Divorce attorneys and family court judges have fought so fiercely against reporting on family court cases, that they routinely use restraining orders and place parents on supervised visitation as retaliation against anyone who dares to speak about what is happening in our modern family courts.
While focusing so intently on her “investigation” into how reporters obtain information, divorce attorney Nicole Ford has exposed that the courts themselves have a serious problem with their electronic filing system.
A few years ago, the courts mandated that attorneys submit documents through e-filing. Yet attorneys and litigants have long complained that the court does not promptly process these filings—often leaving lawyers and parents waiting weeks or even months to secure court dates or to properly file and serve motions and evidence needed for hearings.
Instead of addressing these problems with real solutions that would benefit all court users, Nicole Ford operates using a McCarthyism playbook, threatening attorneys and litigants who dare to speak to members of the free press.
Beyond the failures of e-filing and the lack of court reporting, parents with no history of violence are being forced into professional supervised visitation, stripped of custody rights, as attorneys like Ford assume the role of both mental health therapist and self-proclaimed expert on journalism.
In reality, courts are failing to comply with the law by delaying mandated mediation and postponing hearings needed to correct errors in temporary custody orders. As a result, parents remain stuck on costly supervised visitation for months while waiting for their right to care for their children without monitoring to be restored.
These delays translate into more billable hours for attorneys, while the courts continue to cut staff responsible for filing documents, conducting mediations, and keeping the system running.
In every case we’ve investigated involving this one attorney, there is a consistent pattern of incompetence as minors’ counsel— and representation of violent criminals with ties to undocumented immigrants awarded full custody based on false allegations and made up psycho- babble, as the attorney sits on political bodies and markets their practice for supporting " survivors". All of which judges continue to support with court orders.
Due process violations, constitutional rights being trampled, and endless delays in divorce and child custody cases in the welathiest state and county in the world, all seem to pale in comparison to the so-called “cardinal sin” of parents, or their family members, speaking to the press about what actually happens inside these courtrooms.
When attorneys or politicans ( judges) complain that a reporter is "harrassing" them by reporting on how they do their job- a good reporter knows they have found the right story.
Susan Bassi
Divorce attorneys and family court judges have fought so fiercely against reporting on family court cases, that they routinely use restraining orders and place parents on supervised visitation as retaliation against anyone who dares to speak about what is happening in our modern family courts.
While focusing so intently on her “investigation” into how reporters obtain information, divorce attorney Nicole Ford has exposed that the courts themselves have a serious problem with their electronic filing system.
A few years ago, the courts mandated that attorneys submit documents through e-filing. Yet attorneys and litigants have long complained that the court does not promptly process these filings—often leaving lawyers and parents waiting weeks or even months to secure court dates or to properly file and serve motions and evidence needed for hearings.
Instead of addressing these problems with real solutions that would benefit all court users, Nicole Ford operates using a McCarthyism playbook, threatening attorneys and litigants who dare to speak to members of the free press.
Beyond the failures of e-filing and the lack of court reporting, parents with no history of violence are being forced into professional supervised visitation, stripped of custody rights, as attorneys like Ford assume the role of both mental health therapist and self-proclaimed expert on journalism.
In reality, courts are failing to comply with the law by delaying mandated mediation and postponing hearings needed to correct errors in temporary custody orders. As a result, parents remain stuck on costly supervised visitation for months while waiting for their right to care for their children without monitoring to be restored.
These delays translate into more billable hours for attorneys, while the courts continue to cut staff responsible for filing documents, conducting mediations, and keeping the system running.
In every case we’ve investigated involving this one attorney, there is a consistent pattern of incompetence as minors’ counsel— and representation of violent criminals with ties to undocumented immigrants awarded full custody based on false allegations and made up psycho- babble, as the attorney sits on political bodies and markets their practice for supporting " survivors". All of which judges continue to support with court orders.
Due process violations, constitutional rights being trampled, and endless delays in divorce and child custody cases in the welathiest state and county in the world, all seem to pale in comparison to the so-called “cardinal sin” of parents, or their family members, speaking to the press about what actually happens inside these courtrooms.
When attorneys or politicans ( judges) complain that a reporter is "harrassing" them by reporting on how they do their job- a good reporter knows they have found the right story.
3 weeks ago | [YT] | 407