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AOC & Marin Court
Crimes Protest
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Dear Friend,
Last call for participants!
Parents, advocates and others supporting or working for court reform are invited to drop what they are doing and attend the October 12 protest and press conference at the Marin County Courthouse. The word is out about Tuesday and reporters are biting!
This is your chance to stand up and be counted!
Concerned
parents and advocates worked for years to urge the California
legislature to investigate the travesties taking place in California's family courts. There is little regulation and oversight, and good parents are losing their children and being bankrupted in the process.
In
June of 2009 the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) voted
unanimously to audit two of the most historically problematic family
courts, namely those in Marin and Sacramento.
Less than three months later, the Marin Family Court, with the written permission of the Administrative Office of the Courts,
undermined the legislative audit by engaging in the wholesale
destruction of important and incriminating child custody evidence. The
Marin Court and the AOC colluded in this destruction, while
simultaneously blocking the state auditor's access to family court files and personnel.
The Center for Judicial Excellence, JusticeCalifornia, and the California
Protective Parents Association and many others all worked
extraordinarily hard to obtain the audit, and are currently working
extraordinarily hard to obtain criminal accountability for those members
of the Administrative Office of the Courts and Marin Superior Court who colluded to destroy incriminating child custody evidence in the midst of a state investigation and ongoing child custody cases.
The
time is now for fathers and mothers and their supporters to unite to
demand accountability from those wreaking havoc and bankrupting
California families-with no effective oversight whatsoever.
If you are afraid of retaliation-wear a disguise. But do show up. Stand up. Be counted. Be heard!
Join us!
Be sure to come to San Rafael on October 12th, and bring 5 friends with you. Thank you for your continued activism and support!
What: Protest & Press Conference
When: Tuesday October 12
Where: Marin County Civic Center - Under (2nd) Court Arch 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael
12:30PM PRESS CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Speakers at the 12:30pm press conference will include:
1) Robin Yeamans,Appellate Specialist & Family Law Attorney from San Jose - Robin
will speak directly about the importance of the destroyed documents to
ongoing family law cases.
2) Assemblymember Jim Beall (D- San Jose)& other state lawmakers have been invited to speak as co-authors of
the Joint Legislative Audit request for a state investigation of the
Marin and Sacramento Family Courts (pending confirmation)
3) Barbara Kauffman,Marin Family Law Attorney - Barbara will speak briefly about the Marin
Family Court problems that prompted the audit, and the significance of
the document destruction.
*Kathleen Russell of the Center for Judicial Excellence will open up and moderate the press conference.
EVENING PICKET 5:00PM-9:00PM
Please
also be sure to sign up to picket and flyer with us that evening if you
cannot join us for the morning picket, or if you cannot stop by during
your lunch break. The third Gubernatorial Debate between candidates Meg
Whitman and Jerry Brown will be held just down the road at San Rafael's
Dominican University at 6:30pm on Tuesday night.
This presents us with another great opportunity to educate the public
and the media about the family court crisis that is plaguing California. Tuesday night's debate is the ONLY Nationally-televised debate!
Please be sure to REGISTER ONLINE by clicking on the link below to sign up for a shift whenever you can join us on Tuesday October 12th!
All registration information is COMPLETELY confidential and will not appear anywhere on the web.
Reporters
are asking us how many people we expect, so please use a pseudonym if
you must, but stand and be counted if you plan on attending!
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Make
yourself heard by setting aside October 12th, and join us in letting
family courts across California know that the public is demanding
judicial accountability. Please forward this invite to your networks,
and be sure to bring your friends and supporters.
Sincerely, Kathleen Russell Center for Judicial Excellence info@centerforjudicialexcellence.org 415-388-9600 |
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