- 09/11/00 01:07:30

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The rise of false accusations of abuse in child custody proceedings is very disturbing. Courts often choose to "err on the side of caution," and refuse to grant custody to the accused parent. Sometimes, the accused parent cannot even obtain parenting time (child visitation), even after investigation finds no evidence of abuse.

Making a false abuse allegation is a horrible thing to do to a child. The child will often have to undergo unnecessary and intrustive medical and psychological examinations. If the allegations are of sexual abuse, the physical examinations of the child can be extremely embarrassing to the child. Also, depending upon the circumstances and the age of the child, the false accusations can cause a permanent rift between the child and the accused parent, the accusing parent, or both.

Historically, parents who complained of false accusations were ignored. However, recent studies illustrate how common false allegations are. In Ontario, an analysis of child abuse allegations in the Ottawa area revealed that 60% of accusations of abuse were related to marital breakup, and in two thirds of those cases there was no evidence of any abuse.

It is no longer professionally reasonable for a psychologist to presume the truth of abuse allegations made in the context of divorce. The irresponsibility of parents who make false accusations to hurt their spouse, or to stop a child custody action, has caused grave harm to children who actually are abused -- the significant numbers of false allegations make it less likely that true allegations will be believed.

While both mothers and fathers have brought false abuse allegations in divorce proceedings, mothers are more likely to be believed. In one noteworthy case, a young child told her father of improper touching by a babysitter, and he reported the allegations to the authorities. When social workers investigated, the mother accused the father of molesting the daughter. This resulted in a long legal battle, where the father had to fight for even limited access to his daughter. During the father's four-year legal battle, the mother was diagnosed as mentally ill, and was temporarily institutionalized. The social workers investigating the case wrote a report, fretting that the father might gain custody as a result of the hospitalization. Eventually, the father managed to convince a court that the charges were false, and he did gain custody of his daughter, but the emotional and financial consequences of the false allegations were enormous.

Using false accusations of abuse to gain an advantage in child custody proceedings is a horrible thing to do to a child. False accusations should be taken very seriously by courts, and should be viewed as strong evidence that a parent has little concern for the child's mental well-being, and cares even less about the child's relationship with the other parent.

If you face false accusations of abuse, you are likely to face a costly and difficult legal battle. It is strongly recommended that you obtain the assistance of an attorney who understands the legal and psychological issues involved in false accusation cases, and who has experience defending falsely accused parents.

- 09/11/00 01:04:01

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Be Afraid - Be Very Afraid

How Serious Is It? - The first thing you must understand is that if you are directly involved in an alleged sexual abuse situation with a minor, you are in serious trouble. This cannot be underestimated. Once the state (typically: Children�s Protective Se vices) believes that you have abused a child, the full force of the Child Protection Act will be unleashed. If you are innocent, the only way to protect yourself is to fight back tenaciously with everything you can muster.

This is not a Fair Fight. This will be the most serious fight you've been in. You're fighting for your freedom, for the preservation of your family, and for the well-being of your children. The considerable resources of an entire state are pitted against you. Not only this, but much of the evidence they will produce for their case will contradict what you know to be true, yet will appear very convincing and powerful to the court.

You Need a Legal Specialist. If there's any chance to win this fight, you have to counter the evidence that the state brings against you. This evidence will be manufactured using faulty "scientific" methods supported by expert witnesses. Not only will you need your own experts to counter the state's, but your lawyer must be as familiar with this area of law as the experts. If he/she isn't familiar with the issues, the cases, the statutes, and the true nature of the evidence, you will be lucky if you escape with your freedom, your family, and your children's psyche intact. Are the stakes high enough? Are your rights important enough? Then you must do everything you can to fight, and that starts with finding qualified representation. A good lawyer just isn't enough. You need someone with experience fighting exactly this type of case. When you're ready to contact a qualified attorney, our Services page is an excellent place to start.

WHAT TO DO IF ACCUSED Immediately contact an attorney who specializes in child abuse cases. Make sure that your attorney and investigator have a plan of action. Some attorneys will do little and recommend a plea bargain. Your attorney can help you pre-arrange bail so that you an avoid spending any length of time in jail if arrested. People accused of child abuse are targets for beatings. Do not tell any other inmate what you are charged with!

Under no circumstances should you talk about your case with anyone (police detectives, clergy, doctor, therapist, friends, social workers, state agencies, or parents) until you have retained an attorney. Your statements to your doctor, clergy, and therapist are not privileged (confidential). If contacted by Law Enforcement, assure them that you have nothing to hide and are willing to talk with them ONLY in the presence of your attorney. The urge to explain what really happened is the urge you must control. The police rely on that urge to get as much information from you as possible in order to prosecute you. They can lie to you, trick you, play games with you, anything to get their conviction.

DO NOT RELY ON THE POLICE Do not rely on the police investigation to uncover all the facts. Your only hope of proving your innocence is having a defense investigator discover and protect important defense evidence before it is lost. If called by the accuser or a family member of he accuser, hang up immediately. The call may be taped by the police and any statement you make can be taken out of context and used against you to build a case. Use a regular phone when speaking to your attorney and/or investigator. Portable phones and mobile phones can be monitored.

BE PREPARED FOR A SEARCH Be prepared for a search of your house, car or even your workplace. The police most commonly look for pictures of children, books and magazines with sexual material, sex toys, sex manuals or encyclopedias, diaries, correspondence or address books. Address books and correspondence are used to contact anyone you know, including your employer. They may also look for any private notes on your case that are not clearly marked Attorney/Client Work Product. Should your house be searched, you have no right to inte fere. Call your attorney during the search and do not engage in any conversation with the police.

