As The Stomach Turns...The Court Churns

My life continues to reel out metes of imbroglio, much to my disdain. To use "overwhelmed" would be such an understatement as to be absurd. I feel like an amoeba in the aqueduct of my own life, getting swept away and nearly drowned by the relative occurrences, and others making waves. Not to mention my own tears as they flow freely, adding to the flood. Sad tears. Dreadfully depressing tears that can't be simply turned off.

I went to court on June 25 only to be bounced from Judge Hanson's relatively sane and somewhat 'fair' courtroom by a continuance to the other side of the aisle (literally the other side of the courthouse) into Dishonorable Judge Romano's Domain. My fate was pre-sealed in this bitch's court.

You see, in Romano's court, facts matter NOT. Unpaid utility bills aren't 'trustworthy'. And here's the gargantuan kicker: My ex-husband's refusal to comply with 8 counts on the Divorce Decree that was final in June of 2006 is not contempt in her court. Don't even bother to bring up the fact that I had to go to great lengths and super-human feats to get lawyers to take Brad back to court 8 friggin' times WITHOUT ANY MONEY ( I can't use Iowa Legal Aid because Brad's sister is an attorney for them and it's supposed to be a conflict of interest for her to be helping Brad or myself. So far, it's not stopping her from helping her brother commit felonies.)

In Romano's court, the Decree itself and the transcript from said proceeding isn't good enough for her. She believes that not only is Brad NOT in contempt for delaying the installation of washer and dryer another 6 times since September, 2007, but that she couldn't tell WHOM was at fault. WHAT!!?? BRAD was ordered to purchase and install the machines before MAY 23, 2008 BY HER OWN PREVIOUS RULING!

ROMANO RULED THAT THE MACHINES HAD TO HANDLE 17 LOADS OF CLOTHES PER WEEK. Brad purchased a standard, 'compact' washer that spins off-balance when washing 5 towels and some underwear. I proved that it was a 'small' machine by doing research and presenting my findings. My 'volunteer'(translate 'worthless') attorney just sat there and waited for his withdrawal to be confirmed. Judge Romano Cheesy ruled against her own ruling by allowing Brad to get away with this terribly inadequate purchase of cheap washer/dryer machines.

This 'volunteer' attorney, Harvey, is a real douche bag and mofo. MY so-called attorney suppressed tons of evidence because he didn't want to do the work-BTW- newsflash! I DID ALL THE WORK FOR HARVEY- ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS PRESENT IT TO THE JUDGE. Nope. Didn't happen.

Is it legal (or ethical) for my attorney, who is supposed to be representing ME IN COURT to suppress all evidence that proves MY case, while at the same time, he introduces many fabricated and handwritten notes from my ex-HUSBAND as hard and fast FACTS??!!?? I hadn't even seen any of these false 'documents'.

My faith in the current court system is totally shot. It's like watching sumo wrestling/WWE as an Olympic sport. It simply is not real. The kangaroo court I witnessed was complete with hijinks moves to create the illusion of Brad being innocent when he is, in fact contemptible. It was like watching Bush tell the USA that our economy is doing 'great'.

To top it all off with a great big cherry, not only did I NOT get any justice, NOT any money nor any support, but Judge Romano Cheese made it possible for my Volunteer attorney to receive $3,000 cash from MY EX-HUSBAND! Isn't this the definition of a kickback?

Enough with my dislike (hatred) of the unfair court system in Iowa. Moving on to the other complex, involved and confusing situations that define my life presently. 2 good things that happened in Judge Hanson's court before the continuance to Judge Romano's courtroom were: 1.That when Harvey accused Brad of harassing me by calling the city and calling DHS/Child Protective on me when he received his court appearance notices, Brad Ex actually confessed to the Judge that he had done so out of spite.
2.That Judge Hanson got extremely angry when he found out that the water to our house had been turned off for more than 7 weeks since May 12, and that Brad was responsible for having the water service cut off to his family. He asked Brad what did Brad do to rectify this no-water situation for his children, two of whom are special needs. Brad sat there dumbfounded. Judge Hanson asked Brad for the third time what had Brad DONE to rectify the water situation to his family, and Brad stammered "Nothing, your Honor."

