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Lynn Steinberg, Ph.D., Author Hijacks Slam The Gavel Podcast To Interview The Host, Maryann Petri Mar 17, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Lynn Steinberg, Ph.D., Author on to the show to hijack it and begin interviewing the Host, Maryann Petri.
Lynn Steinberg, Ph.D. interviews the host about her multi-faceted family court case, the aftermath of paying an unreasonable amount of child support, ending up in Debtor's Prison and having a major Heart Attack. Also discussed was the Host's win on the child support case in the Superior Court.
Life after court was discussed and how Parental Alienation entered the picture. Also discussed was the Host's book, Dismantling Family Court Corruption, Why Taking The Kids Is Not Enough, being nominated in HopePyx Global International Book Awards as well as Producer of Manks Motion Pictures productions James Russell's screenplay inspired off the book to make a film. Great discussion with Dr. Lynn Steinberg and all her questions asked.
To reach Lynn Steinberg, Ph.D.: lynnsteinberg.com

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Sam Sugar, M.D. Speaks Out On The Beginning, The Middle And The End Of Abusive Guardianships Mar 14, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Dr. Sam Sugar to the show. He is a medical doctor and a founder and president of Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship. This is an organization designed to help expose the corruption of this nation's guardianship systems.
Dr. Sugar received his M.D. from the Abraham Lincoln College of Medicine at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He also achieved certification as a specialist in internal medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine and was distinguished as a fellow of the American College of Physicians.
He has served as the director for managed care at Evanston/Northwestern Healthcare. Dr. Sugar has also taught at both Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and the Chicago Medical School.
In 2014, after experiencing the horrors of guardianship firsthand, Dr. Sugar teamed up to create the Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship.
Currently, Dr. Sugar lives in Hollywood, Florida with his wife Judy.
Dr. Sugar was explaining that the public is naive to the fact that Guardianships are hidden from public view and that the public needs to understand how serious this actually is. Between 90% of all American families consider themselves dysfunctional, so dysfunctional parents produce dysfunctional children and this is known as intergeneration dysfunction and disgruntled siblings find themselves financial targets when they don't know what to do with an elderly parent's financial and medical issues.
This is a very complex dynamic not recognized by the court system. Perhaps they are unaware of it or intentionally ignoring the issues related to Guardianships. We discussed "Epigenetics." The stresses on families and individuals who have taken care of an elderly parent and find themselves and their loved one destroyed by these Guardianships.
Profit is what drives the abuse across the country known as professional Guardianships. Guardianships cannot be fixed, but possibly re-imagined. As a society, we need to take a serious look at how we handle infirmities in the elderly, disabled and handicapped and how we can do better as a country intaking care of people that need help.
To Reach Dr. Sugar: www.aaapg.net
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Monica Griego Updates Us With Her Ongoing CYFD Case, Her Children And Helpful Meditations Mar 14, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back Monica Griego from New Mexico back to the show. Monica was last on the show January 8, 2022, Season 3, Episode #2. Providing us with new updates to her case, Monica discussed Constitutional Rights and encouraged parents to push for their Parental Rights, and to go to parentalrights.org for information . Monica asks for parents to do this for their children. Monica states that in the future, once our children have grown up, will not be "nice" to America or other countries because of what CPS/Foster Care has done to their Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents and extended family.
We discussed Monica's case and how her girls are still on trial home visits with Dad. However, the girls show up for visits with their mother not bathed, hungry and tired, and unkempt. However, Monica has a new Supervisor. Monica was able to attend her daughter's optometrist appointment. Her daughter will do anything to come back home and she is more focused on herself. Monica had brought her daughters snacks that day as well. Her daughter whispered to her mother, "your attorney is an idiot," and continued to state, "she is on Daddy's side." Monica is unable to obtain her own case file, which is her right to have.
