"Children Taken By the Family Courts" Quilt Project

Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis

The Battered Mothers Custody Conference

Visit www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org for additional information,hotel reservations, and conference registration.

"Children Taken By the Family Courts" Quilt Project

The Conference has hosted a community quilt entitled "Children Taken by the Family Courts" since 2007. A short news clip showing the quilt at the 2009 conference is available online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_qh-jX9qGk .

The quilt is modeled after the AIDS quilt that was started in 1987 and that has since grown tremendously, gaining wide publicity for the cause of combating AIDS and HIV infection.

We are asking mothers who have lost physical custody of their children through family or divorce court proceedings to create a 1.5’ by 3’ fabric panel to commemorate their child(ren).  Panels can be made before the conference and brought or mailed for inclusion in the quilt (see address below).  We will be providing some sewing materials and other necessities so that mothers can work on their panels during the weekend of the conference. Mothers do NOT need to attend the conference in order to have their panel included in the quilt. Complete instructions for creating and mailing panels are below.

Please display the following on the front of your panel:

The first name(s) and last initial(s) of the child(ren) of whom you lost custody as a result of family or divorce court proceedings.

The child(ren)’s date of birth and the county and state of the court system through which you lost custody.

The month and year you lost custody of your child(ren).

Any drawings, artwork, or items that make the panel meaningful to you.

On the back of your finished (backed and hemmed) panel, in an inconspicuous place (one that does not show through to the front) please write YOUR name, phone number, and e-mail address. Please also safety-pin a note to the panel with this information.

Write a statement

Please also take the time to write a statement about your child(ren) and briefly describe how you lost custody. Please include your name, e-mail address and phone number on this statement.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING PANELS

Your design can be vertical or horizontal, but the finished, hemmed panel should be 1.5 feet by 3 feet (45 cm x 90 cm).

The fabric can be traditional quilting material found at any fabric or craft store, or can be made up of scraps pieced together to meet the size requirements.

Batting for the panels is not necessary, but backing made of sturdy fabric is needed to help keep panels clean when they are laid out on the ground. It also helps retain the shape of the fabric.

When you cut your 2 pieces of fabric (panel front and the backing), leave an extra 2 inches on each side for a hem. Please sew your panel and backing pieces together, seams inside (like you are making a pillow), or hem them so that there are no raw seams on the outside. Hand sewing is fine if you don’t have access to a sewing machine. Please just do whatever you are able to do.

You may use most techniques and or embellishments, as long as they are secured well, including but not limited to: appliqué, piecing, embroidery, fabric markers, fabric paints, stenciling, beading, ribbons, sequins, or buttons (see descriptions below). Remember that the quilt will be folded and unfolded every time it is displayed, so durability is crucial. Since glue deteriorates with time, it is best to sew things to the panel.

Appliqué: Sew fabric, letters and small mementos onto the background fabric. Do not rely on glue - it won't last.

Paint: Brush on textile paint or color-fast dye, or use an indelible ink pen. Please don't use "puffy" paint; it's too sticky.

Stencils: Trace your design onto the fabric with a pencil, lift the stencil, then use a brush to apply textile paint or indelible markers.

Collage: Make sure that whatever materials you add to the panel won't tear the fabric (avoid glass and sequins for this reason), and be sure to avoid very bulky objects.

Sending in your panel:

If you will be attending the Battered Mothers Custody Conference, you can work on your panel over the weekend of the conference.  Some guidance and materials will be provided; you also are encouraged to bring materials with you.

If you will not be attending the conference, please ship your finished panel (make sure to use adequate protective waterproof packing material) to:

BMCC V

26 Purtell Avenue

Latham, New York 12110

Contact: mhannah413@aol.com

Thank you!

Imagine Publicity: Claudine Dombrowski selected as Honored Guest to present at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference Albany, NY Jan 7th, 8th & 9th, 2011

 

Claudine Dombrowski has been selected to be among a host of honored presenters at the upcoming Battered Mothers Custody Conference. Albany, New York

 

CLAUDINE DOMBROWSKI

There is a crisis in the Family Courts of America and Claudine Dombrowski is a strong warrior in the battle for Battered Mothers and their Children lost to the abusers in the Family Court Mafia. A battered mother who lost custody of her only daughter to the person who abused her, Claudine’s battle has been ongoing for approximately 16 years, in Topeka, Kansas – still with no solution.

Claudine leads the Suit at the Inter American Commission Human Rights by International Human Rights Attorney Diane Post in 2007 – filed on behalf of Battered mothers and their Children Nationally, for the Policies and practices of US Courts routinely granting child custody to abusers --. (Dombrowski et el v U.S 2007)

Claudine has diligently worked to bring attention to the systemic re-victimization of abused women who have lost custody of their children to the person who abused them and how the courts are allowing this to happen.

She has taken this issue to the internet by storm, through several websites, KansansForJudicialAccountability - KS-FCRC.and she is best known for her original www.AngelFury.org website which still gathers Mothers from across the world.

Along with other bloggers known as B.A.D.A.S.S and with other social media sites, gathering mothers together who are uniting their voices and are truly making a difference for the sake of their children.

Claudine has also joined with other Experts in Domestic Violence to bring even more heighten awareness to the pandemic genocide of battered mothers their children—a Human Rights Issue.

Through years of organizing globally , Claudine, and mothers like her who have been battered , not only by an abuser, but battered in the court system, have recently founded Australian/American Mothers Political Party and co hosts American Mothers Political Party Blog Talk Radio weekly to bring attention to the crisis in Family Courts and to educate and empower others. 

Through combining their online efforts across the globe, they are able to link together, not always physically, but by forming groups through the wonders of technology and carrying their message far and wide demanding the rights of mothers and their children to be free of torture. We will NEVER give up—Shut up—or go away!

“I am a mother, a daughter, a sister, your neighbor, your co-worker and or friend. I am only one of thousands of Battered Mothers and battered children struggling daily to keep our children safe ourselves alive. Many have not survived. I dedicate this domain to ALL my many sisters-and all our children, those who have fallen and those who still stand, being brutalized daily, weekly, year after year- by a system that is supposed to protect, the Courts continue to punish battered mothers and our battered children. United we carry forward the unheard cries of our children…..We are silenced no more!”…….Claudine Dombrowski www.AngelFury.org

 

To schedule Claudine for your next event, please contact: www.ImaginePublicity.com

PO Box 14946   Surfside Beach, SC  29587  843.808.0859 email:  contact@imaginepublicity.com

A LETTER FROM SANTA CLAUS

A LETTER FROM SANTA CLAUS

I received this letter last night…

Dear Virginia,

I am writing to you to let you know that Santa is not ignoring your most fervent request this Christmas, nor has Santa ignored these same requests for the past years. It’s simply that Santa can not give you what you want, because Family law and the Judges who govern these courts have deemed that your daddy does have the right to abuse you.  He is allowed to beat you, break your bones, torture, have sex with you, sodomize, molest or do anything else that he wants.

