ADOPTED BY GRANDPARENTS THROUGH LOS ANGELES DCFS by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 16, 2019) — On Saturday, the mother of three children who were legally adopted by her parents through the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) over the course of several years informed us that in September, she and her husband were […]
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Atty. Vincent W. Davis Discusses California Child-Protective Services
WHAT RIGHTS DOES AN ACCUSED PARENT HAVE? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2019) — In Friday night’s broadcast of “The Secret: How to Fight Child Protective Services and Win,” host and Atty. Vincent W. Davis of the Law Offices of Vincent W. Davis & Associates of Southern California hosted two guests specializing in child-protective service […]
Parents of Three Children Taken by Los Angeles DCFS Enjoy Recent Visits
“IN ALL I AM BLESSED TO SEE THEM” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 5, 2019) — An Alabama couple whose three children were placed with their maternal grandparents despite no substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect against their parents were able to speak in person with the children on two occasions last week, their mother, Kanika […]
Is Government Destroying Our Most Precious Resource?
CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING, BUT WHERE IS THEIR “#METOO” MOVEMENT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 5, 2018) — On Tuesday, someone using a “US Senate” ISP accessed three different articles about a Tennessee mother who lost custody of both of her daughters in what she described to us as a web of corruption, deceit, and unconstitutional acts […]
Los Angeles Mother Receives Responses to FBI Dependency-Court Complaint
BUT WILL THEY ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 10, 2018) —A Los Angeles mother who lost custody of her toddler daughter through the Edelman Children’s Court last year contacted the FBI this past March after discovering that a permanent restraining order which had also given her full custody was “canceled” by mysterious, off-the-record means. […]
Los Angeles Mother Loses Appeal for Custody Review of Three-Year-Old Daughter
“I REALLY HAVE NO RECOURSE” by Sharon Rondeau (May 28, 2018) — Earlier this month, two appeals filed by an attorney representing “Michelle Robinson” in the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles were reviewed, with the court affirming the dependency court’s award of custody to the child’s father and dismissing […]
Mystery Deepens as to Alleged Los Angeles “Court Order”
SUPERVISING JUDGE: TRANSCRIPT CONTAINS NO REFERENCE TO KEY DOCUMENTS, ONE OF WHICH NEVER APPEARED by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 10, 2018) — As The Post & Email has reported, a Los Angeles domestic violence victim was told last month by a local police department that the DVRO (domestic violence restraining order) approved by Torrance Superior Court […]
Boy Returned to Parents by Norwegian Child-Welfare Authorities
BUT HOW MANY MORE “KAIS” ARE THERE? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 22, 2018) — A 12-year-old boy taken from his parents by Norwegian authorities on February 9 as a result of their homeschooling him for several weeks has been returned to their custody with conditions. The Kristiansens had taken their son out of the school […]
Has a Restraining Order Been Terminated or Not?
COURT ORDER APPEARS, BUT WITHOUT A SOURCE by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 22, 2018) — Last Thursday, The Post & Email published an article reporting on an October vehicular incident between the parents of a three-year-old girl taken by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) from the mother in March 2016 and […]
Appeal of Adoption Orders Filed with California Supreme Court
PARENTS VOW TO “NEVER STOP FIGHTING” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 16, 2017) — On August 21, a petition for rehearing in the case of two children ordered to be adopted by the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) was denied by California’s Second Appellate Court, Division Four, with the parents, Roosevelt and […]
Parents Petition Appeals Court to Halt Adoption of Third Child
AT HANDS OF DCFS, JUDGE MARGUERITE DOWNING by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 14, 2017) — The parents of three children scheduled to be adopted by their maternal grandparents have just filed an appeal brief to the Second Appellate District, Division Four in Los Angeles in the case of their third child. As The Post & Email […]
Is the Edelman Children’s Court a Charade?
CONTESTED CUSTODY HEARING A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS ONE by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 26, 2017) — On Tuesday evening, The Post & Email spoke with the mother in a Los Angeles DCFS child-dependency case concerning the outcome of a “contested” hearing that day in the Edelman Children’s Court to determine the future of her 28-month-old daughter. […]
Contested Hearing Will Not Include Visit Between Mother and Child
HOW ASSIDUOUSLY DID THEY SEEK A MONITOR? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 25, 2017) — A hearing to take place on Tuesday to contest the decision of the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA to award legal and physical custody of a toddler to her father will not provide the opportunity for the mother to […]
Contested Hearing Scheduled for April 25 in Los Angeles Child Custody Case, Part 3
“I’M NOT GOING TO BARTER MY CHILD’S LIFE” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 23, 2017) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email published a second article summarizing a hearing held on April 14 in the Edelman Children’s Court concerning a now-28-month-old girl removed from her mother’s care after receiving a referral from a police detective about […]
Contested Hearing Scheduled for April 25 in “Robinson” Case, Part 2
“NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 18, 2017) — On Saturday, The Post & Email reported that a Good Friday status hearing in Edelman Children’s Court for a Los Angeles toddler taken from her mother last year and placed with her father resulted in an upcoming “contested hearing” to take place on April […]
California Attorney General’s Office Acknowledges Letter on State Child-Protective Agency
BUT WILL HE INVESTIGATE? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 2, 2017) — On March 15, The Post & Email sent a letter by certified mail, return receipt requested, to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra regarding its observations about the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) agency based on information gleaned from three cases covered directly […]
Restraining Order Issued Against Parent for Communicating with DCFS Social Workers
PURPOSEFUL OBSTRUCTION? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 17, 2017) — On Thursday, a Los Angeles mother whose 15-month-old daughter was removed from her care by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) a year ago informed The Post & Email that a three-year restraining order has been granted as requested by five DCFS social workers […]
Report: Los Angeles Judge Ignores Jurisdictional Question from Alabama Father
“JUDGE DOWNING, YOU ARE A CRIMINAL!” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 15, 2017) — On Tuesday, March 14, a hearing to determine whether or not the third child of a couple from Alabama should be designated for adoption by her California-resident grandparents was held at the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA. The father of […]
Adoption Hearing for Third Child Scheduled for Tuesday in Williams Case
PARENTS CLAIM “ADOPTION WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 13, 2017) — A hearing will take place on Tuesday for the third child of Roosevelt and Kanika Williams at the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA to begin the adoption process by Kanika’s parents, Willie and Katie Grant. The two elder children […]
Los Angeles TV Station Reported on Family Court Corruption Three Years Ago
CAN THIS SYSTEM BE CLEANSED? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 11, 2017) — On Wednesday, The Post & Email reported on a third child-custody story having its origins in the Los Angeles, CA child-protective and family court system in which a mother who lost custody of her young daughter a year ago alleges corruption, cronyism and […]