Monica talked about how Parental Alienation is continuing more so in her one daughter. This is concerning for Monica and did give parents advice. She told parents not to agree to a safety plan and don't sign one. Monica explained the, "Unconscionable Contract" and that it is a one-sided contract and that a person can't get out of it legally either.
Monica also talked about relaxation techniques. She recommended Access Consciousness and how it helps with experiences with past/present trauma and that janicebiondo.com can help parents find resources in their states for Access Consciousness. She also recommended the App, ACIM and how that helps with meditation.
To reach Monica : mo_mo_hugs22@yahoo.com
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Ben Tomes, Author And MMA Coach, Speaks Out On Taking On Family Court In An MMA Cage: Waging A Literal Fight For His Daughter Mar 08, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Ben Tomes to the show. He is an award-winning wrestling and mixed martial arts coach as well as an author of the Confessions of the Unmedicated Mind series and an alienated parent.
At age 49, he recently made the 2nd oldest debut MMA fight ever as part of an upcoming book and documentary about parental alienation entitled Proxy War. Ben discussed his time in Family Court along with a Guardian Ad Litem who did not function appropriately in her job capacity. The Family Court battle is decided before it get started.
Ben explained that the alienation began even before his daughter was born and the groundwork was laid long before he and his future wife had married. There were consistent patterns. It seems that Empaths find themselves to be intercepted by Narcissists and BiPolar Personality Disorders. There is hidden trauma in families who then cover it up and it perpetuates into Parental Alienation and this evolves, manifesting itself as a child grows up.
We discussed how to deal with the Narcissist behaviors and how judges and attorneys seem to have the same traits.
There was symbolism relating to the goings on in family court and fighting in an MMA fight. Ben talked about his family dynamics and how parental alienation manifested itself in his youngest. The divorce/family court industry works with the same incestuous spinning wheel with no justice in sight as the rabbit holes reach deep. Parents find themselves railroaded as their case ends up hijacked by money-hungry attorneys, GAL's and caseworkers.
But there are other ways to approach the system in another manner albeit a humorous one.
To Reach Ben Tomes: coachtomes@hotmail.com, Twitter, FB, YouTube, Instagram
Confessions of the Unmedicated Mind, Volume 1: Home: Growing up with ADHD, Before ADHD found on Amazon
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Elaine Mickman, Author, Speaks Out On How The Judiciary Is At War With The Constitution, And What Are We Going To Do About It? Mar 07, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back Elaine Mickman, Author of, "Court Gate...The Court$ Divorced From The Law," available FREE in eBook this Saturday March 12th, 2022. Elaine was last on the show on Season 3, Episode 20.
Elaine discussed how the courts are completely eroded, no ruling by law, no following the Constitution, bias and collusion. The court officials violate the 6th Amendment every day.
IOLTA (Interest On Lawyer Trust Accounts) was discussed in-depth and how it is used for a "slush fund." Elaine explained how most lawyers have IOLTA and this has tax-free benefits.
Elaine discussed the judicial abuse of power and the violation of the 6th Amendment. There is more that the public does not know about. There are bigger problems than most know about. The public has lost all confidence in the judges. Judge shopping is another issue, another instance is a judge of the same level cannot over rule a previous order, over-riding jurisdiction of the previous judge, yet it happens.
Malfeasance and nonfeasance were discussed in depth. The Judicial Conduct Board is comprised of sitting judges, attorneys and lay people. They dismiss 99% of cases as" frivolous."
There is a bill in Pennsylvania that must be amended and addressed by the public. PA bill 1909 introduced by the Legislators seeking reform to expand the Judicial Conduct Board from 12 members to 18 members. Expanding this would only expand the network of the connections of corruption. What needs to be done is that the JCB must be completely independent of the system. The proposed bill obstructs the public from getting their complaints fairly considered and reviewed.

