CUSTODY CHANGE OF 16 YEAR-OLD BOY IN FAMILY COURT
It is imperative that the public be made aware of who is "Not" qualified to sit on the bench. Judge Bernard "Bernie" Shapiro, has made atrocious rulings placing children's lives at risk.
We hope that there is a reporter that is willing to investigate and provide the public with the truth. contact us, we have plenty of evidence to educate the citizens and provide the necessary tools to elect the ethical, caring, intelligent, professional that our judicial system is lacking.
JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO BELIEVED THE TESTIMONY OF DR. JACK SPARKS A FORMER HEADMASTER OF GREENFIELD DAY SCHOOL WHO FLAT OUT LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING HE SAID, JACK SPARKS WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 0F 2008 FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE STORY BEHIND THE MAN WHO JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO QUOTED ON THE FINAL ORDER AND RELIED IN HIS TESTIMONY YET THE SOCALLED RABBI SPARKS HAD BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN GREENFIELD DAY SCHOOL 7 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS COURT CASE, BUT JUDGE SHAPIRO AWARE OF THIS DID NOT CARE AND IGNORED MR. O'CONNOR'S TESTIMONY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL WHICH THE CHILD WAS CURRENTLY ATTENDING, WHOSE TESTIMONY WAS THAT THE CHILD WAS A GREAT KID AND THE MOTHER WAS A CARING, CONCERNED AND INVOLVED MOTHER AND HAD NEVER MET THE FATHER YET THIS JUDGE NEVER QUOTED ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS BUT HE DID RELY ON A MAN WHO GETS ARRESTED FOR ENDANGERMENT OF A BOY... THIS THE JUDGE THAT CARE TAKERS ARE FORCED TO ACCEPT HIS RULING IN KIDS LIVES!!! JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE RUINING FAMILIES.
It our duty as citizens to alert everyone on the horrific rulings Judge Bernard S. Shapiro makes.
FOLLOWING IS ONE OF JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO'S HORRIFIC RULING'S:
When L. G. a single mom, requested an increase in child support and back owed child support, from her son's father, the father responded with a request of a custody change of their son's primary residence, so he could be the residential parent and get child support from the mother.
The father left when their son was only three.
The father owes the mother $ 9,000 in court ordered past due bills, and $12,900 in back child support, and the mother who has spent $200,00.00 in this unecessary case is now unemployed due to the harrassment at her job with the court issues.
The judge, switched custody to the father with no basis, no reason, the mother is a concerned, devoted, involved mom, the child is an all around great kid, yet Judge Shapiro ruined all that. Judge Shapiro dismissed the debts due to the mother by the father and cleared the father from paying the mother and ordered that she pay the father child suppport, even though the father makes a substantial amount of money, and the judge knew that the mother was unemployed. Judge Bernard S. Shapiro removed the son from his well established, normal, healthy and happy life and placed him in an unknown environment, in a different school with no friends away from his support group, away from his mom and away from the life that the child had been accustomed and raised in, all of his 16 years, The explanation of this appalling order and travesty of law was because Judge Bernie Shapiro felt that the father was very rigid and because of that the son would make "A"'s in school if he lived with him, and Shapiro also felt that it was the father's turn to have the son even though there had never been one paper filed in court in 16 years by the father against the mother, Judge Shapiro basically played with the child's life and abused his power.
The son is currently failing his classes at his father's,(in 16 years the son had never failed a grade or classes) at his mother's he had no problems. The Father's job keeps him away from home 18 to 20 days a month, the Mother is involved 24 and 7 in the child's life, the father lives in a county different from the mother, and when the change first took place the child was not allowed to see the mother out of vengance and the son was used as a tool to hurt the Mother. Judge Shapiro ruled that the Mother could not see her son in 30 days from the day the custody change took place.
Their son is a 16 year-old mature, bright young man who has always lived with his mother. He has never been in trouble with the law, or at school he has never used drugs or alcohol and was very involved in sports, extra curricular activites and charity work. He has lived in the same community, had the same friends, and went to the same school with the same group of friends all of his life. Judge Bernard S. Shapiro ignored that the son was very involved in his religion, such as youth group, counselor at his temple, charity work, all this stopped since the ruling took place and Shapiro knew this would happen and did not care. How can a Judge cause so much damage in the most important and detrimental years in a teenager's life, and get away with it because he feels he can, this Judge had no respect or consideration to this child's life!
The son did not want to live with his father, Judge Bernard S. Shapiro was aware of the son's feelings and refused to take the son's feelings into consideration. The judge refused to allow the son to testify and ignored his pleas of wanting to stay with his mother. The son wants to come home, he is sad, he has lost his high self esteem, he misses his home,his mom, his friends, his dog and his school, please help us, sign the petition and stop the Judges who ignore the child's best interest. . Lets unite and remove the un-deserving power this man has been given, lets stop this judge from ruining other children's lives.... Don't forget that every signature makes a difference don't allow Judge Shapiro to continue making irreversible damage to innocent victims , keep in mind that this may happen to you or your loved ones, lets vote for professionals who will take in consideration the best interest of the child, someone who knows the law, respects the law and follows the law.
ON THE FOLLOWING LINK YOU CAN READ ANOTHER CASE THAT JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO ABUSED HIS POWER IN, AND THE APELLATE COURT REVERSED HIS RULING!!!!
www.3dca.flcourts.org/opinions/3D06-1315.pdf
JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE LIVES YOU ARE DESTROYING THESE CASES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL AND YOU ABUSED YOUR POWER ON BOTH, YOU ARE DESTROYING CHILDREN'S LIVES!!!!
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THIS JUDGE TO BE INVESTIGATED? THE CHILD IN THIS CASE IS GOING TO FAIL 10TH GRADE, HE HAS LOST HIS HIGH SELF STEEM, HE IS DEPRESSED, HE WANTS TO GO HOME WITH HIS MOM HIS FRIENDS, HIS SCHOOL, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR JUDGE SHAPIRO TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BENCH ?, WILL SOMEONE HAVE TO BECOME A STATISTIC, FOR THIS JUDGE TO BE REMOVED?
