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I’m
Tom Porter and I’m a family law (rights) reformist and
activist. I spend my days helping people who want to be part of
their kids lives. Those who work with me do things like help
write briefs, look for real estate, attend court hearings,
coordinate meetings and offer a sympathetic ear to those who are
feeling the pressure of the system we fight to change. Our fight
is a noble one but one which is sadly under funded and mostly
unappreciated. We as parents have dedicated our entire lives to
raising our kids and helping others.
My case is complicated and convoluted
and I’ve been fighting the other side for the better part of a
decade. I find myself living in a fishbowl and watching
everything I do and say constantly. I’m living life as many of
us in the fight do….under siege. I sleep with one eye open and
find myself constantly measuring my life as something that a
judge will approve of …just in case the war flares up. This is
no way to live and I’m now finding that I’m losing steam. I’m
tired and depressed that anyone should have to live like this
and be ever vigilant just because they want the best for their
children.
The numbers of countless victims of the
family court system are growing exponentially every day.
Myself and those who do what I do are merely the mash unit
of this war and are chin deep in the bath of destruction
littered with the families that were happy yesterday. They
signed up, however reluctantly, for the war because they
were sold the idea that when you can no longer communicate
with the person you were blissfully in love with a day, week
or month ago you should contact a lawyer and talk through
them. They didn’t count on the fact that they would be bled
dry by the system and left for dead. Their children
permanently scarred, their homes sold, their businesses
ravaged to the point of uselessness, their honor
systematically pulled apart with pliers until they were the
pariah of their once friendly neighborhood, their friends
,only weeks before sharing a story at a cookout or picking
their kids up at the bus, now turn away in the store, their
daily schedule now filled with court appearances, their bank
accounts frozen and in many cases left a mere shell of a
person and then judged as a bad parent by those who
destroyed them.
We as survivors of the system
walk now as the shell shocked near dead and use our last
glimmer hope to search for just one person who can help us
understand the devastation. We try to raise those on the
brink of total loss up to a level of minimal survival so
that together maybe we can lighten each others load. Quite
often those who are at the brink go over. In plain view of
those of us who could not find the right words or couldn’t
respond quick enough to stop the onset of the debilitating
depression, self loathing and seething hatred to save the
countless who come to the end of their line and turn to the
final extreme such as Perry Manley. The hopelessness and
feelings of dread are the product of the opponent and they
revel in the destruction of the soul. Those who have never
seen or experienced this are to be counted as the blessed.
The community of activists (triage specialists)
is relatively small compared to the numbers of those who have
survived and I count myself the least amongst these. This
community is made of mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts,
uncles, second spouses and now grown children of divorce. We all
communicate and are connected to various people and groups
around the world. We have banded together to try to bring some
organization to the thousands of those who have been slowly and
painfully dissected by the courts.
As many organizations do we have those few that
are not interested in the big picture but rather their own
personal satisfaction. These people are soon weeded out and the
work continues.
I know very few of us who actually make money
doing this. I continue daily to assemble all the pieces that
need to be in place to create a working organization here in my
town. This is no small task and with the skepticism of those who
know and have suffered at the hands of the omnipotent system of
corruption that opposes us it becomes even greater. This is a
cause which must not be ignored any longer and those of us who
have chosen to take on this overwhelming goliath in broad
daylight need the help behind the scenes support of those who do
not dare or do not know how. We need funding, letters of
support, attendance of functions, technical support for the
dissemination of the information and organizational help in all
areas.
Our Cause is one that covers many facets of the
existing problem and is not solvable with a silver bullet but
rather many answers to all aspects. In my years of involvement I
have collected many of the answers and so have many others and
now we must act together to create a society which brings back
that which we have lost over time…the rights and
responsibilities of parenting and the inexplicable joys of our
children well raised.
We as a group value ethical treatment of all
parents, children and families alike. We value the opportunity
to teach our children the very basics of social grace and
respect and the respect of those who chose to be a positive
member of our global community rather than a parasite. We know
little to be more important than our god given right to nurture
our offspring and find nothing more tasteless and offensive than
those who seek to interrupt or profit from that process.
The courts are systematically destroying our
society and families. They’ve wreaked their share on mine and
continue to do so. How many more generations will we watch
destroyed by a system that feeds on the suffering and pain of
our children and theirs and theirs again. I’m Tom Porter and I’m
proud to be an activist. Please support our cause ….any way you
can.
NOW IS THE TIME AND WE ARE THE
PEOPLE
Tom Porter - two children in the collusive hands of abusers News Release ---- Summary of my case --- abuser James Allamong Jeremy Swanson - Fathers of three children - Exiled from his Children. John Murtari - one son, Child Support Disaster Isidoro Rodriguez - International Custody Case, 16 year old son Ron Jagannathan - 2 daughters, jailed illegally twice : White Collar Child Abusers - Janine Saxe & Robert Machen Bessie Hudgins - grandmother - Three Sides To Every Story - MeMa And The Truth Jeff Whyte - two sons and one daughter, false accusations, protective order, etc. Stephen McVey - sons: Josh & Jake Sabrina P. - Wasn't allowed a relationship with her father. Lary Holland - One Man's Fight, you are not alone. Pleadings online. Lenda - 8 year old granddaughter Chis - link to his website Stephen Barnes - Daughter Lindsey Basim Sawwan - Daughter Michelle, no contact since December 2004 Conrad - false allegations, arrest, jail, etc, two children Mother & Special Education Teacher - One Daughter, speech to legislators. Bill Flores - two daughters, no summer or Christmas visitation. Jim Manion - Judge placed my daughters with a convicted pedophile. Mark A. Valenti - Parents need to understand that no matter how innocent they could be, all it takes is an allegation. My family was separated and termination of parental rights were filed on an allegation alone. We fought to keep our children from being adopted. And we very easily could have lost. All because we didn't believe it could happen to us until it was almost too late. Murray L. Steinberg - Testimony - U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Anonymous #1 - letter to Congressman Boyd. Mark - only able to see his children once a year. Rebecca - hasn't been able to see or talk to her girls, Sara Lyn and Julie Ann, since Aug 1999 when her ex got custody. Anthony Aragon - Jail, probation, $1,200/month child support. Larry - Over 20 years of abuse, by the system...destroyed my familly, my carreer, my future. Robert Sell - comments Kali - comments Murray L. Steinberg - comments Vincent D. Kelly - not the biological father, must pay child support Kent Griffith - daughters: Kayla and Krystal Anonymous - Orange County, California - left with only 23% of his $66,000 income. Steve Cloer - abused by his wife then by Judge Robert Mitchum Sveta & Lisa - children abused by attorneys Ms. Janine Saxe and Mr. Robert Machen Chip - Letter about Judge Gaylord Finch Elihu Eli El - daughter: Kaylyn Submitted URLs: A View From Inside The Courtroom - Linda L. Kennedy, Attorney and Virginia JAILer People Before Lawyers - Putting the rights of citizens ahead of the profits of lawyers Mike Cox.com - Response to MI Attorney General Mike Cox harassing fathers. Submitted Documents: STATUTORY MODEL FOR LEGAL CUSTODY & EQUIVALENT PHYSICAL CUSTODY - by Chuck Evans UPREPA - Uniform Parental Rights Enforcement and Protection Act CD-training-outline.pdf - CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE GUIDE civdislegal brief cd.pdf - Legal Briefing for People Considering Non-Violent Civil Disobedience J.A.I.L - Judicial Accountability & Integrity Legislation (J.A.I.L.) Complaint.doc - Complaint filed for Texas Class Action Affidavit.doc - Affidavit to join Texas Class Action
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