Slam the Gavel

  Slam the Gavel welcomes back Deborah Craig from Glasgow, Scotland to the podcast. Deborah was last on Season 4, Episodes 26 and 56 (3-16-2023), and today we talked about regulating the nervous system as well as the causes of the dysregulation.     Feeling anxious, waiting for the other shoe to drop, constantly worrying and feeling "foggy," are signs and symptoms of a dysregulated nervo...

  Slam the Gavel welcomes back Dawn McCarty to the podcast. She was last on Season 4, Episodes 62, 74 and 123 and Season 5, Episode 65. Dawn discussed her conference that was held on October 10th, 2024, during the hurricane. The conference featured guest speakers Dr. C. Childress Dr. Stan Karosi, Rebecca Bailey, Alyse Price-Tobler and Dawn herself. The conference was focused on Mental Health/Child...

    Slam the Gavel podcast welcomes back Jim Schoch to the podcast. He was last on the podcast Season 3, Episodes 3, 37 and 109, Season 4, Episodes 81 and 113. On the last episode we discussed the Father's Day failure and how the can was kicked down the road once more by Judge Mary Anne Scattaretico-Naber, leaving Jim without his son on Father's Day and his son's birthday.     Updat...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes back Julie Andrews to the podcast. Julie was last on Season 5, Episode 134 in July 12th, 2024, where we talked about knowing the signs of alienation before it's too late.      Today we talked about why and how judges, Guardian ad Litems and other third party parasites aren't held accountable. If law enforcement, physicians and nurses have to be drug tested, t...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes back Nate Munro and Debbie Carroll to the podcast. They were last on Season 5, Episode167.  They ask the vital questions: what happens to parents who are trapped in family court cases with judges who conduct illegal and unethical practices against them?  Where can they go for help? Are there solutions outside of the legal system?  What does it take to have influence in t...

   Slam the Gavel podcast welcomes Eulonda Rushing from Concord, North Carolina to discuss her experiences with the system, particularly in Cabarrus County and across North Carolina. Eulonda Rushing is a dedicated wife and mother, a double major at Oklahoma University, and an MBA graduate from Wake Forest University. She is also an honorably discharged Army Veteran and a non-financial member of De...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes Cello Roque to the podcast. He has been in family court for the last six years and didn't even have an attorney the first day he walked in. Cello soon found out that there was collusion abound especially with the AFC (Attorney For Child) Harry Chu and other judges.      The Players that ignored expert witness testimony of Linda Gottlieb explaining the danger his dau...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes new guest, Tanja Partington from San Bernardino, CA. Tanja has a background in reunification facilitator for prison inmates and their families, she is also an extended learning for substitute teacher, specializing in children with special needs. Tanja is a spokesperson for the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children as well as a vital partner to the community for...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Gina Dobson to the podcast. Gina Dobson is an actor, a writer and a producer. It wasn't until her two children reached adulthood that she also revealed herself as a wrongly accused felon.      In 1998, carrying only her one year-old son and a piggy bank of change, Gina fled to another state from years of life-threatening abuse. Two weeks later after her escape, Gi...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes Jamie Logan and Jamie Cunningham from Colorado. They shared their concern on how the corrupt family court system is in Colorado and the  devastating effects it has had on their families and especially their children. Interestingly enough, the two women had met because "Taya" Matoy habitually mixed up their court evaluations.     Apparently "Taya" Mato...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes Cristal Salazar to the podcast. Cristal has been fighting a battle against the Texas Child Protective System that has wrongfully torn her family apart. Cristal herself had been a foster child from the ages 1 years to 5 years.     Her children were removed from her care after a series of illegal and unethical actions by CPS investigators. Despite no imminent danger, NO TR...

