The Family Civil Liberties Union (FCLU) has taken a novel approach to attacking legal abuse and the ineptitude and corruption of the courts: reporting it as consumer fraud. The FCLU invites complainants of legal violations to join its campaign.
FCLU has opened a formal Federal Trade Commission (FTC) case for investigation into Family Court Fraud, Deception, and Racketeering. Send your complaints to crcmessages@ftc.gov or fax 202-326-2012. Please 
reference Case Number 58748109 in the email subject line. State all judges, lawyers, “experts,” laws broken, duration, and cost of your case. Make sure you include your contact information, docket number, and jurisdictional information. Your document can be as little as one page or numerous pages. We need volumes of complaints to support our formal legal filings. FTC’s charter is “Protecting America’s Consumer,” and Family Court needs to be abolished or strongly regulated federally. Let’s make it do its job.
The FCLU has also reportedly developed a Judicial Investigative Program—whose felicitous acronym, JIP, sounds like gyp (as in ripoff)—and it urges participation in its Violations Research Program (VRP).
Registering complaint is vital, and here may be a way to do it constructively and “legitimately.” (Complainants who chose to email the FTC might, furthermore, choose to send copies of their emails to their local political representatives, along with a prompt that they take independent action.)
FYI.
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*The preceding three posts have concerned Legal Abuse Syndrome, a term coined by marriage and family therapist Karin P. Huffer. Dr. Huffer numbers among the FCLU’s board of advisors (as does civil litigation attorney David Heleniak, an ardent proponent of reform).
TALKING BACK to restraining orders 
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I will file my case but what about the men who commit suicide after being bullied to death by child support enforcement? I have never found a person who understands that child support is imputed to an amount greater than one could ever afford.
http://www.divorcenet.com/states/new_jersey/imputing_income_for_child_support
This practice kills. I know my amount is unrealistic.
My case has to do with a judge not following the law. Because of this my three children suffer and family law is not held accountable.
Have you ever seen a death certificate read, “cause of death… family law?”
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Here’s a piece by Raquel Okyay, who has co-written with Mike Volpe (who’s preparing a book about a father’s suicide):
http://1787network.com/2015/04/the-neil-shelton-story/8854
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I had to talk my ex husband out of suicide because his ex girlfriends complaints have landed him in jail repeatedly for nonpayment. The Family Courts imposed a weekly payment amount on him so every week there’s a chance he may be going to jail. Except I see not one dime of it. My Ex filed for a modification and was treated like scum. He can’t hold a steady job under such a threat and the family business he’s trying to rebuild is impacted. He doesn’t get a weekly paycheck but he is threatened weekly by jail time.
In front of his first born son the Family Court judge said denied my ex-husbands request to have our two children added to the support order. Leaving me to work multiple jobs while his ex girlfriend stays home collecting a weekly check or calling enforcement if it doesn’t show up. The last time my ex was in jail his own son had to bail him out because I was out of money to help, the same 15 year old who was a witness to a judge telling his father that they couldn’t be bothered to figure out how much to split the child support so all kids got what they were entitled to.
This is a man who has worked every single day to try to get caught up from all the suspensions and fines and to pay child support. Doesn’t get vacations, doesn’t get days off, other than to go to jail if he doesn’t earn enough in a time when the economy was not faring so well. He was repeatedly jailed, one of those times was two days after he had finally gotten back on track and the ex-girlfriend reported him as late when the funds were in transit through the child support system. Courts say there are no excuses for him though, he gets to go to jail again and again. Nice country we live in.
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My complaint is on file in the Florida Appellate Court.. they did nothing..
http://issuu.com/walshie50/docs/florida_fifth_dca_motion_for_a_writ
AND
http://issuu.com/walshie50/docs/family_law_reform
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Did you participate in this FTC case, too? My own conflict involved a woman who hung around outside of my house, so I don’t have a personal stake in family law abuse.
I didn’t see an email address on the FCLU website. That’s probably because there’d be too many emails to answer from a lot of hurting people. You might touch base with Dr. Huffer, though, and Mr. Heleniak (both are on Facebook).
