Honorable Mark S. Coven First Justice Quincy District Court Dennis Ryan Parkway Quincy, MA 02169 2/13/2007 Dear First Justice Coven: I am in receipt of your letter dated February 9, 2007 regarding the hearing of the abuse prevention order taken out against me. Thank you for your notice. There are a few issues that have occurred since this complaint was filed that you should have notice about, as this information is in the dockets, numbers 06RO0158 and 0159. First of all: I have applied twice for Motions for Reconsideration. • The first motion was refused. I was heard by Judge Orfanello at about noon on the day of hearing, and received a denial in the next day’s mail in Westfield, MA, 120 miles away. I have stated before that I do not believe the facts of my motion were considered, not the motion fully understood…maybe not even read. It was large, and deals with the manipulation of my daughter by my ex-spouse, and falsified evidence and since-contradicted witness accounts, and trial delays, as I am pending trial on an assault that never occurred, and released on my recognizance and perfect record as a law abiding citizen. (That trial is in Hingham court.) Judge Orfanello continually yelled at me at every appearance, invalidated well written materials, and frankly ,I did not have a chance to review and defend against NINE pages of contrived affidavit authored by a vengeful ex-spouse and co-opted daughter. Read them yourself. • My second Motion for Reconsideration was received by the court after a letter from the Office of the Attorney General was circulated among those in a few places where I have vehemently protested my treatment and the inability of the court system to see what is happening. When I appeared in front of Judge Orfanello, I was greeted with the same dignified warmth and respect received from other Judges during my multiple appearances, such as Judge Brownell. Judge Orfanello did not even read my motion, but politely and kindly asked, “What day would you like to come in?” Next, the appearance made on the motion for reconsideration was accompanied by the fact that I had filed a very well documented and professionally guided assault charge against my ex spouse, complete with advised picture of my injuries, and my account of the circumstances after being advised to do so by the Cohasset Police. Both parties appeared, the opposing party with Counsel Stephen Salon. We were informed that “Judge Orfanello’s Aunt had passed away” and she would not be in. The day was continued without parties being offered the services of another Judge. I believe this is contrary to Mass Laws, but I will certainly accept correction. Attorney Salon stated that he wanted to group my Motion for Reconsideration with the assault charge, and for some reason this was accepted and stands as the only documentation of the day. I learned this when I requested the docket notes to be read to me. I later presented another motion to Judge Orfanello to get the whole mess turned over to the Probate Court, as the Judge there had 4 years of experience with the case parties and also
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Honorable Mark S. Coven First Justice Quincy District Court Dennis Ryan Parkway Quincy, MA 02169 2/13/2007 Dear First Justice Coven:
I am in receipt of your letter dated February 9, 2007 regarding the hearing of the abuse prevention order taken out against me. Thank you for your notice.
There are a few issues that have occurred since this complaint was filed that you should have notice about, as this information is in the dockets, numbers 06RO0158 and 0159.
First of all: I have applied twice for Motions for Reconsideration.
• The first motion was refused. I was heard by Judge Orfanello at about noon on the day of hearing, and received a denial in the next day’s mail in Westfield, MA, 120 miles away. I have stated before that I do not believe the facts of my motion were considered, not the motion fully understood…maybe not even read. It was large, and deals with the manipulation of my daughter by my ex-spouse, and falsified evidence and since-contradicted witness accounts, and trial delays, as I am pending trial on an assault that never occurred, and released on my recognizance and perfect record as a law abiding citizen. (That trial is in Hingham court.) Judge Orfanello continually yelled at me at every appearance, invalidated well written materials, and frankly ,I did not have a chance to review and defend against NINE pages of contrived affidavit authored by a vengeful ex-spouse and co-opted daughter. Read them yourself.
• My second Motion for Reconsideration was received by the court after a letter from the Office of the Attorney General was circulated among those in a few places where I have vehemently protested my treatment and the inability of the court system to see what is happening. When I appeared in front of Judge Orfanello, I was greeted with the same dignified warmth and respect received from other Judges during my multiple appearances, such as Judge Brownell. Judge Orfanello did not even read my motion, but politely and kindly asked, “What day would you like to come in?”
