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Capt_Reyne

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What is the name of your state? California

The situation involves a child who has been sexually abused by his father. Neither the attorney assigned to represent the child, nor the judge presiding over the custody hearings, nor a number of other legal people involved in the case are doing their job - that being, to protect the child. The child is under constant threat of being returned to the abusive father; this prospect terrifies the child, yet those who should be supporting the child seem only hell-bent on getting custody for the father. The mother is very capable and loving, and has never neglected or abused the child.

In a nutshell what I want to know is, to what authority are the judges and attorneys answerable? Who can one go to to place a complaint about the shocking mishandling of this case?

Thanks,
Capt_Reyne
 


JETX

Senior Member
I would assume that since no one else feels your concern AND that it would be extremely unusual for all of these qualified persons to 'ignore' the facts as you claim, that the problem would not rely with them.

However, to answer your question....
The State Bar of California Bar has a process for filing a complaint against attorney actions or conduct. It can be found online at:
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_generic.jsp?sCategoryPath=/Home/Public Services/Lawyer Discipline & Complaints

As for the California judge(s), the State of California Commission on Judicial Performance complaint process can be found at:
http://cjp.ca.gov/comprocess.htm
 

CdwJava

Senior Member
Proof may be your problem. What proof (not YOUR thoughts or beliefs, but actual evidence or direct witnesses) is their that this is happening. The court cannot terminate parental rights or visitation based upon accusations and unsubstantiated beliefs. I have been involved in a number of molestation cases where there is an accusation that cannot be proven ... and some of them might actually be true - but we cannot prove it.

So, there may be no options available to the court. They may not be able to consider the accusations in the dispute at all.

Carl
 

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