WHAT HAPPENS IN CRIMINAL COURT If you suspect that you might be criminally charged with abuse or molestation, an attorney can begin an investigation of your case and help you make the financial arrangements necessary for a bail bond or recognizance release even before the charges are filed. Arranging your bail prior to any formal charges will keep you from spending any unnecessary time in jail. Arrest If you have not made prior arrangements through your attorney, you could be arrested at work or at home rather than voluntarily surrender ng yourself. In either case, you will be finger-printed and photographed prior to being released.

Arraignment. Next, you will be arraigned in the Municipal Court where you will be informed of the charges against you and your rights. At the second hearing, which is called the preliminary hearing, the court decides whether or not there is sufficient evidence to bind your case over to Superior Court for trial.

Trial If you are bound over for trial, you will go to Superior Court for arraignment, the presentation of motions, and for a trial date. Depending on your case, your trial may be scheduled from 60 days to 6 months from the date of your arraignment and can last from a few days to several weeks. All 12 jurors must vote guilty in order to convict you. Criminal charges of child abuse will take a tremendous emotional, financial and psychological toll on you and your family because criminal charges put you in the grea est risk of losing your freedom, your family, and your life as you once knew it.

WHAT HAPPENS IN FAMILY/JUVENILE COURT Anyone can be accused of abuse, which includes neglect, emotional or psychological abuse, corporal punishment, and physical or sexual abuse. Removal of Children An anonymous report can result in the removal of your children from your home or their school without your permission or knowledge. Child Protective Services can detain your children for up to 48 hours without notifying you and can strip search them or give them vaginal and anal exams without your consent.

Detention Hearings If charged, the process begins with a detention hearing. At the hearing, a judge decides whether or not the children can be returned to their home. You can lose your children to the system at this hearing, even though you have not had a trial.

Plea Bargaining Your trial will usually be set within 30 days. However, because of case loads and time restraints, you may be offered a plea bargain of no contest. Should this happen, remember, that if you accept a plea bargain, the court and CPS will treat you as an abuser or molestationer, and you will never have a second chance to prove your innocence.

Trial Your trial is called a jurisdictional hearing in which the judge decides the truthfulness of the accusations. And this hearing can be based on the flimsiest of evidence. Forget reasonable doubt. The State must only barely tip the scales (preponderate) to win. If the accusations are found to be true, the state becomes the parent of your children.

Disposition Hearing At the disposition hearing, the court will decide where to keep your children, visitation issues, and counseling issues.

THESE CASES TAKE QUITE A TOLL The toll these actions take severely affects parents and may permanently damage the children psychologically. The best protection you can give your children is to find the right attorney who can quickly terminate the case. Your attorney can help prevent the placement of your children in long-term foster care or in the state's adoption process.

WHAT HAPPENS IN DIVORCE COURT Divorce court is the arena in which most false charges of abuse or molestation occur because one parent wants complete custody of the children and is willing to damage the children psychologically by pitting them against the non-custodial parent. This may be the most devastating of all three courts because the accused is not only going through the emotional trauma of divorce, but risks losing his or her children and then facing juvenile or criminal charges as well.

Restraining Order If charged, the process usually begins with a temporary order initiated by the spouse that prohibits you from seeing your children. This is usually a violation of your rights and the kids rights to the parent/child relationship. The specter of child abuse usually finds the court ruling against your constitutional rights to family relations.

Mediator The case will be assigned to a mediator of referee who is usually a counselor. The mediator is required to report accusations of child abuse or molestation to CPS and the police. If the court did not issue an order preventing you from visiting the children, CPS might then file a petition in Juvenile Court to prevent you from seeing your children at all.

Trial Your trial may be postponed indefinitely because the court calendars are so full. The case will go back to the mediator who will continue to make recommendations to the judge, which usually limit your visitation rights and attempt to settle your case out of court. It is critical to present a defense that shows motive, and many times this is shown through the introduction of parental-alienation syndrome. It is also crucial that the children be placed with the non-alienating parent. However, this is extremely difficult because the non-alienating parent is the parent under the cloud of an accusation.

Criminal/Juvenile Charges Even if you do go to court and win, there is no guarantee that charges will not be made in juvenile or criminal court against you. The end result is that you are financially and emotionally drained, and you may still lose custody of your children.

RESOURCES Myths and Realities of Sexual Abuse Evaluation and Diagnosis. This article explores ten myths associated with false allegations of sexual abuse. (Click here to read the article) This article will help you to understand the nature of some of the accusation being made against you.

Sherry Cook - 09/08/00 09:48:24
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Have you been falsely accused?: Yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: Yes

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My daughter kids were taken from her in ClermontCouny in Batavia,Oho.I want custody of them.CPS have not offer to place them with me.Iam filing for custody againstCPs who has custody of them.They are in an foster home in Goshen,Ohio.The foster-mom dad sexaly molested her and whose to say he wont do it to my grandkids.I want them out of that foster home and with me.CPS knows this but yet lets them stay-Idont think so! Any help you can offer me I would appreciate very much.And if I can help you in any way please let me know. Thanks,Sherry

- 08/25/00 04:08:44

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Madhav Pradhan - 07/13/00 04:04:09
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: CWIN
Are you a protective parent?: YES
Have you been falsely accused?: NO
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES
Are you willing to help?: YES

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- 06/10/00 13:11:46
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: None
Are you a protective parent?: Very
Have you been falsely accused?: To the exreme
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES
Are you willing to help?: If able