Please Virginia, don’t be angry or hate your mommy because she is not protecting you.  For the same rules and judges that allow your father to abuse you will force your mother out of your life if she objects.  So, your mommy can do nothing but hold your hand, wipe your tears and cry silently by herself while she sits helplessly by as your daddy continues to hurt you.  For, if she does object the chances are good that a Family Court Judge will deem her unfit or crazy and force her into only seeing you under supervised conditions.  During this time you will live with your daddy and he will have carte blanche to continue his abuse.  I repeat, Virginia, it is the Family Court system and the judges who govern over them that allow these atrocities to be committed against the children.

Also, Virginia, do not feel guilty when you are forced to lie to these same judges and claim that your mommy is a bad person.  Mommy and Santa understand that you have no choice.  For these same judges will send you home with daddy after you testify or talk to them and mommy and Santa know what daddy will do if you were to tell the truth.  Mommy and Santa understand that you are just trying to survive this horrible childhood of abuse and we still believe that you are a good girl.

Virginia, Santa is so sorry that he can not help you.  Perhaps next year, you should send your letter to the leader of an influential government and ask that he, or she, take a dramatic step in making changes in the Family Court system. Ask that these same judges that are sending countless numbers of children to live with fathers who abuse, beat, rape, sodomize and even kill them to be held accountable.  Ask that when a protective parent fights for their child’s safety that they not be automatically deemed an alienator.  Ask that the judges be forced to recognize that when an abusive parent/father fights for sole custody that they will win in approximately 70% of the cases.  Ask that when pictures and statements of abuse are provided that the family court judges be forced to acknowledge this evidence, instead of refusing to as they send the children to live in horrific circumstances.  For it is clear to Santa that these judges do not care that an average of 2 children a week are being murdered while many more are being subjugated to unspeakable abuse.

So, Virginia, in closing, Santa says that he is so sorry that he can not give you the gift that you most desire.  However, Santa will pray for year in this coming year.  Santa will pray that you receive one less beating, that you have one less broken bone, that Daddy visits your bedroom at night at least one less time in 2011. Finally, Santa will pray that you live to see the next year, because Santa knows that many children will not live to see 2012, for their daddy’s will kill them.

I am so sorry,

Santa Claus

Linda Marie Sacks Press Release: Mothers of America lose custody too Abusers

Press Release          12/22/10

A Florida Mother asks Court to Certify Questions to Florida Supreme Court/ National Crisis in the Family Courts

 

                                       Mothers of America…..if she can lose custody….any one can…….

A  “squeaky clean” mother, Linda Marie Sacks, in her effort to be re-united with her children, asks the Fifth District Court of Appeals to certify 3 questions of national importance to the Florida Supreme Court.  Mothers all over the U.S. are losing custody of their children, and all their contact is terminated or they are placed indefinitely on Supervised Visitation, by the trial court with no case plan and reunification plan.

After 3 years/9 months of only supervised visitation,(74 hours total) with her children, a Daytona Beach Mom is asking the Fifth District Court of Appeals to certify 3 questions of great national importance.

                       1. If a parent makes a good faith allegation of abuse, with documented evidence,

                           in an effort to protect her children, should that parent be deprived of physical

                           custody of her children, or have their contact supervised, indefinitely without a

                           case  plan, or reunification plan provided by the trial court?

                        2. Does a state court violate the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments when it

                            deprives a parent of physical custody, and limits that parents contact to Supervised

                            Visitation with her children, for taking the reasonable action based upon a belief,

                            supported by facts that her children need protection from abuse?

                        3. Does a state court’s custody decision that deprives a parent of  access  to her

                            children  indefinitely, unless supervised, without a finding of unfitness by clear and

                            convincing  evidence, which effectively terminates a party’s parental rights,

                            violate the Fifth and Fourteen Amendments?

Her daughters in April 2007 told her..”Mommy fight for us and do something every day to get us back and don’t ever stop”, so every day she has kept that promise and now will go to the Florida Supreme Court, and then on to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C. After spending $140,000  to do undo the unjust  custody ruling by the trial court of Judge Shawn L. Briese, she  is  now more determined than ever, and has taken up the legal challenge on her own as a pro se litigant.

The Fifth District Court of Appeals on Dec. 7, 2010, denied Mothers  2^nd appeal so she is now asking that the Florida Supreme Court address this crisis in the family courts. Family courts are in crisis and Mothers are sadly losing custody of their children, and all they did was ask the “official avenues”….judges, police, DCF for help to protect their children from documented abuse, and  they are losing custody. Family court judges are dismissing, ignoring, and suppressing documented evidence  abuse and the abusers are getting custody.

The ABA.. American Bar Association states that Batterers ask the family courts for SOLE custody, and are successful 70% of the time. Imagine…a parent with documented evidence of Domestic Violence, and Child Physical and/ or Sexual Abuse to the children…. And the fathers are able to get SOLE physical custody, and Mothers, known as “protective parents” are sadly placed on supervised visitation or all contact with their children is terminated.

The Florida NOW (National Organization for Women) Ad Hoc Family Law Committee has a brochure on this national crisis.

www.nowfoundation.org/issues/family/

If you think…oh that could never happen to me….that’s what this Mother  thought…and as “squeaky clean”, class Mom, soccer Mom, car pool Mom,  community volunteer, with no drugs, no abuse, no alcohol, just a loving, caring, primary care giver to her  children………..she lost custody in a hearing that the Fifth District court of Appeals Case 5D07-1682 said that her constitutional rights were violated…and the hearing to determine custody on March 9, 2007, should never have taken place in the trial court of Judge Shawn L. Briese.  The Fifth District Court of  Appeals  REVERSED and REMANDED the issue of custody back to Judge Briese for a “Retrial of the custody of the minor children”.  Judge Briese  refused to be disqualified from the hearing on child custody and refused to  remove the unjust “supervised visitation” order.

This national crisis is affecting 39 states………..

A national conference will take place in Albany NY…Jan 7, 8 , 9, 2011 ..addressing this  crisis in the family courts. For more information on this conference:           www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org

Advocates are asking for a federal investigation into the corruption in the family courts and  congressional hearings to address this national crisis…children are being forced to live with an abusive parent….and safe, protective parents are losing custody.

For more information:

www.centerforjudicialexcellence.com

www.justiceforchildren.org

www.protectiveparent.com

www.taliacarner.com

www.leadershipcouncil.org

www.dvleap.org

www.stopfamilyviolence.org

www.juliafletcher.wordpress.com

www.americanmotherspoliticalparty.org

www.lizlibary.org

www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org

www.randijames.com

TODAY American Mothers Political Party Show Thursday 12-23-2010 6 PM EST Call-in Number: (347) 205-9977

Call-in Number: (347) 205-9977

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanmotherspoliticalparty/2010/12/23/still-standing

 

 

AMPP is a social movement seeking justice and accountability within the family court system which includes DHHS/CPS, psychologists and other so called experts.