It cost Brad $365 to get the water turned back on, and it was on before 5p.m. on the same day court took place with Judge Hanson. Yay!

The bad news is that none of the previous court records from Judge Hanson's hearing(June 25) were transferred to Judge Romano's court(July 1)- by design, I think. This is just plain wrong.

One more thing that happened after court on July 1- Brad Ex called to threaten me with being arrested and jailed "for breaking the No-Contact Order". I stupidly laughed it off, telling Brad that the No Contact Order was in place to protect ME, but he hung up first. Another stupid thing I didn't do was call the police right then and there to report Brad breaking the No-Contact Order.

Somehow, again, Brad was able to transfer the $1460 balance owed on his water bill into MY name and onto MY bill!!!! I don't get how he does this!!! He did it with the gas/electric bill back in March of this year.

The funny thing (strange more than 'funny') is that I received none of the actual documentation regarding this strange(illegal) transaction until July 7, 2008, or more than a week from the first court date of June 25th.

On July 7, I received 3 letters from the DM Water Works. The first letter was a disconnect notice dated JUNE 30, informing me that the water service would be terminated on July 10th, due to non-payment. (Brad Ex paid $365 to get the water turned on back on June 26th, four days before this notice was printed. $365 seems like a pretty big payment to me.)

The second letter I received from DM Water Works was the next months bill for nearly $1500 in MY name!! Brad had requested that the water service to my property be put in the owners name, and so the DM Water Works did his bidding. Do think that if I called the DM Water Works and demand that my water bill be put in some one else's name and total amount that I would get anywhere?

The third letter was inform me that the $1460 bill stemmed from the hole they dug back in January, 2008! That's when Brad had the deed to this house in his name! That action stemmed from August 2007, when Brad had the water turned off to our house. I did not know about any of this because he had the water bill in his name. I found out about it in October (when my mother died) when the DM Water Works notified me that we were still receiving water service, even though they apparently had turned our water service off in August. DM Water Works informed me that the Stop Box to our house was apparently rusted 'open' so that the water wasn't turned off in August. I had until January 14 to have the Stop Box repaired, or the DM Water Works would do the repair themselves, and it would cost about twice as much as a private plumber would charge.

Naturally, I appraised Brad of the water Stop Box situation. And just as naturally, he claimed it wasn't HIS problem. When push came to shove, and the water company was chomping at the bit to turn my water off, I asked them if they had contacted the title holder about this situation, since they did not want to get involved in the court order that ordered Brad to pay the water bill. I also supplied the 'owner's' cell phone number, address & P.O.Box. IN JANUARY 2008.

Longer story shorter, apparently, Brad has convoluted the truth so much as to be indistinguishable from his fantasy land that he has convinced DM Water Works to bill ME for this problem because I was named title holder when Brad was found in contempt for NOT SIGNING OVER THE DEED TO ME IN 2006, per the divorce Decree in FEBRUARY, 2008.

DM Water Works expects me to believe that they did NOT do their billing for the $1400 hole they dug in my yard IN JANUARY 2008 until March 30, 2008??!!??

Just as conveniently, I am supposed to swallow the horse shit that Mr. Bradley can and did transfer this bill and balance into MY name in June 2008, and I don't find out about it until after the 6th court date in as many months on JULY 7TH, 2008????? Something smells like a rotten fish.

Also on July 7th I received a notice from the Iowa DOT(Department of Transportation) that my driver's license is revoked, and I must surrender my license to the DOT by August 5th, 2008. Less than a month from the date I receive this notice I will lose my driver's license and I don't have a clue what is going on.

All I know so far is that this July 7th was a real red-letter day, and none of it was good.

More on this continuing saga later- take notes and keep track! (kidding)

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