SOME DAMAGE TO VEHICLES; NO INJURIES; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 15, 2018) — On October 11, 2017, The Post & Email learned that the father of a then-34-month-old child who was the subject of a fierce custody battle on the part of mother Michelle Robinson* was reported to the Hawthorne, CA […]
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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 […]
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Mother Releases 911 Call from Domestic Assault
PERPETRATED BY NOW-CUSTODIAL PARENT by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 10, 2017) — The case of “Michelle Robinson,” who lost custody of her toddler daughter to the child’s father, Eric Crutchfield, early last year, began with his assaulting her when the child was still an infant. Robinson received a copy of a 911 audio-recording resulting from a […]
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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 […]
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Los Angeles Mother Acquitted of “Spousal Abuse”
CONVICTED OF LESSER CHARGE; PLANS TO APPEAL by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 14, 2017) — On Tuesday, a trial for Los Angeles mother “Michelle Robinson” concluded with an acquittal on a charge of “spousal abuse” but a conviction of a lesser charge of “battery” against her youngest child’s father, Eric Crutchfield. Since early spring, The Post […]
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Los Angeles Family Court Declines to Change Toddler’s Custody Arrangement
“IT WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT ME” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 4, 2017) — Last Wednesday, a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court, Torrance Family Court, Department J took place in the case of “Michelle Robinson,” who lost custody of her toddler daughter in March 2016 after Los Angeles DCFS received a referral for protection […]
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Los Angeles Spousal-Abuse Trial Continued to Next Week
WILL BEGIN JUNE 27 by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 22, 2017) — A trial for a Los Angeles mother charged with “spousal abuse” which was expected to commence on Thursday morning was continued to Tuesday, June 27, based on her public defender’s lack of availability. Early Thursday afternoon on Thursday, but late morning on the West […]
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Mother of Toddler Taken by Child-Protective Agency to Face Trial on “Spousal Abuse” Charge
BUT WHERE IS THE VIDEO? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 20, 2017) — On Thursday, a Los Angeles mother whose very young daughter was taken by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in March of last year and placed with her non-custodial father will face trial on a charge of “spousal abuse.” The hearing […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Good Friday Status Hearing on Toddler Yields Contested Hearing Scheduled for April 25
WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 15, 2017) — On Friday, the Edelman Children’s Court held a hearing about the future of a 27-month-old girl taken from her mother in March of last year by Los Angeles DCFS. The mother, Michelle Robinson,* was never accused of neglect or […]
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What Will Friday Bring for Los Angeles Mother Seeking Reunification with her Young Daughter?
“I’M PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 12, 2017) — On April 14, which is Good Friday this year, a “status hearing” will take place in the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA to determine the future of a 28-month-old girl taken away from her mother in March of last year and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Do DCFS Social Workers Have an Agenda in This Case?
BOTH PARENTS INVOLVED IN ALTERCATION; ONE GETS CUSTODY by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2017) — Since reporting on the story of the Hendersons, whose eight children were ensconced in the foster system in 2011 and, to our knowledge, never returned to their parents despite no charges of neglect or abuse, The Post & Email has […]
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Columbia University Student in 2009: “Nobody Knows Who Barack Obama Is”
DOES IT “MATTER” NOW? by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 6, 2016) — In an article dated January 22, 2009, a Columbia University student offered his observations of the various elements involved in electing a president, in particular the election and inauguration of the man known as Barack Hussein Obama on November 4, 2008. [Editor’s Note: The […]