The Family Resolution Center

"Not without my child " are almost always the words cried out by parents whose children have been illegally seized by child protective services or the transfer of children from the protective parent to the abuser in family courts across the country.

So many good parents righteously and correctly cannot believe that their beloved, well cared for children are seized  as they stand by helplessly. The family court has access to police enforcement, which can jail a parent on charges dictated by the judge - ( refer to my writing on the case of Stephen Allen Jr./mother - Sandra Allen, jailed in the Queens Court house of Family court by Judge Rhea Friedman who retired after the uproar over the incarceration of a mother who was silently praying in the vestibule of the court, prior to attending a hearing. The mother, Mrs. Sandra Allen was jailed, then hospitalised under court order of Rhea Friedman. The hospitalisation and resulting toxic diagnoses sought to stigmatise the client forever, causing her to not only forfeit her child, but also her work career as the toxic diagnosis would follow her through the Medical Insurance Board and child Abuse registries which are distributed across the country.

The case of Stephen Allen Jr. and his family's fight for his freedom has been written up extensively, both in the NY Post News Paper and in numerous articles written by Jill Jones-Soderman, posted on her web site
fraudforensics.org.

As in the five stages of grief, so follows the stages that families go through in fighting for their children against a well staffed system whose power, authority, access to law enforcement and intimidation is not equal to the resources of the normal middle class family, or even the very wealthy. Those who are initially outraged soon learn to become fearful, humbled, humiliated as the court can make any accusation, speculation, derogatory comment they wish. The client who is generally represented by a court appointed attorney - or even a private attorney - who has to work in this court - and whose colleagues are the Judge, prosecutor, child protective services lawyers, guardian ad litem attorneys, etc. These are the people who the clients lawyer will work with every day and with the next case - and the next case - and so on. You the client are a fleeting element of your lawyers life - these others are permanent fixtures with whom your lawyer will deal as long as the lawyer is in practice in that area.

Lawyers can make deals behind the client's back - say one thing to the client and another to colleagues (refer to the article "Lawyers Who Betray Their Clients" - posted on web site theopenoffice.us).

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Private legal fees amount to ransom. Firms like Lansner and Kubichek in Manhattan require a $50,000 retainer fee, a lien on your home for fees that may be accrued in the future - and there is no guarantee of success. There is a guarantee that if you do not fight for your child - either in a divorce custody battle where there is danger of physical, emotional, sexual abuse - you will lose!

Among the greatest hazard of court litigation for the client is court induced traumatic stress disorder, total loss of trust in everyone - at a time that the client must trust and find allies with whom to work, maintain close communication and fearless opposition when the Judge and state actors are literally out to destroy you.

Jill Jones-Soderman has written extensively about her 39 years of practice - first as a psychoanalyst/child therapist/family therapist/mediator and later in her career - following the court induced suicide death of a young client that she freed from the court's vice like grip - only to be removed from the case and replaced
with the court appointed psychologist - Paul Dasher, PhD, psychologist. Dasher's actual training and credentials are unknown as they appear not to ever be presented to the court during what should be a "Voir Dire" -exposition of his credentials.

 Jones-Soderman has referred to Paul Dasher  as a "serial killer" as per  his suspected purchased, fraudulent toxic reports against good parents who are seeking to protect their children. Dashers spurious, sloppy interaction with clients and testimony - as represented most recently in the case of Sara Kohn v. Beryl Kohn in the Passaic County Chancery Division - Family Court represent the most flagrant abuses of the sacred trust  related to the responsibility of preparing and testifying as to Forensic Custody Evaluations. The social sciences are "soft " science. They are not based on DNA evidence, blood samples, brain scans, only on the well researched, documented, well explained understanding of why one has reached a given conclusion. Forensic  - means - argument  and should mean - a well organized, documented argument, not statements made in desperation thrownat the court - hoping that something will stick - as was the case in Dasher's testimony in the case he attempted to put together to discredit Sara Kohn whose case is discussed in the article posted on fraudforensics.org and lawisnotjustice.us. The series on Sara kohn actually deals with religious bias and the attempt of littigants to influence the court with false testimony and lewd accusations against a good parent who should never have been in the position of being faced with losing children except for the ability of significant others in her life to attempt to impose their will via power and money.


The "FOR LOVE OF SARA AND HER CHILDREN" are a series of articles which will be posted on various web sites and will represent part of a discussion on how one formulates a defense against the bias and dirty tricks of lawyers, judges who abuse their power and influence. There are also good judges who
correctly require evidence, proper procedure, witnesses and solid proof to use in presiding over cases as Family court, unlike criminal court or even Municipal Court, rests their decisions on the discretion of the Judge.

Judge Miguel De La Curerra who has presided over the case of Beryl Kohn v. Sara Kohn has shown himself to date to be a refreshingly independent, thoughtful, sensitive individual. The judge has provided a latitude of testimony on both sides - yet has limited testimony that is clearly meant to be degrading, humiliating and
discrediting to the character of Ms. Kohn. Ms. Kohn is represented by pro bono lawyer, while her soon to be ex husband is represented by two private attorneys, hired by Mr. Kohn's parents who are seeking custody of their grand children. The underlying plot is that the younger Kohn's are not considered to be as
"appropriately" zealously religious jews as the elder Kohns, who are members of the Satmar religious community in Orthodox Jewish sect, while the younger Kohns have chosen to be members of the Modern Jewish Orthodox movement. This choice is seemingly considered a heretical, immodest, violation and of threat to the "best interest of the children" - as represented by Dr. Dasher, whose over reaching to prove Ms. Kohn to be emotionally/psychologically "unfit" can be found neither in Jewish law or the MMPI psychological
instruments administered to Ms. Kohn to evaluate her psychological status.

The grave picture discussed so far in this commentary will be followed by how does one counter the flagrant lawlessness when the court is out of control. The mission statement, articles and work in progress discussed on such web sites as "Family-resolution-center.com, Fraudforensics.org and Lawisnotjustice.com" Discuss the tactics and techniques of forensic consultation and support in dealing with a court permeated by fraud, deceit, dirty tricks and the pursuit of money and power.

Articles on the "Anatomy of a Custody Evaluation, What Your Lawyer Won't tell You, Hearsay Exception, and What Parent Should Know About the Family Courts" are being prepared and will be published shortly. The article "For the Love of Sara and Her Children" Series will be posted with the next day.

Any comments or questions are welcome and will be responded to by the members of the Family Resolution Center and The Open Office Team.