Joshua Youssef Takes on Tracy Bernson, Nancy Geiger, and the N.H. Family Court

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Pt.2 - Joshua Youssef Takes on Tracy Bernson, Nancy Geiger, and the N.H. Family Court

As many of you recall, On Feb. 2, 2012, Joshua Youssef testified before the Redress of Grievance Committee at the N.H. House of Representatives regarding the destruction that was leveled upon his family when the N.H. Family Court ripped his son from him 13 months prior - with no findings of abuse or neglect!

In this second hearing installment, Mr. Youssef takes on several more tough legal and procedural issues that cut right to the heart of the corruption in the N.H. Family Court and N.H. Judiciary in General - specifically:

   1) how former guardian ad litem Tracy Bernson filed a false police report, and through her attorney has attempted to improperly influence 2 judges that have been involved in the Youssef matter - a Class-B felony under N.H. RSA :3

   2) How N.H. Circuit Court Administrative Judge Edwin Kelly contradicted himself by saying he cannot adjudicate Youssef's grievances and that "appeal" is the only procedural remedy - but then he signed 2 orders granting recusal of the incompetent, corrupt, feminist Marital Master Nancy J. Geiger and changing the case venue

   3) How Youssef's May 20th, 2011 parenting plan was not ordered in accordance with N.H. RSA 490-D:9, and thus, should not be enforceable; and how the court "apologized" to Mr. Youssef basically asking Youssef to "cut them some slack." (quotations added)

   4) How Pt.2, Article 73-a of the N.H. Constitution has created a self-regulating judiciary that is not subject to government of, by, and for the people, and thus is a hotbed of corruption, as is evidenced by N.H. Family Court Rule 1.2, N.H. Supreme Court Rule 3(9), et. al.

   5) How N.H. House of Representatives Lawyer Edward C. Mosca's utilized his position as house counsel to "bully" Mr. Youssef from appearing at the Legislature, and how there is a very serious conflict of interest by allowing House Counsel to conduct a private law practice.

You will note that Youssef uses copious documentation to support his claims. Every single one of the questions asked of Mr. Youssef were addressed with law and fact and Youssef has indicated that he is available for comment.

It is amazing the lengths that public officials will go to in order to cover up their corruption!

Who Is Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. – From The Website Of Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition

About Rinaldo Del Gallo (From The Webite Of The Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition)

Rinaldo Del Gallo, III, Esq. is the spokesperson of the Berkshire Fatherhood Coalition. He has been practicing family law attorney and has been a member of the Massachusetts bar since 1996. Mr. Del Gallo has handled a wide variety of family law cases including issues of child custody, child visitation, child support, restraining orders, grandparent visitation, contempt of family court, access to academic records, guardianship, allegations of abuse, criminal allegations related to domestic violence, disputes over the care of a child, and care and protection proceedings before the Department of Social Services.  For years, he has hosted bi-monthly free legal seminars for people of any gender having problems in family court.  On behalf of non-custodial parents, he has had made numerous media appearances in printed news, radio, and television. He has authored numerous family law related articles and columns.  He has performed extensive pro bono work for fathers.

Attorney Del Gallo also has extensive experience as a civil rights attorney, working in the areas of free speech rights and ballot access.  He was instrumental in protecting the City of Pittsfield from a zoning ordinance that would have allowed time-shares in any residential neighborhood, with a 15-page legal opinion that rebutted the assertion that time-shares was an impermissible regulation of ownership, not use, and thus was proscribed by law. This work was performed bro bono.

He is also an intellectual property attorney and a patent lawyer, and has written what is regarded as one of the most famous law reviews in the area of patent law, “Are Methods of Doing Business Finally Out of Business As A Statutory Exception?,”  that helped end the so-called “business method exception,” which paved the way for an entire field of software and Internet related patents.

Attorney Del Gallo graduated from Northeastern University (Boston) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, and graduated from George Washington University (Washington) in the top of his three-year class. 

Second Wife to Judge: ‘Your Courts Are Destroying My Family’ (From The Fathers And Families Website)

Second Wife to Judge: ‘Your Courts Are Destroying My Family’

December 8th, 2011 by Robert Franklin, Esq.