• We as mothers demand CITIZENSHIP and our Rights to our Children.
• We demand that our children not be used as pawns by our abuser in a custody dispute.
• We demand that Mothers and Children be equally protected against court ordered visitation with an abuser.
• We demand that Mothers and Children be given the same rights, privileges and voice that the abuser gets in family courts!
• We demand that our President take action now as can no longer afford to be silent and we won’t.
• We demand the same "rights and freedoms" to which all humans are entitled.

Behind the closed doors of the dirty little secret of the family court system, thousands of women each year lose child custody to violent men who beat and abuse Mothers and Children. Family courts are not family-friendly and betray the best interests of the child.

Until Mothers and Children's voices are heard we will never shut up, give up or go away!

Mr President when will you give Mothers their Children back?? by MamaLiberty

Another DAD—in PRISON -- who had FULL CUSTODY-- Gave his children to HIS girlfriend’ & paternal family--Where one child was ABUSED to DEATH- young daughter survives—Mother sought to find them –Finds at morgue her child.

Related:VIDEO: Landon Payne candlelight vigil

Their father, Clint Payne, moved the children to South Dakota. He had full custody of both children.

When Clint moved the children, Gray said, her family had no idea where they went or what happened to them.

“We did not know (Clint’s) whereabouts until we got the call from the sheriff’s department telling us to call the HHS office. We called, and that’s when we found out about Landon’s death and that (his sister) was in protective custody,” Gray said, referring to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

“We didn’t have any contact with Clint after he moved. We had no way of getting in touch with him because we didn’t have a clue where he would have went.

Clint was in jail in South Dakota in August 2009. At first, his then-girlfriend cared for Landon and his sister.

http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/article_ba48b3e0-0d33-11e0-b93f-001cc4c03286.html

 

Waiting for Justice: Family would have found a way to get Landon Payne to Okla.

Hub GraphicIn a two-day series, Vicki Gray and Clinton Payne talk about alleged abuse victim Landon one year after his death.

Suspects in Landon Payne’s Death

Sharon Turnell, 37

Charges: Aiding and abetting child abuse that led to death.

Bond: Held in Phelps County Jail on 10 percent of $300,000, or $30,000.

Next court date: Kearney County District Court hearing Feb. 2.

Charles Turnell, 38

Charges: Aiding and abetting child abuse that led to death.

Bond: Held in Kearney County Jail on 10 percent of $300,000, or $30,000.

Next court date: Kearney County District Court hearing Feb. 2.

Katie Payne, 19

Charges: Being an accessory to a felony.

Bond: Free on personal recognizance bond.

Next court date: Pre-trial hearing Jan. 5.

Dustin Scoville, 23

Charges: Aiding and abetting child abuse that led to death, accessory to a felony.

Bond: Held in Buffalo County Jail on unrelated charges; bond in this case set at 10 percent of $1 million, or $100,000.

Next court date: Not scheduled.

Posted: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:00 pm |Updated: 3:52 pm, Tue Dec 21, 2010.

By BETSY FRIEDRICH Hub Staff Writer |2 comments

PONCA CITY, Okla. — He loved Thomas the Train and “SpongeBob.” He and his grandma played “tickle monster,” and he and his big sister played house.

Landon Payne was like any other toddler when his grandmother, Vicki Gray, last saw him.

“He was very outgoing. He was the baby, the youngest and, yes, we all spoiled him,” she said. “His older brothers spoiled him a great deal. He just had such a big grin on his face all the time. There wasn’t ever a time you didn’t see a smile on his face. He didn’t know a stranger at all. Everybody loved him and thought he was such a cute little boy.”

Payne died Dec. 22, 2009, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney just a few days shy of his fifth birthday.

He allegedly was the victim of child abuse at the hands of his aunt, Sharon Turnell, 37, her husband, Charles Turnell, 38, her daughter, Katie Payne, 19, and Payne’s ex-husband, Dustin Scoville, 23. All four face charges in the case.

Gray of Ponca City, Okla., and Landon’s other family members are grieving and waiting for justice.

Gray said Landon was the youngest child of her daughter, Samantha Head of Cuba, Mo.

The other children are a 7-year-old sister and two half brothers ages 9 and 11. The sister lives with her aunt and uncle in Ponca City, and the boys live with Gray, their legal guardian.

Gray last saw Landon and his sister in June 2007, when their father, Clint Payne, moved the children to South Dakota. He had full custody of both children.

Head had lost custody because of neglect, Gray said.

When Clint moved the children, Gray said, her family had no idea where they went or what happened to them.

“We did not know (Clint’s) whereabouts until we got the call from the sheriff’s department telling us to call the HHS office. We called, and that’s when we found out about Landon’s death and that (his sister) was in protective custody,” Gray said, referring to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.

“We didn’t have any contact with Clint after he moved. We had no way of getting in touch with him because we didn’t have a clue where he would have went.”

Clint was in jail in South Dakota in August 2009. At first, his then-girlfriend cared for Landon and his sister.

Then later that month, Sharon Turnell and Katie Payne traveled to South Dakota to pick up the children and bring Landon and his sister to live with them in Nebraska. In addition to Landon and his sister, the Turnells’ five children and one grandchild also lived in the home.

“I do wish that Clint would have contacted us when he got in trouble in South Dakota to come and pick the children up,” Gray said. “My son and daughter-in-law and myself would have found the money somehow, someway to go up there and get those children. I don’t know why he didn’t.”

While Landon and his sister were gone, Gray said, she and the children’s half brothers prayed for their siblings daily.

“We prayed for God to surround them with angels of protection, to protect them from wickedness and evilness. It was very hard for all of us, with our faith in God, not to blame him for not answering our prayers,” she said.

“I’ve told the boys, ‘God did answer our prayers. Even though Landon is not with us, he answered our prayers by protecting (his sister) and those other children from losing their lives. He wasn’t just looking out for (his sister) and Landon, he was looking out for all the Turnell children, too.’”

Landon’s siblings, Gray, and other family members are planning a small memorial service for Landon Wednesday.

Gray said Landon’s sister has been traumatized by the approximately four months she lived with the Turnells.

“We are giving her lots of love, and we’re listening to her. We hold her tight, and we let her know she’s a very pretty little girl, and how much we love her and that she’s still our little princess,” she said.

Landon’s sister, Gray says, is very withdrawn.

“You can tell she has been tremendously traumatized by all of this. She was unsure at first, the first couple of days, of all of us. She wasn’t sure how she was going to be treated. We knew that was to be expected. Her very first day back here, she never once let go of (her brothers). She held onto their hands,” she said.

Landon’s sister has told family members she and Landon wanted to run away from the Turnell home, but didn’t know where to go and were afraid for their lives, Gray said.

