costs courts routinely impose on families with special needs are not only outrageous, but the services are often questionable, unbeneficial, or just outright harmful the litigants ordered to pay for them,” says Peter Szymonek, a Glastonbury father with an autistic child who is also an administrator for UnitedHealthcare.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-courts-impose-outrageous-costs-on-disabled-families-11942/#EQbk70j8yU8OdUkH.99
CONNECTICUT, March 11, 2014 —The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division confirmed in January 2014 that it has opened up an investigation into whether Connecticut judges are unfairly singling out and punishing disabled litigants caught in the State’s divorce courts. The announcement came in response to parents who complained that if the family courts even suspected a family member suffered from an impairment, judges denied them equal access to due process, took away their children, and imposed outrageous costs and fees on their families that drove them into bankruptcy and financial ruin.
“The costs courts routinely impose on families with special needs are not only outrageous, but the services are often questionable, unbeneficial, or just outright harmful the litigants ordered to pay for them,” says Peter Szymonek, a Glastonbury father with an autistic child who is also an administrator for UnitedHealthcare.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-courts-impose-outrageous-costs-on-disabled-families-11942/#EQbk70j8yU8OdUkH.99
CONNECTICUT, March 11, 2014 —The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division confirmed in January 2014 that it has opened up an investigation into whether Connecticut judges are unfairly singling out and punishing disabled litigants caught in the State’s divorce courts. The announcement came in response to parents who complained that if the family courts even suspected a family member suffered from an impairment, judges denied them equal access to due process, took away their children, and imposed outrageous costs and fees on their families that drove them into bankruptcy and financial ruin.
“The costs courts routinely impose on families with special needs are not only outrageous, but the services are often questionable, unbeneficial, or just outright harmful the litigants ordered to pay for them,” says Peter Szymonek, a Glastonbury father with an autistic child who is also an administrator for UnitedHealthcare.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-courts-impose-outrageous-costs-on-disabled-families-11942/#EQbk70j8yU8OdUkH.99
CONNECTICUT, March 11, 2014 —The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division confirmed in January 2014 that it has opened up an investigation into whether Connecticut judges are unfairly singling out and punishing disabled litigants caught in the State’s divorce courts. The announcement came in response to parents who complained that if the family courts even suspected a family member suffered from an impairment, judges denied them equal access to due process, took away their children, and imposed outrageous costs and fees on their families that drove them into bankruptcy and financial ruin.
“The costs courts routinely impose on families with special needs are not only outrageous, but the services are often questionable, unbeneficial, or just outright harmful the litigants ordered to pay for them,” says Peter Szymonek, a Glastonbury father with an autistic child who is also an administrator for UnitedHealthcare.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-courts-impose-outrageous-costs-on-disabled-families-11942/#EQbk70j8yU8OdUkH.99
CONNECTICUT, March 11, 2014 —The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division confirmed in January 2014 that it has opened up an investigation into whether Connecticut judges are unfairly singling out and punishing disabled litigants caught in the State’s divorce courts. The announcement came in response to parents who complained that if the family courts even suspected a family member suffered from an impairment, judges denied them equal access to due process, took away their children, and imposed outrageous costs and fees on their families that drove them into bankruptcy and financial ruin.
“The costs courts routinely impose on families with special needs are not only outrageous, but the services are often questionable, unbeneficial, or just outright harmful the litigants ordered to pay for them,” says Peter Szymonek, a Glastonbury father with an autistic child who is also an administrator for UnitedHealthcare.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-courts-impose-outrageous-costs-on-disabled-families-11942/#EQbk70j8yU8OdUkH.99
The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division confirmed in January 2014 that it has opened up an investigation into whether Connecticut judges are unfairly singling out and punishing disabled litigants caught in the State’s divorce courts. The announcement came in response to parents who complained that if the family courts even suspected a family member suffered from an impairment, judges denied them equal access to due process, took away their children, and imposed outrageous costs and fees on their families that drove them into bankruptcy and financial ruin.
Whether or not someone in your family has a disability, it should not cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for CT families to get divorced
 
For more information on this issue and Anne Stevenson's investigation into disability discrimination, please click on the link below:
http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-courts-impose-outrageous-costs-on-disabled-families-11942/

Saturday, March 1, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON REPORTS ON THE ABUSES OF FAMILY COURT HERE IN CONNECTICUT!