Next, the appearance made on the motion for reconsideration was accompanied by the fact that I had filed a very well documented and professionally guided assault charge against my ex spouse, complete with advised picture of my injuries, and my account of the circumstances after being advised to do so by the Cohasset Police. Both parties appeared, the opposing party with Counsel Stephen Salon. We were informed that “Judge Orfanello’s Aunt had passed away” and she would not be in. The day was continued without parties being offered the services of another Judge. I believe this is contrary to Mass Laws, but I will certainly accept correction. Attorney Salon stated that he wanted to group my Motion for Reconsideration with the assault charge, and for some reason this was accepted and stands as the only documentation of the day. I learned this when I requested the docket notes to be read to me. I later presented another motion to Judge Orfanello to get the whole mess turned over to the Probate Court, as the Judge there had 4 years of experience with the case parties and also
results of an impounded GAL report that clearly states the mental issues that have effected my ex-spouse, that she has used to torture both of my children. (I have gained custody of my son.) As she was reviewing the case file, I was asked by Judge Orfanello why the Motion for Reconsideration was delayed. I reminded Judge Orfanello that her Aunt had passed away on that day, and was summarily denied the motion to move the case to the Probate Court. I am guilty in front of her no matter what the circumstances, and there has been no way to save my daughter. I can’t even access her for professional help as has been decided was OK per motion approved by the Probate Court. I am sealed away from my daughter. She is sealed away from professional guidance by a mother who’s documented to be in denial of her own psychological issues. Who is the court punishing and protecting? I am asking you to look into the fact that I would like to press the assault charge on my ex-
spouse, Lynne Sheridan, on the day that we appear for the extension hearing, as was summarily decided and indicated on the notes.
The documentation was in the files, last they were reviewed, and I am also forwarding this correspondence to the District Attorney’s Office for their assistance and to be assigned a counselor to assist me with the charges. What is not there will be medical notes and testimony of the Psychiatric professional who oversaw the issue as reported in the affidavit.
Last of all, I had asked for a tape copy of one of the hearings at your court. After receiving
similar tapes from Norfolk Probate and Hingham District courts within 30 days, I thought my application to your court was ignored. FIVE months after my application I received a note stating the tape was available. This is not acceptable to me, and if you would be so kind as to imagine me taking one of your children away from you, and maintaining that for five months after your protests, before assistance, I will then ask you if this is acceptable to you, the $50 cost not withstanding.
I am very disappointed with some of the issues I’ve encountered with the court system, and
your court has been the toughest to deal with. The fact that my ex-spouse has a longstanding court clerk in the family who has great familiarity with many court systems and functions is even more distressing. I am asking for your oversight, and at the very least, your understanding that you can place burden after burden on me, an innocent person who will be found so in the end. The actions of your court at the hands of a documented (MMPI) liar, documented perjurer, and deeply embittered soul, are destroying an 18 year old woman.
Yesterday I attended a hearing on such issues with Honorable Sean Dunphy of the Probate
Courts. He was receptive to the input of many. We can do all of this better, Sir, and I hope and pray my words hit home for you and the Honorable Mary Orfanello. You’re killing my daughter, and I’ve yet to lay an angry hand on her in her life.
Please advise me of your intentions regarding this letter as soon as convenient. Thank You. Sincerely Yours, Mark Bell
What would/could it have done to my perceived character if I stated to the Judge that his
question was irrelevant? With emphasis on the legal angle, any comment about my education, job,
anything to do with character outside of the “immediate danger” question is potentially prejudicial to
any defense.
Appendix 9
Why was the docket incomplete? Why were extra copies of the original marked-affidavits
Judge Orfanello originally yelled at me that she didn’t need, then took from me with my points of
argument missing? What else is missing? Is my motion to bring the case to the Probate Court in
there? I believe I have a signed copy of it.
Appendix 10
The yellow-highlighted letter clearly indicated this information, and there was no question by
the Judge regarding this to the Plaintiffs. If, in fact, my daughter had been told she could not contact
me by Ms. Sheridan or the family court clerk, and she did not contact me because of this, it is
damage and more abuse by Ms. Sheridan and her family. Immaterial to the Judge? Apparently.
