Tag: child custody
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Los Angeles Mother Alleges Bias, Misconduct by Family Court Commissioner, Part 2
“THIS IS AN INFRINGEMENT ON MY CIVIL RIGHTS” by Sharon Rondeau (May 17, 2018) —In Part 1 of this series, Los Angeles County mother “Irene” detailed how she believes she has been unfairly treated by Torrance Superior Court Commissioner Glenda Veasey over a six-year time frame and that increasing harm is being done to her…
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Parents of Three Children Taken by DCFS Enjoy “Bittersweet” Reunion
“I KNOW I DID EVERYTHING I COULD” by Sharon Rondeau (May 5, 2018) — In a stunning development, the mother of three children set to be adopted by her parents in Southern California reported on Thursday that she and her husband were able to visit with their children after two and one-half years of no…
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Los Angeles Mother to Face Trial for Allegedly Sending “Annoying” and “Threatening” Communications
DEFENDANT CLAIMS COMPLAINT “RETALIATORY” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 27, 2018) — A Los Angeles mother who recently discovered that a “Termination of Order” apparently intended to cancel a restraining order and custody award in her favor was never officially entered into the record will face trial on Tuesday morning for allegedly violating California Penal Code…
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How Can a Restraining Order Be Active and Canceled at the Same Time?
“TERMINATION” ORDER, NOT PART OF OFFICIAL RECORD, IS RELIED UPON BY LAW ENFORCEMENT by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 6, 2018) — On February 26, The Post & Email expounded on a situation involving a Los Angeles mother granted a restraining order in December 2015 against her youngest child’s father which she believed was violated on at…
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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…
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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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Child Custody Goes from “No Case” to “Adoption” Track in Eight Weeks
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 8, 2017) — A father and mother whose legal address is in Alabama but whose three children were placed with their maternal grandparents in California by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are continuing their efforts to overturn the decisions of the Edelman…
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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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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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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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Parents Appeal Los Angeles Judge’s Adoption Order for Two Children
COURT GRANTS TEN-DAY EXTENSION AFTER 90 DAYS REQUESTED IN FIVE-YEAR-OLD CASE by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 23, 2016) — The parents of three children taken from their custody over a five-year period have appealed a Los Angeles judge’s August 2016 order that the elder two be formally adopted by their maternal grandparents. Edelman Children’s Court Judge…
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Parents’ Five-Year Struggle to Regain Custody of Children Replete with Twists and Turns
FATHER CLAIMS “DISCRIMINATION AND BIAS” ON JUDGE’S, SOCIAL WORKERS’ PART by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 28, 2016) — For approximately three months, The Post & Email has reported on a child-custody case originating with the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and what has been described to us by the parents as internal…
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Parents Continue to Appeal Loss of Rights, Custody, Scheduled Adoption of Their Children
IN FIVE-YEAR-OLD SAGA by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 17, 2016) — A couple whose three children are in the custody of the mother’s parents by action of the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has appealed the termination of their parental rights over the eldest two children ordered by Judge Marguerite Downing. The…
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Do Los Angeles DCFS and Judges Dislike Men?
TWO CASES, ONE JUDGE by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2016) — When The Post & Email was covering the case of the Henderson family whose eight children were removed from their custody and placed in various foster homes, Jeffrey Henderson told us that the judges at the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, who adjudicate…