Received the following from one of our members:
This is an incredible interview.
If you listen to the entire interview it is mind blowing. Carol Rhodes, author of “Friend of the Court Enemy of the Family†states, “We were ranked by how much money we could bring it!â€. Carol Rhodes was a former Friend of the Court Investigator for the County that performed my custody evaluation. Thank you for any help you can provide in spreading this message!
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1 AChildsRight // Jan 22, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Thank you ANCPR for spreadint the word about this incredible interview! So many KNOW the sysyem is unfair but now someone from the inside confirms this! Thanks again for your organization’s help. If you have listened to the interview you know how powerful Ms. Rhodes comments are!
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2 Jim Deeny // Jan 24, 2007 at 7:13 am
Excellent interview. It was inspiring in some sense, but more like a shock to actually hear from the horses mouth the things I’ve been reading all along.
3 Carol Rhodes // Jan 29, 2007 at 1:04 pm
It’s all about the money. It’s not about the kids, or the family, the constitution or even about law and order. The primary function of the Circuit Court’s Family Court System, is getting more kids on the roles so more money can be claimed from the Federal Tax prize. Every dollar that we Enforcement Officers collected was matched by $50+ dollars of tax benefits for our county Court System..Custody and parenting time issues don’t bring in Federal dollars. My director told us that pursuing these complaints were a “waste of our time.” I was ordered-under penalty of punishment-”to stop getting involved” in what I thought was best for the children or their parents. We were brainwashed to avoid having personal knowledge or concern about the parties of cases. We were told to call and leave response messages when we thought it least likely that the inquiring party would be home [and then, of course, we couldn’t leave any substantive information]. The system smiled on us when we sent people to jail by issuing bench warrants for failure to appear in hearings we scheduled. Everything about office policy and procedure was designed to keep the parties to cases in the dark as to what they should or could do to protect themselves financially. It is a power game. The Court can change the rules at any time. There is no one who will ever question when the constitution or the laws are violated or misapplied by the Court. The only question asked in the FOC is whether all the options have been tried for increased child-support collections. People can be sentenced to jail illegally by the Court officers, and the Court will find a way to justify or spread the blame so thinly that no one is accountable. But if an officer of the Court is caught HELPING a party to a case understand his or her rights to petition the Court for a REDUCTION of support, that sin is punishable by firing and cover-up legal manuvering. [I was written up for merely giving both parties a list of office policy rules for what is or is not acceptable reasons to deny parenting time.] I was chastised on record that office policy was NEVER to be given out to parties of cases, or to any individuals outside the FOC office personnel. Our 37th Circuit Court FOC was a model to other counties all across Michigan. We trained other officers from other states and counties. We weren’t the exception, we were the ideal of efficient FOC operation.
Young parents need to know that signing the form to consent to have the Friend of the Court [or any Title IV D “service”] become involved IS OPTIONAL. You do NOT HAVE to allow the Friend of the Court to take over your children as Wards of the Court unless one of the parents fills out and signs the form. Your attorney and your FOC will never tell you that, but smart attorneys ALWAYS opt out of the FOC services. Most people don’t know what they are getting into before it is too late.
4 Kevin Merck // Jan 31, 2007 at 10:52 am
When I first learned about “matching federal dollars†paid to the states for the collection of child support, I assumed it meant matching the money dollar for dollar. I read somewhere that the actual “payout†was about 60 cents on the dollar collected. I can’t remember where I read that, but it seemed “credible†at the time.
To hear that the actual number is upward of “fifty dollars†for every dollar extorted is almost incomprehensible. The fact that money is the motivation for this corruption comes as no surprise. What’s outrageous is how much money is being extorted from the unwitting taxpayers, who think that they’re being “saved money†by this activity.
What’s criminal is the fact that millions of lives are being destroyed, and countless deaths are directly attributable to this corruption, all for a piece of the child support pie.
Refusing to pay, or at least making a “conscious effort†to strictly minimize the extortion you pay, has a huge impact on this corruption. There are 422,000 people in the state of Michigan alone who have refused to cooperate any further with these disgusting criminals. It’s no mistake that this is all taking place there.
I’m happy to see that this brave person has the courage to do the right thing by stepping forward to expose this criminal activity. Although she was once part of the corruption, she should be spared any prosecution, because of her heroic act of stepping forward.
In my opinion, Carol Rhodes is a national hero.
Kevin Merck
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.â€
Joseph Story
5 Kevin Merck // Feb 3, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Dear Carol:
I just had the opportunity to listen to your interview with Richard Farr. I’d just like to thank you. I think you are a very rare and special person and a remarkable credit to your gender and the human race.
Thank you and God bless you.
Kevin Merck
6 Kevin Merck // Feb 4, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Whenever I hear someone say that they really don’t mind paying the “child supportâ€, what I hear them saying, and what really makes me fiercely angry, is that they really don’t mind contributing to this “extortion racketâ€, which is kidnapping millions of children from one of their parents, so that the “friends of the court†can get rich. What I hear them saying is that they don’t mind someone making a slave of us and our children. Any mother or father, who would rather pay the extortion, than put an end to this “national crisisâ€, probably shouldn’t be allowed around children.
