“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 […]
THEN WHERE DID THE “TERMINATION” ORDER ORIGINATE? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 24, 2018) — A hearing on Friday in Torrance Superior Court resulted in a confirmation by Commissioner Glenda Veasey that a five-year restraining order issued on December 10, 2015 was never recorded as canceled, as “documentation” proffered by the Hawthorne Police Department last month […]
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 […]
“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 […]
DID A COURT COMMISSIONER HOLD A “SHAM” HEARING? by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 25, 2018) — On Thursday, The Post & Email reported that a document was produced by the Hawthorne, CA Police Department to a protected person in a restraining order case indicating that the order was canceled last April without her knowledge. The protected […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]