Stanwood C. Johnson, Chairman of San Diego County Bar Family Law Certified Specialists Committee

Stanwood C. Johnson, Chairman of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Certified Family Law Specialists Committee has several attorneys’ upset that they are being shaken-down to contribute and endorse troubled judges that are being challenged for their offices.  The Certified Family Law Committee is comprised of certified family law specialists for the purpose of advising the Bench and Bar in reviewing legislation in the area of family law. In a memo sent out by Johnson and other members of the committee, he stated “you will be asked to contribute to the campaigns for some or all of the challenged judges.” He further urged that attorneys endorse the judges “to show the extent of their community support… before Friday, March 12, so that the judges will be able to announce their support to the general public at that time.”

Several attorneys have privately expressed their disgust with these troubled judges.  They are being challenged for being inept and failing to follow the laws they are sworn to uphold.  However, if an attorney fails to donate or endorse a judge, the implied fear is that a judge will retaliate and rule against their client despite their clients arguments are valid.  Thus costing their clients tens of thousands of dollars to appeal and they will lose business as a lawyer because clients want attorneys that are connected with favorable judges that will win for them.

Johnson reported that Judge Powazek sought a writ disqualify his opponent because his opponent was a few months shy of meeting the ten years required membership to the California State Bar.  “It appears, therefore, that Judge Powazek will be reelected without having to go on the ballot.” A little known fact that the majority of judges are appointed and many go their whole careers without ever going on the ballot or getting elected by the voters.  The executive committee fears that these troubled judges may not get elected since there is a backlash as incumbent judges that have been pro sexual predator and pro illegal immigration.  Many incumbent judges are anti family and anti taxpayer and push for the breakup of families in support of more Social Security Title IV-D incentive dollars to the county for pet projects that have nothing to do with helping struggling families or their children.

The names of the five troubled judges being challenged are:

Judge Harry Powazek appointed 2007

http://judgepowazek.com

Judge Joel Wohlfeil appointed 2007

http://www.judgewohlfeil.com

Judge Bob Longstreth appointed 2008

http://www.judgelongstreth.com

Judge DeAnn Salcido appointed 2002

http://www.judgesalcido.com

Judge Lantz Lewis appointed 1998

http://judgelantzlewis.com

Typically, judges want to stay hidden from the public eye because of this, so little is known about them.  You, as the voter need to educate yourself by finding out who they are; and if they are worth voting for or against.  I did a quick search on two of the judges and my results will surprise you.  It made me question if these people deserve to be judges.

Troubled Judge Wohlfeil

I conducted a search on Judge DeAnn Salcido and Judge Joel Wohlfeil and was very surprised that they were both defendants being sued for fraud, misrepresentation, and unlawful detainer.  Come on, judges get paid with full benefits up to $200,000 plus per year.  You would think they would be better screened for judicial appointments.  These judges are irresponsible with their personal lives.  How can they as you to follow their rule when they fail to lead by example?  Judge Wohlfeil was also sued for malpractice and slander.  Judge SalcidoJudicial_Memo was accused of stealing and hiding assets from several people with active cases within the last three years.  She even falsely accused her ex-husband of domestic violence and had him falsely arrested, only later to find out, she was the perpetrator.  I read some of the comments posted about her on a site call “Rate The Courts” and people claimed she was a “Man Hater” and “racist.” I also discovered that she belongs to radical groups such as La Raza and Now Organization for Women (NOW).  These two judges hardly befit even being honored to wear the black robe.

Troubled Judge Salcido

I encourage you to dig deeper and find out who these judges are.  I am surprised from what 15 minutes of searching on the internet turned up.  Judges are public servants and we pay their salaries so they can serve us.  We expect them to be upstanding citizens that will do the public good.  However, many judges have forgotten who they work for and that they serve us.  The shake down of attorneys for donations and endorsements is appalling when these are troubled judges that are reviled in the legal community.

If you have any question of comments, please feel free to post below.  This article is my own thoughts and opinions and not that of any organization.

Posted on March 12th, 2010 by Semper Fi
Filed under: Elections, Family, Family Court, Legislation, Title IV-D, children | 4 Comments »

The Grand Jury is a great tool for investigating taxpayer fraud and crimes.  We have the quick and dirty for filing a Grand Jury Complaint in San Diego.  I am sure you can find something similar in your county.

More than ever, the county has less taxes coming in, but it refuses to tighten the budget.  Title IV-D abuse is destroying families, yet the county supervisors will donate money to the San Diego Opera and other charities that have nothing to do with helping out children and families.  We need to end this abuse and we can end it by filing this simple complaint form.

Let me know what successes you have gotten and we will post it up on the site.