Appendix 11
In fact there was no cause for action for Ms. Sheridan to make this phone call to obtain a “no
trespassing” order. Her statement that she had to is dubious at best, and a red-flag indicator of her
psychology/paranoia, likely because of the string of lies and abuse she commands. I was informed by
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letter from her lawyer that this order had been instituted in the middle of zero activity between
us…she just called and got it, and any “need“ to have it is of her own manifest of fear.
Appendix 12
The paper I wished to give Judge O’Day, and was ordered not to, was this information.
THE MMPI-2
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), described above, has been in use now for over 50 years. In that time, no revisions in item content or wording were made. Over the last 10 years, there have been increasing complaints that some of the items were out of date, sexist, awkward, or ambiguous. In addition, two items which contained religious content specific to Christianity were found to be offensive to other religious sectors.
According to James Butcher, one of the researchers responsible for the revision of the MMPI, the MMPI-2 is a valid revision and expansion of the original MMPI. He asserts that continuity with the previous empirical literature has been assured. The original validity and clinical scales have been kept virtually intact in the MMPI-2. According to Butcher, however, new norms based on nationally representative samples provide a sounder comparative base. Therefore, the information on the MMPI covered above is still accurate.
The MMPI has been cited in a large number of cases involving the issues of custody evaluation, limitations and termination of parental rights and adoption. Generally, the goal in custody evaluations is to establish the arrangements that are in the children's best interests. Litigation often involves acrimonious dissolution proceedings where allegations of neglect, abuse and molestation are alleged against one or both parents. MMPI-based assessment of parents is invaluable in identifying psychological and behavioral problems which often provide the basis of an order which provides or denies custody to one parent or the other.
The MMPI is the most widely used standardized test of personality and is likely the most widely cited personality assessment instrument in litigation. Federal courts have affirmed the MMPI as a scientifically valid and accepted procedure for personality assessment. Regents of the University of Minnesota v. Applied Innovations, Inc., 685 F Supp 698 (DC Minn 1987) and Applied Innovations, Inc. v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, 876 F2d 626 (8th Cir 1989).
Examples of reported cases where the MMPI was admitted to support a custody evaluation include D.J. v. State Department of Human Resources, 578 So2d 1351 (Ala Civ App 1991) (the MMPI was accepted as evidence of a mother's mental state); In Re Rodrigo S., San Francisco Department of Social Services v. Joan R., 225 Cal App3d 1179, 276 Cal Rptr 183 (Cal App 1 dist 1990) (the MMPI was accepted in a father's evaluation); Gootee v. Lightner, 224 Cal App3d 587, 274 Cal Rptr 697 (Cal App 4 Dist 1990) (MMPI-based testing was appropriately used to evaluate the family in the custody dispute); and Utz v. Keinzle, 574 So2d 1288 (La App 3 Cir 1991) (the MMPI was used in a custody dispute to evaluate two sets of parents).
MMPI testing was also used to determine whether parental rights should be terminated in State ex rel. LEAS in Interest of O'Neal. 303 NW2d 414 (Iowa 1981) and to decide when parental rights should be given to potential adoptive parents in Commonwealth v. Jarboe, 464 SW2d 287 (Ky 1971).
Appendix 13
From:
Guidebook on Vicarious Trauma: Recommended Solutions for Anti-Violence Workers, 2001,
by Jan I. Richardson of the Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children in
London, Ontario for the Family Violence Prevention Unit, Health Canada, with numerous detailed
references from both US and other international sources.
“Vicarious trauma is one outcome of this work. The effects of Vicarious trauma are
cumulative and build upon memories obtained through listening to the stories of one inhumane act of
cruelty after another. This creates a permanent, subtle or marked change in the personal, political,
spiritual and professional outlook of the counselor or advocate. Vicarious trauma has a life-changing
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effect on individuals, ultimately affecting their view of the world and their relationships and
connections to families, friends and community……
…… Vicarious trauma is a clear and present danger to anti-violence workers and an
occupational hazard of the profession. The women change us forever. To honor their courage, we
must honor ourselves and commit to self-preservation, self-renewal and self-care.”
Appendix 14
Referenced report on Parental Alienation. Enclosed with this letter. (15 pages)
Appendix 15
How a professional sees this, and me.
Governor Deval Patrick
Office of the Governor
State House, Rm 360
Boston, MA 02133
3/26/2007
Dear Governor Patrick:
After reading about the relationship you had, and didn’t have, with your father, in this past
Sunday’s Globe, I am again writing to update you on the case I am SO frustrated with in the
Massachusetts Court System.
