Albany Area NOW PO Box 13773 Albany, NY 12212-3773

Phone: 518.472.9120 Email: info@albanyareanow.org 

Hello to All, 

Here is the official update regarding the civil rights law office meeting in DC. 

The lawyers are willing to take on the case! 

As these cases are quite expensive to mount, we need to do as much of the “investigative groundwork” as possible ourselves.  For clarity purposes any potential plaintiffs ARE NOT being asked for any money, not one penny, in order for the lawyers to take on the case.  Alternative sources of funding for the case are being sought.  With the money issue out of the way and hopefully some of your concerns put to rest, let us continue.  

Please be aware the case may take as long as 24 months to put together.  

This class action is open to potential plaintiffs outside of New York State. 

As opposed to going for a suit against the law guardians first, the best way to proceed is to file this class action on behalf of the Mothers, first.  Then while we are gathering the case information, we will of course be gathering all the “Law Guardian”, Guardian Ad Litem, etc. information.  One investigative step so to speak, with the goal of two separate class actions.  The main reason for proceeding in this manner is the “statute of limitations clock”, for children usually begins to “tic toc” when the child reaches 18.   

The first two steps of the groundwork necessary for the case are the following: 

• Please send your story to myself.
• In your story there is no need for you to worry about the names of the “players” being included.  I know this may seem odd, yet there is a reason for this, which will become clear.
• I know for so long many of you have been told by the “system” to keep emotion out of relaying your stories, in order for this silent epidemic of our children being “legally kidnapped” to come to an end, we need to show to all who are willing to listen the soul wrenching pain we experienced.
• Therefore, please write your story from the heart.  No worries about spelling, grammar, sentence structure, how many pages you write etc.  The more detail and length the better.  I promise you through the tears you will experience the tears will help cleanse your soul.  You will find more strength and courage than you knew you possessed to turn your senses of powerlessness, anger, and rage at the injustices meted out against you and your children into the necessary positive, creative force we need to free our children and bring them home. 
• This is the main reason you have been told in the past to leave your emotion out of it, because those who fight against you know when you finally get back in touch with your emotions, they shall be defeated!  Your mind, psyche, emotions, and body all working in unison is the biggest fear of your opponent.  For your opponent knows the universal truth, “THERE IS NO STOPPING A MOTHER AND WOMEN WITH ALL OF HER FACULTIES FULLY IN TACT & FUNCTIONING AS ONE” 
• After you write out your story, then simply list on a separate page and/or pages, if necessary the particulars of the “players” involved in your story.
• Judge/Judges
• Court/Courts
• County, Counties, State and/or States
• All Attorneys who represented you
• All Attorneys who represented the other side
• All custody evaluators
• All Psychologists
• All Psychiatrists
• All Social Workers
• All Attorneys, Guardians, “Child Representatives”, Court Appointed Special Advocates, responsible for speaking on behalf of the child/children’s wishes in the court and protecting their rights,
• All Child Protective Workers, Supervisors, etc.
• All case numbers for any child protective investigations.
• All Police Departments, Officers and report numbers.
• All Supervised Visitation Agencies and Names of their workers involved in your case

Included in the above list of Players please include as much detail as possible, for example addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses, state registration/license numbers, and of course any other pertinent information. 

The following is written so as to give as much guidance as possible to all, some of you receiving this letter may already know all of this information, yet some of us may be starting at the beginning so this information is necessary to aid as many women and children as possible.  Thank you for your patience with this communication if you already possess this knowledge. 

If you do not have your own court files, attorney files, evaluator, psychological reports, psychiatrist reports, child protective case files, police reports, etc. begin to gather this information.  Basically, you need every single scrap of paper in every single file of anyone involved in your case.  I know some of you may think this is a daunting task and may be unaware of where to begin and what to do to gather all this information.  You may have tried in the past to gather this information and been told you cannot have the information for whatever bogus reason and you were confused as to why.  The truth of the matter is these are your cases and you are completely entitled to receive every scrap of paper in any of your files, regardless of whether the paper is simply a note about someone “ordering a pizza for lunch”, if this document is in your files, the document belongs to you.  The court system and the involved players only hold these files in a fiduciary capacity.  Remember the files contain the “keys” to freeing your child/children and bringing them home to you. 