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Complaint Forms Instructions http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/grandjury/forms/complaint_form.html

Complaint Form Instruction Complaint Form (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) Click Here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader Complaint Form Instruction The San Diego County Grand Jury may investigate complaints by any person. Items the grand jury may investigate are: Mistreatment by officials or employees of the County of San Diego, cities and special district (school districts, water districts, etc.) within San Diego County. The cities are: Carlsbad Chula Vista Coronado Del Mar El Cajon Encinitas Escondido Imperial Beach La Mesa Lemon Grove National City Oceanside Poway San Diego San Marcos Santee Solana Beach Vista Misconduct or wrongdoing in their official capacities by officials or employees of the County of San Diego, cities, school districts, or special districts, such as water, sewer, etc. within San Diego County. Government waste or inefficiencies by the County of San Diego or a city or special district within the County of San Diego. Failure of the County of San Diego or a city or special district to provide essential public services. To submit complaint: Print a copy of the complaint form or phone (619) 515-8707 to obtain a form. Fill out the form completely. Attach copies of relevant documents. Sign the form. FAX (619) 515-8696, mail to San Diego County Grand Jury, 330 West Broadway, Suite 477, San Diego, California, 92101-3830 or hand deliver to 330 West Broadway, 4th floor, Suite 477, San Diego, California.

Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Semper Fi
Filed under: Legislation, Title IV-D, children | 1 Comment »

Broken family court pushed mom to kill children!

Who says family court is not a deadly business?

Court officials have their head in the sand and are in denial that the family court is broken and is causing families severe aggravation and stress to the breaking point of killing each other.  The family courts does nothing to resolve family disputes because the more fighting, the more money for the courts and the attorneys.

The Elkins Task Force was supposed to resolve equal access and fairness in the family courts.  However, the Elkins Task Force was stacked with hard-lined court loyalist that want to maintain the status quo at all costs and bringing in as much revenue ignored that families and children are destroyed in the process.  The Judicial Council that oversees Elkins want to swell and bloat bigger without consideration that children are the victims.

Elizabeth Fontaine of San Clemente, California killed her two children and her mother because her ex-husband Jason Fontaine was back-dooring judges to gain sole custody of the children.  Why is it so difficult a concept to give equal parenting time to both parents to raise their children and make this as the default?

I was court-watching in Judge H. Ronald Dominitz’s court room the other day and listened the insulting and unprofessional wise cracks the judge makes towards Pro Se litigants in his court room.  He refuses to allow them to address the court and creates a fearful hostile environment pushing these folks buttons.  A Hispanic man was so frustrated and angry the judge ruled unfairly against him, you could see the pain and frustration that this man was repeatly denied access to his children and the judge could care less.  After the man walked out of the court room, Dominitz joked “I am really glad we have metal detectors in the courts with people like that.” Judges need to resolve conflict and not incite it.  I truly believe Dominitz’s contempt against people that don’t have the money to hire an attorney is really pitiful.  Not everyone is making a $200,000 per year salary like Dominitz afford an attorney.

The family court system is failing to serve families.  This needless death is very tragic is the family court and judges are squarely to blame for it.  How many deaths of children, mothers, and fathers before we realize family court has been a bad 25 year experiment we can’t afford to continue?

Please tell Michael Roddy the CEO of the San Diego Courts what you think about the broken family courts.  He can be contacted at:  Michael.Roddy@sdcourt.ca.gov

Posted on December 17th, 2009 by cpsvictim
Filed under: Family, Family Court, Legislation, children | No Comments »

Please note due to San Diego Court intimidation and threats to author own active case in the courts, the name of the whistleblower is removed and replaced with Whisleblower X.

San Diego Court Whistleblower Says She Will Lose Her Job If She Tells The Truth!

Whistleblower X, a resident of Otay Ranch, a sub-division in Chula Vista claims she is employed by the San Diego Court in South Bay for about 20 years.  She claims to work as a social worker in Family Court Services (FCS).  Whistleblower X is very frustrated with a broken court system that claims to be looking out for the “best interests of children” is only looking to place the children with the least unstable parent when there is a custody dispute making it more likely the “parents will have to go back to court multiple times and spend thousands in courts fees and attorney’s fees and all in the name of bringing revenue into the courts and justifying extraordinary bloated court budgets.”

Whistleblower X says she is forced to write reports the way the judges want them and not what is mediated in the sessions with the parents.  Very little is done to educate parents and families the long-term implication of how divorce detrimentally affects children.  The standard “cookie-cutter” plan in FCS mediation is to make one parent the custodial parent and the other the non-custodial parent sentenced to only 4 days per month with their child or children.  She says even when parents agree to 50-50 custody and ask for shared parenting the most Whistleblower X can recommend is “only 80% mom and 20% dad time” or the judges will fire her.  Whistleblower X says she obtained her Masters in Social Work to help people and their children and she did not sign up for this.  She says the Court System in California has a culture “that judges are always right and a court employee disagreeing with a judge can result in termination.”  “Judges can be tyrants and sexually harass women employees and assault them and court employees have to put up with it or lose your job.”