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I am a very fortunate mom who had the ruling of exs custody overturned for the time being - meaning that I have gained "sole interim custody" of my son. He has been with me since Aug. of 1999. I was accused of everything from medical neglect to sexual abuse! Namely coming from the girl that ex married. I have taken psych evals, lie detector tests, etc to prove my innocence. I WAS GUILTY until proven innocent. DPS found through interviewing son hat all allegations were unfounded but that wasnt enough! What a mess our legal system is! After reading your page I wanted to tell everyone that after all the allegations against me the judge on our case FINALLY wrote in orders that ex/wife were NOT to contact social services w/o going through the judge himself, the GAL or the CASA volunteer i volved in our case! This was quite a win for myself and son as we both had been put through the hellish ways of false allegations! Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately - we will find out at our Sept hearing) they once again failed to comply with court or ers and turned me in for abuse that was "observed during Christmas time" while my son was visiting his father out of state. It was not reported until March/April of this year. As the social worker put it upon visiting with me in my home.. "Had there been ny actual signs of abuse, the reporting party should have immediately acted upon it in their own jurisdiction." It has been a struggle but I will never give up the fight for my son. If you are innocent of allegations do whatever it takes to show the courts so. Do not allow the system to remove your children and then sit back and wait for a reversal. Fight it with all your power! I did it, you can! =)

Kimberley Brown - 06/03/00 05:49:17
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: JAIL-head of Georgia Chapter
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes
Are you willing to help?: absolutely

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We have to make judges, gals, etc. accountable. My children were given to their admitted sexual abuser. They are both currently being physically abused. Of course DFCS will not do a thing about it and continues to sweep it under the rug. Currently the SAGG is trying to get the judge to put me in jail for a second time. Wants me to pay a therapist $2300. The therapist does not call and report the abuse of my children and also says that all men have sexual thoughts about thier children. This insanity as got to stop.

Shelli - 06/03/00 03:06:50
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/kstrucking/canyou.html
My Email:[email protected]
Webpage URL: http://www.geocities.com/kstrucking/index.html
Are you a protective parent?: YES
Have you been falsely accused?: YES
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: ACCOUNTABILTY
Are you willing to help?: YES

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You have done a very good job on this site. I will help in anyway that I can

Jeannie - 05/31/00 01:49:28
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: no

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I would like to know what happened to Portia Davis? Why don't I see her name anywhere on this website anymore?

- 05/28/00 03:38:55
My Email:Equal Physical Shared Parenting Advocacy
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Equal Physical Shared Parenting Advocacy

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Equal Physical Shared Parenting Advocacy Helping Kids See more of Dad Since Before it Became Popular. "Shared Parenting means that a child has a right to equal access and opportunity with both parents, the right to be guided and nurtured by both parents, the right to have major decisions made by application of both parent's wisdom, judgment and experience The child does not forfeit these rights when the parents divorce." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe - the assumption that if we act correctly, if we are of good heart and intentions, things will work out. We assume a reciprocity with the univer e. If we do our part the universe will comply. Many ancient stories, including the Book of Job, painfully reveal the fact that there is no such contract, and everyone who goes through the Middle Passage is made aware of it. No one sets out upon the marita barque, for example, without high hopes and good intentions, however uncertain the compass and shifting the tides. When one stands amid the rubble of a partnership, then one has not only lost the relationship, but also, the whole world view." James Hollis When the marital barque breaks up on the shoals of life, the law takes its predetermined course, and lawyers can effect the "legal" direction of that course only so much on issues of money and property. But in the area of the rights of children to keep tw parents equally in their lives, lawyers can often make all the difference.Unfortuantely, it is almost always in the wrong direction: historically mothers' lawyers all too easily turned fathers into "every other weekend" visitors in the lives of their chi dren, and fathers' lawyers typically still have no fundamental belief in changing it. "But the times they are a changing." Like many men of my generation, I got caught up on campus in the 1960's working for the beginnings of what developed into the modern woman's movement. For the next couple of decades I remained unaware of or ignored the negative effects modern society was aving on men and children. While the woman's movement has successfully advanced their issues onto the public stage, men have only recently begun "coming together to face the mid-life truths of stressful lives; personal isolation; numbing addictions; hidden emotional wounds; and con usion about manhood, money and happiness." (John C. Robinson) Men are now becoming more and more successful in articulating their own perspective. And what they see is the gender feminists in full support of sole mother custody of children with the legal system as their best ally. It is these men I want to help.(or the very rare mother whose children are primarily with their father and are being denied a meaningful relationship with her.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In simple terms it can be said that the role of the mother over time has been grounded in biology. The role of the father, however, to a much larger extent, has been a learned behavior determined by economic and cultural dictates of a particular society a a particular time in its evolution. Fathers have and do play different roles in different societies in relation to nurturing and raising children. The radical changes in North American society over the past fifty years have shattered many social conventi ns, not the least of which has been the once sacred institution of marriage. For over a hundred years male lawyers, judges and legislators have conspired against their own sex when they helped create and sustain the myth that men had few feelings; and wha feelings and emotions they did have they shouldn't show; that they were good mainly for sweat and toil; and that women were all things loving and nurturing and the only gender capable of parenting children properly. Changing societal, economic and cultur l views of "fatherhood" are causing cracks in that myth. The Divorce Culture in which we now live has disrupted the nurturing role of the father in the lives of his children, and the children are paying the price. Nearly all social and behavioral research on children support keeping fathers equally in the lives of children. The vast majority of fathers want desperately to be given an opportunity to adjust to the new reality in ways that will let them parent equally with the mothers.But the men and women who sit as judges in this country, supported by court-appoi ted psychologists caught up in their own "mother-as- primary care giver" biases, continue to hold to the old assumptions. I know from personal experience and my work with men that a father can give just as much nurturing, love and affection to his children as can a mother. I want to help reframe the debate from one of "gender war" to a health model of gender - for men and women and especially for the sake of the kids. The recent report of the Joint House of Commons and Senate Committee looking at the aspects of custody and access came out with its report For the Sake of Children. It is a start in the right direction but only a start. And of course the government in Ott wa won't "start" at all and have put the report on the shelf for atleast he next three years. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been practicing law for twenty seven years. In that time I have raised three lovely children to adulthood as a single father parent. I am a member of Vancouver M.E.N. and a past member of Seattle M.E.N. and an active participant in a men's group. I obtained my B.A. in psychology and law degree from the University of British Columbia. I was the president of my graduating class in law schooI. I have been trained and acted as a family mediator and am a strong advocate for collaboration and consensus ov r conflict. But I won't avoid the just fight when reason fails. I am a member of the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia and a past member of the American Trial Lawyers Association. Here are two articles I have written. "A Case for Fathers and Co-Parenting" is a very rough draft of what I hope I -and anyone else who wants to lend a hand- can develop into something useful for the rights of children. The document is 42 pages long. ( Th over fifty footnoted referenced source articles can be purchased from me in two three inch three ring binders for $200. ) "Unethical Lawyers Abuse Children" is the short submission I presented to the Joint Committee of the House of Commons and Senate loo ing into reform of child access and custody laws in Canada. Either paper can be reprinted and used in any fashion provided only that the author gets credit - good or bad! The central focus of my legal practice is in helping kids see more of their fathers (or moms if dad somehow has sole custody and is as much of a control freak as so many mothers.) The men's and father's movements deserve credit for the slight change in th courts in the past two years towards recognizing the importance of fathers. But that recognition remains mainly hollow lip service until we see substantive results. There remains an enormous way to go before we approach anything remotely resembling actua equality in the roles of both separated parents, to say nothing of equality in co-parenting and rotating time with children. Every father who stands up for his children in court against the "maternal preference - primary caregiver - tender years" myth, and demands equal physical time is helping children everywhere.