Remember in the legal arena verbal basically means nothing, from this point forward all your communications with anyone during your file acquisition stage need to be in writing, so to protect the truth, your rights and by extension the rights of your children.  Send all communications via email, as this basically costs you nothing to send and is documentable.  If you do not know the email address for the particular “player” you need to communicate with, first try to a phone call to acquire the email address.  Remember to ask for the whole name of the person you are speaking with, the best time to ask for the name is at the very beginning of the conversation, prior to your asking for the email address.  If the person you speak with asks why you want the email, simply state words to the effect, I need to communicate with so and so regarding a private, personal, legal matter.  If the person continues to pressure you for a further explanation please simply say thank you for your time and hang up the phone.  One other tip, when you make this initial phone calls please do the “star whatever code to block your phone number.”  Write down the date, time, and person’s name you spoke with you will need this info for your letter.  If you are unsuccessful during the phone call, no worries, just write your letter and send the letter certified, return receipt requested United States Postal Service, so you will hold proof of the receipt of your communications with the party/parties to which you write.  At the end of all your written communications state words to the effect, “due to the legal nature of the contents of this letter, I am only available to communicate with you and/or your representatives in writing, via a documentable format, either email at (your email address) or certified, return receipt requested United States Postal Service.  Additionally I did attempt to acquire your direct email contact information, so you and I might communicate in the fastest, least expensive, documentable mode of communication on (date, time, and name of person you spoke with) and so and so refused to provide myself with your email.  Hence this letter was necessary.  Again, please stand firm, with this requirement, because you are building your evidence for your portion of this class action. 

Just start with writing a letter to your attorney and/or attorneys stating, words to the effect, “due to the fact, my files are incomplete, please copy and prepare for my personal pick up the entirety of my attorney file held by your office in your fiduciary capacity as my attorney of record for legal proceedings in which you represented myself.”  Please be aware, the attorney whether paid by you and/or court appointed was paid and held an ethical responsibility to at the time of your proceedings to provide you with every document in their file, so if your lawyer tries to charge you for these copies stand firm against this monetary tactic to keep you from your records.  

Please feel free to email myself at either the chapter and/or bmorrissey@nycap.rr.com if you have any questions and/or run into any “brick walls.”  The entirety of the court records we have time to gather.  Right, now the most important information is your story and the detailed list of players. 

Please check out the new blogspot, nakedjudgeny.blogspot.com, fyi, there is no need to type the www at the beginning of the address, I tell you this because some people reported problems with finding the blogspot.  This blogspot is an additional tool for those who reside in NY, to exchange information regarding the players in their cases, and for us to utilize in the political/legislative arena to “legucate” our elected officials as to the overwhelming need for “Family Court” reform.  In you are from outside NY, someone is willing to help you create a blogspot like this for your state.  I truly hope those of you who have sometime to spare will choose to contact us to create this resource for your state. 

If you did not receive the announcement from Wendy and/or Marcia regarding the email campaign going on this week to Oprah, please advise.  If you still need to email Oprah, please do so, the more stories she receives the greater the possibility Oprah will help us to bring the crimes against humanity being suffered by women and children of America out into the bright light of day.  If you have already sent your story to Oprah, Thank You!  Please remember to forward a copy of your story to Wendy, Marcia and/or myself so we are able to track how many email communications Oprah received.  Also, please note from Wendy and Marcia’s email, the pain the protective parents and our children endure effects those around us as well, therefore enlist as many of your friends, families, and colleagues to write to Oprah, too. 

Finally, please accept my gratitude for your patience with regard to your long awaited receipt of this update.  Remember to contact Albany Area NOW with any questions you have regarding the class action.   I do have one last idea to share with you, start watching Law and Order, Cold Case Files, and other real life shows about the law (if you do not already do this) they hold a wealth of knowledge with accurate portrayals of how the legal process works and investigative techniques you may find helpful.  I did.  There is no need for you to actually go to Law School, when all the education you need to be successful at your goal of bringing your children home, and holding those accountable for “legally kidnapping” your children in the first place, is only a clicker away.   

In Sisterhood,

Barbara Morrissey, President

National Organization for Women – Albany Area Chapter