Whistleblower X says the system in these hard times is “squeezing people and churning them for more dollars and people are unemployed and not earning money to afford to be divorced.”  She says the judges have a “rule of thumb with divorcing couples that they should be willing to spend up to 30% of their gross annual income on attorney fees, specialists, and court fees.”  “Judges do not like poor or disabled people in their courts and are treated with disdain.”  A “judge would rather make a finding of abuse to get the child in Foster even when there is no proof so that the courts can tap into Social Security Title IV-D & E money.”  Houses and personal property are liquidated forcing at least 60% of people to file for bankruptcy with in one to two years after filing for divorce.  Whistleblower X is very concerned that judges are pushing people too far when they have nothing to give.  The average person getting a divorce averages $22,000 dollars for year.  Judges make $200,000 plus per year and have no concept of the struggles of families.  Bareno she knows of many people that are driven to murder over custody issues simply because the judge thought the person cheap for not hiring an attorney he denied any form of custody leading to the person to commit murder.

She finds that people get no real justice in family courts and that many needless killings are a result of judges and court employees pushing these people over the edge with no hope, they do things like murder their ex-spouse and children otherwise they are your next door neighbor or friend hardly a criminal, but after dealing with family court they have become killers.  Whistleblower X has also watched the children of divorced parents and says many of them have chronic legal problems and drug issues.  She has watched these damaged children grow up and lack the skills of children who grow up in intact homes.

Whistleblower X recommends that the court system “needs a collaborative system needs to be implemented and eliminate this broken “no fault divorce” system.”  People need to be educated that marriage is a contract with a lot of responsibilities and duties.  She cited the protect marriage initiative and make divorce illegal because “divorce is harmful to children” she says.  The court is exploiting families that can least afford it.  The long-term consequences she has observed is that parents are never able to recover back to pre-divorce.  Many parents have chronic health problems, get fired from jobs, suffer from depression, earn a criminal record, live on state assistance… The children don’t do any better children from divorced parents have drug & alcohol addiction, never finish school, pregnancy while teens, teen criminals, and multiple other issues.  She says the “best interests of children standard does nothing really to help children or finding a collaborative means of resolving issues.  These parents and children would fare much better if the courts were out of their business” but of course billions of dollars and jobs would be lost.

We thank Whistleblower X for being candid about the family court system and having the moral courage to speak out against this broken system.  Whistleblower X feels that family court judges fail to see that people go on killing sprees because the judge pushed them to the breaking point.  She wanted to stress that judicial discretion of judges needs to be reigned in and that the adversarial process of family court needs to be removed and that will be in the “best interests of children” since family code promotes frequent contact with both parents but judges have abused their discretion and put profits above the interests of children.

I did verify that Whistleblower X does work at San Diego Courts (South Bay Division) in FCS when I called the office.  However, when I checked to see if she was a licensed Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, I could not confirm she was licensed.  I thank Whistleblower X for blowing the whistle and taking a stand against a court system that is wasting our tax dollars to destroy families and children.

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by cpsvictim
Filed under: Family Court, Legislation, Title IV-D, children | 7 Comments »

Sandra Bullock The Blindside

The Blindside is a new film with Sandra Bullock coming out this Friday, November 20.

http://www.theblindsidemovie.com

The Blindside is a film based on a true story when a wealthy two-parent couple takes interest in a huge black boy called Michael “Big Mike” Oher that was walking down a road at night in the pouring rain.  What turn out to be a one night stay at their house opened them up to seeing a system that says it has the “best interests of children”, but really doesn’t care.

Sandra Bullock who plays Leigh Ann Tuohy discovers the darkside and how these children in Foster care are forgotten and only used as a pay check for the state.  Big Mike’s mother was a crack whore living a state owned ghetto project.  She is living off welfare and all of her children she has had with 12 dozen men are all in Foster care.  Big Mike has a point 0 grade point average, has no place to live, or a change of clothes to wear for school.

Big Mike gets exposed to a two-parent couple and how well adjusted their children are and the Tuohy’s show him what a family should be and not the waste his crack mother that doesn’t care.  Big Mike gets the opportunity to grow and exceed.  This would have never been possible in the Title IV-d programs that plague our children that rob them from the future potentials.

I give thumbs up to this movie and thanks for the invite to the free movie screening.

Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Semper Fi
Filed under: All Pro Dads, Family, Title IV-D, children | 4 Comments »