.DR. MIGUEL FIRPI THE EVALUATOR IN THIS CASE REMOVED A WELL ESTABLISHED HEALTHY, HAPPY CHILD 4 DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED FROM WHERE HE HAS LIVED ALL OF HIS LIFE TO AN UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENT, IN ANOTHER COUNTY. hE ADVISED THE JUDGE TO HAVE THE SON HANDCUFFED (AND JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO SIGNED A PICK UP ORDER SO THIS CHILD WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN A ROLE MODELCOULD BE HANDCUFFED AND BE FORCED AND TRAUMATIZED AND ALL THIS HORRIFIC ACTION JUST BECAUSE THE CHILD WANTED TO STAY WITH HIS MOTHER WHERE HE HAD LIVED ALL OF HIS LIFE. JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO'S RECKLESS AND UNCARING RULING LANDED THIS CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL AND ONCE IN THE HOSPITAL JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO REFUSED TO ALLOW THE MOTHER TO CARE AND SEE HER SON WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE JUDGE SHAPIRO WANTED TO BREAK THE BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD , THE JUDGE WANTED TO BREAK THE CHILD DOWN AS IF HE WAS IN SOME KIND OF CONCENTRATION CAMP, THE CHILD WAS AN EXTREMELY HAPPY HEALTHY NORMAL TEENAGER HE WAS POPULAR IN SCHOOL AND LIKED BY EVERYONE . HE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIS FRIENDS AND HIS MOTHER WHO RAISED HIM ALL OF HIS LIFE, THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DAMAGED THAT THEY HAVE CAUSED EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY, THEY BOTH IGNORED THE CHILD'S WELFARE AND BEST INTEREST. DR. FIRPI NEVER SPOKE TO THE CHILD'S TEACHER'S, COUNSELORS, FAMILY ON MOTHER'S SIDE, FRIEND'S ON MOTHER'S SIDE, COACHES, RELIGIOUS MENTORS, DOCTOR'S HOW CAN HE PERFORM AN EVALUATION OR GIVE ANY TESTIMONY WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THE CLOSEST PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CHILD'S LIFE ,AND ALL OF THE CHILD'S SUPPORT GROUP,YET JUDGE SHAPIRO WAS AWARE OF THIS LACK OF INFORMATION YET HE IGNORED IT.
HOW DOES SOMEONE WHOS ACTIONS HAVE BEEN SO DAMAGING HAVE THE AUDACITY TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, THE ANSWER IS SELF EXPLANATORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The update on the above story is that the son is now back with his mother but not due to Judge Bernard S. Shapiro retracting his horrible mistake, no on the contrary this Judge never considered the welfare of this child he ruled his baseless ruling and avoided any further involvement in this case, but this is more prove that Shapiro had no basis in ripping this young man from his environment and causing so much damage, this Judge needs to be stopped!!!!!!!!!
We would also like to warn you about hiring LUCY ZELMAN, She is unethical and disrespects the privacy of the families that hire her services, she will involve herself in delicate court issues of parents that have enrolled their children in her tutoring academy, without having any knowledge of the truth and ignoring and or hiding the facts. She will go out of her way to show up in court to provide a testimony that has no bearing or truth, her testimony is solely to help who she will benefit from. for your information Lucy Zelman Learning Center is located at the Bet Shira Temple.
FOLLOWING IS THE ARTICLE OF DR. (RABBI) JACK SPARKS, WHICH JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO RELIED AND JUSTIFIED A CHANGE OF CUSTODY BECAUSE OF THIS MONSTER'S TESTIMONY.
Case of Rabbi Jack Sparks
(AKA: Jack L. Sparks)
Director, Albert Einstein Academy - Wilmington, DE
Talleyville, DE Newark, DE (Miami, FL New York City, NY Boston, MA
Rabbi Jack Sparks was arrested on May 12, 2008 on charges of child endangerment of a fourteen-year-old boy. Sparks took the boy on a shopping trip to the Fairfield News and Tobacco store on New London Road in Newark and encouraged the boy to pick out a magazine in the "back room" where pornographic magazines are kept. The boy declined, picking out a gaming magazine instead.
Dr. Rabbi Jack L. Sparks, holds a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Boston University, as well as graduate and undergraduate degrees in curriculum and instruction, Jewish studies, counseling psychology and elementary education. He has been an educator in Jewish Private Schools for 25 years in Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Miami, FL; Austin, TX and Talleyville, Delaware.
Unfortunately it is not uncommon for an individual who molest children to work in the education field and also to move around from state to state. There is a fear that Rabbi Sparks could have left a trail of victims along the way.
If you or anyone you know was abused by Rabbi Jack L. Sparks please contact Newark Police Department or The Awareness Center. Disclaimer: Inclusion in this website does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement. Individuals must decide for themselves if the resources meet their own personal needs.
Del. Rabbi Accused Of Sexual Internet Chat With 15-Year-Old Boy (05/12/2008
Talleyville school rabbi charged, put on leave (05/13/2008
Delaware rabbi arrested for child endangerment (05/14/2008)
Rabbi arrested for child endangerment (05/14/2008)
Rabbi charged and put on leave (05/15/2008)
of Del. school charged with encouraging boy to buy porn
Associated Press - May 12, 2008
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/head-of-del-school-charged-with/n20080512165509990018
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8312161&nav=menu222_2
NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Newark Police have arrested the head of a Wilmington school for allegedly encouraging a teenage boy to buy porn.
Police say Rabbi Jack Sparks of Albert Einstein Academy took the 15-year-old to a store with a room with merchandise for adults. Police say Sparks offered to buy the boy a pornographic magazine so he could "have a good time."
Police say the boy declined and told his parents, who notified police.
Detectives learned Sparks got to know the boy because one of the teen's relatives is a student at the academy.
