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IS THERE ANY CASE LAW REGARDING PROBATIONARY EMPLOYMENT THAT WILL HELP ME?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 5, 2010
I was a police officer in Ohio for 363 days. With 12 days left in my 1 year probation period I was hit by a drunk driver responding to a call, (I was nearly killed) with lights and siren to assist another officer who had a felony stop. Then 2 days shy of my 1 year probation I was fired by the mayor.
The police chief advised the mayor to wait until the official accident investigation was over before he made any decisions, but he did not care, and ordered the Chief to fire me.
I was cleared in the accident, I was not at fault. The Mayor would not re-instate me, stating I was fired because I failed to meet probationary standards. The mayor knew if he had left me on paid leave until the investigation was complete, those 2 days would have passed, and I would have had full union representation and I could not be fired, especially after the accident investigation implicated the guy that hit me, (he had alcohol, cocaine and marijuana in his blood).
I am suing the city for discrimination, unequal treatment and defamation of character.
Is there any case law that will help my case?
Can anyone give me advice on a custody case i have already in force?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 3, 2010
I have sole custody of my daughter and her father has supervised visitation due to a history of drug addiction. He was court ordered in 2004 to drug test weekly (random) and still to this day has not. It was recently extended to 1 year which initially he only needed to complete 90 days. just last year he completed a 90 day rehab (his 4th attempt) and then right after was arrested and went to prison. Upon his release his parole requirement was drug testing, except it is very random, like maybe once a month. He is insisting that this will satisfy our custody court order even though ours is and has been ordered to be weekly (due to his drug of choice). I think thats ridiculous, but was hoping for feed back. Doesnt his parole requirement have NOTHING to do with his requirements for our custody order?
Actually im pretty sure he has been doing the testing for his parole requirements. He is doing good right now. I do hope it stays that way, but ive gone throught this long enough with him to know that a few months clean mean nothing. that is why i am hoping our order will be enforced. i just need to know as a mom, that my daughter will be 100% safe when and if the supervisions ends.
also, i dont know who his parole officer is, so that doesnt help me any. :(
Newsweek: The case for treating drug addiction in prison
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 2, 2010
Newsweek: The case for treating drug addiction in prison
Treatment for drug addiction works better and costs less than imprisonment alone. So why are states abandoning it?
Read more on MSNBC
The Case for Treating Drug Addicts in Prison
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 1, 2010
The Case for Treating Drug Addicts in Prison
Treatment for drug addiction works better, and costs less, than imprisonment alone, but politically it’s easier to cut treatment than punishment.
Read more on Newsweek
Man linked to O’Neill shooting case has DUI sentence delayed
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 28, 2010
Man linked to O’Neill shooting case has DUI sentence delayed
WEST CHESTER — A Common Pleas Court judge has postponed the sentencing for an Edgmont man on driving under the influence charges after learning of the role he played in circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of a Delaware County teenage four years ago.
Read more on Delaware County Daily Times
Man gets probation in prescription pill case
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010
Man gets probation in prescription pill case
The second sentencing of six people arrested for selling prescription narcotic pills during an undercover police operation took place June 7.
Read more on Eastern Arizona Courier
What can be done with this child custody case?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on May 1, 2010
A friend of mine has a 7 year old daughter who has been in his care for all of her life. Her mother stopped visiting her 2 years ago (she was 5) and has not called, stopped by to see her or contacted anyone about her daughter since that day. Two years later she filed kidnapping charges on the father of the child. At the temporary hearing, full custody was granted to the mother. The court ordered that the father immediately withdraw the child from her school, her home and her extra curricular activities to resume her life living under her mothers roof. Keep in mind that the child had not seen her real mother in two years (she was 5 years old at the time) and had grown accustomed to calling her step-mom “mommy”. The child didn’t even recognize her real mother. Her real mother was married to but seperated from another man at the time of the child’s birth. The father of the child has been living in the same house for more than 5 years and has never changed his phone number, nor have his parents. The mother claimed she did not know how to contact the father in order to see her daughter. What steps should be taken now for the child to be placed back in the care and custody of her father with whom she has been comfortably living with her entire life?
Note: The mother has two other children by two other men and is married now. She has a criminal record, a suspended drivers license and a past history of drug abuse and alcoholism. The child’s father works as a 911 emergency dispatcher/paramedic/firefighter and has had a steady job since he was 18, he is now 29.