This short entry caught my eye (NH Insider, 12/6/11).  Why wouldn’t it?  It’s by a woman named Samantha Haas who asks a simple question, “why wouldn’t shared parenting be supported?”  It turns out she’s the daughter of a divorced couple who did share parenting and she’s got some important ideas about the value it.

Here’s her piece in full.

Children deserve the very best from BOTH parents.  Parents have the Right to raise their children and make sure they are safe, educated, healthy and responsible.

If a parent of right mind understands the importance of both parents being equally involved with their children; then why wouldn’t that parent support it? 

False allegations and domestic violence are far too common.  And it happens by women and men, and now more than ever, the Family Courts turn the other cheek.

A Letter From Samantha Haas On Shared Parenting

Shared Parenting in New Hampshire. Why wouldn't it be Supported?

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 05:25PM

 

Children deserve the very best from BOTH parents.  Parents have the Right to raise their children and make sure they are safe, educated, healthy and responsible.

If a parent of right mind understands the importance of both parents being equally involved with their children; then why wouldn't that parent support it?

False allegations and domestic violence are far too common.  And it happens by women and men, and now more than ever, the Family Courts turn the other cheek.

In my experience as a daughter of parents who divorced and SHARED PARENTING; it is truly the most important decision you can make for your children.

Victory—In Face of Opposition, Leahy Scraps VAWA Draft Provision Which Lowers Evidence Standards - From The "Fathers And Families" Website

Victory—In Face of Opposition, Leahy Scraps VAWA Draft Provision Which Lowers Evidence Standards

November 16th, 2011 by Glenn Sacks, MA, Executive Director

False allegations of abuse are common in family court, and have been used to separate many fathers (and some mothers) from their children. The reasons for this problem are many, but one of the biggest is the low evidence standard for upholding abuse claims.

The common evidence standard for domestic violence restraining orders is “preponderance of the evidence,” often conceptualized as a mere 51/49% likelihood of guilt. By contrast, when someone seeks a civil restraining order, the more stringent and appropriate “clear and convincing” evidence standard is used.

In practice, this means that when neighbors Bob and Jim have a dispute over Bob’s dog eating Jim’s flowers, and Jim allegedly threatens to throw rocks at Bob’s dog, the courts demand that Bob provide solid evidence to support his claims of Jim’s threats. By stark contrast, if Bob’s wife decides to divorce him and seeks to throw him out of his house on a restraining order and cut him off from his kids, she has a much lower burden of proof on her claims.

ACFC Outlines Efforts In Promoting Shared Parenting Across The U.S.A.

Video Support for Shared Parenting

(From ACFC Website, September 20th, 2011)

Below is another sampling of the ongoing efforts to reform family law. More and more legislators are taking a public stand for Shared Parenting. Momentum continues to grow as efforts to reform family law continue.

Blue October and Shared Parenting Seattle Style 
The Showbox in Seattle, Wa. was the latest stop this past Sunday in Blue October’s 40 city tour supporting their new album ‘Any Man In America’ and promoting Shared Parenting. From the show comes this great video of state Senator Jim Kastama talking with the audience about Shared Parenting. Senator Katsama is a long time supporter of Shared Parenting. While there is still plenty of room for improvement, shared parenting is on the rise in Washington. Note the tremendous crowd response at both the beginning and end of the video in support of Shared Parenting. The public ‘gets it.’ In legislative sessions earlier this year ACFC affiliates and supporters played pivotal roles in the introduction of Shared Parenting bills in over a dozen states.

Corrupt Judges Get Sued

Published on the MEN'S RIGHTS BLOG

Friday, June 17, 2011

Corrupt judges get sued

Los Angeles, CA -- On June 15, at the Los Angeles Law Library, Dennis Ettlin and Daniel Cooper announce the filing of 8 civil law suits against 8 Los Angeles County judges. The 8 civil suits seek $38 million for civil rights violations and damages for prejudice against fathers. The lawsuits highlight judicial bias bought by L.A. County bribes and begin a fourth prong in the campaign to stop judicial bribes in California. The first effort by Judicial Watch succeeded with the Sturgeon I and II cases in getting the bribes ruled un-constitutional. The second effort, on April 13th, was the Judicial Watch demand for District Attorney Steve Cooley to seek the return of $350 million to the county.

The third prong is a legal challenge to void the orders of bribed judges.

