Slam the Gavel

    Slam the Gavel welcomes back Attorney Bobby Chacon. Last on the show Season,  2 Episode 102. Attorney Chacon has been a career federal law enforcement professional with over 27 years of experience. With a varied career profile including complex criminal investigation,  international deployments as well as underwater forensic training. A proven effective team leade...

Slam the Gavel welcomes back Claire Wirth, former Kentucky Congressional Candidate to discuss a National breaking Story regarding a Stephanie Russell, a Mother and much loved pediatrician who was driven to SNAP due to the corrupt justice system in Jefferson, Louisville, Kentucky.        In Judge Denise Brown's biased courtroom many things have taken place that should never happ...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes back  Steven Wade, Family Law Specialist from Wales, United Kingdom. Last on the show, Season 2, Episode 92, Steven Wade is one of the co-founders of the Family Law Assistance Franchise, a total of five around the UK. The Family Law Assistance Franchise is a growing band of a new breed of legal practitioners who help people represent themselves in the...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes a Mother of three girls who became entangled in a CPS conspiracy involving the police and corrupt CPS caseworkers and her battle started in 2010. However, it ramped up in 2015 when her children went to visit their father for the weekend and were never returned.      This Mother was met with a Direct Indictment where there is no Due Pro...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Amy Betts to the show. She is a protective mom, parent advocate, and the President of Aidiley's - a non-profit in North Carolina. Aidileys works to improve the quality of life for women and their families. Amy is striving to be the change that she wants to see.      We discussed the legal abuses and the abuse of the power within...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes back Davey Walker form the UK. Great discussion involving updates between him and his daughter and family life. We discussed mental health month and how difficult it was during Covid lockdown especially when not having daily contact with people.     We talked about the importance of communication and future plans of visiting...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes William Dubree, Ph. D. on to the show. Dr. Dubree is a Project Developer, Learning Theory Applications to Human Behavior, Visionary and teacher.     Dr. Dubree saw the importance of blending the fields of economics, behavioral psychology, healthcare and other sciences in developing a critical understanding and definition of the productive a...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Ben Tomes to the show. He is an award-winning wrestling and mixed martial arts coach as well as an author of the Confessions of the Unmedicated Mind series and an alienated parent.       At age 49, he recently made the 2nd oldest debut MMA fight ever as part of an upcoming book and documentary about parental alienation entitled P...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Reverend Mark Sowersby. He is a Pastor, Author, Husband and father. Pastor Sowersby has been married to his wonderful wife Jennifer for 18 years and is the father of four children.  Mark has been an ordained minister with Assembly of God for over 25 years and is currently the Pastor of Calvary Community Church in Dudley, MA.  Pastor M...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes Founder and Executive Director for Americans for Equal Shared Parenting, Mark Ludwig. Mark has a 35 year background in the political arena in Missouri as a candidate, campaign manager and advisor.     Mark has also gained national notoriety as a candidate for United States Congress and has served on the board of directors for numerous busin...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Dr. Susan Ilk-Moor to the show. She is a Geriatric Psychiatrist and also an alienated mother living in Kingston (Napanee) Canada. Dr. Susan Ilkov-Moor graduated from medical school from Queens University and has been in practice since 2006. She is seen here in a picture with a yoga-instructor who recently passed at the age of 101 and had practi...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Dr. Jennifer Jill Harmon, PhD. to the show. Dr. Harmon is the author of, "Parents Acting Badly," which does an excellent job of identifying the dynamics of alienation.      Identifying with many of the same issues as Dr. C. Childress, Dr. Jennifer Harmon also goes into great detail about some of the larger issues that cause and p...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes back Dean Tong, MSc., to the show for National Child Abuse Awareness Month. He was last on the show on Season 2, Episode 32.  Dean Tong, MSc. is a Forensic Trial Expert, author, public speaker and consultant in the field of false child abuse allegations. He is the author of three books: "Elusive Innocence: Survival Guide for the Falsely Ac...

       Slam the Gavel welcomes Hope Wagner to the show. She is a Grandmother to three granddaughters. Her own daughter was murdered by the children's father. However, she has been ordered to not see her own grandchildren, but the father that has committed the murder has access to see his daughters.        As the children were questioned by the...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes Jennifer Szeghi, M.A. to the show. She is a parent-child coach and parent coordinator, who specializes working with high conflict families.    Her journey started two decades ago working with families in the mental health field in various settings, such as the psychiatric unit, juvenile detention, and outpatient settings.    &nbsp...

Slam the Gavel welcomes Heidi Heard to tell her story involving a victory over a Guardianship that involved her then 18 year-old daughter. Heidi explains how the case evolved over asking for help  with her daughter to a distant family member.  She had no idea that going to get help from a family member would set in motion a calculated system of betrayal. After Heidi did this, the situati...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Sam Sugar, M.D back to the show. Dr. Sugar was last on the show season  3, episodes 33 and 39.     The state of Florida has a fund designated for kids born with birth defects and it is funded by doctors in Florida. Doctors pay money every year into this multi billion dollar fund. This led to a discussion on a case of a child born...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Todd Bensman, M.A. and Author to the show. Todd Bensman  is a full-time Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies, a D.C. based policy institute examining immigration and he is the author of "America's Covert Border War, The Untold Story Of The Nation's Battle To Prevent Jihadist Infiltration," publ...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Anne DeSantis, back on to the show.  Ann was last on the show Season 2, Episode 87. She is the Director of  St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation for Freedom, Family and Faith.  A Philadelphia native, Anne is also a book author, 55+ model and podcaster/host.    Anne has been the Director of the St. Raymond Nonnatus Foundation...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes back Amy van der Linde back on the show. Amy was last on the show Season 3, Episode 19. Amy came back on the show to discuss how to use your mind to deepen your connections with your family, employees, business partners, children and yourself. Amy discusses how to unlock your potential that you don't even know you have to elevate your life to new hei...

Slam the Gavel welcomes back Sam Sugar, M.D. to the show. we discussed how to prevent a Guardianship/Professional Guardianship from happening and what to do if you cannot. Dr. Sugar recommended having Advance Directives that state that under no circumstances that you want a guardianship. Also make sure a Health Care POA is in place and a Will. Make your wishes well known to family members as well...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Sarah Leyva Pike to the show. Sarah spoke about her sons, Joshua & Samuel Leyva as they were forcefully removed from their home in Virginia through a perjurious "no-knock-warrant" carried out by the Sheriff’s Department.       Since November 2015,  their Mother, Sarah Leyva Pike had maintained a Non-Revocable Court...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes Attorney Amy Cosentino and James Schoch on to the show. Attorney Amy Cosentino is a member of the Florida Bar in good standing. She is also a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, a member of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar. Ms. Cosentino also participated in the Lawyers for Literacy Program for the Palm Beach County Bar Associat...

Slam the Gavel welcomes Teri "Yaki" Cahoon to the show. She is a volunteer teacher and relief worker, Air Force veteran, a foster parent, an adoptive homeschooling Mum, and biological mother after having multiple child losses (biological, adoptive, and foster).     Teri "married" someone of same sex before the supreme court ruling which retroactively put her name on my daughter's birth c...

Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)Slam the Gavel Podcast welcomes Jennifer A. Murphy, M.S., A.S. back on the show. Jennifer is speaking out about child sexual abuse being the real problem, not child trafficking. There is no accountability and the child sexual abuse is the issue  as predators go where there is prey. She has counseled many victims and explained that th...