I tried to explain to the Judge about the situation that led to the Facebook page, but judge Boliker again refused to allow me to speak.
My Daughter is a born Catholic and prior to this charade attended and enjoyed mass anywhere from one to three times a week. She has been prevented from attending mass since June 2019, which is a blatant violation of her 1st amendment rights to the constitution.
Melinda Martin (GAL) and Rebecca Smith (Midwest Care Management manager) refuse to answer any of my calls or emails when I have reported my daughter’s severely declining cognitive abilities, almost total loss of verbal communication and neglect of her life threatening medical conditions. She is slowly being killed by and under the guise of a corrupted and criminal judicial system.
As of today my daughter Justice is being prevented from reaching me by phone as well as my calls being blocked on her end.
My oldest daughter informs me that her mother had sexually abused her when she was a child. My daughter also informed me that she had filed a 5-million-dollar laws suit against her mother. My daughter feels that her mother most likely sexually abused her sisters as well.
According to the custody agreement which was deemed to remain in place by Judge John J. Fleming in the 2010 Co-Guardian case #2010 P 005515, I was to pick Justice up at her mother’s new residence in Chicago @ 12:00 PM. When I arrived, the doorman informed me that a child with Down’s Syndrome had walked away with someone other than Ms. Peters (my ex). My ex refused to answer the phone or the page from the doorman. My ex’s interference was common but because of the new location and the information of the doorman, I called the Chicago Police and informed them of my concerns that my daughter may have been kidnapped. The police came and forced my ex to produce my daughter who had been given to an old nanny that I had once used. There was a huge commotion in front of the condo as my daughter returned with the nanny and the police wanted to speak with her. My daughter was crying and very upset as my ex was screaming and yelling at the police and the nanny not to allow my daughter to return with me. Because this was a civil matter the police could not make my daughter come with me. Even though I knew my daughter wanted to come back home with me, I allowed her to stay because she was so upset and could not speak. I felt at this point that it would be fixed in the morning when I could contact adult services and my lawyer who organized the guardianship in 2010. I hugged her and told her that I loved her and that everything would be alright. *There was a police report filed as well as the officers noted that they thought my ex was under the influence as well as unstable.
When I returned home, I found an emergency petition that my ex-wife had filed with the Cook County probate court under the false pretense that my daughter Justice was not receiving the proper care and education under my supervision. The court date was for Thursday the 15th only three days away. I had not seen my daughter for almost ten days.
In a desperate search I hired Steve Raminiak to represent me. I was informed that the GAL, Melinda Martin had already met with my ex alone as well as with my daughter Justice. The only meeting I have ever had with the GAL was a phone call the night before the first day of the trial. On this call I was informed by the GAL that she had met with Justice and that Justice was perfectly fine and that everything was ok. This was ridiculous as she had never met Justice before and had zero baseline knowledge to make that assumption. (Later I would discover the truth about this) I tried to inform her as to the complexities of this situation but she refused to listen and kept telling me that Justice was fine. On that call I questioned her due diligence and competency. Steve Raminiak professed how great the GAL was and how lucky I was to have her. *When I informed the GAL that my ex-wife was not only a drug addict and an alcoholic but that she was being sued by my oldest daughter for sexual abuse and that my ex-wife bathes naked with my 26-year-old daughter who is totally capable of bathing on the own. The GAL stated that my ex admitted to bathing naked with my daughter. Steve Raminiak made the statement that because my daughter had special needs that bathing naked with her just might be necessary. Why would he say this in front of the GAL when he had no knowledge of my daughter? This was a ridiculous assumption as my daughter had been showering by herself for over 15 years without any help. After this call the GAL accused me of being verbally abusive, which is a planned reverberation of my ex’s constant false allegations against me. My ex-wife’s meeting with the GAL and laying down this false foundation, which has been a part of her smoke screen from the beginning of the 2000 divorce. *GAL Melinda Martin, who’s only client in this case is my daughter Justice, has never once done anything to protect her, as I strongly believe Justice is being physically, mentally and sexually abused at this very moment.
** I was unable to attend court as I was giving a lecture to the St. Thomas More Society at Marquette University. Steve Raminiak called me from court and said if I would state that I was secure with my ex-wife not being a pedophile or a threat to my daughter and would never sexually abuse her, then he could get the custody schedule reinstated. He knew this was untrue and still wanted me to lie. When I refused, he said that most likely a third party would then be appointed by the court and my daughter would be placed in a neutral living situation. Steve Raminiak called again at the end of the day to inform me that Midwest Care Management had been assigned to take control of my daughter and that they would be contacting me. My daughter continued to stay with my ex-wife. When Midwest called me, I told them that I did not recognize their authority regarding the care of my daughter. I was upset and astounded as to the court’s decision to take my daughter from me without proper due diligence. They had not spoken to either of my other daughters to get insight as to the incredible quality of my parenting as well as the true motivation of my ex-wife, which was to apply pressure to the pending sexual abuse law suit filed by my oldest daughter and alienate Justice from me as punishment for the law suit. My ex also filed a frivolous law suit against me for causing her to have PTSD.