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Just today, I took the stand for two hours to defend myself against a false restraining order. After 26 years together and marriage, three children, and putting him through law school (bad idea, please don’t do that), I found out my husband was a sex addict and shortly after, I found out he is a sociopath. Believe me, a sex addict is nothing, next to a sociopath. When I filed for divorce on November 26, 2012, he went out of control, forcing me to receive a TRO on December 7, 2012, for our 13 year old daughter and myself, and we received a restraining order on January 8, 2013. I am so lucky that I was able to receive the restraining order. All three of our children, two adults and one minor, testified against their father. Again, I am lucky. Since that time, I have been stalked through the court system with 105 hearings and 265 register of actions. Today was his ninth attempt to get a restraining order against me. Each time he goes in, he files an Ex Parte for both a TRO and a restraining order at the same time. He never serves us and claims it’s because I will “freak out” and contact everyone or harm him. He never tells the court or marks the appropriate box on the TRO/RO request that I have a restraining order against him, and he fails to attach my restraining order as required by the court. He goes to court when our regular judge is out, so he can be heard by a new judge that knows nothing about our case. It is insanity…and if that is not enough, he has tried to have me arrested by every law enforcement agency around. Finely, he found sheriffs 55 miles away, to arrest me. One morning, my daughter and I opened the door to twelve sheriffs who arrested me at gunpoint and threw me in jail for three days. The District Attorney dropped all the charges against me. My charges were grand theft. He told the sheriffs we were divorced and I stole numerous things from his car. I subpoenaed his cell phone records and the sheriff in charge and my husband talked to each other over 200 times on their private cell phones together. The day I was arrested, the sheriff talked on his cell phone to my husband, back and forth, and text each other 53 times starting at 1:30am. I am on my forth lawyer because he calls each of my lawyers hundreds of times and he is a pain in the you know what. I have spent over $300,000 and I am now on food stamps. He has been disbarred, put in jail, he was found guilty of contempt because he has never paid us a penny of support. I have over 40 sheriff reports. Two of my previous lawyers represented me for free today and during the past week, for his most recent attempt to get a restraining order against me. One of my lawyers is filing a vexatious litigator to stop him from filing any more restraining orders. Just when I thought all lawyers were bad, I was proven wrong. Maybe now, I will be able to change my name, move away, and heal. There is one more thing, he goes to court acting homeless and he tells the court I ruined his business and called all his clients, alienated our children against him, and he claims I stalk and harass him, all totally untrue. I found something out today in court. He had employees testify against me. It was not supposed to come out, but it did. He has a new law firm (he’s practicing without a license) with eight lawyers, four paralegals, and six people in the “call center” and the whole eighth floor of a prime high rise building. He has the company under another the name of a non-lawyer kid in his twenty’s, but my husband is the true owner, so I notified the state bar, the District Attorney, and child support services. The judge ruled today against my husband and he found that I was not harassing him, even with four of his lawyers representing him and his employees on the stand purge themselves and saying I have ben calling and harassing him. His TRO against me is was dropped. I will see what tomorrow brings
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Is the Guinness Book still being printed? Maybe you could get an award out of this.
Filing for divorce—or worse, suggesting a break-up or separation—is a commonly reported trigger for a partner’s going apesh*t. What happened that made you petition the court for a restraining order? It sounds like that nudged him over the edge.
I despise the process, but it could be that it gave you the credibility to weather a division from a selfish person that would have been godawful anyhow.
If I sound under-awed, it’s not because what you’ve described isn’t horrifying; it’s just that my shock threshold has gotten really high (read enough accounts of human treachery and vileness, and you get numb). I think having to annex your house just to make space for all the paperwork is probably grounds for a lawsuit. Haven’t any of the law officers, state attorneys, or judges said anything? Like, for example, WTF?! Over a hundred hearings? How could this guy not have been shut down at, say, I don’t know…10?!
You’re a testament to human resiliency, Pam. I won’t ask if the kids are okay; I’ll just hope they take after their mom. Please be sure, incidentally, that your husband is a disbarred attorney. I don’t want you to be vulnerable to some defamation claim because he isn’t.