Why would the court system work to continue the tragedy in a family if there was an
alternative? My story isn’t about my having a love for music and a life where I felt I needed to make
choices between my family and my love for music. My story is about abuse that the courts are blind
to, discrimination that they are also upholding, to hundreds, if not thousands of citizens, and an 18
year old woman whose life and the formation of her future are still forming concepts that she will
live with forever; My daughter.
Attached is an affidavit I will be presenting to the Quincy Court to accompany an assault
charge I never wanted to press against my ex-spouse, but I can no longer watch as she can waltz into
court and be accompanied in her destruction of my daughter, my relationship with her, me, my son,
and certainly herself. She also destroys the court system as women who are really in trouble have to
suffer and be queried about their stories because of those who lie cheat and steal from the system.
This woman, my ex-spouse, needs to be seen as what she is, and as I am terribly sorry to have
to take this case against her to the limit of a criminal charge. I have done everything I can do with a
court system, that she freely and persistently operates contrary to, and in contempt of. My
documentation and stories are substantiated, compiled with professional help, and reveal more
serious abuse than a Judge, such as that I faced in the last hearing in Quincy, is able to understand.
I have nowhere to go if the head of the State can’t understand this. Seems by the nature of the
article about your family, a lot more pain came from the issues than pleasure. How would it have
been if your father had been restrained from seeing you by your angry mother and lies told, using the
Scituate Police Department, the Quincy Court, the Hingham Court, and also could rely on the
Probate Court to pressure your father into seeing more advantage in staying away than coming to
you. So many fathers are experiencing this, and they all are not abusers, or wrong…they just want to
be able to live and be with their children.
If you cannot see the issues in my paperwork, ALL substantiated, there’s just no reason to
have the courts, or the laws. I read about your family and felt the agony of not having a father there
when you would have liked to show him your pride. My daughter is 18, very easily accepted and
attending Tufts, and is being abused. Can you help remove the weight from her shoulders by simply
requesting that those responsible for part of State Government look at this for what it is?
Good luck to you, Sir, and to your staff.
Thank You for your time.
Sincerely Yours,
Mark Bell
Honorable Mark S. Coven, First Justice Quincy District Court Dennis Ryan Parkway Quincy, MA 02169 4/4/2007 Dear Judge Coven:
I thank you again for receiving my correspondence. While it may seem as if I am quick to criticize, I also want you to know I am also as quick to
compliment. Be patient in your review of this letter. It’s coming. After simply being blown out of a Magistrates hearing by Mr. Boone last week, I complained
pretty passionately to the Clerk’s Office staff. Their response was great, and I was given time with Judge Moriarty, who, basically did the same. It’s very confusing. I’m not sure why a documented assault with medical record and photograph does not qualify as an assault as much as written and unsubstantiated one-sided fabrications and distortions, especially when the person complaining has MMPI certified issues, and association with charged drug dealers with weapons history.
What’s even more surprising is that I cannot even get a protection order for myself. So, a woman who has abused both of her children, and spouse/ex-spouse with lies, and
abused the courts as well, stands indemnified as I, and my children, are further victimized. I spoke to Mr. Boone after all of it, and I think he got a pretty good picture of who I am. He’s
a wise person, and well traveled. As stated, I don’t understand what I ran into at your court. I was not as impressed with Judge O’Dea, and will remain on that position. I’m not interested in his time as a drug prosecutor, his 62 year old age, nor his 5 years on the
bench. How did I know this? That’s what he talked about in the few cases, mine included, I heard. He ignored my clear evidence, not even bothering to examine what I had in my hands in court. In fact, and I will check this on the recording, I believe he told me he was going to deny my motion for reconsideration before the hearing progressed into actually exchanging information. He seems to be unable to resists telling all who are listening about his personal characteristics. I have some problems that the court needs to address, the abuse of my children being most important, my abuse and the need for protection second. This time when I asked him if he’s heard of the MMPI, he told me he wasn’t going to answer that. I guess that’s an improvement over saying “no,” as before. The result was the same, and that result is having a seemingly ignorant Judge ignore evidence that consisted of documented statements from professionals. I have enclosed two of those statements.
