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Have a ton of evidence but can't afford a lawyer

Started by my2kidsnme, Dec 24, 2009, 06:59:21 PM

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my2kidsnme

 A lot of unbelievable things have happened.  Mentally abusive short-term marriage.  I lost my job because my ex-wife filed several false police reports.  My ex was never held accountable for filing the false reports, even when I had video evidence.  I couldn't afford a lawyer & got destroyed in court.  My ex-wife's lawyer got away with illegal & unethical acts because the judge refused to watch a video.  I was ordered to have supervised visits with my daughter.  I had to move to a different state before my ex-wife allowed me to have unsupervised visits with our daughter.
My first wife, Michelle, and I were married for 7 years before we got divorced.  We have an 11 year old son together & we couldn't be more proud of him.  We have always remained friends & continued to be good parents to our son.  I remarried, Martha, & loved her with all my heart.  Martha & I have a 5 year old daughter together.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize at the time that it was more important for Martha to have control over me than actually be in love & have a successful marriage.    Michelle remarried & had a daughter with her husband, Bill.  Their daughter is now 4 years old.   
I was a deputy for the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department in Wisconsin & Martha is a 911 dispatcher.  I took all of her mental abuse & still loved her.  Long story short, Martha's control games increased after she filed for divorce & she began to file false police reports on me.  Eventually, the Sheriff's Department terminated me & said I had too many police contacts.  Everybody knew that Martha was lying, but nobody would stop her from filing the false police reports.  The Chief Deputy testified that I kept putting myself in the situation.  Martha was good at manipulating people.  She wouldn't release our daughter to anybody but me, so naturally I had to be at the exchanges so I could be a dad to our daughter.   
Our divorce lasted longer than our marriage.  It was unbelievable & extremely painful to watch Martha play games with our daughter & my step-son.  Martha manipulated the court psychologist into thinking that I had severe mental issues.  The court psychologist recommended that I have supervised visits with our daughter.  Michelle testified that I watch her daughter on a regular basis & I have a great relationship with our son.  I had 3 other people testify that I have a great relationship with their kids.  The judge ignored the testimony & ordered me to have supervised visits with my daughter.  It didn't make sense that I was able to watch a 3 year old & a 10 year old without supervision but I was ordered to be supervised with my 4 year old daughter!
Time went on & Martha always refused to let me keep our daughter overnight, even when I would be supervised the entire time.  Martha refused to let our daughter go to Indiana to visit my family, even when my supervisors offered to supervise the entire trip.  When I planned to move to Indiana, after I lost my house, Michelle & Bill offered to let me move in with them so I didn't have to leave my kids.  Martha's control games & her refusal to think of our daughter's happiness was affecting me.  I stayed in Wisconsin for several months & was still able to watch Michelle's daughter.
Martha has an older son & she played similar games with her son's dad (Sam).  Sam left his son's life for 6 years because of Martha.  During my divorce Martha manipulated Sam & his wife into testifying for her.  6 months after our divorce, Martha resumed her diabolical games with Sam & tried to get full custody of their son (T).  Sam went with a lawyer & Martha's plan failed.  That didn't stop Martha from hurting T mentally & playing more games.  T is 14 years old & has A LOT of behavior problems.  He was kicked out of 1 school & Martha had her own son arrested for disorderly conduct because he yelled at her.
I couldn't get a job so I decided to move to Indiana.  When I told Martha that I was ready to move, Martha allowed our daughter to sleep overnight at Michelle's house.  Soon after my move to Indiana, Martha started to let me take our daughter to Indiana without supervision.  She never questioned my alleged "mental stability" before she allowed me to be unsupervised.  AGAIN IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!
I am currently employed as a substitute teacher & I am back in school to get my degree in psychology.  I love my job because I get to teach children & help them succeed in life.  I love my children & I am a good dad.  I have lost everything trying to be a dad to my daughter.  I have lost everything for standing up for what is right.
So what do I do? I have been trying to expose all of the corruption and mental abuse.  I have been invited to appear on [HIGHLIGHT=#ffff00]Dr. Phil[/HIGHLIGHT] with Martha but she refused to be on the show.  I can't afford a lawyer & I lack the skills and confidence needed to represent myself and my daughter.  Doing nothing is NOT an option because my daughter is being mentally abused and a parent is supposed to protect their kids.  WHAT CAN I DO???

Michael A. Whetstone   

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What does your last set of orders through the courts say? (regarding visitation and custody?) Does it still say supervised?

You can file small things yourself. This site is a great resource and will show you how. You can modify your visitation order to unsupervised and exact days and times. You can use the reason as "the parties have agreed to unsupervised visits since XXX, and father has seen child XX times without incident, father's parenting plan should be modified to reflect the present situation"

Then if she does not allow you to have child, you file contempt charges for not following the court order. Little steps, if mother refused and is in front of a judge a few times a year to explain herself then you have a better change of changing visitation and custody in the future.

You can not bring in a video camera and play it. The person that took the tape has to testify, and then state it was locked away until court and was not altered and what they see if what they saw that day.
Voicemail- Same thing...original tape, locked away, no one altered it. Can bring in phone company to testify the number that called. Evidence has to follow rules. A lot of it doesnt not make sense. Our lawyer explained some of the ways to get things into evidence. It is very hard. We were lucky as some of the days our BM didnt have a lawyer so she never objected to some of it.