Michael Sayen, Author, Part:2, Parent's Rights vs. Children's Rights Mar 04, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Michael Sayen back on the show for Part 2. Michael was last on Season 3, Episode 25. Much discussion on Parent's Rights vs. Children's Rights.
John Locke wrote, the purpose of government is to secure and protect the God-given inalienable natural rights of the people. The Declaration of Independence says, "it is [our] duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for [our] future security." The purpose of the government is to protect our rights and make it safe to practice our fundamental liberties. That is the job of the government.
Sometimes others threaten our unalienable rights, so the government will create laws to govern their actions. Our rights are given by God and fundamental. The US Supreme Court has said that our fundamental rights must be protected by the State. Such as life, liberty, and property (14th Amendment). The Supreme Court said for the courts to take away a fundamental right, it must be done with strict scrutiny. Strick scrutiny says there must be a "compelling" State interest, and it must be narrowly tailored.
The Best Interest of the Child is the State (or court) saying there is a compelling state interest situation that causes the State to violate a parent's fundamental right to raise their child. The US Supreme Court has said time and time again, that the parent knows what is in the best interest of their child, not the State (Troxel v Granville, 2000). And that right must be narrowly tailored to protect the parent's rights to raise their child without government interference. Because, a parent's right to raise their child is fundamental (Troxel v Granville, 2000). Parens Patrie is an old term that says, the Nation is the parent of the child. It gives the government the power to supersede the parent's authority. They claim this is to protect the child from harm (endangerment). Therefore, this is another way to say, "compelling State's interest." This doctrine was used both in ancient Rome and England. However, it was used in England in 1608 to eventually say, the King had supremacy over children when the parent was no longer fit "unfit" to parent their child, or the child was abandoned by the parent and given up for adoption. Parens Patrie cannot be used as a doctrine in family court (Juvenile Court) because the government does not have the supremacy over its citizens (Leviathan).
To reach Michael Sayen: mikesayen@hotmail.com
To find Michael’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Remarriage-Adultery-Michael-S-Sayen-ebook/dp/B098DY3CHJ/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=sayen&qid=1627936700&sr=8-3
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Peggi Wegener Introduces TRE Mar 03, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Peggi Wegener. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and has been a psychotherapist for 35 years. She has extensive experience in suicide prevention/crisis intervention and adult mental health and wellness including the treatment of stress, depression, anxiety, abuse/trauma, grief and more. She obtained certification as a TRE Provider in 2017 and was invited to become a TRE Provider Trainer. She began that certification process in 2020 and expects to complete it in 2022.
Peggi loves teaching TRE because, not only is it effective in reducing muscle tension, calming the nervous system and building resiliency, it is also self-empowering and self-initiating -- once learned, a person can continue to use TRE on his/her own without being dependent on a practitioner.
Using TRE at least twice a week as maintenance for her own nervous system Peggi has experienced better sleep, more patience with normal irritations, and less physical symptoms of stress.
Stress, tension and trauma are neurophysiological processes, and our bodies have a marvelous alarm system that responds to danger (real or imagined). Once that alarm goes off, our bodies respond by hyperarousing certain systems that are critical to our survival (muscles, heart, lungs, key hormones) and turns down or off certain systems that are unnecessary if we are “about to die” such as sleep, processing food, immune system, sex drive, AND complex thinking.
The alarm system also has a built in reset mechanism that restores functions to their relaxed ready processes which are trembling and shaking. All mammals tremble and shake as they recover from stress.
By 10 years of age, most humans have gotten the message not to do that because it means you are weak, crazy, weird, or broken. In so doing, we trap stress and tension and trauma patterns in our neurophysiology.
TRE is a tool that, when done regularly, has the potential to unwind the deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma thus restoring our systems to their relaxed ready processes.

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Paul Zeitz, M.D., Discusses A Global Initiative, The Brave Movement, That Will Be Launched 3/3/2022, To Advocate For Prevention Of Child Sexual Violence Mar 02, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Paul Zeitz, M.D. to the show. Extremely important discussion involved, "The Brave Movement," that will be launched in the early morning hours on March 3rd, 2022. "The Brave Movement," is a survivor-centered global movement fighting to end childhood sexual violence.
Prevention to protect and reduce risk, Healing for victims, survivors and their families and Justice for victims and survivors as well as accountability for offenders and institutions who covered up the abuse.
It is important to know that child sexual abuse comes in all forms and it doesn't matter of the age, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, nationality or economic status. This can happen anywhere either in homes, schools, places of worship community, sports and especially online/social media, which is unregulated and must be held accountable.
About 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 13 boys experience child sexual abuse at some point in childhood. This public health crisis has been put on the backburner for too long and was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Disruptions in routine, isolation, more time spent at home and online, financial insecurity, stress, and anxiety increased the risk and incidents of violence against children.
The data shows COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted communities of color, further exposing longtime racial inequities. We also know that longstanding structural barriers have made it more difficult for Black and Indigenous communities to access a variety of critical services focused on prevention, healing, and justice to end child sexual violence. In some cases, the systems designed to protect individuals and families have actually caused harm and exacerbated existing inequities.
This is unacceptable. We must work together to protect every child and serve all families and communities. We can create a healthier, safer world for every child. Join us and #keepkidssafe.
To reach Dr. Paul Zeitz: drpaulzeitz.org
Brave Movement