- 05/28/00 00:26:18 - 05/28/00 00:34:22
My Email:- 05/28/00 00:26:18
Organization: - 05/28/00 00:26:18
Webpage URL: - 05/28/00 00:26:18
Are you a protective parent?: Comments:
Have you been falsely accused?: Comments:
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Comments:
Are you willing to help?: Comments:

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- 05/28/00 00:26:18 Comments: "Some of us have a chance," he said, "I'm fortunate." - New York Tribune, 16 J ne 1986 Fathers Rip `False Charges' Of Child Abuse by Richard R. Duckett While most American fathers were watching the U.S. Open or just enjoying a balmy Father's Day, a handful of dads demonstrated yesterday demanding that women and judges "stop ripping ff dad." A dozen members of National Organization for Men, Inc. (N.O.M.) staged a rally at the South Street Seaport to protest what they see as an "increasing epidemic of false child abuse charges" being brought against men in child custody cases. "Fifty ercent of the charges are false," said Sidney Siller, founder of N.O.M. A matrimonial lawyer, Siller blamed "venal lawyers who are fostering the lodging of false charges ... brought by vindictive wives" intent upon irreparably damaging "their husbands cha acter and integrity." Siller said N.O.M. was founded in 1983, "the same year feminism went rampant," to fight for "equal rights for men." Organizers said the Father's Day demonstration upheld a 22-year- tradition maintained since the group first organized as the National Committee for Fair Divorce and Alimony Laws. "N.O.M. is still at the grass-roots level," said Marvin Feldman, a member of the group of about 3,300 members. "You don't have to be a father to be a member ... it [N.O.M.] is open to all men. N t just men, but women are a part of our organization!" Few of the dissident dads expected to spend father's day with their children. Marvin Feldman was one of the lucky ones. He said his daughter was waiting at home and was upset that he wasn't there too. Feldman was anxious for the rally to come to an end. - 05/28/00 00:21:53

- 04/15/00 03:07:53

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Interesting site.

- 04/13/00 13:30:31

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Joanna - 04/08/00 03:06:47
My URL:http://www.hope4kidz.org
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Hope4KidZ, Ross County, Our kids Our future!
Webpage URL: http://www.beanies4bekah.com
Are you a protective parent?: custodial parent
Have you been falsely accused?: no
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Accountability YES!
Are you willing to help?: I'm a tryin!

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Just stopped by Portia to see how the site is doing. I will be back to help you once this week at OKOF.org is under control. Thank you for all you do! I love you girl! Jo

Sande - 03/25/00 01:03:21
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: SaveTheChildrenUsa
Webpage URL: SaveTheChildrenUsa.com
Are you a protective parent?: grandparent, mother lives with me
Have you been falsely accused?: absolutley!
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes
Are you willing to help?: yes

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the women of america have to stick together because if we don't no one else will fight for us or our kids...

Victoria Maria Wilkins - 03/23/00 07:18:54
My Email:[email protected]
Have you been falsely accused?: yes

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I have lost all contact with my children due to alienation as a form of abuse from their father. court does not have the power/interest to understand this phenomenon, even though it amounts to kidnapping.

Tammy Simkins - 03/12/00 16:18:36
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Ross Co. Network For Children

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Just finished viewing the web site. It looks great! You did a wonderful job!

Diana Howard - 03/11/00 13:30:15
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Ross Co Network

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Portia, Just checking out the web site and it looks really nice. As always you did a wonderful job! May we not lose the battle to save the children who are physically and sexually abused!

popedu - 01/22/00 04:02:26
My Email:[email protected]
Have you been falsely accused?: yes,but not for child abuse
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes
Are you willing to help?: yes

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I was not acused for child abuse,but in court me pending ex three years ago, gave the courts the impression, that I abused my childern through not working and just being in the childerns persence. I don't know what happen the was no evedince to be shown b t the judge took him word, and I hav'nt seen me babies now in 3 years nor have I spoken to them. He ( ex ) was very abusive to me I just can't bear the thought of what kind of abuse he has placed apon my 2 childern.

Anna L. Juarez - 01/02/00 05:41:39
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: El Refugio Legal Services

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I'm an attorney, a former GAL and former Social Services Attorney. I think it's great that people are beginning to see that it all starts with our children, they're our hope and our future. They need to be protected. Great website.