I often hear people say that they have to pay because the money is withheld from their check. For God’s sake, quit your job! Would you rather your children be held hostage by these criminals? I don’t care what you have to sacrifice, or to what length you have to go to get it done, just do it! Aren’t your children worth it? Would you rather live the life of a slave?
If people had the courage to do the right thing, this would be over with very soon. If not, countless more people are going to pay with their lives. Maybe the reason people think talk like this is overly dramatic, is because they are incapable of understanding the “dramatic consequences†of their negligence. Just like the “Good Germans†of the Third Reich, they are incapable of realizing the profound consequences for the victims of this criminal activity.
I’ve been asked what I’ve done to resist. I didn’t want to answer because I don’t believe in bragging about my contributions. I’m not bragging, but in light of the new information made available by Carol Rhodes, I think it may be appropriate to mention it now.
Last I heard, these criminals claim that I’m $100,000 in arrears. If what Carol Rhodes claims is true, (and I’m sure it is) that is $5,000,000 dollars these criminals were not able to embezzle from the taxpayers. Falling that far behind has not been easy, I’ve had to work diligently in order to accomplish that. It has meant changing jobs regularly and earning a fraction of my true earning potential. I’ve forfeited close to $500,000 dollars in lost wages. I’ve lost 12 years of my adult life and will probably end up sacrificing the rest of it to this cause. I’ve also written letters to our elected officials, challenged my case Propria Persona Sui Juris, and spoken out wherever possible.
The only thing that makes a difference to these people is money. Listen to Carol’s interview. Listen to what this brave woman is saying. The children don’t matter to these people, just the money matters. Why on earth are any of us giving these criminals our money?
Do the right thing people; find a way to stop giving these criminals your money.
Kevin Merck
7 Kevin Merck // Feb 12, 2007 at 9:22 am
Continuing to pay the extortion when you are aware that your cooperation is aiding and abetting the kidnapping of children for the purpose of extortion makes you an accomplice. It’s no different than someone witnessing a kidnapping or murder and then refusing to take the necessary steps to bring the criminals involved to justice. You are “just as guilty†as if you committed the crimes yourself - that is the law.
It’s a common “cop out†used by the people who continue to pay the “child support†that they are just doing it for their children, or, that they are just “law abiding citizens†… and nothing could be further from the truth. You are in no way, shape or form “helping your childrenâ€; you are insuring that they will be the next victims. You are in no way, shape or form “abiding by the lawâ€; you are in fact an accomplice to horrific crimes.
Those are the “facts†whether you choose to believe them or not.
Kevin Merck
“It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to a painful truth … Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.â€
Patrick Henry
8 Kevin Merck // Feb 26, 2007 at 8:59 am
“American fathers are led down a primrose path every day in our family courts, often with disastrous legal results. They wind up in the Land of Gender Bias, where they are systematically stripped of their rights, often without the slightest idea of why it is happening to them.
“If you think the mother-father disparity is outrageous, consider the sexual abuse syndrome, and how it affects visitation and custody disputes. Here, the judicial impotence and chronic blindness to men’s rights would appall you.
“Courts are supposed to approach cases of child custody, support payments, and visitation rights in what we call a gender-neutral posture. It sounds fair, and it is fair. But it is a myth. Judges are not enforcing these gender laws fairly, and few seem to care.
“We will see more of these problems until fathers organize to demand fairer treatment. So get it together dads: You have a legitimate legal beef and you need to make this a public issue. Right now the courts don’t hear you.”
- Judge Judy Sheindlin,
9 Kevin Merck // Mar 2, 2007 at 11:51 am
At first they ignored us,
But now they deplore us,
And with satisfaction I surmise,
If we’re to share this planet together,
To get it, and keep it together,
We must be equal in each others eyes.
Women claim to be victims,
That is their dictum,
A word will suffice to the wise,
Though once you were victims,
You’re now the vindictive,
And soon you will suffer demise.
It’ll be no one’s skew,
There’ll be no unjust due,
Justice will finally prevail,
Those who refuse rights to others,
Are those who discover,
That injustice will soon be their tale.
If we all learn our lesson,
And stop this oppression,
The future belongs to the free,
If we choose to ignore this,
The founders have warned us,
Our children will suffer as thee.
Kevin Merck
10 Kevin Merck // Mar 13, 2007 at 10:07 am
1,500,000 children are murdered every year in just the United States alone. There have been a total of 50,000,000 murdered in the U.S. since Roe vs. Wade and most of these murders were carried out using our tax dollars.
Anyone capable of murdering a helpless child that grows inside their body is capable of just about anything. If as a society, we choose not to protect the rights of innocent children, we establish a precedent that will ultimately affect us all.
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