The Appellate Court, in its Sturgeon II decision, called for this fourth effort. This first wave of law suits holds the judges personally liable for the loss of constitutional rights and for damages from the specific biases favoring Los Angeles County. All citizens of California are the victims of this “fraud on the court” and the biases perpetrated by judges.

The eight civil lawsuits name 5 L.A. Superior Court judges and 3 Appellate Court judges. Damages are sought for denial of the constitutional rights to due process and for specific damages due to biases in family law, traffic fines,domestic violence and gender discrimination. Our goal is to have a citizen jury re-affirm the illegality of the judicial bribes and to begin the process of compensating the victims. Further info is located at:click here

Original press release:click here

Town Of Fitzwilliam, NH Recreation Department Coordinator Changes Her Position On Giving Legal And Biological Father A Schedule Of Soccer Games And Information On League Pictures After Dad Emails Towns Administrator Paula Thompson

This article is in regards to yesterdays posting regarding Julie Green the Town of Fitzwilliam, NH Recreation Department Coordinator emailing me and telling me that she could not provide me with a schedule of my son’s games or information on league pictures after I had explained that I am divorced and live out of state.

Green’s response was as follows:

“Unfortunately I am not able to furnish you with information. You will need to go through whatever channels you have set up with your family to acquire these details. It is beyond the scope of my position and authorization to be invoked in personal family matters.

I am sorry that I am not able to help you.”

Is Town Of Fitzwilliam, NH Recreation Department Coordinator Julie Green Responsible For Promoting Parental Alienation Involving An Innocent Eight Year Old Child? – Disturbing Correspondence From Green Telling A Father That He Can Not Have A Schedule Of His Son’s Soccer Games Or Notice Of When And Whom Is Taking League Pictures Of His Son So That He (The Legal And Biological Father) Can Obtain Copies Of His Son’s Yearly Soccer Picture.

I am outraged by an email that I received the other day from Julie Green, the Recreation Department Coordinator of the Town of Fitzwilliam, NH.  I decided to post this email so that others will understand just what alienated parents go through to keep involved in their children’s lives and the numerous hurdles that we have to jump. 

Many people have children who have been alienated by the other parent.  Legally we are their parents and by a divorce decree we have joint decision making but unless the other parent is willing to cooperate, we forfeit our joint decision making as the court seldom enforces this provision in divorce decrees when parents violate it. 

In my case when I went in front of Master David Forrest and raised the issues that my ex wouldn’t communicate anything with me about our children like when they had doctors visits, dentist visits, school activities, sports, summer camp, etc, Master decided to empower her and her attorney Jaye Rancourt and rule that she was doing everything reasonable to keep me informed.  I raised numerous issues with Master in regards to Parental Alienation but again the Master decided that my concerns were meaningless.

Fathers Deserve Equal Protections - A Letter Posted On The Keene Sentinel

Fathers deserve equal protections

(From a letter to the Keene Sentinel)

Posted: Sunday, October 2, 2011 9:00 am

Fathers deserve equal protections

An American tragedy, rarely reported by the media, is how unfairly many divorced fathers are treated in the Family Court.

The court justifies this, claiming to act in the best interests of children. Is it in the best interest of children to put their fathers in jail when Daddy has lost his job, can’t find work, and falls behind in his support payments? Why aren’t the courts flexible, especially in today’s economy?

While it is a father’s responsibility to support his children, it is the court’s execution of this principle that is often so disturbing.

The court’s intransigence can extend to men who are not fathers, too. Recently, DNA proved a man was not the biological father. He was ordered to keep on paying. This is justice?

How Have Individual People Been Dealing With The Loss Of Their Children From Judicial Child Abuse – One Step Mother Tries To Appeal To NH Administrative Judge Edwin W. Kelly – Read Her Story.

The story is all too familiar.  Many of us that have been involved with the NH Family Court System find that it is unfair, unjust and far from unbiased.  It seems that our family court system is destroying our families instead of trying to help them.  Why would that be?

Money seems to be a driving factor in the modern family court system.  This is a multibillion dollar business.  Judges and Marital Masters are employed by family’s misfortunes.  Let’s not forget about the court staff that is also employed in this business.  How about the GAL’s that make money from this system or the therapist that have to be involved in many of these cases.  What about the people that the state employs with DHHS that have jobs collecting the millions of dollars in child support that is court ordered for which federal funds are diverted to the state to employ these people. 