1) Statement from Richard Elliot, Social Worker, with whom I voluntarily requested concentration on my anger, many years ago, the same time as Ms. Sheridan’s accusations, and,
2) Statement from Richard Martin, Social Worker of sorts, too, who is presently conducting mediation between Palestinians and Israelis in the Mid-east. He’s a champion of his craft.
Both specialists are very qualified to deal with the issues I have brought to them, and all of this is in an attempt to deal with my family issues against a person who disdains psychiatric intervention, and is documented as in denial of her psychological issues as interpreted by a federal court accepted test. Please review the letters.
Perhaps you’ll look at what Judge O’Dea did not, and what Judge Moriarty did not, and understand that I have been ignored, discriminated against, and my children still have a mother
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whose denials of psychological issues, with agreement by the court, demonstrates that your court would not know an abuser if it stood three feet in front of a Judge, and a victim stood next to her abusive mother at the same distance.
I’m not sure how you determine what goes on in sessions. I’m not even sure you listen to any. It seems as if your courthouse is very busy, maybe understaffed. For what it’s worth, I have submitted ideas to help funding of courts…again, my thought is to be part of the solution and simply not just complain. I’m not alone in my want for a better system.
It’s clearly not about the evidence your Honor. I want to end this letter with a compliment. After writing to you about the v-e-r-y long time
taken to provide me a “tape” of a hearing requested, I have requested more. I received a note recently that the first requested is available. Compared to the time of the previous request, I have received this at light speed, and this should not go without proper praise. Nice job to those who performed as they are able.
I am enclosing a check for $58.00, which is a bit higher than the amount I’ve paid in the past to have the applicable tape/CD sent to me. I’m hoping this is sufficient, and do not want any refund should it be a bit too much. Please use the funds for some person who needs copies and doesn’t have the funds to get a few or something. I’d trust Mr. Boone in a heartbeat to dispense the funds properly. Seems to me he’s probably done it already for somebody in need using his own resources.
I’m sure you’ll inform me if this is not proper, but please understand I have to drive over 200 miles to get to the courthouse and back, just to pick the tape/CD up.
Murphy’s Law would also state that, at the speed you’ve processed the first request, the second would be in the mail when I get back home, stating it, too, is awaiting pick-up. Please understand my desire to get this mailed to me.
Thank You, your honor. I’m not sure how you would understand my frustration and lapses in
the system if I did not write to you. As with previous correspondence, I am sending this to the Governor’s Office and that of the Attorney General. My reasoning for doing this is not to prod your court into anything, as much as I’d like to, but to remain open in my communication, and again, show I have nothing to hide, as I try so hard to save my daughter from a proven future of obstacles created by those thinking they are doing the right thing.
I can understand it….she may in the next 20-30 years…or may not. It’s also proven that the longer the alienation goes on, the worse it will get.
I hope you get it. Sincerely Yours, Mark Bell
Honorable Mark S. Coven, First Justice
Quincy District Court
Dennis Ryan Parkway
Quincy, MA 02169
5/15/2007
Dear Judge Coven:
Thank you again for receiving my correspondence.
I received the correspondence from the court regarding the fact my requested record of the hearing is
available for pickup, and would like to request again, that the CD be sent to me, postage funds included in the
attached check. Please use any funds over the amount of the cost for mailing the CD for somebody in need.
My compliments for using the audio system you have chosen. It’s in use in Hingham as well and is a
great means of archiving and distribution. Nice going to all involved!
I have had a great deal of time to think about the last decision reached by Judge O’Dea and still feel as
I did before, that there was no, and still is no, “immediate danger” of my being around my daughter or ex-
spouse. While the Judge may be good in his role as one to interpret laws and decide Judgment, he is a crappy
Social Worker and seems immune to evidence in many journals regarding the long term effects of Parental
Alienation. (Has he become familiar with MMPI’s yet?) There are means of my gaining reconsideration of his
call, but to protest a system that lacks the knowledge, demonstrated in practice and observation, to that very
system, is almost humorous in its futility.
My inability to press an assault charge at your court, despite proper procedures and professionally
guided documentation, as well as receive a restraining order, against a person who violates court agreements,
contracts, is exposed to people involved in drug and weapons trafficking, and is abusing my daughter, shows
discrimination. She talks and gets…I present professional documentation and am denied?