Elisbeth Ervin - 11/05/99 20:25:31
My Email:[email protected]

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Lola Telmos - 10/26/99 22:24:34
My URL:http://yahoo.com
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: NAFCJ
Webpage URL: ONELIST
Are you a protective parent?: WAS
Have you been falsely accused?: YES
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES
Are you willing to help?: DONT KNOW WHO TO HELP OR TRUST?

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I read something that was not right. Liz doesnt use ,an write the way somedid. I've known her to long , some one eles wrote for her. Shes a honest caring person, who ever wrote for her has Evil in their hearts. I recieved a message from some one, I was to d I had some thing posted on De janews. I dont know of any such thing. I did write to Light warriors, Mark Spulding. Which I find out has some ties to Brad Ingram. These two Guys ARE for FATHERS RIGHTS, aN Gods not in them, angels of darkness --not light I can tell ya, tHIS IS THE TRUTH. I'm sorry for a misunderstanding, I just dont want to share all with some I dont know, an trust. Lola Telmos I need better contact then a key pad + a ID I DONT KNOW. lEAVE ME BETTER INFO SO I can get in touch with you !< r>

Lola Telmos - 10/26/99 21:58:45
My URL:htyAHOO.COM
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Nattioal Alliance for Family Court Justice
Webpage URL: OneList
Are you a protective parent?: was
Have you been falsely accused?: yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes

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I see on your site, you are linked to a site that I went to for help. The person an persons with this site turned on me just as with others. This is not Protecting Children. http://www.thecpac.com. NOTE: 3-11-2000-FROM PORTIA DAVIS. THANK YOU FOR TELLING US ABOUT THESE CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS. THE LINK IS REMOVED FROM OUR SITE. I AM SO SORRY THAT SOME AGENCIES WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHILDRENS' RIGHTS GROUPS ARE FAR FROM IT. END.
BEGIN LOLA'S MESSAGE AGAIN: Charlotte Blasier an Ann cox, set me up an made ll kinds of lies. I no longer have any contact with my children. I lost Custody of two , Angela(9), Michael(8), To a childmolester. Not a childmolester after Judge Viviano Threw out all evidence of sexualabuse. I had protective services, failed poly, psy reports, tc. My children talked to the Judge V, Michael said Judge put his fingers in ears so he couldnt here Michael. Angela said Judge told her no one will ever know what you told me, you are going to live with your dad cause I have the power to do that.My child ens lives are at risk! Micheal had sizure's from the blows he got to his head, because he would let dad do what he wanted. My children told me,once he knocked them out he could do what he wanted. And make them interact.Judge Viviano also abused some girl' he was in charge of over probate court. I have a copy of the org . police report. They covered this up, on hes back on the bench, the public was told lies.Are All ofthese sites to draw in people lke me to turn on and revictimitze again ???I dont know who to trust, Blaisers a p I, ANN'S A ATTY. bOTH HUSBANDS ARE PROFESSIONAL ATTY'S ALL WORK WITHIN THE LAW, AN WITH jUDGES. who DO YOU TRust??????

Joanne R. Scheafnocker - 10/07/99 22:09:50
My URL:http://n/a
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Cooperative Parenting for Divided Families
Webpage URL: under construction
Are you a protective parent?: n/a
Have you been falsely accused?: n/a
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: n/a
Are you willing to help?: Yes

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Portia, I really like your approach. You are the only one who can put John Knight in his place. Your research is well documented and credible. Good work! Let me know if there is anything I can ever do. My mailing address is: Joanne R. Scheafnocker 12 N. Jackson Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15202 (412)732-0425

Portia Davis - 09/14/99 15:28:10
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Ross County Network

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This is a test to see if the guest book is working correctly. I received a message today that it was not functioning correctly.

Angela - 09/10/99 19:37:38
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Have you been falsely accused?: Yes, for believing my child
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: Anyway I Can...

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God Bless the Children..."The truth shall set ye free"...Great Job!!! Keep up the good work...It is a shame when good mothers and fathers are losing their children to corrupt courts,lawyers, psychologists,etc...We need to find some justice for our childre ...We try to keep our children safe from abuse...and we pay by having our children taken away...We need to stand up and fight for the children...SPEAK OUT!!!DON'T BE AFRAID ANYMORE!!!WE WILL WIN.....

Joanna - 08/09/99 04:10:28
My URL:http://www.beanies4bekah.com/AllAboutBekah.htm
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Have you been falsely accused?: Yes, Accused of being obsessed over a child in foster care!
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES!
Are you willing to help?: Definitely!

Comments:
This is the first time I have stopped by and am impressed. I can write some mean HTML so if you need some help, give me a shout! My crime was in loving a chid who had NO ONE! After caring for her for a year, taking the necessary classes, completing all but one inspection for home, Tamara Carroll of CPS decided that we did not have a significant relationship with Rebekah. During court the foster mom was caught lying SIX times but yet the judge allowed her to adopt our Baby Bekah! The judge refused to hear testimony of expert witnesses and our detective who had videotaped the foster parents out until after 1 a.m. drinking and then driving the children home in a pickup truck without car seats or seat belts. Another time five children under age 5, played ear a very busy intersection without adult supervision for one hour!

If it were my child in foster care, I would certainly want them to be safe! In Houston Texas, Judge Bob Molder does not care if you commit perjury! Why do honest, caring, families have to fight CPS to adopt children who have no one else? It makes no se se!

Devena Lee - 08/05/99 23:09:43
My URL:http://www.e-thepeople.com/petition.cfm?PETID=185029
Organization: Kendall Hunt child Protection Act
Are you a protective parent?: no
Have you been falsely accused?: no
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:
Kendall Hunt was a 6 month old infant who was murdered by his mother's live-in boyfriend. kendall was in protective custody, but against many warnings and proof of abuse kendall was returned to be murdered by Gary Shadron.. we are trying to have legislation passed to prevent another child in Georgia to have live in hell or to be murdered. any Georgians, please help make our children safe by signing the on-line petition and the above URL thanks

Linda Walker - 08/05/99 22:24:52
My URL:http://www.childpro.org
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Child Protection Project
Webpage URL: www.childpro.org

Comments:
Thank you Portia for taking this on. Children need to be protected by our system.

