Posts Tagged ‘family court’
Training on Domestic Violence and Trauma in Family Court Saves Lives
(Names have been changed to protect the surviving children associated with this case.) “I can be shrill and unlikeable, but it’s because I am panicked for my sons,” Tracey, a survivor of domestic violence, wrote to me two years ago while she was fighting to protect her children from a man whom she believed was…
Read MoreMontgomery County’s Supervised Visitation Center – Great First Step Toward Protecting Children
Five years ago, Montgomery County, MD judge Michael Algeo sentenced my son Prince to death by granting his father Joaquin Rams unsupervised visitation. On the fourth visit, Rams murdered Prince. This past summer, Virginia courts proved that Rams plotted Prince’s murder during our entire custody case, in hopes to obtain over $500,000 in life insurance. I fought…
Read MoreHow To Stay Sane In Family Court
In a perfect world, two people who have a child together would stay together forever living happily ever after with their children. In a next to perfect world, couples who divorced would both me mentally healthy people, who were both great parents, and they could work out a perfect schedule where the children would have…
Read MoreThe Parallels between Family Court and the Tobacco Industry: What We Can Do as a Nation to Protect Innocent Lives
This week’s post comes from a my friend and fellow child advocate, Patrice Lenowitz. Patrice is the founder and co-facilitator of The Nurtured Parent Support Group for survivors of domestic abuse. She is also the co-playwright of FORBIDDEN TO PROTECT, a three year play project written with author and dv expert Lundy Bancroft. FORBIDDEN TO…
Read MoreChris Mackney – A Casualty of Family Court
“In hindsight, I recognize that my reactions to being bullied, abused and denied access to my children gave my ex- wife’s attorney the ammunition they were looking for to bring me into Court… The love that my daughter and I shared was truly special… I am so sorry that I will not be there to…
Read MoreIn Memory Of Eric K. Barrow – A Protective Father
“Fighting fires, you can do something about what’s going on, and you’re trained to. There’s always the possibility of bringing something terrible to an end. But the fact that my child was hurt . . . it’s like being handcuffed and made to watch it. ” – Eric Barrow I never got the opportunity…
Read MoreSome Important Tips To Survive A Custody War
This past weekend, I took Stela for a walk after we went to church. My church is located relatively close to the courthouse that I describe as ground zero of the Custody War that was fought against Lucifer. Until recently, I wasn’t even able to drive through that area without breaking down into tears and…
Read MoreBode Miller’s All-American Fantasy – Family Court Style
This past week, I was reading through US Weekly while in the pumping room at work. Typically, there isn’t enough time to actually read the articles so most of the time I just browse and look at the pictures. When I saw the above picture, however, I nearly spilled breast milk all over myself. Upon first glance,…
Read MoreCourage To Change The Things You Can
In the past few weeks, I have gotten several emails from women who are going through scary custody situations. Many of them reach out to ask me what they should do. They tell me how scared they are because Luc reminds them of their ex, and they fear that something terrible will happen to their…
Read MoreA Miscarriage Of Justice
A couple of months before my son Prince was murdered, another little boy was killed just miles away from where Prince died in Manassas, VA. His name was Elijah Nealey. Elijah was only 23 months old when his monster of a babysitter, Jessica Fraraccio, killed him. Fraraccio had been frustrated because Elijah was crying. So frustrated…
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