Can I use wifes infidelity and alcoholism in custody case?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010
My alchoholic wife has left me and our 2 children for the second time. She is now seeing a deadbeat alcoholic. She voluntarily signed full custody of our 10 yr. old son and shared custody of 5 yr. old daughter to me. Wife has been told by her doctor a few times that she needs to go to rehab to dry out, she also take anti depressants. She has also been told by 2 different alcohol counselers that she needed rehab which she never done. I want to get full custody of my 5 yr. old cause of unhealthy situation at her mothers and wondered if her medical records and counselers records can be used in custody case at Family Court.
what will happen in my child custody case?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on February 9, 2010
4 years ago i received a call from child services to go in to their office and talk to one of their workers about my daughter. It turns out her mother was using drugs and leaving my daughter with different relatives for weeks at a time i always knew and tried to stop it but courts always want proof as long as i received my visits she was fine they would say well because of the drug abuse they gave me the proof i needed to take to family court and was granted full custody with no visits from her mother till she did everything she was ordered to do rehab and so on at that time my daughter was 7 now shes 12 well 4 years with no contact she bettered her self and cleaned up shes taking me to court for a modification of custody her wanting full custody and now me getting visits on weekends we went to mediation and no agreement i told her i did not want to hand her over like nothing happened in this 4 years my daughter has accomplished alot and i don’t want her interrupted she feels confident because she got her other daughters back from a previous relationship back but the guy did not put up a fight he was better of giving his girls back he says IM married and have 2 other girls here in my home they don’t want there older sister to move out im okay with visits but not moving out what will happen in the first court hearing will it get resolved or is there more court battles till this conflict is resolved will she win does the judge consider her absence taking so long we signed a safety pack thru child services with her agreeint to full custody for me while seeking treatment will it help my case and the letters and reports of child services
custody case my son is 2 yrs old will i run into future issues?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on February 9, 2010
i recently went to court to retain custody of my 2 yr old son, i went in front of the judge submitted a dna test police reports and such his order was mother is to complete 9 months of intensive impatient drug treatment, there was a no contact order issued he also made it pertantly clear that she can only see him at my approval under supervision after she completes 9 months of rehab
we recently moved to dobbs ferry from florida the order was issued in florida is there a law that protects me fro running into future problems seeing as the judges orders clearly state that i am the custodail parent and that she is to have no contact which means no calling me my wife my mother grandparents etc… weather it be her or anyonbe else doing it for her
my 2 year old son is very happy with the only woman he has ever called mommy he is very happy he is taken to the park he is given nothing but unconditional love and this women who the last time saw him in febuary of 09 he cried as soon as i put him in her arms which was @ a halfway house and she still went out and smoked cracked
i dont get it i know i have to tell my son about her and i cannot wait until he is to old but he cant be to youbg either i do want him to know about her i will not ever tell him about the bad things i want him to choose if he wants a relationship with her assuming at that time she has long term sobreity (meaning 2 plus years)
i do not want him to resent me because he one day finda a birth certificate or sees pictures etc… i am just concerned about my son he has a good life and she (his biological) is only that and he will know her by her first name she has other kids whom she has nothing to do with i am just confused as to how to handle this situtation i knopw i am protected by the law i also know when the biological is sober she is not a bad person but i also know she cant tay clean to save her ass longer then a few months and all i want is for her to get well so my son can decide if he wants her in his life once he is old enough meaning somewhere between 5 & 7 yrs of age if i can find a correct way to tell him without tramatizing him because he has a Mommy and doesnt need a person in his life that wnats him to call her mommy yet is only there once every few months for day or so he was a convenience she used to ask me to keep him awake so she could play with him @ 11 pm @ night when he was only a yr old if he wouldnt eat she would force feed him i one time had to take him out of her hands and tell her to get the f**k away from my kid another time i had to pick her sorry azz up off the floor as she was passed out on drugs (many times)n i just dont know what to do i want the best life for my son and if that means she is a part of it somehow some way ok as long as he knows that she is only the biological , not the mommy
my son has so much love given to him by my wife and her sister and brother in law and all her cusins and her parents and ofcourse my mother and grand parents and aunt and uncles and cousins and so on please anyone who has experienced such things pos on this,thanks,
May GOD as you understand him/her/it bless you and your family
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