Portia Davis - 07/22/99 01:37:07
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/3648
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: The Ross County Network For Children
Webpage URL: same as above
Are you a protective parent?: no
Have you been falsely accused?: no
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES!!!
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:
I am signing the guest book to reply to the negative message left by someone unknown. Whoever did sign with lizgoal is being deceiptful. They think that our site is biased and they use vulgar language to express their opinions. BEWARE OF WHOMEVER MADE THIS POST. I am working to find out who they are. If anyone can assist, it would be very much appreciated.

I was going to erase the post, but decided to leave it on the guest book. The reason is to show viewers how ugly this fight for the rights of children to free of abuse really is. There are multitudes of folks across this country who would rather promote the abuse of children and not take a stand for the most vulnerable of all of our citizens. What a shame.

Anyway, if anyone can help expose this imposter for who he/she really is, it would be appreciated. God Bless all of you who are fighting for the rights of children and families to live in a violent free lifestyle.

Rosie - 07/19/99 21:36:41
Organization: Children In Danger/NAFCJ
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: in a way
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: CPS is accountable to no one, but God
Are you willing to help?: Yes

Comments:
I am just writing because of the nasty post I just read from the Father for Fathers or something like that. This is the kind of person who is getting custody of the children they molest and abuse, that's why groups like this exist, to help the children. I will help you as much as I can, to many children are being sold to those who hurt them and it has to stop.

liz - 07/19/99 02:07:29
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: fathers for fathers
Webpage URL: none
Are you a protective parent?: i wish i could but the bitch won't let me
Have you been falsely accused?: yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: fuck you
Are you willing to help?: hell no

Comments:
your site sucks it is bias,

Ann Samples - 07/15/99 14:20:15
My URL:http://www.homestead.com/canchildadvocacy/index.html
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Glynn County CAN MAKE A DIFERENCE
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:
I posted previously and misprintd my homepage URL. I have corrected it about. Please visit our website to see what we are doing to help fight for accountability.

Ann Samples - 07/15/99 14:17:33
My URL:http://www.homestead.cpm/canchildadvocacy/index.html
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Glynn County Child Advocacy Network
Are you a protective parent?: parent. adoptive parent and former fosterparent
Have you been falsely accused?: yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES YES YES
Are you willing to help?: YES

Comments:
There are numerous problems within the Glynn County (Brunswick, GA)Department Of Family and Children�s Services. The graft in this bureaucratic agency has been reported to the state level often; Those in power at the state level ignore the charges. We have written numerous letters to representatives in the community, the state and the Federal government to no avail. This agency has been charged with practicing unfair standards and practices with foster families and foster children, abusing power, and failing to place the children�s welfare over personal vendettas. This agency cries out for foster homes, while treating the current foster families with total disregard. Some families are harassed and their homes closed while other homes with gross rule infractions are overcrowded. One such family fostered a child for two years but were denied the opportunity to adopt the child because the child is bi-racial and the agency said she needed to be in a black home. The Agency trumped up charges of child neglect to have the child removed. One such family with a spacious home was closed after a difficult multi-racial adoption for lack of space , while five foster children live in a two bedroom foster home that is substandard. The racial bias in adoptions in this county are rampant. A sixteen year old child was removed from her foster family of twelve years because another child made a allegation. This child has documented proof of a history of making false allegations for attention. These are only a few examples that need to be addressed. The agency abuses their power by prefabricating charges against foster parents who disagree with them. Their policy is that foster parents do not have any right to question incompentencies within the agency. Foster Parents place themselves, their children and foster children at risk if they dare to question any practice of the agency. Foster children are snatched and foster homes closed overnight. They are told they cannot grieve these procedures. Foster parents do not have the right to due process. One such home was closed because the foster family fought to adopt an infant that the agency desired to place with another couple. The agency has embarrassed and told defaming lies about this family and fought them constantly over the closing of their home. There have many such confrontations over adoptions in this County. Mainly, multi-racial adoptions. Racial bias is an ongoing serious problem. Children are used as pawns in a vicious battle. The ones in charge at the agency are not concerned with what is best for the children, what they are interested in is the amount of money they get from county and federal funds. Those in power on the state level ignore these charges and continue to perpetuate these activities. We need an unbiased party to help us with these issues. Some Foster Parents have experienced severe persecution because they attended meetings of a local child advocacy group designed to address problems and improve conditions in this county. The agency attempted to place a severely emotionally disturbed child in a regular foster home after he was thrown out of a treatment center, under false pretenses saying � He is just a normal little boy.� When the foster family questioned the agency about the fact that they put their family at risk by withholding information, their home was closed and children were removed inappropriately. Known sex abusers are placed without regard to other children�s safety. Some Foster Parents are investigated over and over for little reason while other homes with drastic problems are never addressed. These are only a few examples of the corrupt policies of this agency. As exemplified, there are several problems that must be addressed or there will be other such disasters as the murder of the infant Kendall Hunt and the abuse of the two month old infant who were under the �protection� of Glynn County Department of Family and Childrens Services. We, the mistreated foster families, are imploring someone to launch a full scale investigation into these issues. The records will show our allegations to be true. Unless of course the records have been falsified which has been done in the past. The agency knows how to play an investigation with lies and deceit. We await your response to this serious matter. We have enclosed a detailed history of some of the foster families that have been maltreated by Glynn County DFACS . We are innocent victims of this vendetta against us. We would like to be total exonerated, our foster homes reopened and the guilty parties held accountable for their actions in this matter. Please take our situation into consideration. There is a innocent four year old child being severely traumatized by one foster families persecution by DFACS. We are also asking that substandard foster homes by brought up to standard or closed. We demand that the unfair practices against foster families in this county cease. We have two local attorneys jump in on our case and say, � we�ll file a lawsuit, your civil rights have been violated.� then the �good ole boy network� in our community talks them into dropping the case. We have implored the Grand Jury to investigate this matter and have been told, �We will not investigate a state agency.� The state will not do a proper investigation. The Attorney General has told us that it cannot help us that we need to talk to the local District Attorney. He was no help at all.we contacted Governor Roy Barnes and he refered us back again to the Department of Human Resourses. It is a relvoving door of incompetencies. Everyone covers for everyone else. Who oversees the agencies in charge of this agency? Some one must be held accountable. We have filed complaints with the Office of Civil Rights in Georgia. They have launched an investigation into this matter. Although we do not expect anything to come of this investigation as has happened in the past. We are in desperate need of assistance. We are middle class people who do not have exuberant amounts of money to fight this. However, we need justice to be served.