CONNECTICUT, March 1, 2014 — More than 80 parents testified before the Connecticut legislature on January 9, 2014, providing heart-wrenching details of victimization by the family court.
The hearing, called by Connecticut’s Legislative Task Force on Family Courts was an effort to uncover the truth about the atrocities by the Court.
Some have argued that the actions of the Connecticut family courts resemble human trafficking.
Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons as”
“the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.”
A small group of judges and mental health professionals in Connecticut appear to have manipulated the fact that fit parents will do almost anything to rescue their children to hold those families hostage. These individuals warped the law so that victimized families could not object or refuse to participate, or risk losing their children forever.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-task-force-hears-accounts-of-victimization-by-family-court-11123/#urD0PFZi2SoSYU2u.99
CONNECTICUT, March 1, 2014 — More than 80 parents testified before the Connecticut legislature on January 9, 2014, providing heart-wrenching details of victimization by the family court.
The hearing, called by Connecticut’s Legislative Task Force on Family Courts was an effort to uncover the truth about the atrocities by the Court.
Some have argued that the actions of the Connecticut family courts resemble human trafficking.
Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons as”
“the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.”
A small group of judges and mental health professionals in Connecticut appear to have manipulated the fact that fit parents will do almost anything to rescue their children to hold those families hostage. These individuals warped the law so that victimized families could not object or refuse to participate, or risk losing their children forever.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-task-force-hears-accounts-of-victimization-by-family-court-11123/#urD0PFZi2SoSYU2u.99


CONNECTICUT, March 1, 2014 — More than 80 parents testified before the Connecticut legislature on January 9, 2014, providing heart-wrenching details of victimization by the family court.
The hearing, called by Connecticut’s Legislative Task Force on Family Courts was an effort to uncover the truth about the atrocities by the Court.
Some have argued that the actions of the Connecticut family courts resemble human trafficking.
Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons as”
“the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.”
A small group of judges and mental health professionals in Connecticut appear to have manipulated the fact that fit parents will do almost anything to rescue their children to hold those families hostage. These individuals warped the law so that victimized families could not object or refuse to participate, or risk losing their children forever.

Read more at http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-task-force-hears-accounts-of-victimization-by-family-court-11123/#urD0PFZi2SoSYU2u.99


Desperate Parents, Abusive Judges, Greedy GALs, Malicious Family Law Attorneys and a Task Force Appointed to Expose it all! 


It is all here in the article at the link below:


http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-task-force-hears-accounts-of-victimization-by-family-court-11123/#CKGlBV1EsT5ATIhT.99

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

ANNE STEVENSON UNRAVELS THE CT FAMILY COURT'S UNSAVORY SUPPORT OF KILLER KOMISARJEVSKY'S PARENTAL RIGHTS!

"CONNECTICUT, February 25, 2014 — For most of Joshua Komisarjevsky’s life, he had been a career criminal. Yet in May of 2007, the newly paroled Komisarjevsky strolled into New Britain Family Court wearing a GPS monitoring bracelet and obtained sole custody of his 5-year old child with the help of Connecticut’s Department of Corrections. Two months later, Komisarjevsky was arrested for his part in brutal triple slayings of Hayley Petit, 17, Michaela Petit, 11, and their mother, Jennifer Petit.

The State of Connecticut was aware that Komisarjevsky had targeted the girls in his own family for years. The State not only failed to press criminal charges against him before he became one of the most infamous killers in Connecticut history, it also handed him custody of his daughter.

Even after the high profile case of Komisarjevsky, the State’s Judicial Branch has made few changes to rectify horrifying lapses."


For more on this story, please click on the link below:


http://www.commdiginews.com/life/connecticut-court-failure-the-deadly-rebranding-of-joshua-komisarjevsky-10607/

Saturday, January 25, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL BRANCH!

After years of begging the Department of Justice to take action, Anne Stevenson reports that the Department recently announced its intention to take steps to investigate the Connecticut Judicial Branch.  For more information, please click on the link below: