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COURT CORRUPTION EXPOSED IN WINCHESTER

Judge Prosser, then defense attorney, Paul Thompson, then the commonwealths attorney, Alex Iden, commonwealths attorney, assistant commonwealths attorney Marc Abrams, two former city police detectives, James Bailous and David Sobonya all should be charged with evidence tampering, illegally withholding evidence and obstruction of justice in the unjust jailing of an innocent man for murder.

Full story http://www.winchesterstar.com/articles/view/local_officials_targeted_by_man_in_murder_case

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TANDY RINEHART, TANDEM JUSTICE AND THE TWO JUDGE COURTROOM

Tandy B Rinehart Leibowitz

My experiences with Substitute Judge Tandy B. Rinehart & the Stafford County, Virginia, courts began in 2002. Sub-judge Rinehart was hired by my now ex husband, Timothy Stohler, to represent him in our divorce. He hired her after consulting with every good attorney in the area to prevent me from hiring them. She is a waste of oxygen. She did however manage to get my ex full custody of my daughter leaving me with "reasonable visitation". Whatever that means. After our separation we had joint custody with almost equal time. She wrote to my attorney it seemed almost everyday with flimsy complaints & false allegations I suspect to financially break me. My daughter adjusted well & was still excelling in school. When it came time for the actual divorce hearing Sub-judge Rinehart was able to convince Circuit Court Judge Ann Hunter Simpson

Retired Ann Hunter Simpson
Currently employed by
Judicial Soloutions

 that I was unable to care for my daughter, that I wasn't getting her to school, that I had never taken her to a doctor, that I wasn't helping her complete her homework, that I was leaving her with a sitter, etc. The truth is I was completely capable of caring for my children mentally & financially. I was their primary caregiver & stayed at home for 6 years. I was a successful self-employed real estate agent at the time & had the flexibility of making my own schedule. My daughter was in school everyday on time with all of her homework. She was a good student with good grades. She hadn't been to a doctor over that time because she wasn't sick or due for any immunizations. If the judge had ever bothered to ask for proof she would have seen the truth. Instead, in a 20 minute hearing, Judge Simpson (currently with Judicial Solutions ) ruled that the father would have full primary custody & I would have visitation every other weekend & on Wednesday afternoon. She also said any further filings would be heard in the juvenile court.

I immediately filed to get my daughter back with the help of my lawyer, J. Bruce Strickland. At the very least I wanted joint custody. The judge at the next hearing was J. Martin Bass. My child was also given a guardian ad litem, Julian Johnson. Mr. Johnson spoke with me for about 10 minutes. When my court date finally came, rather than speaking for my daughter, he only said that there had not been a "change in circumstance" therefore the order should remain the same, custody with the father.

Now keep in mind I had never been charged with any crime nor had I ever neglected or abused my children. (The people testifying against me on the other hand did! Including a Fairfax county cop Julie Fletcher, my new spouses ex wife) 

 I didn't understand "material change in circumstance". I mistakenly thought the juvenile court would really look out for my daughter’s best interest, with both parents.

I remarried in July 2004. I hired another attorney to help me get her back. We never actually went to court because I didn't want to risk losing more time with my child. We settled with joint custody. The visitation remained the same except that I would have our daughter every other week during the summer. My attorney at that time, Melanie Rice, advised me that a judge may not give me that. So I just took what I could get.

Every summer we take a family vacation. In 2004 we went to Orlando. But it wasn't until 2 days before our already booked departure that my ex finally agreed to let our daughter go. What kind of parent wouldn't allow their child a trip to Disney? Our attorneys argued for weeks before I finally got a memo from Sub-judge Tandy Rinehart stating that her client, the father, would allow my daughter to go to Disney World with me. Our court order at the time gave me 2 weeks for vacation.

In the summer of 2005 we went to Mexico. In the summer of 2006 we were to go to the Dominican Republic. But 2 days before we were scheduled to leave I received a call from Tim telling me I couldn't take her. First he said she was sick, then he was afraid of terrorist, then he finally admitted the truth. My new husband’s ex wife, Julie Jenkins Fletcher,

Ex Cop Julie Jenkins Fletcher

who was at that time ‘Officer Fletcher’ of the Fairfax County Police Department, had gone out of her way to find & contact my ex to slander me at an attempt to get even with her ex who I am currently married to. This is where it gets really confusing. My current husband was married previously & had 2 children. He was divorced long before I met him. His ex has constantly battled with him since they had divorced. She has used their children as pawns just as my ex is doing. On 2 prior occasions, before I married him, she had lied under oath and tried to have him charged with child abuse. She even got their son to lie by promising expensive gifts. (Yes, one of the richest counties, Fairfax county employed a completely dishonest and vengeful individual to serve and protect their communities.) My husband’s son one evening went into my purse & took a key to a fire box off my key ring. He went into the fire box & took the keys to my husband’s gun safe. He then took a 45 out & began playing with it. He went into another location of the house & pried open a locked door which held the ammunition. He ended up loading the gun & accidentally shot himself. He was taken by ambulance to MWH & released that same night. Luckily the bullet went straight through & didn't do any permanent damage. He told the police how he had gotten the gun. They of course investigated & could see the pry marks on the door. They ruled the shooting an accident & no charges were filed. After he spent a few days with his mother, Julie Ann Jenkins Fletcher my husband’s ex, he completely changed his story. He said his father allowed him to play with loaded weapons. He said he lied at the hospital because he was afraid of his dad. His supposed mother took this near tragedy and used it to her own sick and twisted advantage. Well, having been charged with abuse 3 times by his son, he has decided to just walk away & let his ex keep the kids. Of course this doesn't help my situation. After finding out she had contacted my ex & started another custody battle costing me not only thousands but threatened my youngest child's happiness and wllbeing I called her & threatened her life. On July 4th, 2006, when I picked up my daughter she began crying. She told me her dad wouldn't be letting her come over anymore because ‘Julie Ann Jenkins Fletcher’, my husband’s ex, had called him & told a lot of lies about me. That's when I called her & threatened her. First of all he should have never had this conversation with a 10-year-old. Julie Fletcher alleged that we had left our children alone while vacationing in Mexico, again on a weekend trip to Virginia Beach, that we allowed all of the children to play with guns, that we were asleep when the shooting accident happened & the neighbors had to call the police. This was all so far from the truth. Julie Jenkins Fletcher had once again fabricated a huge story! She waited until August 16, the night before I was scheduled to leave the country, to go to magistrate shop & have a warrant put on me. I ended up only being convicted of a misdemeanor since my attorney explained to the prosecutor what the real deal was. She of course was present at my last court appearance, testifying on my ex husband’s behalf. He had decided as a result of the summer accident that he would use this to take away all of my visitation. While she testified she was caught lying more than once. Did I mention that she is a Fairfax County police officer? Yes & not only lying in court but making false police reports. Not just lying but being caught while she was on the stand and under oath! The investigating officer thankfully was present & testified clearing up all of her gross fabrications.

His other witness, his 6th babysitter in 2 years, Bernadette Brewer, also was caught perjuring herself on the stand. She says she had a conversation with me regarding the care of my daughter on a Friday evening when I picked her up for my weekend. She said this after she said she always leaves at 4. My daughter doesn't get picked up ‘til 6 & my husband picks her up every Friday. Not only that but the Friday that she says she had this conversation with me at the front door I was actually broken down on I-95 near Quantico, & yes I had the tow receipt for proof. He had several other witnesses, none that we couldn't handle.

My daughter’s grades had also been dropping. Since he was taking me to court I decided to file for full custody. We also had several witnesses to testify on our behalf. With all of our witnesses & documentation we had proven that my daughter is not doing well in the current situation. Dropping grades being the biggest proof. She has also become very withdrawn in school per her teacher & not focused anymore.

We were also able to prove the several times he had denied me visitation, violating the court’s order, our planned & agreed-to vacation, the Thanksgiving holiday when he just took her out of town, many Wednesdays & some weekends.

My daughter is also being neglected by her father & the babysitter he hired. He left her unattended in his truck, a Toyota Tacoma 4X4, while he went into a CVS pharmacy after dark & waited for a prescription. People say Stafford, Virginia, is a pedophile’s paradise! The CVS is also down the street from “crack central”! The truck & our daughter were completely out of his view. A Mercedes ran a traffic light & went airborne through the intersection of 610 & Onville Road & hit the truck my daughter was in so hard all the fuel & oil leaked out. My daughter by some miracle only got some scrapes & bruises. Her father is still unaware of what was going on. My daughter got out of the truck & began wandering around when a man approached her & asked where her parents were. She told him in the CVS. He went inside & shouted that there was an accident & a little girl was involved. That's when her dad came out. They had to end up totaling the truck due to so much damage. That's negligent parenting.

Well Guardian Ad Litem Shana Gertner 

GAL Shana Gertner

& Stafford County Judge Gerald Daltan didn't think it was a big deal! The sitter is also incredibly neglectful. My ex Timothy Stohler left our daughter with babysitter Bernadette while she was sick. For 3 days my 10-year-old daughter was medicating herself with antibiotics, Motrin & cough medicine. Her sitter never checked on her even once. My daughter saw her only when she went downstairs from her room to get her medications & some chips. During my last court hearing Judge Daltan decided that her grades are dropping because I spend Wednesday evenings with her. The judge was obviously wrong since grades didn't improve after he cut me off from my child even more than I already was & she was recommended for summer school. He also decided that if I wanted to continue my every other week visitation during the summer that I must quit my job! Then he increased my child support from $137 per month to $477 per month, based on my W-2 of 29K last year! Unbelievable! How can I pay any amount of support when I’ve been forced from my job? Judge Gerald Daltan has caused an incredible amount of stress to me & my family. He has financially ruined us. I've had to use credit cards & take out a 2nd on my house. Well now DCSE is reporting delinquencies on my credit & sending letters threatening to suspend my driver’s license. I of course appealed the decision & had to pay 3K to the court to do so. My appeal hearing is set for September 18th. After everything that's happened I really don't have much faith that this court will do the right thing.

Contact Sherry Hayward at:
Cell 703.655.2223 or Email shaywardkw@gmail.com
ADDENDA
[SHERRY IN MESSAGE DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 2007] . . . I had my appeal on the 18th, in front of Stafford County Judge Gordon Willis. He was a little better to me than the rest but not much. I am permitted to go back to work & still have my daughter over the summer. A lot of good that does me now that summer is over & I'm behind on all of my bills including my child support which has ruined my credit. I also got back Wednesday afternoon for 3 hours. So now that schools back I have her every other weekend & Wednesday afternoons. Even though my daughter has had to go to summer school to pass on to the next grade her father still has primary physical custody. Imagine that! He also testified that he can't even count the number of times he had denied visitation. What the . . . He also couldn't give any facts or reasons of why he claims that I am a bad mother. For this whole time, 4 years now, I have done exactly what these courts have asked of me. He on the other hand has violated the court’s order numerous times with no consequences, which is why he will continue to do so . . . This system we have here is a joke.

CONFRONT YOUR JUDGE THIS FALL, DECEMBER 2010

DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD
If no one comes to speak out these judges will be reappointed.

The following judges are comming up for reappointment December 2010.
Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court

Rufus A. Banks, Jr., 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Larry D. Willis, 5/1/2005-4/30/2011
Gerrit W. Benson, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
M. Randolph Carlson, II, 1/1/2006-12/31/2011
Thomas W. Carpenter, 2/1/2005-1/31/2011
Bonnie C. Davis, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Gerald F. Daltan, 5/1/2005-4/30/2011 - STAFFORD JUDGE
Joseph J. Ellis, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Julian W. Johnson, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011 - STAFFORD JUDGE
David F. Peterson, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011 - STAFFORD JUDGE
Susan L. Whitlock, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Esther Wiggins Lyles, 2/1/2005-1/31/2011
Constance H. Frogale, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
Pamela L. Brooks, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Kenneth W. Farrar, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Michael T. Garrett, 3/1/2005-2/28/2011
Paul A. Tucker, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Marvin C. Hillsman, Jr., 2/1/2005-1/31/2011
William H. Logan, Jr., 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
M. Keith Blankenship, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Marcus H. Long, Jr., 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
Henry A. Barringer, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
William Alan Becker, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Paul F. Gluchowski, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011

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General District Court Judges

Calvin R. Depew, Jr., 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
R. Bruce Long, 2/1/2005-1/31/2011
Phillip L. Hairston, 2/1/2005-1/31/2011
John Marshall, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
James Stephen Yoffy, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
Frank L. Benser, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
J. Overton Harris, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
Peter L. Trible, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Gordon A. Wilkins, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
Roger L. Morton, 2/1/2005-1/31/2011
Michael Joseph Cassidy, 2/1/2005-1/31/2011
Edwin A. Gendron, Jr., 3/1/2005-2/28/2011
M. Frederick King, 4/1/2005-3/31/2011
William D. Heatwole, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Jack S Hurley, Jr., 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Charles F. Sievers, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011
Peter W. Steketee, 7/1/2005-6/30/2011

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Circuit Court Judges

V. Thomas Forehand, Jr., 7/1/2003-6/30/2011
Mark S. Davis, 4/1/2003-3/31/2011
Everett A. Martin, Jr., 3/16/2003-3/15/2011
Carl Edward Eason, Jr., 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
Samuel E. Campbell, 6/1/2003-5/31/2011
David F. Pugh, 4/1/2003-3/31/2011
C. Peter Tench, 4/1/2003-3/31/2011
Christopher W. Hutton, 9/1/2003-8/31/2011
Wilford Taylor, Jr., 7/1/2003-6/30/2011
N. Prentis Smiley, Jr., 4/1/2003-3/31/2011
Richard S. Blanton, 4/1/2003-3/31/2011
Herbert Cogbill Gill, Jr., 9/1/2003-8/31/2011
Bradley B. Cavedo, 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
Theodore J. Markow, 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
Richard D. Taylor, Jr., 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
Timothy K. Sanner, 4/1/2003-3/31/2011
Randy I. Bellows, 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
Dennis J. Smith, 6/1/2003-5/31/2011
James H. Chamblin, 3/1/2003-2/28/2011
Martin F. Clark, Jr., 5/1/2003-4/30/2011
Robert P. Doherty, Jr., 3/1/2003-2/28/2011
Clifford R. Weckstein, 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
Brett L. Geisler, 4/1/2003-3/31/2011
Keary R. Williams, 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
John C. Kilgore, 7/1/2003-6/30/2011

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Judges of the Court of Appeals of Virginia

D. Arthur Kelsey, 2/1/2003-1/31/2011
Elizabeth A. McClanahan, 4/1/2003-3/31/2011

Finally, Abby's home! It's been 6 long years without her. Just being able to see her every other weekend and a few hours on Wednesday have made it seem even longer. I still will never forgive them for what they took from us, time. I feel like like we have both missed out on so much and now she's 14. I have been preparing for court since June. Just about every waking hour I've been collecting evidence, researching the law and preparing to present. I have responded to and requested discovery which has been huge. All this time and still to this day Abby's dad has never been able to provide evidence to any of the allegations he has made against me. Despite the lies of the many who have in prior hearings testified on his behalf we have finally prevailed. Their plan to sneak anything in I would have objected to since it wasn't provided within the time frame allowed per the rules of discovery. I have been recording all phone conversations with him and provided those tapes in discovery. These tapes prove what a pathological Liar really is. The very first tape I provided to his attorney, Tandy Rinehart, in discovery was Tim calling Tandy and her firm a bunch of assholes and saying they're only out for money. All the others show him changing his stories like 5 times in a matter of minutes. I'm sure that didn't help him any. He has also shown to be completely unstable by abandoning her for 5 weeks and then demanding her back. Just last night he put her out again, only to be hateful, because he knew she would be in court speaking to the judge to say exactly what the last 6 years of her life have been like in her fathers custody. He has verbally and emotionally abused her for 6 years, separated her from me and her big sister. His constant attempt to alienate me and buy her love all backfired on him. He had falsified evidence he planned to introduce at trial today. That I wasn't going to object to since I knew I could prove he falsified it. The GAL knew I planned to prove he falsified it, a criminal offense. I'm sure she told them this. His paid for child psychologist Toni McMillan of A counseling Place, was a complete joke. I also was ready to present evidence to prove she spent more time counseling him on how to be parent than actually counseling Abby. I can also prove with recorded sessions, her tactics are detrimental and dangerous to children. The Child Development Center's evaluation which he also paid for and requested proved everything I've been saying for years, that she was depressed as a result from being separated from me and her sister. The school records proved he was attempting to block me by leaving me and my contact info out on Abby's forms. Her teacher was planning to testify today today on Abby's behalf. She failed the last school year. The fact that he could have been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor by allowing to her be served alcohol at a new years party really scared him. His written, sworn to answers to my interrogatories were the complete opposite to what he would say in a recorded phone conversation or what he told the CDC which they documented in their report and even what he would say in the psychologist sessions, which I also recorded when I was there. The list of evidence against him goes on and on.
Yesterday I received a phone call from one of his attorney's assistants, John Moss, asking if I would be willing to work out a settlement. He was offering me primary custody and he would have visitation of every other weekend and Wednesday. The same visitation we have had to endure all this time. I told them I would be willing and to write it up and get it to me for review. They did this to me back in May and never actually wrote anything up so I wasn't feeling very confidant they would really follow through this time. When I received the agreed order everything was fine except that they switched our holiday schedule around and didn't address child support. The 2nd paragraph read that "The parties have agreed to custody, visitation and support of the child". I first requested that they address child support and switch our holiday schedule back to the way it has been. They did switch the holiday schedule but refused to address child support, imagine that! He just really proved my point that him demanding her home after the 5 weeks he left her with me, essentially abandoning her, was only because he was afraid he would have to pay child support. So I requested that they remove from paragraph 2 the words "support of the child". After a few emails of arguing with John Moss he did finally agree to change the language, which did remove those words.
I think they realized they were screwed and had no chance of coming out ahead and at the last minute wanted to settle. Or his attorney got pissed after hearing the tapes and just didn't want to be bothered with him anymore. Or it could have been that they just didn't want to risk losing a case against me, a non attorney. That would really hurt their reputations.
When I took the agreed order before the judge, Daltan, he addressed child support. That's when I just said they refused to address it when I asked. His attorney, John Moss, (Tandy Rinehart didn't even show) stated that since I hadn't asked it it wasn't on the docket. The judge then looked at me and said " you know you can come back and ask for it at any time". Even he was displeased that they refused to work something out.
Anyway It's finally over! Abby, Joe and I are thrilled. So are the dogs. Especially Scribbles, she won't be beaten and starved by him anymore. Thanks to everyone for all your prayers, support and good wishes. It all worked!

Sherry Hayward

Attorney Rinehart Along With Cohort Judge Daltan Assist Grandparents Frank And Becky Adair in "Legal Kidnapping" And Hold Child For Ransom

I sent the following email on behalf of my good friend Jenn. This was sent to Dave Ablo, along with all of the following email addresses:

ltgov@ltgov.virginia.gov; district37@senate.virginia.gov; district24@senate.virginia.gov; district17@senate.virginia.gov; district16@senate.virginia.gov; district28@senate.virginia.gov; delwhowell@house.virginia.gov; delmcole@house.virginia.gov; deldmarsden@house.virginia.gov; delborrock@house.virginia.gov; delcpeace@house.virginia.gov; dave albo; delsvalentine@house.state.va.us; senhowell@gmail.com; dave cuccinelli ; dave marsden ; mark cole ; richard h stuart

So far Albo has been the only one with the guts to even respond, as pitiful as the response was, it was a response. Who exactly are these elected officials for?

You are going to have to consult a family law lawyer, this is out of my expertise.

Dave-----Original Message-----From: Sherry Hayward To: davealbo@aol.comSent: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 9:39 am
Subject: Re: Va law on jailable offenses

Thanks Dave for responding. I understand this is a difficult a question considering you don't have the details of this case. I have been searching through the VA codes and can't seem to come up with anything that applies this specific case and circumstance. Briefly what has happened is that the paternal grandparents of this child, the Adair's, filed for and gained custody of the child from the mother, Jenn. The father of this child, the Adair's son, has never been involved with the child and moved out of state when the child was very young. The judge in this case, Daltan, awarded attorney's fees to the Adair's attorney, Tandy Rinehart. The Adair's initiated this case based on many false allegations and actually used the system and the courts to strip this mother from her right to be a mother. The Adair's have held this over Jenn's head for several months with the threat of jail and have gone as far as to actually hold her son for ransom by forbidding her from even seeing him until those attorney fees are paid. The code below:
16.1-278.19 states "based on the relative financial ability of the parties". Considering Jenn didn't initiate this case and wasn't able to afford her own attorney I would have to say Daltan ignored this code.
16.1-278.19. Attorneys' fees.
In any matter properly before the court, the court may award attorneys' fees and costs on behalf of any party as the court deems appropriate based on the relative financial ability of the parties.
As a result, what has happened is Jenn was arrested and served over 2 months in the Rappahannock Jail until her friends and family had raised enough money, 2700.00 to pay to Tandy Rinehart.
I've been searching the VA code and the discovered the following codes:

If this is this code, 16.1-69.24, used to jail this mother for the non payment of the atty fees, she was imprisoned far longer and fined much more than this code states is allowed. Her options were to serve 12 months or pay 2700.00 to the opposing attorney, Tandy Rinehart.

16.1-69.24. Contempt of court.
A judge of a district court shall have the same powers and jurisdiction as a judge of a circuit court to punish summarily for contempt, but in no case shall the fine exceed $250 and imprisonment exceed ten days for the same contempt. From any such fine or sentence there shall be an appeal of right within the period prescribed in this title and to the court or courts designated therein for appeals in other cases and the proceedings on such appeal shall conform in all respects to the provisions of �� 18.2-456 through 18.2-459.

Nothing in this code applies to non payment of attorneys fees.
18.2-456. Cases in which courts and judges may punish summarily for contempt.
The courts and judges may issue attachments for contempt, and punish them summarily, only in the cases following:
(1) Misbehavior in the presence of the court, or so near thereto as to obstruct or interrupt the administration of justice;
(2) Violence, or threats of violence, to a judge or officer of the court, or to a juror, witness or party going to, attending or returning from the court, for or in respect of any act or proceeding had or to be had in such court;
(3) Vile, contemptuous or insulting language addressed to or published of a judge for or in respect of any act or proceeding had, or to be had, in such court, or like language used in his presence and intended for his hearing for or in respect of such act or proceeding;
(4) Misbehavior of an officer of the court in his official character;
(5) Disobedience or resistance of an officer of the court, juror, witness or other person to any lawful process, judgment, decree or order of the court.
(Code 1950, � 18.1-292; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)

Judge Daltans ruling has caused the suffering of many people in this family. A child who has lost almost all contact with his mother, simply because she doesn't have a lot of money. Jenn's two much younger children who lost their mother for over two months. Jenn's loss of a job, as a result of being incarcerated has caused a tremendous financial strain on the rest of this family who obviously didn't have a lot of money to begin with. I wasn't aware that here in America we were still using debtors prisons.
If there are specific codes I have failed to locate please, if you would be so kind, send them to me so I can help my friend deal with this tragedy and educate others. Otherwise please advise me on how to prevent the outrageous acts of these judges and attorneys.

I thank you for your consideration
Sherry Hayward
703-655-2223
From: "davealbo@aol.com" <davealbo@aol.com>To: shayward37@yahoo.comSent: Tue, November 10, 2009 5:49:36 PMSubject: Re: Va law on jailable offenses
Not knowing anything about the case, Contempt of Court for not abiding by a Court Order is my guess.
Dave

Unqualified Guardian Ad Litem's

Did you know guardian ad litem's don't have to be qualified?
Yes! And the tyrants here in the Commonwealth allow it! See § 16.1-266.1 law code.
Not that becoming "qualified" is a vigorous process, just a seven hour course, but a mere inconvenience for these money hungry parasites driven by the tyrant judges that allow their barratrous conduct in the courtroom. So what this law says is that any attorney with a law degree and some experience in juvenile cases can at the discretion of the judge be appointed as a guardian. Do you really want any slime ball with a law degree interviewing your child? I personally don't, qualified or not.
With approximately 150 "qualified" guardians in district 15 am I really to believe none were available? If that is the case then I would say we have a tremendous problem here in district 15. I never asked the court to appoint a guardian ad litem, they did so on their own. I wander how many cases out there have guardians appointed that don't need or request one. Is the J&DR court here that flooded with cases? If so, I will say it again, Get out of our lives and the lives of our children and let us parents raise them as we see fit. Stop allowing judicial abuse of good parents. Stop allowing the barratrous filings of these money hungry parasites.

Stafford County Judge Martin Bass awards 9-month-old to father who testified 'I don't want the kid, I just don't want [the mother] to have her'

My name is Melissa Barker. I had a custody hearing September 22, 2003, in which my child's father told the judge "I don't want the kid, i just don't want Miss Barker to have her." He also was allowed to slander my parents stating that my mother was a member of the Pagans motorcycle gang, and my father was a convicted murderer, therefore there are a danger to my daughter. Not once was he asked to provide proof of his allegations. He has had physical custody of my daughter since she was 9 months old. He had nothing to do with her in those first 9 months. During the hearing, his witnesses were allowed to testify, mine were not. His attorney believe it or not was allowed to subpoena my attorney, leaving me without counsel. I was under the impression there was something that was referred to as attorney client privilege. Apparently not in Stafford. Who was the judge on the bench you ask, none other than Martin Bass. It has been rumored to me that my ex or his lawyer (Cahtrine Saller) paid him off. It was also rumored to me that Bass is my exes current wife's uncle.

G.A.L. Paul Dryer Sides With Convicted Drunk Driver

Waynesboro VA. attorney, Paul Dryer of Franklin Denny, Ward and Lawson, and "certified guardian at litem" sides with a convicted drunk driver Anthony "Tony" Tate.
http://wasdmz2.courts.state.va.us/CJISWeb/CaseDetail.do

Another of Virginia's "qualified" guardian ad litem endangering the innocent life of the child he was appointed to protect. By recommending to the court that this child be ripped away from his mother, the primary caregiver, he has caused irreversible damage. Prior the the court appointing Dryer and basing their custody decision on his recommendations the child was thriving with the mother. This loving protective mother has been discriminated against by Dryer and the court has allowed him to violate her rights. He has managed to cut this mother completely out of her child's life by having her barred from receiving any medical or educational information and just recently from even being able to enjoy a lunch with her child at the school. His deception and manipulation has caused the teachers to turn against her. The reason this child even attends this school is because the mother chose it. A reputable christian school she knew would instill the values and principles of being a good christian. Who would have ever thought that these very people would allow the slandering of a good mother and even commit perjury themselves. While this pro se mother is struggling to state her case and fight for the well being of her child Dryer demands that the court must sanction her, have her thrown in jail. Dryer was never present to represent the child, only the father.

Case Number:CR01001047-00
Filed:11/15/2001
Commenced by: Indictment
Locality: COMMONWEALTH OF VA
Defendant: TATE, ANTHONY MORRIS
Race: White Caucasian
DOB: 10/13/****
Address: ROANOKE, VA 24014
Charge: DUI
Code Section: 18.2-266/270
Charge Type: Felony
Class: 6
Offense Date: 09/07/2001
Arrest Date: 09/07/2001

Sentenced
Final Disposition
Disposition Code:Guilty
Disposition Date:02/06/2002
Concluded By:Guilty Plea
Amended Charge: S/O DUI(2ND OFF IN 5YRS)
Amended Code Section:18.2-266/270
Amended Charge Type:Misdemeanor
Jail/Penitentiary: Jail
Concurrent/Consecutive: Consecutive Sentences
Life/Death:
Sentence Time: 0 Year(s)6 Month(s)0 Day(s)
Sentence Suspended: 0 Year(s)4 Month(s)10 Day(s)
Operator License Suspension Time: 3 Year(s)
Fine Amount: $450.00
Costs: $200.00

Judge Laura L. Dascher Denies Observers Acess Into Courtroom, Leaving No Witnesses To Her Massacre

April 2nd, 2009 in the Waynesboro Juvenile & Domestic Relations courtroom of Judge Laura Dascher observers to the proceeding were forbidden entry. Dascher said "juvenile proceedings are closed". Neither side objected to the presence of an observer, only judge Dascher. She wanted no witnesses to her treacherous conduct while she jailed a pro se litigant, a mother of Waynesboro, for simply stating facts in her case. Judge Dascher has managed shut her up but only for 24 hours.