Did I mention the attorneys that litigate these cases too?  Let’s not forget these people.  At fees of $250 and up per hour, how many of these attorneys’s feel the need to keep the litigation to a minimum? 

The NH House Redress Committee and the Sliver of Hope, the Shimmer of Light, will Expose a Corrupt Family Court System or allow us to Embrace and support the hard work of the Judiciary and the other officers of the court.

Two Stories (Read Last Two Post)…………………

One side fights hard so you can hear the story………. Fighting Hard for the Kids that need to be heard and have been hurt by those   …………

That are on the Other Side……

The side that fights hard to make sure you never hear the story ……………

There is yet another side - A side that sees the benefits of the NH Redress Committe and the benefit of oversight for both sides. 

The story of the why the judiciary and officials of the courts would rather hurt the kids, than make decisions that will help them to become the happy, well adjusted, individuals, they deserve an opportunity to be and who will someday become parents themselves.    

Why such extreme differences in opinion when it comes to kids?

Redress Panel Threatens Autonomy Of Three Branches - From The Sunday June 5, 2011 Nashua Telegraph

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Redress panel threatens autonomy of three branches

By EDWIN W. KELLY

Guest Commentary

Our constitution requires that judges be “as impartial as the lot of humanity will admit.” It also provides for three separate branches of government that are as independent of each other “as is consistent with the chain of connection that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble bond of union and amity.”

Curious 18th-century phrases? Or pithy prescriptions for a healthy democracy?

I choose to believe the latter.

The founders called for neither a system of justice where judges were expected to be above the people or perfect in their decisions. Rather, they called for judges who reflected the people, judges as impartial as the lot of humanity will admit.

And recognizing that judges will err, our founders also established the mechanics of judicial review or, in modern parlance, an appellate system.

As for the relationship between and among the branches of government, our state constitution clearly stated that the executive, legislative and judicial branches function as a single unit, but retain strict independence from one another in those areas of government given exclusively to each.

NH: Legislature Holds Impeachment Proceedings for Master in Family Court - From The Fathers And Families Website

NH: Legislature Holds Impeachment Proceedings for Master in Family Court

May 27th, 2011 by Robert Franklin, Esq.

The following was contributed by Fathers and Families Reader, David D. Vandenberg.

Anyone who has been forced to deal with the Alice-in-Wonderland procedures of family courts knows that one enters a totally different world than what we expect American jurisprudence is to be. One federal appellate judge, after reviewing a case in New Hampshire family court stated, “This must be what courts in Bolivia do.”

But it appears that at least one group, the New Hampshire General Court, or legislature, is taking real steps to end the abuse of families in family court. They are impeaching judges and marital masters, who have failed to comply with state and federal statutes and ignored constitutional protections.

Article 8 of the New Hampshire Constitution provides for the Accountability of Magistrates and Officers.  To that end, the legislature, instituted a procedure for the Redress of Grievances. About 150 years ago, this committee was retired, until now.

WMUR Channel Nine News Interviews So Called “Experts To Debate Whether Family Courts Treat Mothers, Fathers Differently” – Unfortunately Channel Nine Never Allows For A “Debate” As The Title Implies - The Only Expert Interviewed Here Appears To Be State Representative Jeffrey Oligny Who Has Been Through The Family Court System Himself – When WMUR Interviews Scott Hampton The Director Of The Business “Ending The Violence.” WMUR Gives Hampton What Appears To Be A Non Rebutted One Sided Interview Of The Bashing Of Men - Hampton In His Interview Would Have People Believe This Is About A Group Of Woman Beating Men That Have Created Their Own Problems And Deserve To Have Their Children Taken Away From Them.

WMUR News Nine in NH aired a special report on Thursday July 28, 2011 in regards to “Fathers Claim NH Courts Biased Against Them.” 

We were all hopeful that Channel Nine News would report on the facts involving reasons why there are so many people speaking out about the NH Family Court System.  After all, last month Thomas Ball set himself on fire in front of the Cheshire County Superior Court (In Cheshire County the Superior Court acts as the family court since the state never funded a separate family division as every other county in the state appears to have done.  This means that the same Judges that hear criminal matters also are dealing with marital matters which are a major conflict). 

