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1IN RE MARRIAGE OF CALDWELL — ED0479120021 142ATTACHMENT TO RESPONSIVE DECLARATION TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728RELIEF REQUESTEDI ask that the court deny Petitioner's ("Ginny's") request to appoint a new CaseManager. I ask that Neil Ribner, Ph.D., remain in his capacity as Case Manager and730 evaluator.I also request that all custody issues be submitted to Dr. Ribner for his reviewand recommendations, and that we not attend the appointment scheduled at FamilyCourt Services in October.BACKGROUNDOn September 4, 2009, Dr. Ribner was appointed to perform a 730 evaluation.(See Findings and Order After Hearing filed with the court on September 25, 2009.) Itwas Ginny's former attorney who suggested we use Dr. Ribner, and my attorney and Iagreed. He began his evaluation in October and his report was completed onDecember 30, 2009. His initial report was 31 pages long. His addendum, datedJanuary 5, 2010, was one page.Dr. Ribner interviewed me and Ginny separately. He also conductedpsychological testing on both of us. He met with all four of our children, Kasey, nowage 18, Cody, age 16, Kira, age 14, and Kessa, age 10. He met with the childrenseparately, as a group, and separately with me and Ginny.He also interviewed my parents, Ginny's parents, and my former girlfriend eventhough we were no longer together at the time. Ginny married within months of Dr.Ribner completing his report, but her husband, Dave Edmunds, was not mentioned as asignificant other and he was not interviewed in that role.In addition to these family members, Dr. Ribner made numerous collateralcontacts. At Ginny's request he contacted friends: Penny Nagel, Joanne Nagel, DaveEdmunds, Tracey Brunetto and Miguel Lopez. Only Mr. Lopez was noted as a former1
0021512345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728significant other for Ginny.My personal references contacted by Dr. Ribner were Melissa Mason, DesireeDutra, Harold Gottschalk, and Tina Caldwell.Most importantly, Dr. Ribner made numerous professional collateral contacts.These included teachers and personnel from the girls' schools in San Diego (UniversityCity) and Ramona, Dr. Aiello, Dr. Handwerger, Dr. Grayson and Dr. Jackson as well asthe girls' dentist. Dr. Grayson is their pediatrician and Dr. Jackson is Kira's headachespecialist. Dr. Aiello is an Osteopath (D.O.) and Dr. Handwerger is a Naturopath (N.D.).Ginny selected Dr. Aiello and Dr. Handwerger without my input or consent, and she isthe only one who took Kira to see them.Dr. Ribner also tried to get a hold of CPS but they did not return his calls. Dr.Ribner had to rely on minors' counsel's report on her contacts with CPS. Dr. Ribnerreviewed records and a summary report from the therapists at Psycare, and hereviewed Kira's records from Aurora Behavioral Health.Commissioner McKenzie made her orders regarding custody and Dr. Ribner'srole as Case Manager on February 3, 2010. It is my recollection that Ginny objected tominors' counsel being the one we reported to, as originally recommended by Dr.Ribner, and her attorney suggested Dr. Ribner serve as Case Manager. I did notobject. It made sense to me to report to Dr. Ribner because he knew our family welland already had made so many collateral contacts.After Commissioner McKenzie made her orders on February 3, 2010, I did nothave much interaction with Dr. Ribner until the end of April/early May when I providedhim with updates on the girls' behavior and school performance. I was supposed tosend him monthly reports, but it took some time before agreements could be reachedas to how information was to be provided to Dr. Ribner and copied to everyone.Prior to the meeting between Dr. Ribner and the attorneys on June 28, I spokedirectly with Dr. Ribner by telephone. I understand that Ginny had the sameopportunity. In my conversation with Dr. Ribner I gave him my observations of Kira's2
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