Mis-Deeds: Questionable ethics in Dascher appointment

By JR Hoeft
Published April 28th, 2008
Laura Dascher of Bath County is a partner in the Covington law firm of Pasco and Dascher PLC. The firm gave $2500 to the Future Deeds Campaign in Dec. 2007.
That, in and of itself, is fine. But it’s not the whole story.
Laura Dascher was a “non-negotiable” appointment by Sen. Deeds to the Juvenile Domestic Relations Court, according to House sources. Apparently, Deeds was so adamant about this appointment, he was willing to hold up two circuit court appointments to make it happen.
He eventually got his way last Wednesday when Dascher’s appointment was approved (however, several delegates abstained).
Most of the case load for this particular judicial seat is 90 minutes from Covington; at least 60% of the cases are heard in Augusta, Staunton, and Waynesboro. Why would Deeds be so adamant about ensuring Dascher was the appointee?
So, it’s kind of interesting that a person who had been a substitute judge since Apr. 2007, donated $2500 to Sen. Deeds — her chief patron — in December, and lives 90 minutes from where most of the cases are heard, would suddenly become a “non-negotiable” appointment.
After learning of Sen. Yvonne Miller’s demands this weekend and now this, it seems like gaining power in the senate last election has created some questionable ethical behavior by Senate Democrats.
Is it coincidence, or is there a little quid pro quo between Deeds and Ms. Dascher?
UPDATE: The Deeds campaign replied to the ‘Drift this afternoon with the following explanation as to why Ms. Dascher was the senator’s first choice.
“[Laura Dascher] was the candidate endorsed by the bar association. Additionally, Senator Deeds’ felt it was important to have a judge from that part of the district–I think it’s been 14 years since that’s been the case,” wrote Peter Jackson, Deeds for Virginia campaign manager to Bearing Drift today via e-mail. “Laura is an extraordinarily talented lawyer, especially in trying the Juvenile & Domestic Relations cases that she’ll be hearing from the bench.”

Our Elected Delegates, Hard At Work For Who? Delegate Mark Cole Uninterested

The General Assembly's chief responsibilities are to represent citizens in the formulation of public policy, enact laws of the Commonwealth, approve the budget, levy taxes, elect judges and confirm appointments by the Governor.

Below is the email correspondence with Del. Mark Cole. Response that was received from Del. Dave Albo was that I needed to contact my own Delegate because he was busy dealing with his own constituents, even though he is the "chosen one", in charge of the hiring and firing of judges in the Commonwealth.

--- On Wed, 3/11/09, DelMCole@house.virginia.gov<> wrote:

From: DelMCole@house.virginia.gov

Subject: 2nd Request

To: shayward37@yahoo.com

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 3:11 PM

Ms. Hayward,

Upon review, Delegate Cole has requested you be sent the following information. For a judicial complaint please go to the website below and complete the complaint form and send it to the Judicial Inquiry and Review commission. http://www.courts.state.va.us/jirc/2005_0407_complaint_form.pdf

To file a misconduct inquiry about a lawyer refer to website: http://www.vsb.org/site/regulation/inquiry/

Karen Stuber Legislative Assistant

Delegate Mark Cole

Richmond: 804-698-1088

District: 540-752-8200

Fax: 804-698-6788

[attachment "complaint_form[1].pdf" removed by Mark Cole/HDel/HOD][attachment "Hayward%20v.%20Rinehart[1].pdf" removed by MarkCole/HDel/HOD]

Notice the complaints and responses are already attached & removed!

-----Sherry Hayward <> wrote:

-----To: DelMCole@house.virginia..gov

From: Sherry Hayward <>

Date: 03/13/2009 09:15PM

Subject: Re: 2nd Request

complaint and response attached

Sherry Hayward703-655-2223

and re attached here

--- On Wed, 3/18/09, DelMCole@house.virginia.gov wrote:

From: DelMCole@house.virginia.gov DelMCole@house.virginia.gov

Subject: Re: 2 nd RequestTo: "Sherry Hayward" shayward37@yahoo.com

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:16 PM

The only action left to you is to have your attorney file a complaint to the court. I recommend that you discuss this with your attorney and see if this would be worthwhile.

Karen Stuber Legislative Assistant

Delegate Mark Cole

Richmond: 804-698-1088

District: 540-752-8200

Fax: 804-698-6788

To: DelMCole@house.virginia.gov

From: Sherry Hayward shayward37@yahoo.com

Date: 03/18/2009 05:18PM

Subject: Re: 2nd Request

Thanks but no thanks and never mind. I don't have an attorney and after every thing this has court has done to my family I have absolutely no desire to set foot back in there. The court is aware of whats going on, they are aware of the fabricated statements made by my ex and his atty in the continuance motion. They are aware of my numerous changes in circumstance. They obviously don't care. You obviously don't either. You should probably change your website to say something more like "I encourage you to contact me should you have questions or difficulties in dealing with state agencies, just don't expect me to do anything about it. That would be more honest.

Sherry Hayward703-655-2223

Dear Ms. Hayward,

I am sorry you are not happy with the assistance my office provided you; however, the Courts are not really a state agency. They are a separate and equal branch of state government. I have no direct authority over the courts. There is a process where you can file a complaint against an attorney if you believe they have acted illegally or unethically. I understand my office has provided you with the information needed to file a complaint. We cannot file the complaint for you, so if you choose not to file there is really nothing anybody can do.

Again, I am sorry you feel that we have let you down, but we have done everything we can do given the circumstances.