That’s flabbergasting. If you’re totally on the skids, you could start a fund-drive on Crowdrise or GoFundMe, and try to raise money for an action that might force your husband to relent (appeal to those you know, and use Facebook). Since you have that order and since none of the charges have stuck (also, since you’re a woman and a mom), this could work for you. (It’s all about perception.)
You’ve pretty much validated about every criticism of the process there is. If your husband had beaten you to the punch and gotten a restraining order first or succeeded with a domestic violence accusation (this happens all the time), I don’t think even your indomitable spirit could have withstood the test. A man with resources, a law degree, and no conscience—you might have been toast from the start. I mean suicidal, bag-lady-on-the-curb toast.
(Abuse of process by attorneys—of both sexes—has been reported again and again.)
I’m glad you’re still with us, Pam. More power to you.
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Just today, I took the stand for two hours to defend myself against a false restraining order. After 26 years together and marriage, three children, and putting him through law school (bad idea, please don’t do that), I found out my husband was a sex addict and shortly after, I found out he is a sociopath. Believe me, a sex addict is nothing, next to a sociopath. When I filed for divorce on November 26, 2012, he went out of control, forcing me to receive a TRO on December 7, 2012, for our 13 year old daughter and myself, and we received a restraining order on January 8, 2013. I am so lucky that I was able to receive the restraining order. All three of our children, two adults and one minor, testified against their father. Again, I am lucky. Since that time, I have been stalked through the court system with 105 hearings and 265 register of actions. Today was his ninth attempt to get a restraining order against me. Each time he goes in, he files an Ex Parte for both a TRO and a restraining order at the same time. He never serves us and claims it’s because I will “freak out” and contact everyone or harm him. He never tells the court or marks the appropriate box on the TRO/RO request that I have a restraining order against him, and he fails to attach my restraining order as required by the court. He goes to court when our regular judge is out, so he can be heard by a new judge that knows nothing about our case. It is insanity…and if that is not enough, he has tried to have me arrested by every law enforcement agency around. Finely, he found sheriffs 55 miles away, to arrest me. One morning, my daughter and I opened the door to twelve sheriffs who arrested me at gunpoint and threw me in jail for three days. The District Attorney dropped all the charges against me. My charges were grand theft. He told the sheriffs we were divorced and I stole numerous things from his car. I subpoenaed his cell phone records and the sheriff in charge and my husband talked to each other over 200 times on their private cell phones together. The day I was arrested, the sheriff talked on his cell phone to my husband, back and forth, and text each other 53 times starting at 1:30am. I am on my forth lawyer because he calls each of my lawyers hundreds of times and he is a pain in the you know what. I have spent over $300,000 and I am now on food stamps. He has been disbarred, put in jail, he was found guilty of contempt because he has never paid us a penny of support. I have over 40 sheriff reports. Two of my previous lawyers represented me for free today and during the past week, for his most recent attempt to get a restraining order against me. One of my lawyers is filing a vexatious litigator to stop him from filing any more restraining orders. Just when I thought all lawyers were bad, I was proven wrong. Maybe now, I will be able to change my name, move away, and heal. There is one more thing, he goes to court acting homeless and he tells the court I ruined his business and called all his clients, alienated our children against him, and he claims I stalk and harass him, all totally untrue. I found something out today in court. He had employees testify against me. It was not supposed to come out, but it did. He has a new law firm (he’s practicing without a license) with eight lawyers, four paralegals, and six people in the “call center” and the whole eighth floor of a prime high rise building. He has the company under another the name of a non-lawyer kid in his twenty’s, but my husband is the true owner, so I notified the state bar, the District Attorney, and child support services. The judge ruled today against my husband and he found that I was not harassing him, even with four of his lawyers representing him and his employees on the stand purge themselves and saying I have ben calling and harassing him. His TRO against me is was dropped. I will see what tomorrow brings
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Thank you SO much for this good information. Perhaps if enough people begin to do this, the courts will begin to take another look at the damage this unjust system is creating. Thank you so kindly.
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You’re welcome, Anne. I’m glad to know you’re hanging in there.
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Reblogged this on false accusers.
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