Whistleblower Sues Family Court over Firing

•    I am impressed by the quality of information on this website. There are a lot of good resources here. I am sure I will visit this place again soon.

• God Bless you Emily, please don't stop the fight!  

• I remember going to jury duty and watching dumbstruck as at least 20 potential jurors were dismissed one after the other because they knew, or knew of someone who had been involved in some kind of domestic violence issue. it's time for some new resources! meanwhile, here is a recording of an interview about some alternative ways of looking at this issue that lead to empowered mothers and empowered children. it's not exactly what I was shooting for but it's good for what it is: "Heal the Suffering of Unjust Separation: when courts grant custody to abusive parent"...Interview at www.lettinggomadeeasy.com/KVMRrecording out of that experience of the interview, I got a much bigger vision of how to make an unpalatable subject much more interesting to the public. I plan to do more of a radio documentary style piece, along the lines of 'this american life on' on pbs, but I need more women's voices. do you have an opinion about this stuff you want to express? gabrielle

• I spent some time recently looking up (reading) Ms. Gallup's complaint, and a little background on the defendants in her complaint, including Carmella (Smith) Cellini, who apparently has no law background whatsoever, spent 20 years teaching elementary school in a privileged and very racially segregated neighborhood outside of Oakland (Orinda) and lists that both she and the officer she replaced were certified/trained by Joan B. Kelly. Part of the work done in the elementary school included pushing a curriculum, or program, heavily funded by foundations (etc.) called "TRIBES" and relating to the attempt to socially, emotionally, etc., program school children. I suppose the same would carry over into the courthouse.... People concerned about the courts who do not understand the impact of Joan Kelly et al. are uninformed, and this series has not helped in that matter. It's not on today's schedule to pull this information into a comments, but those are some indicators. Add to this that Mr. Jamison, quoting Judge Borack, got her perspective quite wrong (she is on the Board and was past president of a major courts-connected organization AFCC, who is quite big on PAS interventions, and holds conferences, and workshops, on it....). It seems incredible to me that Ms. Gallup might be unaware of the Access/Visitation grants to the courts, or their purposes (to increase noncustodial parenting time by recommending mediation, supervised visitation, and parenting education/ counseling (Many times in organizations started originally by family court judges and/or attorneys). How could mediators not be aware of where their paychecks come from? Another thing I'd like to look at is the factor of whether or not a mediator IS supposed to be doing criminal investigation work. Regardless of her firing, from my experience with mediation, my understanding is -- NO. The parents bring the material. A mediator is not supposed to bring to the table information which one parent has not served another, but to reconcile both. (of course, they don't follow that standard....). Perhaps I can follow up on this, and perhaps not, so these are just a few leads on the matter. I believe that while this is progress in showing the retaliation, it is still off-target, and the "target" should instead be WHO is the financial incentive to corruption in the courts? I also believe that CJE may be intentionally, and through these Jamison articles, trying to throw a decoy into the mix in that matter. The federal incentives to California (and other states') courts to compromise due process -- and break the law -- is HUGE. Find me talka bout that from CJE or another site dating to before about, 2011, when other bloggers kept pushing and publicizing the issues in our non-nonprofit, non-legislative-crony (Mark Leno, I mean) manner.... We just write and post.

• This truly is a tradegy, but as hundreds of other people have said, "the Family Legal System is corrupt and needs a total overhaul." And the really sick thing is, you finally find someone - a good professional that is trying to do the right thing and they get fired. I think this is what you call protecting their own and politics -" one on one." Just keep your mouth shut and you'll do just fine................. Honestly, I don't see how these people live with themselves on a daily basis. How they continue to hurt the general public and most of all the innocent children. I listened to a custody evaluator for a move away case - he just sat there and perjured himself in the trial. And got away with it. I knew, because I was a witness for the father. I had personally talked to the evaluator several days before the trial. It was beyond words and the Judge was just as bad. It will take an act of Congress before anything is done about this national tradegy. n

• Thank you again Peter Jamison...I was wrong...there is a person employed by the Court attempting to do the right thing and what happens? She applies common sense and the law to her work and she gets fired! Thank you Emily Gallop and Peter Jamison for speaking out. Talk to Judge Salcido near San Diego Mr. Jamison.

• Family Court is perhaps the most corrupt system in the Country. You will not hear another word about this suit or this woman again. I absolutely guarantee it. Family Court works in extreme secrecy and will either crush this woman or quickly pay her off.

• We, the population of this country are the voters, not the lawyers and judges who make money by hiding facts. Lawyers depend on repeat business and recommendations. The State Bar Associations are monopolies, therefore, violating Federal Law. Take them down, and justice will be severed.

• Will the judiciary actually be living up to their motto, "In pursuit of truth and justice?" (The motto is a statement, not a question actually.)

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