Keep Kids Safe

Natalia Dalton Shares Her Story Of Unfairness In Family Court And How The Court Is Failing Her Son Feb 26, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes Natalia Dalton And Chris DeVol to the show. Natalia shares her incredibly unfair story of a mother taken away from her son.
Natalia Dalton is from Alexandria, Virginia and had a son with an ex-boyfriend in 2008. Since the child had been six years of age, Natalia had physical custody. However, when she started to see her son acting aggressively after returning from his visits with dad, Natalia sought help in the court in 2014.
The court, instead of investigating the causes of her son's behavior, they instead fixated themselves on Natalia Dalton. She then became a Target Parent.
In a status conference, the opposing attorney filed an Emergency Motion to SWITCH CUSTODY because he claimed that Natalia had come to her son's school barefoot. Natalia states this never has happened and she was not even at the conference. This motion was granted.
Natalia has found herself only allowed two, three-hour sessions per month to see her son to the tune of $300.00 per session.
Natalia's ex complained that she was rude to a doctor. Unfortunately, there was a court order in place which forbade Natalia to communicate with doctors regarding her son's health. After Natalia had sent out four emails when she became very concerned about the medication, the physician changed the medication. But in retaliation, the judge SENTENCED her to FIVE days in JAIL for violating the court order.
Natalia states, "I have this constant ache in my heart," and "I find myself crying more than usual because of how unfair it is that I can't see my son."

http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2018/06/dalton-facing-jail-for-4-emails.html

http://amlegalnews.blogspot.com/2018/06/chief-judge-lisa-b-kemler-of-city-of.html?m=1

http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/911881278.html

https://amlegalnews.blogspot.com/2018/05/should-judge-be-allowed-to-steal-child.html

https://www.facebook.com/toccarenon/videos/620491771662333/

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159652202634512&id=563059511

https://youtu.be/wkt9DZsiUQc

Natalia Dalton

natalia.dalton@gmail.com

Michael Sayen, Author, PART 1: Err On The Side Of Caution, Parent's Constitutional Rights Feb 26, 2022

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Slam the Gavel welcomes back book author, Michael Sayen to the show. He was last on, on January 19th, 2022, Season 3, Episode #9.
Michael explains contracts and covenants. The truth is, our culture is not compatible with proper family law.
The Bible sets up a patriarchal system. Patriarchy means “the rule of the family.” So, the father lead/run their home, church, society, and government. You really can’t have man lead the home without him also being in charge of leading society. You are not going to have a successful "woman" leader in the community go home and be submissive to her husband. Especially, if the husband has a low ranking or paying job. She is not going to respect his ability as the provider, and she is not going to allow him to control her finances.
Deborah was a judge (leader over Israel), and the proverbs woman sold sashes in the market place, brought a field and planted, and contributed to the household’s needs (cloths etc…). However, she was not responsible for the overall provisions of the family, and was not working a full-time job. A woman who works outside of the home will either profit her employer and the company she works for, or her husband and family. It will not be both.
We live in the world of equality. Or, feminism. That is right, an egalitarian approach in the bible would be equated as feminism. Because, she is pushing against the rule of her husband. There is no such thing as equality of the sexes in the Bible. And there is no such thing as 50/50 shared custody after a divorce. The man will be retaining 100% custody of the children after the divorce, and will likely remarry right away (to have someone help raise his kids). The woman was not allowed to initiate a divorce because she was acquired by the bride price. And even if there was no bride price paid to the woman's father, the man was biblically appointed ruler and provider of the home upon marriage (Genesis 3:16-18).
Americans want equality: equality of opportunity and outcome. They will tell you that a single income will not provide for a family. They will say, they will not be able to survive in this day and age. The true is, you can’t afford not to keep the wife/mother at home with today's assault on children (public education and social services). Only the man was given the curse to work by the sweat of his brawl. Only the man was required to provide food for his family (Genesis 3:17-18)…..More to come in Part 2.

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