- 07/13/99 17:58:31
My URL:http://www.eyesofachild.org/
My Email:http://members.aol.com/mygaboo/page/index.htm
Organization: CHILDREN IN DANGER, NY
Are you a protective parent?: YES
Have you been falsely accused?: IN A WAY
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: OF CPS/COURT/EVALUATORS
Are you willing to help?: YES

Comments:
Since learning about what is going on in the courts and Child protective system, it seems that good dads always lose, while men who molest or batter get custody. The hate I see in the Father's rights pages, the pro pedophile psychologists they use, is hurting good fathers because people are associating all fathers groups with the pro pedophile groups, Good men need to stand up and refuse to use Parental Allienation Syndrome, this is the pedohiles way to get custody. Don't support them, you are hurting a l children when you do this.

Cheryl Mays - 07/07/99 14:44:48
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: yes, and former foster parent
Have you been falsely accused?: yes, accused and victimized
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: absolutely
Are you willing to help?: definitely

Comments:
I am in the process of starting a support group for parents who's children are in out of home placement, (aka victims of child protective services). I would welcome your input and advice. I definitely intend to list this website as a resource.

Rosie - 06/21/99 02:35:21
My URL:http://members.aol.com/mygaboo/page/index.htm
My Email:mygaboo
Organization: Children In Danger, NY
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: of believing my grandchild
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: stop court corruption
Are you willing to help?: all I can

Comments:
So many abused children given to their abusers, children's law guardians that advocate for the molesters, pro pedophile family "experts" corrupt CPS who lie with immunity? God help the children and our nation.

Roger Adams - 06/19/99 00:45:41
My URL:http://www.chillnet.com
My Email:[email protected]
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:
Nice to see a web site that focuses on what should be the number one priority in our lives! Our children. Please allow me to help get web sites like yours noticed.

K Williams - 04/22/99 16:56:33
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: tried to be
Have you been falsely accused?: roundabout

Comments:
i was accused of brainwashing my daughter into making false reports of sexual abuse by her father. As a result I lost custody -to him- and have to adjust to that.

Adrian Mathews - 04/01/99 08:01:04
My URL:http://www.iwr.com/christian/
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Link-Me Christian Reciprocal, Banner, Button Links Exchange DataBase!
Webpage URL: http://www.iwr.com/christian/
Are you a protective parent?: YES
Have you been falsely accused?: NO
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES
Are you willing to help?: YES

Comments:
Hi you have a wonderful site keep up the great work. We would like to extend an invitation to come and exchange links with us and while your there sign our guestbook. God Bless...

Sheila - 03/10/99 04:51:34
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/1184/
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: None
Are you a protective parent?: Yes, Very Overprotective!
Have you been falsely accused?: No
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: Yes, If I Can

Comments:
Hi, Your site is doing a wonderful thing, keep up the excellent work! And best of luck to you and God Bless You for your work on behalf of the kids. The site listed is my daugther's page, pay her a visit and leave your hoof-print in her guestbook while in Texas. Thanks And God Bless, Sheila!!!

Tanya Hall - 03/08/99 07:58:07
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: YES, currently involved in a sexual abuse case w/ 3 year old daughter.
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:

Jay Bowman - 01/28/99 01:05:31
My URL:http://members.tripod.com/~Zen31/index.html
Webpage URL: Levelland
Are you a protective parent?: I am a protective teacher.

Comments:
Dynamite website!! We must protect our children from those who chose to abuse!

Jim Hanssen - 01/19/99 00:48:47
My URL:http://www.networkm.net
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Network Marketing
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: Yes

Comments:
Thank you for doing this.

Cyndi H. - 01/18/99 19:48:39
My Email:[email protected]

Comments:
This site is really taking shape! Great work Portia! Thank you for your continued support of our future...our children!

rosee - 01/17/99 08:17:31
My URL:http://www.dejanews.com/survivors_garden
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: yes, rather overprotective actually
Have you been falsely accused?: no
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: I am in Canada, even less accountability here
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:
I am of the opinion that there can never be too many resources available to help keep children safe and assist abuse survivors on their journey of healing. Your site is one of those resources.

mysticaldi - 01/13/99 16:04:58
My URL:http://www.geocities.com/wellesley/9049
My Email:[email protected]

Comments:
Thought I'd drop by your page and see how it looks. You have a lot of good information here and it is great with the pics! See you at Moms Against Abuse!

Dana Phillips - 01/10/99 04:34:22
My Email:[email protected]
Webpage URL: http://members.tripod.com/LiberalMinded/index.html
Are you a protective parent?: Sometimes when needed.
Have you been falsely accused?: Yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Sure.
Are you willing to help?: As always

Comments:
Caught your name from the ng and though I would have a look at what you do. I think I had seen your page before but was too busy at the time to check it out. I will bookmark the page this time though.