Police say Sparks had been taking the boy out to eat and shop. Eventually, police said he bought the boy a computer where he was having sexual conversations with him during online chats.
Del. Rabbi Accused Of Sexual Internet Chat With 15-Year-Old Boy
A Wilmington rabbi and head of a school was charged in connection with endangering the welfare of a child.
Jack Sparks, 53, was taken into custody Monday morning and then released on $2,000 bond.
He is head of the Albert Einstein Academy in Wilmington. Sparks was charged with engaging in sexually inappropriate Internet conversations with a 15-year-old male. NBC 10 reported that the boy was not a student at the school.
One of the members of the board of trustees said Sparks was on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
Police said the victim was the older sibling to one of the students at Albert Einstein, which is how he met the rabbi. Police said Sparks and the teenager spent time together from February to December of last year.
"They had a relationship with the consent of the parents, that they were shopping together and hanging out together," said Lt. Brian Henry of the Newark Police Department.
Police said the teenager cut off the relationship when the rabbi offered to buy him pornography. Investigators said the boy eventually told his parents about the incident this February, and that is when police began to investigate.
"And during that investigation, we determined that they were having online conversations that were becoming sexual in nature," Henry said. "That the rabbi had purchased a computer for this child to have the ability to have these conversations with him."
Police said they arrested Sparks and seized a computer and adult pornography from his home.
Neighbors witnessed the police activity in disbelief.
No one was home at Sparks' house Monday night, NBC 10 reported.
Police said they had a message for other parents.
"We're very concerned," Henry said. "We know that this type of offender usually has more than one victim -- that they seek out other children, so at this point, we're asking for anyone who has had an inappropriate relationship with Rabbi Sparks to come forward so we can investigate that as well."
Taterville school rabbi charged, put on leave - Teen's mom alleges inappropriate bond
By Terri Sanginiti
The News Journal - May 13, 2008
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/NEWS01/805130367
A rabbi who heads a nonprofit religious school in Talleyville was arrested by Newark police Monday on a child endangerment charge for allegedly fostering an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy.
Rabbi Jack L. Sparks, 53, head of school at Albert Einstein Academy at 101 Garden of Eden Road, was released on unsecured bail on the misdemeanor charge stemming from a relationship developed since February 2007 with a now 15-year-old boy, police said in court records.
The inappropriate incidents are alleged to have occurred between February and December 2007.
Police said Sparks took the boy on a shopping trip to the Fairfield News and Tobacco store on New London Road in Newark and encouraged the boy to pick out a magazine in the "back room" where pornographic magazines are kept. The boy declined, picking out a gaming magazine instead, Newark police spokesman Lt. Brian Henry said.
According to court records, the victim's mother reported the "possible inappropriate relationship" to police April 26.
The teen was smart enough to put an end to it," Henry said. "[Sparks] didn't get a chance to follow through."
The boy, who is not a student at the school, and the rabbi developed a friendship over time, talking at the school two or three times a week over the next few months.
When the boy was hospitalized in June 2007, the rabbi visited him and noticed the boy using a computer. The two then started to exchange e-mails and talk online in the hospital, which continued after the boy returned home. In September, the rabbi bought the boy a computer for his room.
The victim's mother viewed Sparks as a role model and mentor for her son, police said in court records, and the two had regular lunch dates. Sparks also would take the boy to Game Stop.
"Sparks told the boy he loved him," police said in court records.
The online conversations turned sexual, including talk of female body parts, pornography and masturbation, Henry said.
Sparks, who has headed the school since 2005, was released on $2,000 unsecured bail. He could not be reached for comment Monday.
"He was placed on paid administrative leave last Monday pending the outcome of a school investigation," Hamermesh said.
Delaware rabbi arrested for child endangerment
JTA - May 14, 2008
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108550.html
A Delaware rabbi was arrested for allegedly conducting an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy.
Rabbi Jack Sparks, 53 was arrested on charges of child endangerment by Newark police on Monday and released on bail, the Delaware News Journal reported.
Sparks, who is the head of school at the Albert Einstein Academy in Talleyville, was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, a school official said.
Police say the relationship occurred between February and December 2007, and entailed Sparks shopping for pornography with the boy and sending sexually themed messages to him over the Internet. The boy was not a student at Sparks' school.
Rabbi arrested for child endangerment
by Johnnie Braxton, Wilmington Bureau Chief
ABC News 6 - May 14, 2008
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6137529
NEWARK, Del. - May 12, 2008 (WPVI) -- Newark Police arrested 53-year-old, Rabbi Jack Sparks at his home in Newark this morning on one charge of child endangerment.
Rabbi Sparks is the head of the Albert Einstein Academy, a private school located north of Wilmington at 101 Garden of Eden Road, in Talleyville.
According to police, the charge stems from Sparks befriending a 15-year-old male and ultimately taking the teen to a store where he encouraged him to pick out a pornographic magazine. Police say Sparks told the teen he would buy the magazine for him so he could "have a good time."
The teens sibling attends Albert Einstein Academy and met Sparks while picking up his sibling. Sparks developed a friendship over time, taking the teen out to restaurants, he bought the teen a computer and according to police their online contact became sexual in nature. Eventually Sparks took the teen to a store and encouraged him to enter a room marked with a sign prohibiting minors, where he was to pick out a magazine. The teen refused and told his parents what happened.
Sparks was arraigned and released on $2,000 unsecured bond.
Rabbi charged and put on leave
NewsNet 14 - May 15, 2008
http://www.newsnet14.com/2008/05/15/rabbi-charged-and-put-on-leave/
A rabbi who heads a nonprofit religious school in Talleyville was arrested by Newark police Monday on a child endangerment charge for allegedly fostering an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy.
Rabbi Jack L. Sparks, 53, head of school at Albert Einstein Academy at 101 Garden of Eden Road, was released on unsecured bail on the misdemeanor charge stemming from a relationship developed since February 2007 with a now 15-year-old boy, police said in court records.
The inappropriate incidents are alleged to have occurred between February and December 2007.
Police said Sparks took the boy on a shopping trip to the Fairfield News and Tobacco store on New London Road in Newark and encouraged the boy to pick out a magazine in the "back room" where pornographic magazines are kept. The boy declined, picking out a gaming magazine instead, Newark police spokesman Lt. Brian Henry said.
According to court records, the victim's mother reported the "possible inappropriate relationship" to police April 26.
"The teen was smart enough to put an end to it," Henry said. "[Sparks] didn't get a chance to follow through."
The boy, who is not a student at the school, and the rabbi developed a friendship over time, talking at the school two or three times a week over the next few months.
When the boy was hospitalized in June 2007, the rabbi visited him and noticed the boy using a computer. The two then started to exchange e-mails and talk online in the hospital, which continued after the boy returned home. In September, the rabbi bought the boy a computer for his room.
The victim's mother viewed Sparks as a role model and mentor for her son, police said in court records, and the two had regular lunch dates. Sparks also would take the boy to Game Stop.
"Sparks told the boy he loved him," police said in court records.
The online conversations turned sexual, including talk of female body parts, pornography and masturbation, Henry said.
Einstein Academy head faces sex charge
By Rachael Samuels
WDEL News Talk Radio 1150 AM
http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=617090175741
The Head of Albert Einstein Academy in Wilmington faces charges of inappropriate interaction with a minor.
Rabbi Jack Sparks, of 69 West Mill Station Road in Newark, initiated a friendship with a 15 year old boy whose sibling went to Albert Einstein.
According to the family, the friendship bloomed from dinner andshopping to Rabbi Sparks buying the boy a computer and having online chats with him.
The friendship initially had the blessing of the parents because they viewed the rabbi as a mentor for their young son.
Eventually the online conversations turned sexual where he offered to buy the child a pornographic magazine and take him into the back room of an adult store.
The boy refused and told his parents who called police.
Rabbi Sparks faces child endangerment charges.
FOLLOWING IS A LINK TO ANOTHER STORY OF A FLORIDA MOTHER WHOSE CHILDREN WERE ALSO LEGALLY KIDNAPPED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4TI8J1vkUY
ON THE FOLLOWING LINK READ THE OUTCOME OF A JUDGE WHO'S RULINGS AND UNETHICAL ACTIONS WERE THOSE SIMILAR TO JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO, IT IS THE STORY OF A DESPERATE MOTHER WHO FOUGHT THE SYSTEM AND UNVEILED THE CORRUPTION IN THE FAMILY COURTS, AS SEEN ON CBS 48 HOURS. "CHAMBERS OF SECRET, THE STORY OF FRIEDA HANIMOV"
DON'T MISS HOW JUDGE GERALD GERSON AND ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISES WERE CONVICTED!!!!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/18/48hours/main674950.shtml
CARE TAKERS AND CHILDREN FACE THESE COURT TRAGEDIES ON A DAILY BASIS AND NO ONE IS INVESTIGATING BUT AS CITIZENS WE DO HAVE THE POWER AND THE RIGHT TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THESE TRAVESTIES OF LAW!!!
watch the following video confirming horrific rulings in reference to custody:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvcslSAvDU
LINK TO A MEMPHIS MOTHER FACING THE SAME TRAVESTY OF LAW:
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=5E41D49D2B0DE052109F86F5E1E9CF75?contentId=7092138&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080823/news/9592
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbmissing0823sbaug23,0,7328906.story
Please keep signing and circulating this petition so everyone is made aware of what JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO does.
FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY, REMEMBER IT CAN BE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, FALLING IN THE ATROCIOUS AND HORRIFIC RULINGS.
The following website will take you to a site on Judges ranking:
http://www.courthouseforum.com/forums/worstrankings.php?year=2008&state=7815
Thank you for your support....UNITED WE STAND!
It is imperative that the public be made aware of who is "Not" qualified to sit on the bench. Judge Bernard "Bernie" Shapiro, has made atrocious rulings placing children's lives at risk.
We hope that there is a reporter that is willing to investigate and provide the public with the truth. contact us, we have plenty of evidence to educate the citizens and provide the necessary tools to elect the ethical, caring, intelligent, professional that our judicial system is lacking.
JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO BELIEVED THE TESTIMONY OF DR. JACK SPARKS A FORMER HEADMASTER OF GREENFIELD DAY SCHOOL WHO FLAT OUT LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING HE SAID, JACK SPARKS WAS ARRESTED ON MAY 0F 2008 FOR CHILD ENDANGERMENT SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE STORY BEHIND THE MAN WHO JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO QUOTED ON THE FINAL ORDER AND RELIED IN HIS TESTIMONY YET THE SOCALLED RABBI SPARKS HAD BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN GREENFIELD DAY SCHOOL 7 YEARS PRIOR TO THIS COURT CASE, BUT JUDGE SHAPIRO AWARE OF THIS DID NOT CARE AND IGNORED MR. O'CONNOR'S TESTIMONY THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL WHICH THE CHILD WAS CURRENTLY ATTENDING, WHOSE TESTIMONY WAS THAT THE CHILD WAS A GREAT KID AND THE MOTHER WAS A CARING, CONCERNED AND INVOLVED MOTHER AND HAD NEVER MET THE FATHER YET THIS JUDGE NEVER QUOTED ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS BUT HE DID RELY ON A MAN WHO GETS ARRESTED FOR ENDANGERMENT OF A BOY... THIS THE JUDGE THAT CARE TAKERS ARE FORCED TO ACCEPT HIS RULING IN KIDS LIVES!!! JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE RUINING FAMILIES.
It our duty as citizens to alert everyone on the horrific rulings Judge Bernard S. Shapiro makes.
FOLLOWING IS ONE OF JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO'S HORRIFIC RULING'S:
When L. G. a single mom, requested an increase in child support and back owed child support, from her son's father, the father responded with a request of a custody change of their son's primary residence, so he could be the residential parent and get child support from the mother.
The father left when their son was only three.
The father owes the mother $ 9,000 in court ordered past due bills, and $12,900 in back child support, and the mother who has spent $200,00.00 in this unecessary case is now unemployed due to the harrassment at her job with the court issues.
The judge, switched custody to the father with no basis, no reason, the mother is a concerned, devoted, involved mom, the child is an all around great kid, yet Judge Shapiro ruined all that. Judge Shapiro dismissed the debts due to the mother by the father and cleared the father from paying the mother and ordered that she pay the father child suppport, even though the father makes a substantial amount of money, and the judge knew that the mother was unemployed. Judge Bernard S. Shapiro removed the son from his well established, normal, healthy and happy life and placed him in an unknown environment, in a different school with no friends away from his support group, away from his mom and away from the life that the child had been accustomed and raised in, all of his 16 years, The explanation of this appalling order and travesty of law was because Judge Bernie Shapiro felt that the father was very rigid and because of that the son would make "A"'s in school if he lived with him, and Shapiro also felt that it was the father's turn to have the son even though there had never been one paper filed in court in 16 years by the father against the mother, Judge Shapiro basically played with the child's life and abused his power.
The son is currently failing his classes at his father's,(in 16 years the son had never failed a grade or classes) at his mother's he had no problems. The Father's job keeps him away from home 18 to 20 days a month, the Mother is involved 24 and 7 in the child's life, the father lives in a county different from the mother, and when the change first took place the child was not allowed to see the mother out of vengance and the son was used as a tool to hurt the Mother. Judge Shapiro ruled that the Mother could not see her son in 30 days from the day the custody change took place.
Their son is a 16 year-old mature, bright young man who has always lived with his mother. He has never been in trouble with the law, or at school he has never used drugs or alcohol and was very involved in sports, extra curricular activites and charity work. He has lived in the same community, had the same friends, and went to the same school with the same group of friends all of his life. Judge Bernard S. Shapiro ignored that the son was very involved in his religion, such as youth group, counselor at his temple, charity work, all this stopped since the ruling took place and Shapiro knew this would happen and did not care. How can a Judge cause so much damage in the most important and detrimental years in a teenager's life, and get away with it because he feels he can, this Judge had no respect or consideration to this child's life!
The son did not want to live with his father, Judge Bernard S. Shapiro was aware of the son's feelings and refused to take the son's feelings into consideration. The judge refused to allow the son to testify and ignored his pleas of wanting to stay with his mother. The son wants to come home, he is sad, he has lost his high self esteem, he misses his home,his mom, his friends, his dog and his school, please help us, sign the petition and stop the Judges who ignore the child's best interest. . Lets unite and remove the un-deserving power this man has been given, lets stop this judge from ruining other children's lives.... Don't forget that every signature makes a difference don't allow Judge Shapiro to continue making irreversible damage to innocent victims , keep in mind that this may happen to you or your loved ones, lets vote for professionals who will take in consideration the best interest of the child, someone who knows the law, respects the law and follows the law.
ON THE FOLLOWING LINK YOU CAN READ ANOTHER CASE THAT JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO ABUSED HIS POWER IN, AND THE APELLATE COURT REVERSED HIS RULING!!!!
www.3dca.flcourts.org/opinions/3D06-1315.pdf
JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE LIVES YOU ARE DESTROYING THESE CASES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL AND YOU ABUSED YOUR POWER ON BOTH, YOU ARE DESTROYING CHILDREN'S LIVES!!!!
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THIS JUDGE TO BE INVESTIGATED? THE CHILD IN THIS CASE IS GOING TO FAIL 10TH GRADE, HE HAS LOST HIS HIGH SELF STEEM, HE IS DEPRESSED, HE WANTS TO GO HOME WITH HIS MOM HIS FRIENDS, HIS SCHOOL, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR JUDGE SHAPIRO TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BENCH ?, WILL SOMEONE HAVE TO BECOME A STATISTIC, FOR THIS JUDGE TO BE REMOVED?
.DR. MIGUEL FIRPI THE EVALUATOR IN THIS CASE REMOVED A WELL ESTABLISHED HEALTHY, HAPPY CHILD 4 DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED FROM WHERE HE HAS LIVED ALL OF HIS LIFE TO AN UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENT, IN ANOTHER COUNTY. hE ADVISED THE JUDGE TO HAVE THE SON HANDCUFFED (AND JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO SIGNED A PICK UP ORDER SO THIS CHILD WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN TROUBLE AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN A ROLE MODELCOULD BE HANDCUFFED AND BE FORCED AND TRAUMATIZED AND ALL THIS HORRIFIC ACTION JUST BECAUSE THE CHILD WANTED TO STAY WITH HIS MOTHER WHERE HE HAD LIVED ALL OF HIS LIFE. JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO'S RECKLESS AND UNCARING RULING LANDED THIS CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL AND ONCE IN THE HOSPITAL JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO REFUSED TO ALLOW THE MOTHER TO CARE AND SEE HER SON WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE JUDGE SHAPIRO WANTED TO BREAK THE BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND CHILD , THE JUDGE WANTED TO BREAK THE CHILD DOWN AS IF HE WAS IN SOME KIND OF CONCENTRATION CAMP, THE CHILD WAS AN EXTREMELY HAPPY HEALTHY NORMAL TEENAGER HE WAS POPULAR IN SCHOOL AND LIKED BY EVERYONE . HE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIS FRIENDS AND HIS MOTHER WHO RAISED HIM ALL OF HIS LIFE, THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE DAMAGED THAT THEY HAVE CAUSED EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY AND FINANCIALLY, THEY BOTH IGNORED THE CHILD'S WELFARE AND BEST INTEREST. DR. FIRPI NEVER SPOKE TO THE CHILD'S TEACHER'S, COUNSELORS, FAMILY ON MOTHER'S SIDE, FRIEND'S ON MOTHER'S SIDE, COACHES, RELIGIOUS MENTORS, DOCTOR'S HOW CAN HE PERFORM AN EVALUATION OR GIVE ANY TESTIMONY WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THE CLOSEST PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CHILD'S LIFE ,AND ALL OF THE CHILD'S SUPPORT GROUP,YET JUDGE SHAPIRO WAS AWARE OF THIS LACK OF INFORMATION YET HE IGNORED IT.