My middle daughter, Dylan, was appointed as neutral residence for Justice until the completion of the trial. This was both good and bad as it was better for Justice staying in a place with a family member, but bad as overnight visitation was ruled out and Justice had to be picked up in the morning and dropped off at night by each parent. This was incredibly damaging to my Down’s Syndrome daughter as this whole situation was scary for her, confusing and very damaging to her mentally. Midwest Care Management’s employee Rebecca Smith was the contact person who allowed requests for visitations by either parent. I never once broke visitation rules but Rebecca Smith looked the other way as my ex frequently refused to return Justice to Dylan’s Chicago apartment. Dylan informed me that her mother was drunk and high everyday by 12 noon and was incapable of returning Justice at the end of each day that she was with her mother. Rebecca Smith was informed of all this but never repeated this information to the court or the GAL Malinda Martin. I have proof that Rebecca Smith and my ex-wife colluded and conspired brier to the beginning of this trial.
The trial’s focus was on the best care plan for Justice, Midwest Care Management vs mine. *My ex-wife was also given total immunity from being questioned during the trial. Behind my back my new lawyer Matt McQuiston made a deal with Amy McCarty to have my ex-wife exempted from being involved in the trial or being called to testify. He told me this was typical. This turned out to be a lie and an incredible disadvantage to saving my daughter. My ex was in no condition nor desire to have her plan for Justice exposed. She backed, orchestrated, and colluded with the court’s appointed vender, Midwest Care Management and its case manager Rebecca Smith prior to and during the case. I have proof of this. My ex also provided funding of an apartment’s $5,000.00 per month rent and in addition to that, the salary of a care taker “Jenny” who had obviously been told that the outcome of the trial would be in favor of this conspiracy and result in her employment. I thought neither of these two facts were ever discussed or disclosed with or to my new lawyer or me throughout the 6-month trial. Now as I look back, I realize that my lawyer knew all of this. Keep in mind that I was and am still co-guardian of my daughter.
The court ruled that Cook County would take sole custody of my daughter Justice and give responsibility of her care and all decisions of her life to Midwest Care Management and would be overseen by none other than Rebecca Smith. Rebecca came to our home and as Justice cried, took her away from her home. Because of this, a Face Book Video was created by my daughter and me outlining in detail the incompetence and apparent corruption of the court and its decision. This was and is my First Amendment Right…Which would later be violated by judge Shawna Boliker at the request of Amy McCarty.
After Justice being removed from my home on June 4th and place into the apartment with Jenny the caretaker, who’s English was difficult for justice to understand and Jenny’s ability to interact and stimulate Justice’s mind was nonexistent. This proved to be very damaging to Justice’s cognitive condition as subsequent visits with Justice proved to be seriously concerning as her mental abilities had drastically decreased. She could barely speak of relevant subject matters such as what she did that day, what day it was, performing mental exercise games that she has always used to keep sharp. Justice displayed severe stuttering and a lack of ability to concentrate. This was also witnessed by her sister Addison who is Justice’s best and closest friend, Addison’s fiancé Ben who had known Justice for 8 years and a friend of mine who was very close to Justice at this time. This type of behavior is a direct result of being “warehoused” with very little mental interaction or stimulation. I documented this and addressed Rebecca Smith who was non responsive. As a result, I reported this to Illinois Adult Services. I was informed by the judge that this is one of the reasons I was sentenced to “supervised visitations only” at $200.00 an hour, only in Chicago, supervised and billed by none other than Midwest Care Management’s manager, Rebecca Smith.
As a result of an emergency petition filed by my ex-wife, I was ordered to immediately remove, by threat of incarceration, the Facebook video page posting titled “Justice for Justice”. It was created to bring light to this massive miscarriage of justice that my family has been put through. I was not allowed to testify as to the reason for utilizing my 1st Amendment Right of Free Speech. As mentioned before, as a result from this truthful and insightful video, my visitation rights were removed and replaced with “supervised” visitation that cost me $200.00 an hour to visit with my daughter who I raised practically alone. My ex’s lawyer, Amy McCarty, stated to the judge that Jenny, the caretaker, quit due to my report to Adult Services and the Facebook post; though Jenny was not present in court to confirm this ridiculous statement. My lawyer should have objected to this statement as hearsay but failed to do so. Then he requested to withdraw from representing me. Midwest also said they were resigning but they decided to stay on… no surprise here as it was a ploy to remove me as co-guardian and take my daughter and move her into my ex’s condo; where she is living today with her mother who has been accused of pedophilia, is being sued for sexually abusing her oldest daughter, is a drug addict, an acholic and admittedly showers naked with her adult daughter who has been able to shower alone for the last 17 plus years.
Could it be a judge who has zero idea as to what is really going on in her own courtroom? Maybe a judge that is incredibly incompetent? Or just maybe a judge who is involved in an ongoing criminal conspiracy that involves lawyers and organizations under the power of a corrupted judicial system that profits from fixed trials?!
Thomas J. (Peters)Farrell
(847) 525-0155