Deputy Mikell - 01/07/99 20:35:18

Comments:
Isaiah 48-22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked

IONE - 01/03/99 20:34:56
My URL:http://www.deeplistening.org/ione
My Email:[email protected]

Comments:
THe work you are doing is invaluable. I send you love, courage and energy for smooth continuation!

The X-Patrol Team - 01/03/99 05:27:00
My URL:http://www.surf.to/xpatrol/
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: X-Patrol
Webpage URL: www.surf.to/xpatrol
Are you willing to help?: Yes

Comments:
We comend you on the great job you are doing. Keep up the good work!

Michelle - 12/28/98 03:51:33
My URL:http://www.angelfire.com/mi/michelleandfriends
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Have you been falsely accused?: No
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: No
Are you willing to help?: Yes

Comments:
As a person who just went through trying to save a 6 year old little boy who is being abused in the name of play I commend this site. I hope that more people will take a stand and protect our children, our most precious gift.

Portia Davis - 12/12/98 18:49:30

Comments:
Please Note that the message posted on 12-10-98 does not provide a name or a e-mail address.

We welcome all comments and opinions, but have to question negative ones when those who post do not identify themselves.

I find it very sad that whoever posted the message allows their personal feelings to outweigh the importance of keeping a confessed baby killer in prison and is not willing to help. So sad...

- 12/10/98 18:42:43

Comments:
I have been spammed with your message. Under other circumstances I would have been sympathetic. However, I strongly resent having my email box flooded with unrequested and unwanted material. DESTROY YOUR SPAM LIST!
musicman_76550 - 11/26/98 00:18:15
My URL:http//@yahoo.com
My Email:musicman_76550
Organization: none
Webpage URL: none
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: no
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: no
Are you willing to help?: yes if I can

Comments:
I'm against the laws of this country that protects the guilty and punishes the innocent.

CJ Jones - 11/22/98 05:30:24
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Have you been falsely accused?: No
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: How?

Comments:

CJ Jones - 11/22/98 05:27:42
My Email:[email protected]
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Have you been falsely accused?: No
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: How?

Comments:

Dana Marie Slusarczyk - 11/21/98 18:00:29
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Join-Hands
Are you a protective parent?: no
Have you been falsely accused?: yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:
I have no access to a computer at home so if i am not on for a day or two i will be back asap. thanks Dana Slusarczyk

Patricia Hogan Weaver - 11/12/98 02:00:21
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Parent and child advocate
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: NO
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: need information
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:

- 11/05/98 16:59:49

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Terry & Linda Arnold - 11/03/98 23:58:19
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Home
Are you a protective parent?: YES
Have you been falsely accused?: No
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: Yes

Comments:

- 10/23/98 18:17:38

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Diana Howard - 10/23/98 14:40:24
Are you a protective parent?: yes
Have you been falsely accused?: no
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: yes
Are you willing to help?: yes

Comments:
Portia, Everything looks great!!! You do a super job at the Network. As a board member, I can honestly say we would not survive without you. The time and dedication you put into your job is unbelievable. Don't ever stop doing what you do! We need more people like you on our side and the world would be a better place. Sincerely, Diana Howard

Portia Weatherall - 10/23/98 11:58:17
My URL:http://www.clevetrtmntctr.com
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Cleveland Treatment Center
Webpage URL: see above
Are you a protective parent?: No
Have you been falsely accused?: No

Comments:

Liz and Paul McLaughlin - 10/12/98 19:51:13
My URL:http://www.efn.org/~scan
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Stop Child Abuse-Save Our Children
Webpage URL: http://www.efn.org/~scan

Comments:
True Story from Donora, Pennsylvania and Portland, Oregon. One man over a childhood during which he and his twin sister were tormeneted and severly abused for eighteen years while the older brother and sister was not abused and not seek help. As a preciou little boy he came close to death twice but Paul McLaughlin survived, and has been a tireless crusader for the rights of children and against child abuse. Paul began his life's work in his home town in Donora, Pennsylvania. He speak out on talk radio, op nn forums, symposium, a television commercial. Advertising on awareness of child abuse,newspaper and magazine articles. Volunteer his time with other nonprofit organization on fund raising for the homeless, hungry, crippled children, cancer, United Way, C ild Abuse, etc. Today, he and his wife Liz now live in Eugene, Oregon where they continue to fight for the right of children everywhere from fear and abuse. Liz and Paul McLaughlin* Stop Child Abuse* 298 Hunington* Eugene, Oregon 97405

Randy M. Fleet - 10/11/98 18:13:47
My URL:http://[email protected]
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: RFFWC
Are you a protective parent?: Non-residential Parent
Have you been falsely accused?: Yes
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: Yes
Are you willing to help?: Yes

Comments:
I'm troubled with the additude that the village has more acces to children than nonresidential fathers. I've seen cases which the fifth or sixth psychologist has the child convinced she has been molested. In a cas here in Summit County the prosecutor foug t vehemently to keep that fact out of the court record. Who's going to stop that?

Don Davis - 10/09/98 23:44:52
My Email:[email protected]
Organization: Center for Child and Family Development
Are you a protective parent?: Yes
Have you been falsely accused?: No
Do you want immunity and accountabilty laws?: YES YES YES
Are you willing to help?: Yes

Comments:
I'm looking forward to th 24th. I like you web site.

10/05/98 10:29:42

Name: Bad Bunny	My URL: Visit Me
My Email: Email Me

Comments:
Nice page. Very informative. Keep it up.

Cyndi Harness - 09/25/98 22:49:27
My Email:[email protected]

Comments:
Great information Portia...Keep up the good work. God Bless You for helping us protect our children!