Look at your watch. Seconds tick by. The longer they do, the more entrenched my daughter’s
alienation becomes, according to “professionals” out of the scope of the decision making of your court; The
Social Workers. Maybe if a Judge or court was sued, and the sentence proposed was that those involved would
have to refrain from contact with their children for a year, or be arrested, it would sink in. Psychological abuse
is immediate (and future) danger, wouldn’t you agree? What am I going to do to my daughter…get her another
trust fund? Teach her to love? Take a key out of her hand when she’s too upset to drive? I’m guilty!
It’s up to you, not me, to deal with these issues. It’s your court and the way it runs is your business.
I’m just a citizen with rights I seem to have to endlessly fight to gain. It’s tragic. I thought it was my, and my
daughter’s court as well. We both lose, the court is numb to it, and an abusive vindictive mother/ex-spouse gets
to practice her demented psychology. I remain stunned. You should know better, it’s your job. It’s also my
daughter’s future. DA’s state that getting RO’s is like getting candy, and lawyers tell me I’m crazy for writing
you. But I got to do something. Somebody has to let my daughter know I’m trying. My son is very proud of my
efforts. He knows first hand what I’m like, and has all the freedom to make his own decisions of where he
wants to be, and to come and go as he pleases, which includes my unwavering encouragement that he maintain
his relationship with his mother. If you’ve been paying attention, you know that’s not a 2-way street.
King Solomon had the wisdom to give the baby to the mother who didn’t want to rip it in half in a tug-
of-war, and would rather see it lost than possibly tear it. What aren’t you seeing here?
At any rate, attached is the check. Thanks again for your time.
Sincerely Yours,
Mark Bell
CC: Governor, Attorney General’s Office
Honorable Mark S. Coven, Presiding Justice
Quincy District Court
Dennis Ryan Parkway
Quincy, MA 02169
Fax: (617) 376-4785
6/9/2008
Dear Judge Coven:
It is my understanding that Lynne Sheridan appeared at your court to obtain a modification to
an existing 209A to allow me to go to the graduation of our son, Devon, here in Westfield.
Would you please ask the Clerk’s Office, or others, to send me the paperwork from that
proceeding for my records? I am not sure of the date of this action, however, the docket should
contain this data.
I will also need the proper form to get the tape of the proceeding. If possible, can your office
enclose this form with the other mailed correspondence?
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely Yours,
Mark Bell
Honorable Mark S. Coven, Presiding Justice
Quincy District Court
Dennis Ryan Parkway
Quincy, MA 02169
3/3/2009
Dear Judge Coven:
Enclosed is the last letter I wrote you. At the time a 209A modification had been obtained to
facilitate my son’s parents being present at the proudest moment of his educational life.
My lawyer could not obtain this information when he called so I could attend with the rights
due to me per the modification. He was told on the Friday after the modification had been filed that
“no modification had been filed.” He was clearly lied to, and my rights violated, if not by some clerk
in your court, by the process itself.
Archie Keohane was certainly at the event, though, and Clerk Keohane has been part of many
court-related “events” as has been told to me by other lawyers. A nice man is doing very bad things.
I will not go to your court at this point. What laws you perform with are well betyond my
scope of information acquisition, and certainly beyond many in the legal profession. My rights from
the day I walked into the courtroom have been abused, such as when Judge Orfanello literally tossed
nine pages of affidavit at me and yelled at me for long-past issues that were also long-past settled.
Judge O’Dea may have learned what an MMPI test is by now, and why the lying Lynne Sheridan
operates your court as she does is beyond me. Those two judges, and the third we faced a few times
now, are simply being lied to. I’m sure Archie Keohane is pleased.
However, I’m trying so hard to extend an Olive Branch to anyone in the court system that
may care about issues, and I will again reach out to you to lead your court in a matter the enclosed
information will frame. Here are items of note.
1. Divorce agreement. ON 2-15-05 Lynne Sheridan and I signed a divorce agreement, a passage
of which, page 3, section 4 of the agreement, clearly states the issues past in the marriage are
just that; past. She is not permitted to use those previous claims and actions arising out of the
marital relationship and operated in your court contrary, and illegally, with a decree from
another court preventing those actions.