Sincerely,
Mark L. ColeDelegate, 88th District Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Fauquier CountiesWeb page: http://www.marklcole.com/

Authorized and Paid for by Mark Cole for Delegate

Letter Sent Jan. 7th 2009

Dear Members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Members of the Senate of Virginia, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Timothy Kaine:

I write to you all seeking your assistance, guidance, answers and solutions. As you all are aware Virginia's Juvenile and Domestic Relations court is severely broken, which is why I suspect the judicial interviews went about two hours over schedule. Not that this process of reappointment was highly publicized but people still seemed to come out of the woodwork to speak in opposition of these judges being reappointed to the bench. I agree with all of you, this was an extremely long day and for most of us who came to speak and observe, a mentally exhausting one. We too had two plus hours of driving time ahead us. Delegate Albo, I too would have preferred to be at home with my spouse, however, this process was just too important to miss, as it was for the many others who made that long trip to Richmond. As those of you who attended all saw this is not just a small handful of people, but many who are and have had the misfortune of experiencing the blatant judicial misconduct by Virginia judges. Who knows how many there really are. It shouldn't really matter how many or how few for someone to stand up and put a stop to this injustice. Many victims are unaware of who and where to go for help. Many more are so severely beaten down and maimed by these judges and barratrous attorneys that they have simply given up. They have lost all faith in this system. I ask you, How could this system that was put in place to protect destroy and shatter so many? Protective, non offending parents are being slaughtered everyday in Virginia's courtrooms. I have to question a parent's true love for their child when that parent alienates and severs all contact with the other parent and is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to do so. Shouldn't a well-educated judge question the same? Shouldn't you all question the judgment of that presumably well-educated judge who does not? I read in Virginia Code Section 20-124.3, Paragraph 6, where it is stated: "The propensity of each parent to actively support the child's contact and relationship with the other parent, including whether a parent has unreasonably denied the other access to or visitation with the child." When a judge pretends to not see the obvious and allows one parent to, without evidence, viciously attack the other parent time and time again in the courtroom as an attempt to slander that parent, is that judge not ignoring Paragraph 6? I ask you, Is such a judge really acting in the best interest of an innocent child? I realize the financial motivation in attorneys who repeatedly orchestrate these ambushes of the other side, the financially weakest side that often has no attorney and therefore cannot properly defend against the false accusations and outright barratry. Enough is enough! Innocent children are being destroyed and protective parents are being slaughtered and Virginia judges are allowing it to happen. These judges are jailing innocent, honorable parents who are simply unable to pay the absurd amounts of child support imposed on them. They are being jailed for not having enough money to pay the awarded attorneys fees, fees of up to one thousand dollars for five minutes in a courtroom, imposed on them. I have seen bail money seized to pay attorney fees. These people are not criminals, they're just parents. Parents fighting for their children, fighting for their right to just be a parent. Who would have ever thought that in this "GREAT NATION" anyone would have to fight for that. Our Virginia state flag, displayed in all of our courtrooms and in so many of our government agencies, proudly bears the message: "Sic Semper Tyrannis." I ask you, Who are the real tyrants here? I lost my right to be a parent five years ago in front of Circuit Court Judge Ann Hunter Simpson, a cohort of the sleazy Tandy B. Rinehart of Rinehart, Lowery, Strentz and Butler, PLC, based on nothing but false allegations about my parenting ability and slanderous fabrications made by both the father of my child and his attorney Tandy Rinehart. I have fought since then, not to deprive my daughter of her father but to simply have equal parenting time. At one point in my fight I even lost my right to work and in the same hearing Judge Gerald F. Dalton increased my child support by more than three times. I ask you, Does $ 477.00 per month sound right for someone earning $ 29,000.00 per year. Not to mention I still had another child at home to care for. Yes, a sixteen-year-old whose own world, by the way, came crashing down with the emotional trauma from losing her baby sister. Since Judge Simpson's decision, in 2004, to remove my youngest from my care, transfering custody to her narcissistic father and the 65-year-old nanny hired by him, my once well-adjusted, bright, happy child now struggles in school and has had to attend summer school just to pass elementary school. Now that she is in middle school, she has deteriorated even more. She currently has four Fs and one C. She has been prescribed a wide variety of ADD drugs, but, despite this, she continues to fail. Five of her friends were just expelled from school for drugs. These are 7th graders, these are 12-year-olds! I think you can see where I'm going. Something has to change before it's too late. Despite my efforts, I see my child four days a month only during the school year because judges have placed her with a father they deem "the better parent." A trial eighteen-months-ago to modify custody due to changed circumstances failed. In that trial, my judge, Stafford County Judge Daltan, did not apply the law in the same way that Fairfax County Judge Finch did not apply the law in the custody modification case of Ms. Liz Haring. Ms. Haring is one mother who testified on December 11, 2008, during the interviews of judges up for re-appointment conducted by house and senate members of the Courts of Justice. Nor do the lawyers I hire thoroughly and aggressively apply the law. For example, I only recently became aware of "§ 18.2-49.1. Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty": A. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally withholds a child from either of a child's parents or other legal guardian in a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of such child, provided such child is withheld outside of the Commonwealth, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. B. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of a child is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor upon conviction of a first offense. Any person who commits a second violation of this section within 12 months of a first conviction is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, and any person who commits a third violation occurring within 24 months of the first conviction is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A friend who is not a lawyer told me about § 18.2-49.1. My own attorney had never even mentioned it, prefering instead to file civil show causes that really are worse than useless and very expensive. Whereas, a criminal filing for the same offense is free and, I understand, very effective. The father of my child is guilty of numerous violations of the visitation order. The father of my child is guilty of derelict and defective parenting: my daughter has become dangerously withdrawn. Her grades are down. I have married again. But in the eyes of the court it would appear nothing is enough to qualify as "material changes in circumstances." Here, where I live in Stafford County, where barratrous substitute judge and trial lawyer Tandy Rinehart and friends reign, justice is nothing short of tyrannical. Again, I write you all and ask for guidance, answers and solutions. I ask for intervention. Specifically, What do you need from me that will help you change these outcomes and help you fix the problem? What do you need from me to help you investigate my case and the cases of all the other mothers similarly aggrieved? What can I do to help?

Respectivly,

Sherry Hayward 703-655-2223

Judge Gerald F Daltan Forces Mother From Job

Not only does this Stafford county "Judge" Gerald F Daltan force a mother from her job by making her choose between that job and her child but he he increases child support by more than 3 times! At the start of the real estate collapse accepting a 9-5 processing for a mortgage company was the responsible thing to do. Who would have ever thought that being a responsible working mother could jeopardize visitation with your child.

Daltans Order http://www.box.net/shared/h3hhvhnl12

Support Order http://www.box.net/shared/bxjmdu52rv

Ammunition Accountability

This didn't take long!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009

It has already started....

Ammunition Accountability Legislation

Remember how Obama said that he wasn't going to take your guns? Well, it seems that his allies in the anti-gun world have no problem with taking your ammo!

The bill 20 that is being pushed in 18 states (including Illinois and Indiana ) requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacture a data base of all ammunition sales. So they will know how much you buy and what calibers.

Nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009 unless the ammunition is coded

Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1, 2011. (Including hand loaded ammo.)

They will also charge a .05 cent tax on every round so every box of ammo you buy will go up at least $2.50 or more!

If they can deprive you of ammo they do not need to take your gun!

This legislation is currently pending in 18 states: Alabama , Arizona , California , Connecticut , Hawaii , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Maryland , Mississippi , Missouri , New Jersey , New York , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , and Washington .

Send to your friends in these states AND fight to dissolve this BILL!!

