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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 345
On the advice of his attorney, Tom, Mike agreed to a one month order of protection. Tom
told him that he had the luck to draw the hanging commissioner who didn't care about facts. The
only thing he cared about was the fact that a order of protection was requested. The stipulated
(mutually agreed) one-month order was submitted to the commissioner for his signature. The
commissioner approved it and stamped a conformed copy for the parties. Some time later, the
commissioner whited out the expiration date of the order and changed it. The order became a
thirteen-month order. The action of the commissioner constituted forgery under the law and was
a felony crime.
When Mike went to his divorce hearing one-month later, relying on the forged order, the
judge removed Mike's children from his custody and ordered a one year order of protection (a
restraining order), which kept him from visiting his home or children. Tom, Mike attorney, never
even got an opportunity to speak. Both were unaware of the existence of the forged order of
protection on which the judge based his decision. Mike's wife, Lisa, had made no specific
accusations of abuse nor did she provide any evidence. She merely said she was afraid of him
and what he might do. She also said he owned guns. Owning a gun certainly isn't illegal and as a
matter of fact, the shot gun in question hadn't been in Mike's possession for over 15 years. He
had lent it out several years before he got married.
The family court investigator was ordered to investigate Mikes conduct and determine if
there should be any limitations placed on his visitation with his children. The family court
investigator discovered a discrepancy between what Mike said was a one-month protection order
and what she observed to be a thirteen-month order. She failed to investigate the validity of
Mike's claim that it had been changed and ignored a letter from Tom, Mike's attorney, stating the
same. Mike says that her total attitude changed at that point and that he seemed to loose all
credibility. The report later issued by the court investigator said Mike admitted to questionable
behavior which he denies having admitted and it furhter recommended Mike seek a
psychological evaluation. Mike's visits with his children were restricted to eight hours every
other Saturday.
Tom was able to quickly get an order to dismiss the forged order of protection but that
accomplished nothing because the judge in the divorce hearing had also ordered a one-year order
of protection basing it on the forged order which was in evidence.
Mike called three psychological evaluators which he was referred to by the family court
investigator. He had reservations about getting an evaluation because he felt that his Christian
beliefs would be used against him. Only one of the references was Christian and he was too
busy. Mike tried to get additional references from the family court investigator but she refused to
give additional references. He called many state agencies trying to get hold of a list but was
unable to find one.
Several months later, Mike's wife, Lisa, filed an order of protection to keep Mike from
spanking his children. Mike represented himself in court. The court commissioner denied the
order and stated that Washington State law specifically protected a parents right to spank their
children.
Several more months went by and the Christian psychologist, Bill, had become available
to perform an evaluation. During the preceding months Mike's children had begun counseling.
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