2. Her original affidavit is also attached. Few items, if any, are of the time period of her
complaint. In seeking the 209A, Judge Orfanello cited her false affidavit in her decision,
Judge O’Dea cited an event well-previous to the divorce, the one-sided account of the stress
of a breaking marriage. Restraining orders were well-invented and implemented at that time,
too. This is a woman who just seeks revenge, and is abusing your court as she did me and
both children.
3. Denied-in-testimony Contempt finding: Attached is the contempt finding she perjured herself
in court with, by denying it existed under oath in testimony to a Judge.
4. Publication of Kelsey Bell: A friend aware of my situation with Kelsey brought my attention
to a web log that Kelsey published. It was pretty easy to find. The reader can draw many
impressions from the writing, but those in Quincy Court should be particularly disturbed that
even the lies she states to appease her mother don’t make sense anymore, and they’re ALL on
paper. I’ve include that, and taken the text and inserted my point of view.
If the court cares about the welfare of my other child, my son Devon has had the three best
years of his academic life, and is on Dean’s List at Champlain College after his first semester there.
His social life and friends he has chosen are top-notch. Sometimes I believe he’s a bit too happy. It’s
too bad his sister is “divorced” from his influence as well.
I’m sure you have access to psychologists who are expert in this area. While Ms. Sheridan
may or may not be in concert with Archie Keohane, this should not matter. The court either blew it in
trying to perform its diligent work, and was fooled by Lynne Sheridan’s lies, or my inability to bring
forward a protest based on the fact that every instance of pre-divorce date issues brought before the
court on her affidavits was illegal.
A criminal contempt filing has taken place at Norfolk Probate Court, and has been requested
for upcoming scheduled trial later in March, a trial I have successfully moved for, and received a
date for. Should the filing not work out, it will be refiled, especially based on the tremendous
damages that have been part of Kelsey Bell’s life. She, unlike me, my son, and three lawyers who
have quit Ms. Sheridan’s service, still remains a pitiful soul who has been taught to hate her father,
and just has not started thinking for herself. Imagine her burdens.
It’s almost unfair that the best compliment that can be given a judge is use of the word “fair.”
It’s also bad when any citizen has to be afraid of a court. I am afraid of yours.
Intimidating guards, being yelled at by a judge who, not only was lied to numerous times, but,
as the divorce agreement states, Lynne Sheridan was operating against another MA Court decision
and her own agreement to even present her claims at Quincy Court. There was no violence that
moved her very capable lawyers, Michael Podolski and Stephen Salon, to obtain a 209A. There was
none that moved Ms. Sheridan to, previous to her ruse in your court, despite numerous discussions
we had of the abusive marriage, during the marriage. I had professionals advising me who guided me
into documenting all of it, and hence, the medical report and picture that has been presented to the
court exists after she severely assaulted me. She never agreed to counseling until after I left the
marriage, and that was folly. She has yet to release it all to that in the divorce agreement. The 6’
docket at the Norfolk court speaks volumes. Your judge ruled brutal injuries from the assault Ms.
Sheridan delivered to me were ruled “not an assault,” too. Does Archie Keohane’s sister-in-law not
know how to press an assault charge, or is lying about a 209A under false pretenses a better means of
penalty? Either way, lying/perjury is illegal. Obtaining a 209A under false pretenses is illegal.
I cannot stop this woman, or defeng against her, until somebody stops her illegal activities.
At the end of this week, you have a hearing based on affidavits that were illegally presented
to the court from a person who was not assaulted, threatened, or even approached from the date of
the divorce to today. She violates the divorce agreement by simply asking for a continuance of the
first order. Kelsey is in the same “boat,” as her assault allegation was never seen as such, and
“issues” of her interesting recall are certainly not violence the 209A was implemented for. While she
was done a favor of peace by not being ripped apart on the stand by a very good lawyer, as she would
have been, the peaceful gesture is meaningless. She still hates, likely believing she is protecting her
mother. There have been no issues.ted the agreement, as she has frequently, has, or sought to cite me
for the same. Last year the judge grimaced as Ms. Sheridan asked for a “lifetime” 209A, as even she
is affected by this. She has to be.
I need help from Administrative people to get this case within the margins. I am hoping for