She said she blames authorities for not stepping in to end the abuse of the Turnell children before Landon and his sister moved in. “I do not understand why they didn’t, in the last 15 years, why they didn’t protect the Turnell children, let alone my grandchildren,” Gray said.

Now, the family is waiting as court cases for Sharon and Charles Turnell, Katie Payne and Dustin Scoville move through the system.

“I just wish the charges would be changed to murder instead of aiding and abetting because that’s what it truly is. If it would have been an adult who died, it would have been murder charges,” Gray said.

She said she looks forward to the when the cases are finished. “…Then all of us can start the process of healing and forgiving so God will forgive us of our sins. That’s what his word says, that we have to forgive others. I’m not at the point of forgiveness yet, but once this trial is over and they are sentenced, then I’ll be able to start on the road of forgiveness,” she said.

“I pray every day that God will give me the strength and the power to get through each and every day. There are times at night I can’t go to sleep because when I go to sleep I see what they were doing to little Landon. Landon didn’t deserve that,” Gray said through tears.

“He was too precious of a little boy. He loved life. He loved all of us. … We loved him with all of our heart.”

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betsy.friedrich@kearneyhub.com

Kids Inside House When MOTHER Was Killed By FATHER

http://www.ktxs.com/big_country_news/26206825/detail.html

Their two children were inside the house when their father shot and killed their mother on the driveway outside. He later shot himself after being confronted by law enforcement officials.

On Tuesday the Nolan County Sheriff investigating the murder-suicide told KTXS that James Elmer Rainey had a small criminal history, mainly due to alcohol incidents.

On Monday Rainey drove to his parents' house and shot his estranged wife, Amy Diane Rainey, there with their kids inside.

He then drove to his home in Trent and shot himself.

Autopsies were to be performed Tuesday in Odessa.

On Thursday, Amy Diane Rainey will be laid to rest.

The visitation will be at 10 a.m. with the funeral to follow at 11 a.m.

Both services will be at the McCoy Funeral Home, located at East 3rd Street in Sweetwater.

American Mothers Political Party Show—Special Guest Adult Child Survivor of the PAS Scam, Lyn Twyman --TONIGHT @ 6 pm EST Call in (347) 205-9977

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americanmotherspoliticalparty/2010/12/16/still-standing

TONIGHT at 6ET join hosts Claudine Dombrowski and Lorraine Tipton as they welcome guest Lyn Twyman to the show to share her experiences of parental alienation and its abuse in her childhood.

 

Lyn Twyman Domestic violence advocate. Creator and founder of Courage Network, an online community for domestic violence survivors, family, friends, advocates and organizations. www.couragenetwork.com

There is no doubt that Lyn Twyman wears many hats. The driving force behind her passion for life and what she does comes from a past that has shaped and formed her to become the dynamic woman that she is today. Lyn grew up watching all forms of abuse in the lives of her parents. She was victimized as a child by a psychologically abusive father who caused years of separation from her mother, an Asian immigrant who was pressured to marry an American that she had never met. Lyn’s abusive childhood set the stage for her and she later became a victim of intimate partner violence. After sometime of healing and while trying to find resources for another immigrant victim of violence in her own family, Lyn found that comprehensive resources were lacking online. Also, she realized she needed to be a part of breaking the cycle of violence within her own family and families across the country so she founded Courage Network in February of 2009.

 

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AMPP is a social movement seeking justice and accountability within the family court system which includes DHHS/CPS, psychologists and other so called experts.

• We as mothers demand CITIZENSHIP and our Rights to our Children.
• We demand that our children not be used as pawns by our abuser in a custody dispute.
• We demand that Mothers and Children be equally protected against court ordered visitation with an abuser.
• We demand that Mothers and Children be given the same rights, privileges and voice that the abuser gets in family courts!
• We demand that our President take action now as can no longer afford to be silent and we won’t.
• We demand the same "rights and freedoms" to which all humans are entitled.

Behind the closed doors of the dirty little secret of the family court system, thousands of women each year lose child custody to violent men who beat and abuse Mothers and Children. Family courts are not family-friendly and betray the best interests of the child.

Until Mothers and Childrens voices are heard we will never shut up, give up or go away!

Nightmare

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A short Story by Rikki for her English Class—(She only got a “C” for this awesome piece of writing)

Dec, 9, 2007 at the time she was not aware that these were her memories- I did die then- the fog machine- her knowledge of the attack planned before it happened-
She is a beautiful writer and in that she will be only as ok as I am..
And I will live for forever for her I will fly high- and never will we fall again…

Nightmare


It all started the night of the dream, the dream when my life turned upside down and inside out.
I practically had a normal life. I had a mom and dad; I had two sisters and an annoying brother. I am 13 years old and my name is Kira.

It was about 12 am and dead silence in the house. I was sitting up in my bed with sweat pouring down my face. I was just sitting there thinking about the nightmare I just had.
In the nightmare all I saw was fog and a person running through the house; it was like I was that person. It was like I was following a person. I heard my sister scream and saw her jump out of the way of the person. She was scared of him….her.
My other sister, mother and my brother were in the corner of the hall crying and saying to each other ‘whatever happens I hope she doesn’t hurt us’.
As the person or girl I should say walked into the dining room. I saw me. I was just laying there- barely moving. My father was in the room to but he left as soon as I entered the room.

“Kira get up or you going to be late for school again’, my sister Lisa said annoyed by my sleeping in late.
She is 15 and always trying to act like mom. ‘Kira get up now… Kiraaa..!”
‘Fine, I’ll get up’ I yelled from underneath all my covers.

I didn’t realize I had fallen back asleep.  I looked over and looked at my alarm clock it was ten minutes till 7, I had plenty of time. I rolled back over and started to fall back asleep; I heard a crash and my mom yelled. I jumped out of bed and ran downstairs to see what she was yelling. It turned out all it was, was the fog machine and fog was going everywhere just like in my dream.
Later that morning after I finished getting ready. My little brother Kyle was annoying my two sisters just like always; told me how mom broke the fog machine.
Then Lisa, Kelly, Kyle and I all went to school.

We all got home around three o’clock. That’s when it all took a turn for the worst. I went into the dining room to do my homework, mom, Lisa, Kelly and Kyle were upstairs doing something.
I heard someone at the door and I went to go get it, Dad got there before me. As he opened the door some woman walked in and asked “Are you sure you want to do this?” “Yes’ dad said quietly “yes, I am sure”.
She pulled something out of her pocket and at the moment I knew what was happening, my nightmare was coming true.
‘Nooooooooooooo’ I screamed at the top of my lungs “How could you”. Don’t you love us..?