HOW DOES SOMEONE WHOS ACTIONS HAVE BEEN SO DAMAGING HAVE THE AUDACITY TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, THE ANSWER IS SELF EXPLANATORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The update on the above story is that the son is now back with his mother but not due to Judge Bernard S. Shapiro retracting his horrible mistake, no on the contrary this Judge never considered the welfare of this child he ruled his baseless ruling and avoided any further involvement in this case, but this is more prove that Shapiro had no basis in ripping this young man from his environment and causing so much damage, this Judge needs to be stopped!!!!!!!!!
We would also like to warn you about hiring LUCY ZELMAN, She is unethical and disrespects the privacy of the families that hire her services, she will involve herself in delicate court issues of parents that have enrolled their children in her tutoring academy, without having any knowledge of the truth and ignoring and or hiding the facts. She will go out of her way to show up in court to provide a testimony that has no bearing or truth, her testimony is solely to help who she will benefit from. for your information Lucy Zelman Learning Center is located at the Bet Shira Temple.
FOLLOWING IS THE ARTICLE OF DR. (RABBI) JACK SPARKS, WHICH JUDGE BERNARD SHAPIRO RELIED AND JUSTIFIED A CHANGE OF CUSTODY BECAUSE OF THIS MONSTER'S TESTIMONY.
Case of Rabbi Jack Sparks
(AKA: Jack L. Sparks)
Director, Albert Einstein Academy - Wilmington, DE
Talleyville, DE Newark, DE (Miami, FL New York City, NY Boston, MA
Rabbi Jack Sparks was arrested on May 12, 2008 on charges of child endangerment of a fourteen-year-old boy. Sparks took the boy on a shopping trip to the Fairfield News and Tobacco store on New London Road in Newark and encouraged the boy to pick out a magazine in the "back room" where pornographic magazines are kept. The boy declined, picking out a gaming magazine instead.
Dr. Rabbi Jack L. Sparks, holds a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Boston University, as well as graduate and undergraduate degrees in curriculum and instruction, Jewish studies, counseling psychology and elementary education. He has been an educator in Jewish Private Schools for 25 years in Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Miami, FL; Austin, TX and Talleyville, Delaware.
Unfortunately it is not uncommon for an individual who molest children to work in the education field and also to move around from state to state. There is a fear that Rabbi Sparks could have left a trail of victims along the way.
If you or anyone you know was abused by Rabbi Jack L. Sparks please contact Newark Police Department or The Awareness Center. Disclaimer: Inclusion in this website does not constitute a recommendation or endorsement. Individuals must decide for themselves if the resources meet their own personal needs.
Del. Rabbi Accused Of Sexual Internet Chat With 15-Year-Old Boy (05/12/2008
Talleyville school rabbi charged, put on leave (05/13/2008
Delaware rabbi arrested for child endangerment (05/14/2008)
Rabbi arrested for child endangerment (05/14/2008)
Rabbi charged and put on leave (05/15/2008)
of Del. school charged with encouraging boy to buy porn
Associated Press - May 12, 2008
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/head-of-del-school-charged-with/n20080512165509990018
http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8312161&nav=menu222_2
NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Newark Police have arrested the head of a Wilmington school for allegedly encouraging a teenage boy to buy porn.
Police say Rabbi Jack Sparks of Albert Einstein Academy took the 15-year-old to a store with a room with merchandise for adults. Police say Sparks offered to buy the boy a pornographic magazine so he could "have a good time."
Police say the boy declined and told his parents, who notified police.
Detectives learned Sparks got to know the boy because one of the teen's relatives is a student at the academy.
Police say Sparks had been taking the boy out to eat and shop. Eventually, police said he bought the boy a computer where he was having sexual conversations with him during online chats.
Del. Rabbi Accused Of Sexual Internet Chat With 15-Year-Old Boy
A Wilmington rabbi and head of a school was charged in connection with endangering the welfare of a child.
Jack Sparks, 53, was taken into custody Monday morning and then released on $2,000 bond.
He is head of the Albert Einstein Academy in Wilmington. Sparks was charged with engaging in sexually inappropriate Internet conversations with a 15-year-old male. NBC 10 reported that the boy was not a student at the school.
One of the members of the board of trustees said Sparks was on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
Police said the victim was the older sibling to one of the students at Albert Einstein, which is how he met the rabbi. Police said Sparks and the teenager spent time together from February to December of last year.
"They had a relationship with the consent of the parents, that they were shopping together and hanging out together," said Lt. Brian Henry of the Newark Police Department.
Police said the teenager cut off the relationship when the rabbi offered to buy him pornography. Investigators said the boy eventually told his parents about the incident this February, and that is when police began to investigate.
"And during that investigation, we determined that they were having online conversations that were becoming sexual in nature," Henry said. "That the rabbi had purchased a computer for this child to have the ability to have these conversations with him."
Police said they arrested Sparks and seized a computer and adult pornography from his home.
Neighbors witnessed the police activity in disbelief.
No one was home at Sparks' house Monday night, NBC 10 reported.
Police said they had a message for other parents.
"We're very concerned," Henry said. "We know that this type of offender usually has more than one victim -- that they seek out other children, so at this point, we're asking for anyone who has had an inappropriate relationship with Rabbi Sparks to come forward so we can investigate that as well."
Taterville school rabbi charged, put on leave - Teen's mom alleges inappropriate bond
By Terri Sanginiti
The News Journal - May 13, 2008
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/NEWS01/805130367
A rabbi who heads a nonprofit religious school in Talleyville was arrested by Newark police Monday on a child endangerment charge for allegedly fostering an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy.
