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I have been in a custody dispute for almost a year now. I am the defendant and have been representing myself.
During the mediation, I had brought up how the father did not disclose his criminal record and signed his name, which is perjury. They knew I was going to bring it up, so the lawyer presented a falsified form that was obviously docked after it was filed at the prothonotary office. I know because I doubled checked and repurchased the paperwork just to be sure. The original form was blank. The evidence she presented was false. Two months later I received an amended criminal history record dated three days before the upcoming pretrial.
Also, the hearing officer is in an intimate relationship with the lawyers daughter, which they did disclose to me, but I still feel played a major role in his decision and should have been considered a conflict of interest. I not only temporarily lost custody, but I was ripped apart and had to get a mental evaluation.
The pretrial has been continued, and to make things worse, the fathers lawyer was recently appointed judge. Another lawyer is taking over. No date set yet, and recently got a pro bono lawyer, but he doesn't seem motivated at all to hear my side of the story. I can't afford a paid attorney, and the only reason the father filed was because after 10 years of not receiving support, I filed and he retaliated in a terrible way.
He was awarded under false pretenses and the mediation should be considered invalid. Am I wrong? If I'm right, how do I approach a situation where everyone power seems to be breaking laws and bending rules?
I have been in a custody dispute for almost a year now. I am the defendant and have been representing myself.
During the mediation, I had brought up how the father did not disclose his criminal record and signed his name, which is perjury. They knew I was going to bring it up, so the lawyer presented a falsified form that was obviously docked after it was filed at the prothonotary office. I know because I doubled checked and repurchased the paperwork just to be sure. The original form was blank. The evidence she presented was false. Two months later I received an amended criminal history record dated three days before the upcoming pretrial.
Also, the hearing officer is in an intimate relationship with the lawyers daughter, which they did disclose to me, but I still feel played a major role in his decision and should have been considered a conflict of interest. I not only temporarily lost custody, but I was ripped apart and had to get a mental evaluation.
The pretrial has been continued, and to make things worse, the fathers lawyer was recently appointed judge. Another lawyer is taking over. No date set yet, and recently got a pro bono lawyer, but he doesn't seem motivated at all to hear my side of the story. I can't afford a paid attorney, and the only reason the father filed was because after 10 years of not receiving support, I filed and he retaliated in a terrible way.
He was awarded under false pretenses and the mediation should be considered invalid. Am I wrong? If I'm right, how do I approach a situation where everyone power seems to be breaking laws and bending rules?