I turned to run upstairs to tell mom and everybody when, I hit the ground, that’s it, I don’t remember what really happened after that. I just remember waking up in the hospital with Lisa, Kelly and Kyle staring down at me. Tears were in there eyes.
“What’s wrong?” I mumbled. Kelly took turns with Kyle telling me what happened. They told me exactly what happened in my nightmare. My sister Lisa
upset, “Well Kira… mom and dad.. well..I don’t know how to tell you this, well…..
…’Mom and dad..are dead.” Kelly said as tears poured out.

The woman who came in and did all this, the one who killed mom and dad, tried to kill you along with them. They tried to stop her but she killed them in the process. The police said her name was Marie. ‘She was a professional killer’, Kyle piped in’

So dad must have hired her to do this. 

“Why did she not hurt you guys,” I asked weakly. “Well we were all upstairs in Kelly’s room hiding” Lisa said as she sat down by Kyle.
“Oh, so she saw me, tried to kill me killed mom and dad instead and hurt me.” So she’ll come back and try to kill me to finish what she started. Right..? “
“I think so” the police said as he entered the room. We have been tracking her down, but we have not caught her yet. We need your help.

Within the next 24 hours, the police and my family- what was left of us, devised a plan to catch Marie. It was Sunday, July 24th. I was at the ‘steak house’.
The ‘steak house’ was where we stayed so that when she came the police could arrest her.. before she finished off with me.

It was about 12 am. And I was sitting in my bed.. with sweat pouring down my face. I was just sitting there thinking about the nightmare I had just had. Dead silence in the house.
I heard some one at the front door, I crept down to see what or - who it was..? I saw a shadow of some one, but no one was really there. So I went back upstairs to go to sleep.
Every now and then,
I wonder ‘what happened to Marie, the police never caught her., and they may not. We just don’t know.

Happy Birthday Rikki Dombrowski... We are so proud of you. by Aunt Sabrina Dombrowski-- Belgium

“Just a little message for Rikki in Topeka, Kansas USA- because this Sunday December 12th is her birthday. "All your family in Belgium wish you a Happy Birthday!”

 

More here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQkw_ZVoKk&feature=player_embedded

Rikki, Granny, Mom—Don’t Give Up—Hope, Love, Power and Enlightenment

Granny died and her grand-daughter was not allowed to attend her funeral.

This tribute video was made-- for three generations lost---destroyed by the Family Courts.

Granny, Mom and Rikki three hearts united across the universe and above and beyond the Shawnee County Courthouse MAFIA.

Rikki Dombrowski-- Run Like The Wind

http://rightsformothers.com/2010/08/2...

"DANGEROUS" CLAUDINE DOMBROWSKI ATTENDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RALLY: DOES SHE FACE JUDICIAL RETALIATION AGAIN?

http://rightsformothers.com/2010/10/2...

Hope Love Power and enlightenment

 

I am a thousand winds that blow,

I am the diamond glints on snow,

I am the sun on ripened grain,

I am the gentle autumn rain.

 

When you awaken in the morning's hush,

I am the swift uplifting rush

Of quiet birds in circled flight.

I am the soft stars that shine at night.

 

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there; I do not sleep.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,

I am not there; I did not die.

 

by, Mary Elizabeth Frye

History of the Battered Mothers Custody Conference

The Eighth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference

http://www.batteredmotherscustodyconference.org/

Register Online

January 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2011
Friday evening 6:00 p.m. - Sunday afternoon

Source Barry Golstein Times Up

By Barry Goldstein

Only Mo Hannah could make a frigid Albany weekend in January of 2004 the place to be for several dozen protective moms, supportive professionals and activists who came for the first Battered Mothers Custody Conference. Many of the attendees had to leave their rooms in the middle of the night wearing robes and pajamas after fire alarms were triggered by frozen pipes, but at the conference there was a warmth and caring all of us badly needed.

Although I had been part of the domestic violence movement since 1983, I was new to the national movement as my book SCARED TO LEAVE AFRAID TO STAY had only come out in 2002. I was excited to meet and work with national celebrities like Lundy Bancroft, Joan Zorza and Richard Ducote and Garland Waller. Lundy has been to all eight conferences and is such an exciting speaker because he provides information that could be used to totally change the broken system. Joan has been one of the national leaders in the movement for over thirty years. I had corresponded with her prior to the first conference when she reviewed my book in Domestic Violence Report. I met her at the first conference and she quickly became a friend and mentor. Richard Ducote is a dynamic speaker who attended the first several conferences and led the Truth Commission. At the first conference, Garland Waller played her award- winning documentary, SMALL JUSTICE which was the first time I saw it. She has participated in all of the conferences and has also shown her documentary about Richard Gardner.

This was the first time a large group of protective moms came together, shared their stories and understood they were not alone. It helped everyone to understand the pattern of mistakes the courts were making. Surprisingly there were few representatives from the domestic violence movement and many mothers complained their local battered women's shelters had been less than helpful. Nevertheless the moms were excited by the support they gave each other and from the professionals who came to help their cause.

Dr. Mo Therese Hannah is a psychologist, but that didn't save her from a traumatic experience in the broken custody courts. She only barely escaped with custody of her children and recognized the courts badly need reforming. Mo networked with other protective moms and eventually created the Battered Mothers Conference with her co-chair Liliane H. Miller. Without the tremendous efforts of Mo there is no Battered Mothers Custody Conference and the protective mothers movement would have been greatly delayed.

The second Battered Mothers Custody Conference was particularly exciting because of the presence of my personal heroes, the Courageous Kids and parts of the conference were taped for the PBS Documentary BREAKING THE SILENCE: CHILDREN'S STORIES.

The Courageous Kids are young adults who as children were ensnared by the broken custody court system and forced to live with abusive fathers because of the common mistakes these courts routinely make. They came together under the auspices of the California Protective Parents Association led by Karen Anderson and Connie Valentine. These young men and women described the unspeakable torment they were subjected to by their abusers and the denial of a relationship with their safe, protective mothers. Their stories were powerful because they had a moral authority none of the rest of us could match. The courts, after all were supposed to be working to protect these children and instead were the instrument of their torture.

We were especially excited about BREAKING THE SILENCE: CHILDREN'S STORIES because it would create widespread national exposure to the crisis in the custody court system. I have long believed that if the public knew how often courts ruin children's lives and subject them to unspeakable trauma they would not permit it to continue. Unfortunately, the abuser groups also understood the documentary could undermine their ability to maintain what they believe is their privilege to control their partners and launched a vicious attack on what was a wonderful documentary. They attacked the film and the producers without even seeing it. We launched a campaign in support of BREAKING THE SILENCE, but PBS caved to the abuser's lobby, limited the showing of the documentary and basically disowned it. BREAKING THE SILENCE has been shown throughout the country at meetings and conferences, but the cowardice of PBS prevented it from being the breakthrough that could have saved more children.