Rabbi Jack L. Sparks, 53, head of school at Albert Einstein Academy at 101 Garden of Eden Road, was released on unsecured bail on the misdemeanor charge stemming from a relationship developed since February 2007 with a now 15-year-old boy, police said in court records.
The inappropriate incidents are alleged to have occurred between February and December 2007.
Police said Sparks took the boy on a shopping trip to the Fairfield News and Tobacco store on New London Road in Newark and encouraged the boy to pick out a magazine in the "back room" where pornographic magazines are kept. The boy declined, picking out a gaming magazine instead, Newark police spokesman Lt. Brian Henry said.
According to court records, the victim's mother reported the "possible inappropriate relationship" to police April 26.
The teen was smart enough to put an end to it," Henry said. "[Sparks] didn't get a chance to follow through."
The boy, who is not a student at the school, and the rabbi developed a friendship over time, talking at the school two or three times a week over the next few months.
When the boy was hospitalized in June 2007, the rabbi visited him and noticed the boy using a computer. The two then started to exchange e-mails and talk online in the hospital, which continued after the boy returned home. In September, the rabbi bought the boy a computer for his room.
The victim's mother viewed Sparks as a role model and mentor for her son, police said in court records, and the two had regular lunch dates. Sparks also would take the boy to Game Stop.
"Sparks told the boy he loved him," police said in court records.
The online conversations turned sexual, including talk of female body parts, pornography and masturbation, Henry said.
Sparks, who has headed the school since 2005, was released on $2,000 unsecured bail. He could not be reached for comment Monday.
"He was placed on paid administrative leave last Monday pending the outcome of a school investigation," Hamermesh said.
Delaware rabbi arrested for child endangerment
JTA - May 14, 2008
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/108550.html
A Delaware rabbi was arrested for allegedly conducting an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy.
Rabbi Jack Sparks, 53 was arrested on charges of child endangerment by Newark police on Monday and released on bail, the Delaware News Journal reported.
Sparks, who is the head of school at the Albert Einstein Academy in Talleyville, was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, a school official said.
Police say the relationship occurred between February and December 2007, and entailed Sparks shopping for pornography with the boy and sending sexually themed messages to him over the Internet. The boy was not a student at Sparks' school.
Rabbi arrested for child endangerment
by Johnnie Braxton, Wilmington Bureau Chief
ABC News 6 - May 14, 2008
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6137529
NEWARK, Del. - May 12, 2008 (WPVI) -- Newark Police arrested 53-year-old, Rabbi Jack Sparks at his home in Newark this morning on one charge of child endangerment.
Rabbi Sparks is the head of the Albert Einstein Academy, a private school located north of Wilmington at 101 Garden of Eden Road, in Talleyville.
According to police, the charge stems from Sparks befriending a 15-year-old male and ultimately taking the teen to a store where he encouraged him to pick out a pornographic magazine. Police say Sparks told the teen he would buy the magazine for him so he could "have a good time."
The teens sibling attends Albert Einstein Academy and met Sparks while picking up his sibling. Sparks developed a friendship over time, taking the teen out to restaurants, he bought the teen a computer and according to police their online contact became sexual in nature. Eventually Sparks took the teen to a store and encouraged him to enter a room marked with a sign prohibiting minors, where he was to pick out a magazine. The teen refused and told his parents what happened.
Sparks was arraigned and released on $2,000 unsecured bond.
Rabbi charged and put on leave
NewsNet 14 - May 15, 2008
http://www.newsnet14.com/2008/05/15/rabbi-charged-and-put-on-leave/
A rabbi who heads a nonprofit religious school in Talleyville was arrested by Newark police Monday on a child endangerment charge for allegedly fostering an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy.
Rabbi Jack L. Sparks, 53, head of school at Albert Einstein Academy at 101 Garden of Eden Road, was released on unsecured bail on the misdemeanor charge stemming from a relationship developed since February 2007 with a now 15-year-old boy, police said in court records.
The inappropriate incidents are alleged to have occurred between February and December 2007.
Police said Sparks took the boy on a shopping trip to the Fairfield News and Tobacco store on New London Road in Newark and encouraged the boy to pick out a magazine in the "back room" where pornographic magazines are kept. The boy declined, picking out a gaming magazine instead, Newark police spokesman Lt. Brian Henry said.
According to court records, the victim's mother reported the "possible inappropriate relationship" to police April 26.
"The teen was smart enough to put an end to it," Henry said. "[Sparks] didn't get a chance to follow through."
The boy, who is not a student at the school, and the rabbi developed a friendship over time, talking at the school two or three times a week over the next few months.
When the boy was hospitalized in June 2007, the rabbi visited him and noticed the boy using a computer. The two then started to exchange e-mails and talk online in the hospital, which continued after the boy returned home. In September, the rabbi bought the boy a computer for his room.
The victim's mother viewed Sparks as a role model and mentor for her son, police said in court records, and the two had regular lunch dates. Sparks also would take the boy to Game Stop.
"Sparks told the boy he loved him," police said in court records.
The online conversations turned sexual, including talk of female body parts, pornography and masturbation, Henry said.
Einstein Academy head faces sex charge
By Rachael Samuels
WDEL News Talk Radio 1150 AM
http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=617090175741
The Head of Albert Einstein Academy in Wilmington faces charges of inappropriate interaction with a minor.
Rabbi Jack Sparks, of 69 West Mill Station Road in Newark, initiated a friendship with a 15 year old boy whose sibling went to Albert Einstein.
According to the family, the friendship bloomed from dinner andshopping to Rabbi Sparks buying the boy a computer and having online chats with him.
The friendship initially had the blessing of the parents because they viewed the rabbi as a mentor for their young son.
Eventually the online conversations turned sexual where he offered to buy the child a pornographic magazine and take him into the back room of an adult store.
The boy refused and told his parents who called police.
Rabbi Sparks faces child endangerment charges.