To find more about the anti-gun group that is sponsoring this legislation and the specific legislation for each state, go to:

http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm

Va Judge Selection Process Criticized

A group of more than 200 Virginia residents, calling themselves the "Pitchfork Rebellion" and frustrated with the way the state selects judges, wants the public to have more say in who sits on the bench and for how long. Virginia is one of only two states, along with South Carolina, that empower their state legislatures to pick state judges, a process primarily conducted behind closed doors.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR2009030101882.html

Virginia's Assistant Attorney General Arrested

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/site_elements/tags/tag/steven+f.+lederman/

By APPublished: February 20, 2009
NORFOLK — A Virginia assistant attorney general has been suspended after being arrested on drug and weapon charges.
Norfolk police charged Steven F. Lederman yesterday with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, a felony, and carrying a concealed weapon, a misdemeanor.
A search warrant affidavit filed in Norfolk Circuit Court said police found marijuana in Lederman’s van after a drug-sniffing dog alerted on a bag. The affidavit said the marijuana was inside the bag, wrapped as a Christmas present.
Norfolk police spokesman Chris Amos said investigators were acting on a tip when they arrested Lederman.
Lederman, 46, has been with the agency since 1997 and works in the Division of Child Support Enforcement. He has been suspending pending further investigation, said David Clementon, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office.

Reader Reactions
Posted by ( Publius ) on February 21, 2009 at 1:08 am
While it is just as likely the prosecutors will want to make an example of this guy and show no mercy, the final result will more likely be determined by how much representation he can afford to buy.

Posted by ( Legal American ) on February 21, 2009 at 12:43 am
SAY IT ISN’T SO! Wow, this entire state needs glasses! I don’t think anyone in this state’s government is working they are all corporate welfare personnel just sitting idly by waiting for their “PAYCHECKS”


Posted by ( vamelungeon ) on February 20, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Sounds like a set up.


Posted by ( rukiddin ) on February 20, 2009 at 8:41 pm
You know he is part of the “good old boys network”. He will probably only have to do some community work and a short probation… or he will get off on some technicality. I wonder how much bond he had to post. If this were the average citizen they would still be in jail until the trial comes up. I am sure he is out tonight having dinner with his family tonight. Special treatment for Special people.

Posted by ( J-Reb ) on February 20, 2009 at 8:28 pm
So the gun charge is a misdemeanor and the pot charge is a felony.
What a messed-up state.


Posted by ( Crimediver ) on February 20, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I he he gets hammered on the felony and they don’t plead it down to a misdemeanor first offender status. He ought to get the max.


Posted by ( OCM09 ) on February 20, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Now I understand why the Dept of Child Support Enf Agency is such a pathetic agency! Maybe they are all stoned!

Jailing Judges

When will Virginia start holding their corrupt judges accountable?

Pa. Judges Accused of Jailing Kids for Cash
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — For years, the juvenile court system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor offenses.
The explanation, prosecutors say, was corruption on the bench.
In one of the most shocking cases of courtroom graft on record, two Pennsylvania judges have been charged with taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send teenagers to two privately run youth detention centers.
"I've never encountered, and I don't think that we will in our lifetimes, a case where literally thousands of kids' lives were just tossed aside in order for a couple of judges to make some money," said Marsha Levick, an attorney with the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, which is representing hundreds of youths sentenced in Wilkes-Barre.
Prosecutors say Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan took $2.6 million in payoffs to put juvenile offenders in lockups run by PA Child Care LLC and a sister company, Western PA Child Care LLC. The judges were charged on Jan. 26 and removed from the bench by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court shortly afterward.

No company officials have been charged, but the investigation is still going on.
The high court, meanwhile, is looking into whether hundreds or even thousands of sentences should be overturned and the juveniles' records expunged.
Among the offenders were teenagers who were locked up for months for stealing loose change from cars, writing a prank note and possessing drug paraphernalia. Many had never been in trouble before. Some were imprisoned even after probation officers recommended against it.
Many appeared without lawyers, despite the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 1967 ruling that children have a constitutional right to counsel.
The judges are scheduled to plead guilty to fraud Thursday in federal court. Their plea agreements call for sentences of more than seven years behind bars.
Ciavarella, 58, who presided over Luzerne County's juvenile court for 12 years, acknowledged last week in a letter to his former colleagues, "I have disgraced my judgeship. My actions have destroyed everything I worked to accomplish and I have only myself to blame." Ciavarella, though, has denied he got kickbacks for sending youths to prison.
Conahan, 56, has remained silent about the case.
Many Pennsylvania counties contract with privately run juvenile detention centers, paying them either a fixed overall fee or a certain amount per youth, per day.
In Luzerne County, prosecutors say, Conahan shut down the county-run juvenile prison in 2002 and helped the two companies secure rich contracts worth tens of millions of dollars, at least some of that dependent on how many juveniles were locked up.
One of the contracts — a 20-year agreement with PA Child Care worth an estimated $58 million — was later canceled by the county as exorbitant.
The judges are accused of taking payoffs between 2003 and 2006.
Robert J. Powell co-owned PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care until June. His attorney, Mark Sheppard, said his client was the victim of an extortion scheme.
"Bob Powell never solicited a nickel from these judges and really was a victim of their demands," he said. "These judges made it very plain to Mr. Powell that he was going to be required to pay certain monies."
For years, youth advocacy groups complained that Ciavarella was ridiculously harsh and ran roughshod over youngsters' constitutional rights. Ciavarella sent a quarter of his juvenile defendants to detention centers from 2002 to 2006, compared with a statewide rate of one in 10.
The criminal charges confirmed the advocacy groups' worst suspicions and have called into question all the sentences he pronounced.
Hillary Transue did not have an attorney, nor was she told of her right to one, when she appeared in Ciavarella's courtroom in 2007 for building a MySpace page that lampooned her assistant principal.
Her mother, Laurene Transue, worked for 16 years in the child services department of another county and said she was certain Hillary would get a slap on the wrist. Instead, Ciavarella sentenced her to three months; she got out after a month, with help from a lawyer.
"I felt so disgraced for a while, like, what do people think of me now?" said Hillary, now 17 and a high school senior who plans to become an English teacher.
Laurene Transue said Ciavarella "was playing God. And not only was he doing that, he was getting money for it. He was betraying the trust put in him to do what is best for children."
Kurt Kruger, now 22, had never been in trouble with the law until the day police accused him of acting as a lookout while his friend shoplifted less than $200 worth of DVDs from Wal-Mart. He said he didn't know his friend was going to steal anything.
Kruger pleaded guilty before Ciavarella and spent three days in a company-run juvenile detention center, plus four months at a youth wilderness camp run by a different operator.
"Never in a million years did I think that I would actually get sent away. I was completely destroyed," said Kruger, who later dropped out of school. He said he wants to get his record expunged, earn his high school equivalency diploma and go to college.
"I got a raw deal, and yeah, it's not fair," he said, "but now it's 100 times bigger than me."