    Slam the gavel welcomes back Attorney Josh Douglas and Alana Orr to the podcast. Attorney Josh Douglas was last on the podcast Season 5, Episode 157 where we talked about the death of Heather Grier.      Alana Orr is suffering at the hands of Judge A. McGinty, Ulster Family Court where he took her then 4 and-a-half year old daughter away from her. When Alana asked for a reason, Judge A.McGinty...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes back Laurie Smith, LMSW to the podcast. Laurie was last on Season 3, Episode 170, Season 4, Episodes 37,  74 and 153 and Season 5, Episodes 102 and 139. On our last episode we talked about the importance of the ACE'S Score.     Today we talked about "Shame Unspooked," and how we all have the illusion of stability within our lives until something obliterate...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes Michele Dalton to the podcast. Michele is a working mom who has had her children wrongfully removed from her by CPS in Utah.      Michele's children were left in the hands of a man who had stabbed her 29 times, left her for dead and then tried to kill her an additional 8 to 10 times. She had met this man at a Christian Singles evening at the church, also this man h...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes back Carmela Martinez to the podcast. Carmela was last on September 30th, 2023, Season 5, Episode 6. Carmela updated us with her current case on July 12th, 2024, in front of the Child Support Magistrate, to determine if the child support could be dropped. Carmela had to submit her financial affidavit, but in the past her ex never submitted one. Only on the day of the Chi...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes Attorney Gary Dolan from Massachusetts to the podcast to discuss the case of his broken career due to lies, perjury and case-fixing by the lawyers and the judges that may cause him to be disbarred. Attorney Dolan began his career at the age of 50 years. Attorney Dolan was last on the podcast Season 5, Episode 144.      It all started with a slip and fall case that involv...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes Kia Walker back to the podcast. Kia was last on Season 5, Episodes 77, 112 and 120. The last time she was on we discussed the level of racism in Illinois when a grandmother honks her car horn and is pulled over by police.    Today we talked about what life looks like today in Kia's life and how she is exhausted being in a high-profile case regarding her son and hi...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes Nate Munro and Debbie Carroll to the podcast.  we discussed the intricacies of the juvenile, family court and foster care systems. Where does all the money go?     Nate Munro is an Activist, Advocate and Citizen Journalist. Nate is a certified ADA advocate and father's rights advocate. After being subjected to debt peonage for over a decade by Child Support, he was...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes John Sullivan from Holland, MI to the podcast. John was last on Season 4, Episodes 2, 18 and 96 and Season 5, Episode35. On the last podcast we discussed The Racism and CPS Hell in Holland Michigan. Today we discussed the frustration with CPS agencies not doing their job.      John talked about what had happened in Florida where, "More than 70 caseworkers lied about...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes back Mark Andrews to the podcast. Mark was last on Season 2, Episode 80, Season 3, Episodes 13 and 23, Season 4, Episodes 116 and 138 and Season 5, Episodes 29 and 61.  The last time Mark was on we discussed his what had happened in his federal case.      Today we talked about the viral video featuring Mark Andrews, a process server, on Audit the Audit on YouTube with 85...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes back Theodore Chino, MBA, DCBA to the podcast Theo was last one Season 5, Episodes 128 and 143. The last time we spoke, we discussed if lawyers carry malpractice insurance. Not to anyone's surprise, some just don't.....      Today we discussed that if a person is suffering in family court, perhaps one should Voir Dire the judge as an attorney would a jury. Eve...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes Tracy Armes, Emanuel Shetler, Leslie Carrington and Natalia Dalton to Happy Hour on Slam the Gavel. We discussed each of their entries into the book, "Raised By These Wolves, Child Trafficking Within The Foster Care And Court Systems," and their input and solutions regarding the family court, judiciary, CPS and foster care systems. To Reach participants:  dism...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes Jacqueline Ballard, a mother and grandmother and her daughter, Danielle Ballard to the podcast.       Their fight for justice began when Magistrate Kelly Starritt, told one lie in family court in a custody battle. After Jacqueline and her daughter Danielle, called out that lie, Magistrate Kelly Starritt retaliated in the worst possible way.       Despite thinking they w...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes Amy Betts and her organization Aidileys.org, Amy Palacios, Stetson Webster (his website: leveragethelaw.com), Kim and Temple. We discussed what's really happening to children and their parents in the family courts of Forsyth, Davison, Wake, Orange, Stokes, Cabarrus and Nash Counties of NC.     Each parent described the atrocities they have suffered at the hands of t...

  Slam the Gavel welcomes back Ray Sipult to the podcast. Ray was last on the podcast Season 4, Episode 84. We discussed the CPS/Foster Care Crisis in Kansas. We discussed personal retaliation on Ray and his family and what that entailed.     Also the article that came out September 17th, 2024 written by Zena Taher, "Kansas DCF could face court over years-long settlement," in Witchita, K...