The battered women's movement is a natural ally of the protective mothers movement. After our first conference Mo and I spoke about the importance of working with domestic violence organizations and we reached out to the New York State Coalition, the State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and other similar groups. As a result of these meetings and the ever more horrendous situation in the courts, domestic violence organizations have become our biggest supporters. Domestic violence advocates are now well represented at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference. Mo and I were invited to lead a workshop and then a separate discussion group at the 2008 NCADV national conference. Rita Smith, Executive Director of the NCADV and other staff have become regular participants at the Battered Mothers conferences and have given us everything we ever asked for. The NCADV invited Mo and I together with Garland Waller and Judge Mike Brigner to present about our book at a plenary session during the 2010 NCADV national conference in Anaheim. This has been a wonderful collaboration that will continue to benefit protective mothers and all of the battered women's movement.

As the movement strengthened, new presenters became regular participants. Searching for Angela Shelton is an award winning movie that created its own movement. When Angela speaks at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference, one minute we are crying the next laughing as she brings an intense emotional connection to the audience. Wendy Murphy is an attorney and former prosecutor whose book AND JUSTICE FOR SOME deeply resonates with protective mothers. Wendy brings a perspective about how women and victims are treated that is missed when we just hear the repeated misinformation in the media. Nancy Erickson was a law professor at New York Law School when I was a student, but we never met until she came to her first Battered Mothers Custody Conference. Since then Nancy has become a friend and colleague and is a contributor to our book and regular speaker at the conferences.

For the fourth annual conference, Mo had the idea of creating a Truth Commission made up of a multi-disciplinary group of leading experts in domestic violence and custody who would listen to the testimony of sixteen protective mothers and use this information together with their knowledge of domestic violence custody cases to make a report about the problems in the custody courts and potential solutions that could prevent the all too common tragedies discussed in the testimony and research.

We listened to the mothers' testimony in front of the conference and then met privately to discuss the issues and prepare the report. While there were a few minor disagreements most of the conclusions and recommendations were unanimous and the atmosphere for the discussions was collegial. The Truth Commission presented its report and discussed it at the conference in front of all the participants. The reaction was supportive and appreciative. We later exchanged drafts by email as we prepared the final written report that can be found on the Internet and in our book.

The Truth Commission Report created a lot of excitement when we released it because it not only exposed the extent of the problem but also provided realistic solutions. One of the people who was impressed by the report was a publisher at Civic Research Institute which produces quality research and other material by and for professionals. She asked Mo Hannah to prepare a book based on the Truth Commission Report and Mo invited me to co-edit the book with her. This became DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSE and CHILD CUSTODY which was published in April of 2010. Many of the experts who present at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference became contributors to the book. We are excited that the book will be available at the upcoming 8th annual conference January 7-9. We will be discussing how to use the research in the book to help win better results in court.

When a woman is living with an abusive partner, she is really living in a pretend world. He will repeatedly hurt her and then deny it or claim she caused him to hurt her. She can't challenge him because it is not safe. One of the important parts of healing once she can leave him is to return to reality and speak about the truth. That is another reason why the court system is so destructive as mothers are repeatedly punished for trying to speak about reality that the courts treat as undermining the children's relationship with the abuser. This dynamic was discussed in THE BATTERER AS PARENT which says one of the best things we can do to help the CHILDREN is to help the mother heal. Nevertheless the courts routinely do the opposite.

This is another reason why the Battered Mothers Custody Conference is so valuable. At least for that one weekend each year, we are among friends, we can speak the truth, the reality may not be pleasant but at least we can escape the pretend world of the courts and the abusers. It is important for protective mothers to know they are not alone. Other wonderful people are going through the same attacks and being pathologized by unqualified "experts."

More than once I have told a story at the Battered Mothers Custody Conference that inspired me to start writing my first book. Three young children complained that their father was physically and sexually abusing them. They told the judge, the CPS caseworker, their attorney and the evaluator what their father did to them. As frequently happens, these professionals whose job it was to protect children decided the mother had brainwashed the children and warned she would lose custody if she didn't stop. Before the first unsupervised visitation could occur, the father was confronted by the baby sitter in the presence of the law guardian. He admitted that he had kissed his daughters on their privates. The law guardian immediately made a motion to stop the visitation which I joined. The judge consulted with the evaluator who said the father showed poor judgment but there was no reason to stop the visitation. During the first visitation the four-year-old was penetrated for the first time. I made a new report to CPS when the judge refused to protect the children based on the father's admission. The judge yelled and screamed at me saying CPS had already investigated the charges. They assigned a new caseworker who did a thorough job this time and found out the father had done even worse than we alleged. They brought charges against the father and he never again had anything but supervised visitation.

After the mother won custody, she invited the new CPS caseworker and myself to a celebratory dinner to thank us for our work. The kids had gifts, but most of all they had a name for us. They called us "believers" because we believed them when all the other professionals failed to do so. I can tell you there is no greater honor than to be called a believer. The 2009 conference took place just days after my license was suspended in retaliation for exposing an abusive judge. I was not sure how I would be received or what my future was and suddenly Mo called me up to the stage and presented me with the Believer award.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the 2011 Battered Mothers Custody Conference in Albany January 7-9. For more information you can check our web site at www.Batteredmotherscustodyconference.org My friend, Ben Atherton-Zeman will be performing at the conference and has created believer bumper stickers. Please come to a place where protective mothers and their children are believed. I don't know what will happen in our work to reform the broken custody court system, but as for me, I'm a believer!

Barry Goldstein is a nationally recognized domestic violence expert, speaker, writer and consultant. He is the co-editor with Mo Therese Hannah of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ABUSE and CHILD CUSTODY.

***COURT WHORE OF THE WEEK*** Judge David Debenham Topeka, Kansas

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COURT WHORES

Court Officials and their Accomplices who sell out

**Innocent  Children**

to ABUSERS and MOLESTERS

for
PROFIT and POWER

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The Blood of Countless Children is on the hands of these Court Whores
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*This website is Dedicated to all the Children harmed by Court Whores*

Together we will Change the System to protect Children, not Abusers!!

***COURT WHORE OF THE WEEK***

Judge David Debenham
Topeka, Kansas
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______________________

Kansas -- Domestic violence is on the rise—again- YEAR 2010--

Kansas -- Domestic violence is on the rise

"A KBI report issued this fall indicates 23,864 domestic violence incidents were reported to law enforcement in 2009, up 11 percent from 2008 and the highest number since the bureau began releasing the statistic in 1992." http://cjonline.com/news/local/2010-12-05/domestic_violence_on_the_rise

Just a little message for Rikki Dombrowski in Topeka, Kansas USA- because this Sunday, December 12th is her birthday.

Just a little message for Rikki in Topeka, Kansas USA- because this Sunday December 12th is her birthday.
"All your family in Belgium wish you a Happy Birthday!!!"
"We send to you all our love and we hope to see you a day.
Lots of loves and kissesses. We Love you Rikki!"