The Virginia State Bar Condone's Judicial Misconduct

The VSB allowing their members, attorneys who are to be held to professional rules of conduct, to commit fraud. The link below is a complaint to the VSB against Tandy B. Rinehart. She knowingly filed a fraudulent document with the Stafford County J & DR court along with her client Timothy Stohler to cause an unnecessary delay in our case.

http://www.box.net/shared/nq240bjyql

Julian Johnson allowed this barratrous attorney to act criminally in his courtroom. James C Bodie of the VSB say's these "tactics" are acceptable.
View that response http://www.box.net/shared/5o6qabfs2i

Judge Julian Johnson Disregards Law

Once again, another of Stafford counties judges, this time Judge Julian Johnson blatantly disregards the laws he was sworn to uphold. He has allowed the sleazy Tandy B. Rinehart to file this motion of continuance #1. without notifying all parties involved as stated at the top of this notice. #2 without my signature which is also required and stated at the top of this notice. I only received this notice posted to my front door the day of my hearing Feb. 25Th as I was leaving for court. She has also stated along with my ex husband Timothy Stohler that he is an instructor for the FBI and would be on assignment. Timothy Stohler does not and has never worked for the FBI and certainly wasn't on assignment. Judge Julian Johnson ignored and denied my repeated motions to move my court date forward as 5 months was extreme for a simple child support hearing, not to mention they purjured themselves to get that continuance. Judge Julian Johnson has endorsed these two con artists by allowing them to lie and not only get away with it but to actually grant their wishes based on that lie.

Dear Members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Members of the Senate of Virginia, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Timothy Kaine:

Letter Sent Jan. 7th 2009

Dear Members of the Virginia House of Delegates, Members of the Senate of Virginia, and Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia Timothy Kaine:

I write to you all seeking your assistance, guidance, answers and solutions. As you all are aware Virginia's Juvenile and Domestic Relations court is severely broken, which is why I suspect the judicial interviews went about two hours over schedule. Not that this process of reappointment was highly publicized but people still seemed to come out of the woodwork to speak in opposition of these judges being reappointed to the bench. I agree with all of you, this was an extremely long day and for most of us who came to speak and observe, a mentally exhausting one. We too had two plus hours of driving time ahead us. Delegate Albo, I too would have preferred to be at home with my spouse, however, this process was just too important to miss, as it was for the many others who made that long trip to Richmond. As those of you who attended all saw this is not just a small handful of people, but many who are and have had the misfortune of experiencing the blatant judicial misconduct by Virginia judges. Who knows how many there really are. It shouldn't really matter how many or how few for someone to stand up and put a stop to this injustice. Many victims are unaware of who and where to go for help. Many more are so severely beaten down and maimed by these judges and barratrous attorneys that they have simply given up. They have lost all faith in this system. I ask you, How could this system that was put in place to protect destroy and shatter so many? Protective, non offending parents are being slaughtered everyday in Virginia's courtrooms.
I have to question a parent's true love for their child when that parent alienates and severs all contact with the other parent and is willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to do so. Shouldn't a well-educated judge question the same? Shouldn't you all question the judgment of that presumably well-educated judge who does not?
I read in Virginia Code Section 20-124.3, Paragraph 6, where it is stated: "The propensity of each parent to actively support the child's contact and relationship with the other parent, including whether a parent has unreasonably denied the other access to or visitation with the child." When a judge pretends to not see the obvious and allows one parent to, without evidence, viciously attack the other parent time and time again in the courtroom as an attempt to slander that parent, is that judge not ignoring Paragraph 6? I ask you, Is such a judge really acting in the best interest of an innocent child? I realize the financial motivation in attorneys who repeatedly orchestrate these ambushes of the other side, the financially weakest side that often has no attorney and therefore cannot properly defend against the false accusations and outright barratry.
Enough is enough! Innocent children are being destroyed and protective parents are being slaughtered and Virginia judges are allowing it to happen. These judges are jailing innocent, honorable parents who are simply unable to pay the absurd amounts of child support imposed on them. They are being jailed for not having enough money to pay the awarded attorneys fees, fees of up to one thousand dollars for five minutes in a courtroom, imposed on them. I have seen bail money seized to pay attorney fees. These people are not criminals, they're just parents. Parents fighting for their children, fighting for their right to just be a parent. Who would have ever thought that in this "GREAT NATION" anyone would have to fight for that. Our Virginia state flag, displayed in all of our courtrooms and in so many of our government agencies, proudly bears the message: "Sic Semper Tyrannis." I ask you, Who are the real tyrants here?
I lost my right to be a parent five years ago in front of Circuit Court Judge Ann Hunter Simpson, a cohort of the sleazy Tandy B. Rinehart of Rinehart, Lowery, Strentz and Butler, PLC, based on nothing but false allegations about my parenting ability and slanderous fabrications made by both the father of my child and his attorney Tandy Rinehart. I have fought since then, not to deprive my daughter of her father but to simply have equal parenting time. At one point in my fight I even lost my right to work and in the same hearing Judge Gerald F. Dalton increased my child support by more than three times. I ask you, Does $ 477.00 per month sound right for someone earning $ 29,000.00 per year. Not to mention I still had another child at home to care for. Yes, a sixteen-year-old whose own world, by the way, came crashing down with the emotional trauma from losing her baby sister. Since Judge Simpson's decision, in 2004, to remove my youngest from my care, transfering custody to her narcissistic father and the 65-year-old nanny hired by him, my once well-adjusted, bright, happy child now struggles in school and has had to attend summer school just to pass elementary school. Now that she is in middle school, she has deteriorated even more. She currently has four Fs and one C. She has been prescribed a wide variety of ADD drugs, but, despite this, she continues to fail. Five of her friends were just expelled from school for drugs. These are 7th graders, these are 12-year-olds! I think you can see where I'm going. Something has to change before it's too late. Despite my efforts, I see my child four days a month only during the school year because judges have placed her with a father they deem "the better parent." A trial eighteen-months-ago to modify custody due to changed circumstances failed. In that trial, my judge, Stafford County Judge Daltan, did not apply the law in the same way that Fairfax County Judge Finch did not apply the law in the custody modification case of Ms. Liz Haring. Ms. Haring is one mother who testified on December 11, 2008, during the interviews of judges up for re-appointment conducted by house and senate members of the Courts of Justice.
Nor do the lawyers I hire thoroughly and aggressively apply the law. For example, I only recently became aware of "§ 18.2-49.1. Violation of court order regarding custody and visitation; penalty":
A. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally withholds a child from either of a child's parents or other legal guardian in a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of such child, provided such child is withheld outside of the Commonwealth, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
B. Any person who knowingly, wrongfully and intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a clear and significant violation of a court order respecting the custody or visitation of a child is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor upon conviction of a first offense. Any person who commits a second violation of this section within 12 months of a first conviction is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, and any person who commits a third violation occurring within 24 months of the first conviction is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
A friend who is not a lawyer told me about § 18.2-49.1. My own attorney had never even mentioned it, prefering instead to file civil show causes that really are worse than useless and very expensive. Whereas, a criminal filing for the same offense is free and, I understand, very effective.
The father of my child is guilty of numerous violations of the visitation order. The father of my child is guilty of derelict and defective parenting: my daughter has become dangerously withdrawn. Her grades are down. I have married again. But in the eyes of the court it would appear nothing is enough to qualify as "material changes in circumstances." Here, where I live in Stafford County, where barratrous substitute judge and trial lawyer Tandy Rinehart and friends reign, justice is nothing short of tyrannical.
Again, I write you all and ask for guidance, answers and solutions. I ask for intervention. Specifically, What do you need from me that will help you change these outcomes and help you fix the problem? What do you need from me to help you investigate my case and the cases of all the other mothers similarly aggrieved? What can I do to help?

Respectivly
Sherry Hayward
703-655-2223