Conspiracy

In June 2016, at a hearing, a date was set for August 16, 2016. On July 28, 2016, the judge, on his own motion, changed the hearing to August 23. I was not informed of this change until after the hearing took place.

At that hearing, the judge suspended the visits between my daughter and I, due to a motion by the GAL who was present at the time. An Evidentiary hearing was then scheduled for August 31 and that date was recorded in the orders from the August 23 hearing. I was not at this hearing due to lack of notification.

On August 31, 2016 as I arrived at the court house, I noticed the GAL walking to the court house and when she spotted me she seemed to begin rushing as if in a hurry to get inside.

I was sitting in the juvenile court lobby when the GAL arrived and immediately handed me a motion to continue the hearing on that day. The reason she claimed this was necessary was that she was out of town and had received the notice of the hearing only a couple days prior and was not able to prepare as necessary before the hearing. The date for this hearing was set and was part of the court orders that were received by the clerk on the 26th. The GAL, reasonably, should have already known the date and time of the hearing as she was present at the last hearing in which the new date was set.

She did not expect me to know about the hearing on the 31 because i did not know about the hearing on the 23, therefore was not present to be informed of the next hearing date. When she saw me she hurried in to write the motion to continue. None of her witnesses were seen that day.

The judge scheduled another evidentiary hearing on September 20, and once again I was not informed of this taking place. At the Sept 20 hearing, according to the orders, three witnesses testified against me that i never had a chance to cross examine, the caseworker submitted a sworn affidavit stating she did not know my current address even though she had approved my visits with my child to occur in the apartment i was currently living in. My visits were taken and still a year later, i have been given no real reason for this other than my ¨threats¨ to sue those involved in these crimes against my family.

In the orders from this hearing the judge states that he wishes for the therapist to write a progress letter to the court and state whether visits can resume and under what conditions. It also states that NFC needs to protect the safety of its workers from me and they should develop a plan to carry out their job responsibilities safely if possible.

Nine days after this hearing a meeting took place to discuss beginning TPR process.