FOLLOWING IS A LINK TO ANOTHER STORY OF A FLORIDA MOTHER WHOSE CHILDREN WERE ALSO LEGALLY KIDNAPPED:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4TI8J1vkUY
ON THE FOLLOWING LINK READ THE OUTCOME OF A JUDGE WHO'S RULINGS AND UNETHICAL ACTIONS WERE THOSE SIMILAR TO JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO, IT IS THE STORY OF A DESPERATE MOTHER WHO FOUGHT THE SYSTEM AND UNVEILED THE CORRUPTION IN THE FAMILY COURTS, AS SEEN ON CBS 48 HOURS. "CHAMBERS OF SECRET, THE STORY OF FRIEDA HANIMOV"
DON'T MISS HOW JUDGE GERALD GERSON AND ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISES WERE CONVICTED!!!!!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/18/48hours/main674950.shtml
CARE TAKERS AND CHILDREN FACE THESE COURT TRAGEDIES ON A DAILY BASIS AND NO ONE IS INVESTIGATING BUT AS CITIZENS WE DO HAVE THE POWER AND THE RIGHT TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THESE TRAVESTIES OF LAW!!!
watch the following video confirming horrific rulings in reference to custody:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvcslSAvDU
LINK TO A MEMPHIS MOTHER FACING THE SAME TRAVESTY OF LAW:
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=5E41D49D2B0DE052109F86F5E1E9CF75?contentId=7092138&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
http://www.theledger.com/article/20080823/news/9592
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbmissing0823sbaug23,0,7328906.story
Please keep signing and circulating this petition so everyone is made aware of what JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO does.
FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY, REMEMBER IT CAN BE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, FALLING IN THE ATROCIOUS AND HORRIFIC RULINGS.
The following website will take you to a site on Judges ranking:
http://www.courthouseforum.com/forums/worstrankings.php?year=2008&state=7815
Thank you for your support....UNITED WE STAND!
- The Honorable Judge Bernard S. Shapiro
State of Florida, Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit
We the undersigners of this petition request that you:
l. Return custody of son to his mother .
2. We also request that you demand that she be paid back child support and court cost.
3. We request that Judge Bernard S. Shapiro be investigated.
4. We request That Dr. Miguel Firpi be investigated and return the fees charged to the mother.
5, We request that Dr. Boswell return the fees charged to the mother and that an ivestigation take place.
I am very Happy to se someone else trying to get the JUSTICE system back , I am also going through the same thing , my ex has 3 high profile attorney's and because we can not afford the high price attorney's the judge is being VERY VERY biased on our part and is doing ABSOLUTEY NOTHING to protect my child from his father who is brain washing him every week end NOT TO TELL what his father has done to him( sexually) so my child will not tell anyone the truth now. His father stll gets to see him every week end and may even get full custody because of this judge's biased attitude toward women. He will not allow us to say anything in court , says he does not want to hear anything. He is Judge Shames God Bless you in the fight , I will keep you in my prayers and hope someone listens for the childs sake.
do the right thing. we will see you go down.
This is the worst judge in the world!!! I can't believe they let a guy like this run a court!!! He is unfair and should be fired ASAP!!!
This judge has been unfair from the start to the end of my case. I totally disagree with his decision as a "JUDGE". I am going all the way to get this petition approved.
To whom it concerns, I am absolutely disgusted by the actions of JUDGE BERNARD S. SHAPIRO'S actions. This is insane ans constitutes child abuse by the family courts. What is going on in America? This is a sure fire way of screwing up the kid. Thank goodness, at least, he had most of his childhood in a stable loving environment. This is happening to very young children too during very formative years. There will be generations of very messed up children if this kind of recklessness continues in the family courts. Sincerely L
If children can be tried as adults in the Court system...then they have rights to be HEARD in those same systems too!
I have been going thru similar problems with this judge, who has seen and heard evidence confirming that my son's mother put his schooling and well being in jeopardy and regardless of this evidence has continued to side with her. I was well employed and had an on going career in my industry for over 20 years, due to the struggles of paying an attorney who is as worthless as this judge, I became unemployed, thru all this I have given proof that the statements of the mother are untrue yet he continues to side with her. My fear now is that he will allow her to take my son to another state to live with a boyfriend she met online. I will add that he is aware of the following: She took him to another state for over 8 days during school time to meet this person, when he came back he was not himself and would jump at the doorbell ringing when I asked him why he said he was scared his mother would come and take him away again. She then took him on a 7 day cruise 3 months later, flew to vegas 3 more times... When I asked how this was possible as she was unemployed, she admitted she used the money for her attorney to pay for most of it and my support to do the rest, yet this judge's response was the child needed shelter when on vacation....my response was during school your honor??? and the support is for my son's monthly expenses not her vacations so what about the rest of the month? I hope my story helps someone or if there is someone that can help me with a name of some attorney that can help me in my case I would greatly appreciate it. Either way, god bless.
It is totally ludicrous what this world has come to. People abuse power and care nothing of the people they are affecting. I hope my signature helps!
A 16-year old young man should be allowed to speak up for himself. Why wasn't this opportunity offered to him?
that is sum bull!!! get him off the bench...
I am amazed at the incompetence in the Miami-Dade court system. We desperately need some ethical and consistent judges.
I'm glad to see someone take a stand. I have an ongoing similar situation with Judge Magid.
As an adult who suffered through a similar childhood, I can say first hand, without a doubt, that this is NOT RIGHT. If the father TRULY cared about his son's well-being, he would have never gone have his son go through such a court battle knowing his son has always been happy with his mom I can't believe a judge would allow this to happen. This young man obviously belongs with his mother!
It is the current preferred outcome of 50/50 custody that is so popular in the court system that needs to be addressed. Attorneys do not want to lose favor with judges so they do not act in the best interest of the child. The judge should not decide if the child has a right to testify; the child should be able to depend on himself or herself to be heard by testifying. Child rights attorneys still are influenced to stay on a judges good side, but testimony carries more weight. The right should be decided by age.