Your Family;
-The Dombrowski's -- Belgium
(Aunt Sabrina, Uncle Frederic, Nieces, Nephews, Cousin's, Grandfather, his wife)

******Note:
Please spread this video--- although she is held captive, the www will get to her and she will know how loved she is-- that she is not forgotten and that her family loves her so very much.
Especially her mother Claudine Dombrowski who on December 12, 1994 became a mother-- and knew what unconditional love was truly about.
Six years later she was stolen by the family courts--given to her Mothers abuser Hal Richardson and has been kept away from her mother for now 11 years.

http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pag...
"You can not chain the wind-- no matter how hard you try."  Fly high-- Fly Free.

All over the Nation their is a CRISIS in the Family Courts—Abusers get Custody

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(a clip from 15 years ago in 1996) - What the Fatherhood Initiative is all about-- “Get those women back under control.” - Year 2010--It’s only gotten worst.

Below, a clip from liz’s webpage at http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/014.htm

which she wrote nearly 15 years ago in 1996, followed by an errata:

..

What's this stuff really all about? Behind this movement is not just

divorce reform or "getting fathers involved," as the ostensibly harmless,

even beneficent, but farcical rhetoric of the National Fatherhood

Initiative puts it. It's a first step in an agenda to get those women

back under "control." A patriarchal backlash.

 

Consider this: even if everything Horn and his ilk claim about intact

homes were true, it still wouldn't present a viable argument. This is a

"problem" without an acceptable solution. We also could violate individual

rights and autonomy in all kinds of nasty and intrusive ways in order to

create a society which appears more seemly, neat, utopian, homogeneous,

orderly.

 

We could make the argument that turning another segment of the population,

e.g. "blacks," back into slaves would enhance production and the economy

(as that argument was made in the old south) and the standard of living

for everyone else. We could make an argument for castration of any male

caught having sex out of wedlock -- now THAT would solve some of the

fatherless family problem, wouldn't it. Similarly, we could pass laws

preventing women from exiting marriages, punishing adultery, requiring

father custody or control of households. (And if these didn't accomplish a

thing for the welfare of children, well at least they would please some

self-and-other-controlling men, wouldn't they.) We could pass all manner

of oppressive and draconian laws which would prevent and eliminate all

kinds of perceived social "ills" and unseemliness. How about sterilizing

lesbians?

 

Some of this fathers-rights-anti-woman agenda is succeeding because of the

willingness of most to simply presume that into which they have been

inculcated in this father-loving society since childhood: the necessity of

having a "father." All we need is a claimed compelling reason, specious or

otherwise, to trample again on women's lives, such as a purported "need"

of children for two parents, one of each sex.

 

Most of us have fathers; most of us adore our daddies. But that's not

proof of a thing. When it's about willingness to sacrifice one

individual's welfare for the sake of another's, the crucial threshold

questions must be examined and answered first. In general, with regard to

father's rights rhetoric, that has not been done. It makes for great

political soundbites.

 

By contrast, the position that children may NOT "need" two parents, and

that this really may be all about what MEN need, elicits high emotion and

shocked horror.

 

It is just too upsetting a thought for many to contemplate -- oh my, who

would posit such a terrible idea, I love MY daddy, etc. That children

"need" two parents, one of each sex, has been presumed, and it's the

reason why over the past few years, many of the fathers rights groups have

added "children" into the names of their organizations. Being fooled by

that is not good scholarship and it's not intelligent.

 

But to the point: if "fatherlessness" is a problem, then how is it

supposed to be cured? With the feel-good prattle of the National

Fatherhood Initiative et al. giving lipservice to ineffectual programs,

child support collections and such things as the innocuous-sounding

"working with men to get them 're-involved' in 'broken homes'"?

Please. Traditionally, patriarchy has cured "fatherlessness" with

restrictions (not placed on men) regarding on how women may live their

adult lives, and use their very own bodies. This is, when all is said and

done, what is implied to follow the yammering about the "problem" of

"fatherlessness." Next come the solutions.

 

First are the "step ones," such as restrictions on divorce, requirements

that women name fathers on birth certificates or name their children after

the men, the imposition of the accutrements of marriage and "normal family

structure" onto the families created by women out of wedlock.

 

After that come the "step twos," a la Father's Manifesto, that women and

women's sexuality further be controlled, restricted, and reined in again

in all kinds of other ways, legal and social: from restricting entry into

jobs, to ending their suffrage, eliminating their right to own and manage

property, and otherwise going back the panoply of historical measures that

traditionally have been used to "encourage" women to get into marriages

and remain married. Pandering to Judaic and Christian religious notions --

completely inappropriate as a basis for law in the United States -- also

plays a major role here, as these religions essentially are about the

exaltation of "fatherhood" and patriarchy, and originally came about for

the purpose of institutionalizing this social ordering scheme.

 

Fathers are not in the home? Those who are concerned about this, and think

it important, should work on making living with men more attractive to

women. Obviously, some marriages succeed, and I doubt that many of those

in this age of readily available divorce are enduring merely out of

altruistic misery and abstract social commitment on the part of the

persons in them.

 

A little cessation of the silly and counterproductive talk about how

fathers "parent differently," are "important," are the "authoritative"

ones, are the "spiritual leaders," and are "critical" to rearing children,

and a little more talk about how men ought to get off that high horse,

role up their sleeves, cut the superiority drivel, and pitch in with the

housework, might go a lot further toward restoring marriage as a viable

and enduring institution. Sorry, guys: your way didn't work for the

majority of the population, and the clock is just not going back.

liz

---

Silly liz. In 1996, the crazy nutjobs from the fathers rightstsers to the

Middle East Muslim whackos seemed... well surely, such primitive loons

that no one could possibly take them seriously. The National Fatherhood

Initiative should have fizzled out in a couple of years.

      2010 -- Errata: correct analysis, wrong prediction. The clock is

      indeed moving back. The only question is going to be "how far

      back", and I no longer have optimism.

 

-------- --- just another little data point --------------

video here: http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2705.htm

http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2705.htm

Following are excerpts from a religious program featuring Egyptian cleric

Yousuf Al-Badri, which aired on BBC Arabic TV, which aired on October 16,

2010:

Yousuf Al-Badri: In Islam, the marriage contract is a contract of

pleasure, which allows both husband and wife to derive pleasure from one

another. So if deriving pleasure lies at the core of the contract, how can

we possibly call it rape when a husband derives pleasure from his wife?!

 

Interviewer: What if it is against her will, using violence?

 

Yousuf Al-Badri: According to the hadith, if a husband summons his wife

and she refuses, she incurs the wrath of God in Heaven when she's asleep.

The husband is not allowed to rape her, but she incurs the wrath of Allah.

The Prophet Muhammad said that she must come to him even if she is baking

by the stove or riding a horse.

[...]

 

Interviewer: A marriage of contract is not a deed of ownership, in which

the woman relinquishes her honor, her mind, and so on.

