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Joyce Booth's avatar

Women have no enforceable rights in family court. They have no due process and no equal protection. Women are often treated inhumanely by family court judges. Patriarchy controls family court. Children are considered male property. Good mothers are often falsely deemed unfit. They are ordered to be hospitalized for psychiatric evaluations. Women are imprisoned for no good reason. They frequently cannot present witnesses or evidence in family court. Men that have psychiatric and/or criminal records are given child custody. Mothers have their children taken. Separating children from their mothers is harmful. The damage done often lasts a lifetime. Katie is being punished for trying to protect her children. Women do not have the power to protect their children in family court. We need a new system. A jury would give women and children a chance at justice. Family court must end.

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Number9,872,431's avatar

I was not allowed to have testimonies or present any evidence. My judge overruled a protection order by good judge for us to be protected from him. Child abuse disclosures continuously ignored and was told I would go to jail for future disclosures. Same lawyer ran for judge. I was railroaded by a large network of people. There was around 30 people involved in this. It was no small number. My judge has been recently in trouble for bullying multiple coworkers and illegally running a child custody case for grandparents as well as attacking their lawyer in retaliation. This is not first lawyer she has been after. When I say her name, I get told they are so sorry I had to deal with her because she is really bad a person and no one likes her. There has never been good things. My ex is a felon and been to jail multiple times. His criminal child abuse case they let go because he did a lie detector test, but waited a long time to do it. I believe it was around a year it took. I would need to look. He is very sociopathic and so is my judge, so that is a great concern of mine. My ex exploits others, has violated laws that put others at risk for death or great harm, hurts children in ways you should never think of and gotten away with it, had child media they claimed he had nothing on devices which I believe they possibly never checked, he could be producing now since he has custody and gives him access to lots of children, he fits the demographic of producers of it, he has no issue with doing financial fraud, theft, child endangerment like driving manically and threateningly with children in car, he has physically assaulted me more than once, he has laughed about harming an animal, he moved to where he could live isolated, he has been looking at not only outside camera and hidden ones for home, but micro listening devices as small as watch battery, necklaces with them in it too, alcohol hangover cures which he is multiple time crime offense for this as addict, and other things.

In my case, there were mandated reporters who refused to report child abuse disclosures, false reports about me, reports changed so they would be about me, meetings without me, a GAL that people were calling a pedophile in forum he was in, use of parent alienation, constant harassment of me, unethical diagnosis to which had no delusional aspect to it and they said I was ill because of it to point I would make up child abuse ( I wasnt and still am not. I am not an evil person). There was a lot. It made me nearly have a psychotic break because of the relentless mistreatment from them and being exposed to abused to myself, but when someone has to watch it happen where you just are powerless to stop them from legally forcing it to happen… It causes you to almost have a psychotic break, but you know you have to try to keep it together because how will you help them?

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Joann Lovrovic's avatar

Good Evening, after reading this article I lost my appetite. I am disenchanted in the legal system 1000%, The abusers have to loose every time. Women we need to unite and bring down the Family Court System. I can’t believe through 5 family courts my 6 year old can’t get a state attorney, I love him and in 3 days days will be his birthday. 3 year passing and No Auggie. Justice will prevail my friends very soon. The black robes are coming down one by one. Disgusting!!!!!The father holding him hostage isn’t even the real father. Deport him at once.

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Number9,872,431's avatar

I wish they were. I have no faith left in justice. Everyone hold onto hold for me. I experienced it for years until they took everything away. They cannot take my spirit though they whipped me a 1000x, I stood back up every time. They will not get my spirit. May my offspring receive justice and create it themselves, as my spirit is in them and my heart will always be theirs. The court can do whatever they want to me and my family, but they cannot break me, even after all they already did. Im still standing. You hear that abusers, I am still standing. If you end up here reading this from stalking me, I am still standing. All the bruises, the kicks, the words, the judicial abuse, the financial abuse, kidnapping my offspring who I loved more than anything and one of the best moms on this forsaken planet, every insult from you, every gaslighting attempt you made, every hurtful word, every time you forced me to do his visits for him, all the slander and libel, the collusion, the extreme level of trauma you did to me, I am still here and still standing.

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Doc Blue's avatar

Also = https://www.womenscoalitioninternational.org

¡ INDEED ! = " It will be Patriarchy’s Last Stand. "

Doc

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Number9,872,431's avatar

I went through a lot of this. The last date , he was given se custody and the things they said to me I would be able to see, but I would have to pay around $2000 a month for a couple hours. I was threatened with jail if I tried any more to get protection for them.

They had been trying to silence me for a long time. My ex I believe is possibly online stalking me after years of no contact through my work. There is possibility two judges are. One is from states away, but was state next to mine where my judge was from. My judge is known for her abuse to many people and her vicious revenge attacks.There was news report of her being involved in bullying multiple coworkers and some grandparents in a custody case AND their lawyer. This is not first lawyer she went after.

My ex has been scrubbing web of himself. I do not know if I am in danger or how bad it will get.

If something is to happen to me, lead the news and others to my comment please. It may be weeks, months, a year, who knows. I might be the next chart of lost ones. I have not heard from him for years, but multiple things recently have come to my attention that lead me to possibly think he is stalking me online and at least one judge who would be coming from my judge in the case. She assigned another judge to be attached to case when it switched counties years ago. They may be involved.

They may be involved in a CSA ring and my case might be part of that child ring. These people will stop at nothing.

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Marta Bryceland's avatar

How can we help Kathy and her children? Which jail is she located at ?

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The Womens Coalition's avatar

Her name is Katie and she is in Niagra County jail. Call (716) 438-3393 or go to https://www.niagarasheriff.com/ for more info about visiting her.

Katie Lynn Riford; booking date: 10/7/24

You can help her by sharing her story and getting the truth out about her unjust incarceration.

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TDM's avatar

Keep up the great work of reporting on these cases!

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Dee A.'s avatar

I noticed the updated URL to Womens Revolution and saw that you are using the Revolution theme. This made me wonder—are you affiliated with the nonprofit Mothers Revolution or working alongside them? Mothers Revolution was instrumental in getting my children home and protecting them from abuse, so I wanted to ask if there is any connection between your organizations. Thank you.

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