I wish I had been assigned a different judge for my case. I don’t feel he was very sensitive to my DV case. He complained about the ability to read the declaration I made when I had sustained injuries as part of the DV incident on my DV attack mainly on my dominant hands. I was not heard out on my side of the attack to the full extent and my abuser was praised during the hearing, making the hearing seem less validating of my experience. I had already felt failed by the system in light of his short sentence by the county and this hearing truly broke me. I had come prepared to present 30 pages of evidence and none were even reviewed. He was upset over a slight error on dates but anyone with DV experience knows that during the DV attack and immediately trying to file for an RO, there is coping with the immediate trauma, brain fog, struggling with my injuries… there was more frustration than sensitivity here. I came home crying. What I truly wish I had received here was an understanding judge who would not try to rush through hearings, and review my materials and ask me what I wanted. The time period for the RO granted isn’t enough. Because now I will have to come back again and waste my time as my abuser has already violated in the past and current RO’s. What the judge didn’t get to hear is my what I wanted to say… that I have been patient with my abuser, I had tried to seek resources for him, I have dropped charges and tried to keep him out of county multiple times always believing in the same things that this judge believes… that county doesn’t help people as much as therapy and external resources does. But my abuser refused help and always wound up back at my doorstep trying to hurt me immediately out of jail. And it almost cost me my life this last time.

The judge has an extreme bias towards fathers. He does not rule with the blind eye of the law, but is eager to lean in favor of his own preferences and opinions. This is not an equal opportunity judge and is known for being partial, unfair and uncaring. He has no interest in the best interests of the child. He is dismissive and it seems like he may just be there to collect a paycheck.

No awareness or any care about domestic violence. Threatens to take kids away if one parent so much as accuses the other of keeping the kid away or parental alienation ( with no proof). Likes to keep families coming into his courtroom by making little to no progress at every court date. Doesn’t care if he’s causing one parent to become bankrupt or homeless by keeping said parties coming into his court room for years. Doesn’t care about the kids. Cares about saving the wealthy parent money as long as they pay their lawyer & be in his courtroom.
Doesn’t care if a parent becomes ill with cancer and is undergoing cancer treatment, he still wants to keep you coming into his courtroom for as long as possible.
Biased and used his own experience of being a divorced father as examples or reasoning for the decisions he makes.