Concord Monitor Article On Thomas Ball - Immolation a cry for justice for father's rights

Immolation a cry for justice for father's rights

By Rinaldo Del Gallo Iii / For the Monitor

Created 07/23/2011 - 00:00

Last week I made the four-hour trip from Pittsfield, Mass., to Keene to attend a memorial/protest for a man who immolated himself on the steps of the local courthouse.

As difficult as it may be for others to comprehend the act, and while I wish he did not do it, I can understand why Thomas Ball doused himself with gasoline and set himself on fire. There was no escape. Nobody cared. This was the ultimate call for attention, a scream into the universe for all the world to hear about the plight of fathers. A father of three, Ball correctly noted that "we are no longer fathers, just piggy banks."

"RALLY ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN AND FATHERS" NEEDS SUPPORTERS ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 22, 2011 AT THE CONCORD NH STATE HOUSE – READ LETTER BELOW FROM THE CONCORD MONITOR

LETTER

Rally on behalf of children, fathers

Thomas M. Mccarthy, Salem

June 21, 2011

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The National Congress of Fathers and Children is having a sign rally at the State House on Wednesday.

June is National False Allegations Awareness Month, and we are demonstrating on behalf of the children of New Hampshire who have had their fathers torn from their lives due to false accusations. We are protesting the millions of dollars spent each year in the family courts at the expense of the taxpayers.

The family courts are bombarded with cases where a women merely has to say "I'm scared" and that's it. I, for one, have never harmed my family and never will, yet I am one of the hundreds of great fathers whom the state of New Hampshire has deemed unsafe to be with their own children. There was not so much as a thread of evidence produced against me stating otherwise.

The family courts are big business for lawyers, judges, doctors both mental and physical, visitation centers and all the staff members and associates involved with each one. Fathers are worthless in the eyes of these courts. The courts are designed to be used as a shield, while some women use them as a sword.

THOMAS M. MCCARTHY

Salem

Nicholas Haas's Rights May Have Been Violated By NH Judge Tenney - Due Process May Require Appointment of Counsel in Civil Contempt Cases - New US Supreme Court Case Law - From The Website Of NACDL

Due Process May Require  Appointment of Counsel in Civil Contempt Cases WASHINGTON, DC (June 20, 2011) – Today the Supreme Court reaffirmed that freedom “from bodily restraint,” lies “at the core of the liberty protected by the Due Process Clause.” In Turner v. Rogers, No. 10-10, a 5-4 majority held that the State of South Carolina violated a non-custodial parent’s right to due process of law by sentencing him to a year in jail without a reliable procedure for determining whether he had the ability to pay back child support or providing him with counsel to help him prove his case.

Nicholas Haas A NH Man Is Thrown in Debtors Prison By Judge Edward Tenney For Not Being Able To Pay For A Retroactive Court Order Issued Through The NH Family Court.

Even though Debtors Prison was abolished in the 1800’s, many people in the US are being incarcerated because of debt. 

Samantha Haas has forwarded a letter to us which is posted below and which outlines the circumstance of her husband Nicholas Haas being thrown in jail.  What was Nicholas’s crime?  A NH Family Court determined Debt!  Yes that is right.  The NH Family Court decided to make a retroactive order to make Nicholas responsible for paying $22,000 to his former wife.  When he couldn’t pay it he was jailed by Judge Tenney.

Some surmise that there is more to this and that Nicholas did this to himself for not paying his ex-wife the child support that she deserves.  Some surmise he is a dead beat dad.  That is not the case according to his current wife Samantha.  Samantha told us that Nicholas pays his support regularly through wage garnishment.  He is actually current with his support obligations.  His debt is only a result of the courts retroactive order in which Nicholas was order to pay almost $5,000 a month for five previous months, which this included alimony payments. 

The Constitutional Right To Be A Parent - More Important Case Law

1.       State v. ROBERT H. ____, 118 NH 713 - NH: Supreme Court (1978) at 716 stated: “The role of parents in the life of a family has attained the status of a fundamental human right and liberty.”  And it is now firmly established that `freedom of personal choice in the matters of . . . family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.'" Quilloin v. Walcott, 434 U.S. 246, 255 (1978) citing and quoting from Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur, 414 U.S. 632, 639-40 (1974).