 

Yousuf Al-Badri: This talk about honor is a new thing. We never heard of

it until these days. If a woman is at home with her husband, and she is

his companion and runs the household, and he asks her to give him food,

drink, and so on – how can we possibly consider it rape when he derives

pleasure from her, even if she doesn't feel like it, of if she abhors

it... How can we possibly consider it a kind of what is called "rape"?

This is not true.

 

Interviewer: She's his wife! Do you justify beatings or sadistic behavior?

 

Yousuf Al-Badri: Islam forbids beating unless it is done with a stick -- a

stick the size of a pencil or a toothpick.

[...]

Imagine Publicity: Congratulations to Claudine Dombrowski for being chosen to present at the upcoming Battered Mothers Custody Conference!

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ImaginePublicity Congratulations to Claudine Dombrowski for being chosen to present at the upcoming Battered Mothers Custody Conference!

 

 

CLAUDINE DOMBROWSKI PRESENTING AT BATTERED MOTHERS CUSTODY CONFERENCE

Posted by Administrator on December 3, 2010 ·

 

Claudine Dombrowski has been selected to be among a host of honored presenters at the upcoming Battered Mothers Custody Conference.

Claudine has diligently worked to bring attention to the systemic re-victimization of abused women who have lost custody of their children to the person who abused them and how the courts are allowing this to happen.

She has taken this issue to the internet by storm, through several websites, blogs and social media sites gathering those together who are uniting their voices to make a difference for the sake of the their children.

 

The Eighth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference
BMCC VIII:  “The Unity Conference”*

January 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2011
Friday evening 6:00 p.m. – Sunday afternoon

Holiday Inn Turf, 205 Wolf Road, Albany, NY
(Five minutes away from Albany International Airport)
Call: 1-800-HOLIDAY or 518-458-7250

American/Australia Mothers Political Party

Is Amping Up the Unity of Mothers Across Oceans.

www.AmericanMothersPoliticalParty.org

We will specifically outline how we have become united and how every mother can also be a part of the online revolution of networked bloggers– no matter where you are.

1.  Unity through the world wide web

a)      How internet groups allow us to form tribes of mothers over long distances and sparsely populated areas through the use of technology

b)      How “To’s” to Safely set up blogs, link and linking, news features to AMPP network -via the BADASS Success.

c)        What YOU can do to empower yourself and receive emotional support from other mothers in distress as fast as the speed of internet.

d)      What AMPP  and BADASS can do to assist you to empower yourself

2. Unity does not require the physical body just the unity of our minds and spirits

3. Global Human Moral Rights

Presenters:

• Nancy Carroll of www.RightsForMothers.com
• Claudine Dombrowski –Imagine Publicity www.AngelFury.org www.KS-FCRC.com
• Lorraine Tipton www.MamaLiberty.wordpress.com
• Melanie Smith (AU) Australian Shared Parenting Law Debate
• Randi James- www.RandiJames.com

 

ABOUT THE BATTERED MOTHERS CUSTODY CONFERENCE

Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis was created in 2003 by two mothers, Mo Therese Hannah, Ph.D. of Latham, NY, and Liliane Heller Miller of Charlotte, NC.  Our on-going goal is to host a national public forum to address the many complex issues facing battered women as they strive to protect themselves and their children during divorce, custody, and visitation disputes.

In addition, we seek to  raise public awareness by documenting civil, legal, due process, and human rights violations perpetrated on victims of domestic violence (women and children) by  family courts, their professional appointees, Child Protective Services, other government systems, and all who have built an industry which profits from the suffering of mothers and children trying to escape domestic violence.

Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis is a completely volunteer-driven, self-sustaining, grassroots phenomenon.  We have no paid staff, nor are we financially supported by or affiliated with any one particular group, organization, gender-based ideology, or political agenda.  We recognize that the abuse of women and children by America’s family court system is not a “father’s rights vs. mother’s rights” issue, but rather the result of  the a severely flawed system.

The format of the conference continues to develop along with the growing body of scholarly research and case law documenting this issue.  It includes presentations, round-table discussions, and question & answer sessions with nationally distinguished attorneys, researchers, writers, and mental health professionals, as well as domestic violence survivors and their children.  We also seek to foster healing and support for the thousands of mothers, children, and supporting professionals whose lives are being permanently affected on a daily basis.

The conference is open to lay persons and is of special interest to domestic violence advocates, social workers, psychologists, attorneys, judges, lawmakers, and others concerned with the civil, constitutional, and human rights violations of battered women and their children occurring in family courts nationwide.

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IF ONLY CLAUDINE DOMBROWSKI AND HER PRECIOUS CHILD COULD CLICK THEIR HEELS AND GET THE HELL OUTTA KANSUCKS!

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A Kansas Judge consistently has shown how unethical Family Courts are. The story is simple, a mother, Claudine Dombrowski, loses custody to her abuser and the Family Court think that she will go away. They hope she will give up. They are counting on her shutting up. But there is a problem with that, this woman has friends. She has lots and lots of friends that have gone through the same corruption of Family Courts and unethical Judges, Court Whores and the like. This Judge has gone as far as not allowing this mothers child from attending her loving Grandmothers funeral. This Judge wants to make problems because of a tribute video?

Not on my watch…… You cannot shut us all up Judge….we will not allow you to tarnish the memory of “Granny”….hold us all in contempt…..and watch out for falling houses.

Children and mothers never truly part, bound in the beating of each other's heart. ~ Charlotte Gray

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

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1. Rj says:

   February 5, 2009 at 12:25 pm

   You cannot shut us all up Judge

   I wish he would…bastard

2. missingmychild says:

   February 5, 2009 at 12:47 pm

   No, I really think it is the father Hall Richardson and the lawyer Don Huffman that are the problem. When an abusive father gets it in his mind he is going to control the situation to further punish the mother, the greedy slimeball attorney is there to oblige, $$$ rules and ethics get thrown out the window. Buy the appropriate court whores, and whammo, you have a judge turned every time. Sad they are so easily corrupted, at the expense of the children.

   Love the pictures!

3. “No Matter What it Takes, We Will Keep This Boy From His Mom” « Missing My Child says:

   February 9, 2009 at 2:59 am

   [...] Anyone can buy a stable full of Whores of the Court….paid psychological testimony sought by the highest bidder, to drive another parent out the [...]

4. claudine dombrowski says:

   March 19, 2009 at 3:36 pm

   thank you

5. M. Jill Dykes GAL Topeka Kansas Topeka Kansas "Court Appointed Child Abuser" « Battered Mothers-A Human Rights Issue says:

   May 28, 2010 at 5:41 pm

   [...] That is right, you read that right, the court whores are going to make it very difficult for any mother and child relationship.  Therefore until justice is given to Claudine and her child, this blog and others will continue to expose the injustices by Shawnee County and those that profit from it. The winds of change are coming Shawnee…and its a BIG one…watch out for falling houses Jill [...]