A Flower In A Minefield

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013What you are about to read is a true story and arguably one of the worst chapters in thehistory of the family court system in Wood County, Ohio. The professionals mentioned hereinare completely detached from their profession and the law of the land and there has been acomplete abandonment of the truth. The unfortunate part of sharing this story, as is the case withso many other cases that involved a rupture of the justice system is that you cannot speak outagainst these individuals without paying a price. This story will not be silenced! The presentjuvenile court system in Wood County, Ohio is crippled, incompetent and corrupt, completelybiased against any parent who dares speak in opposition to their decisions.Introducing Judge David Woessner the acting judge of the Wood County Juvenile Court;Judge Woessner precludes the parties from their rights to due process, fair trial, a full casehearing and adjudication—rights to which we are all entitled—by leaving decisions whichshould be made in the courtroom on facts are instead put in the hands of his colleagues andfriends in which parents are coerced or threatened into stipulations through the rubber stampingof definitive evaluations and reports which become his ruling.As if this sort of indifference is not enough, rather than the judicial, legal entity which itwas founded to be, Judge Woessner has developed a full-time employment program for privatepsychologists and attorneys who know and refer to each other with the participation of thejudiciary. Attorneys employed as Guardian Ad Litems (GALs) and psychologists are oftenrecommended or assigned by Judge Woessner. It is my belief after proper investigation andinterviews that these professionals all know each other personally, refer to each other and marketeach other. This cronyism results in a runaway unsupervised miscarriage of justice.This true story of child abuse, perjury and corruption is to warn the public about theunprofessional misconduct Judge David Woessner employs in the court room paid by your taxes.The story put before you here is a true story of a parent fighting for his child's right to beprotected by the law of the land against child abuse and neglect. I have changed the name of thechild and will not mention the name of the parents; please note that this story holds tremendousimportance in my personal life.This is a case in which the Judge David Woessner and the professionals involvedmishandled and thereby allowed the cover-up of obvious child abuse. Judge Woessner’s owncourt appointed officials were caught perjuring themselves under oath and trying to cover upabuse of a young girl for several years. This is a case where the child was afflicted with overTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT 4

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013A. [Graves] “I asked her about going to Mommy’s, and she said, ‘She don’t like me.’ Iasked if Mommy yells. She answered ‘Yeah.’ I asked if Daddy yells. ‘No.’ I ask if Daddylikes you. She says ‘Yeah.’ I ask her who hurts her, and she says ‘Mommy, cause she’smean.’ I ask her where Mommy hits, and she answers, ‘She hits me’ and points to hercheek and her eye. I ask why. “Because she is mean to me.” Then she gets distracted anddoesn’t want to answer any of the questions.” Tr pg. 133 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] came home with bruises all over her back”.A. [Graves] “saw it” Tr pg. 150 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 151 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a cut on her face and a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you recall the March 1 st incident where it was alleged that[mother] grabbed [Sarah] by the neck?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “with another black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] has cuts around her eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “where [Sarah] was left alone in a car by [mother]?”A. [Graves] “I knew about the incident.” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with another black eye.”A. [Graves] “Probably” Tr pg. 155 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a report that [mother] grabbed [Sarah] in the parking lotof the YMCA. Did you verify that?”A. [Graves] “I saw that or I did not verify it, no” Tr pg. 156 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a bruise on the child's cheek.”A. [Graves] “Yes, I saw that one” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Children's Services was called that the child was put in a closet. Doyou know about that incident?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 157 (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT 6

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “handprint on the child's chest”.A. [Graves] “There are the fingerprint looking” Tr pg. 158 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “The September 7 th , bruising on the back”?A. [Graves] “I saw the bruising on the back” Tr pg. 158 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Doctor, I've given you a litany of one, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 incidences over atwo year period”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 159 (2006)For the first two years of Sarah’s life, her father raised her full-time. “Plaintiff/Father wasthe primary care-giver” 1 . The minute Sarah was born; she was put into her father’s arms andnever left. Sarah is a survivor, beginning with her struggle to live in spite of the landmark Roe v.Wade decision of 1973, in which the US Supreme Court held that a mother may abort herpregnancy for any reason (including nothing more than personal choice, up until the point wherethe “fetus” becomes what the Court and the medical industry deems as “viable”). Sarah wasviable and she survived the odds right from the get-go by even being born.Sarah’s mother wanted to go out and do her own thing, so it fell to her father to take timeoff work and stay home with Sarah because she suffered from many ear infections and illnessesas an infant. Sarah was with her father 24/7. “The Defendant/Mother testified that following thebreakup of the parties, the Plaintiff/Father took care of Sarah most of the time”. 2 When Sarahwas two years old, her mother and father separated and father’s attorney acquired a court orderfor Sarah not to leave the jurisdiction. The mother was ordered to have Sarah back to her father’sresidence by eight-thirty p.m. The mother’s attorney, Ann Baronas, instructed her not to moveout, so she continued to live at the same residence with the father.When Sarah would spend time with her mother alone, Sarah would be in urine soakedclothes, urine soaked shoes and unexplained bruises. Sarah would run and scream when she sawher mother. The first pre-trial came up quickly and father’s attorney agreed to a GAL, A friendof the court Attorney Jim Sharp from Bowling Green, Ohio. The following is Wood County Rule22, GAL: In addition to those instances required by rule or statute, in order to protect the bestinterest of minor children in any action over which this Court has jurisdiction, the Court may1 Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 13, 20062 Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 13, 2006THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT 7

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013appoint a guardian ad litem [GAL] upon its own motion or the motion of any party. The GALneed not be an attorney and in most abuse, neglect, or dependency cases, the GAL will be aCourt Appointed Special Advocate. Upon appointment, the GAL may perform certain basicduties, some of which are identified below. (The feasibility of some of the duties will dependupon the age(s) of the child (ren) and the specific circumstances of each case.)(A) Interview the children and observe each parent with the children;(B) Review the pleadings and consult with each attorney as to position and issues;(C) Investigate all significant persons and interview independently;(D) Obtain records (e.g. school, criminal, medical, psychological, child protectiveservices, etc);(E) Perform home visits (this may be combined with the interview process).Unannounced home visits may be employed;(F) Evaluate the necessity, if any, of psychological evaluations or counseling; and file amotion requesting the same;(G) Communicate with the protective services worker;(H) Attend all hearings concerning the best interest of the children.It is within the discretion of the GAL to tailor these duties to the facts and to synthesizeinformation received from all sources in the preparation of a recommendation.The powers of the GAL shall be wide-ranging including, but not limited to, the right tofile motions and to review, as allowed by law, all confidential records involving the children andparents, by request and by subpoena. 3Father continued to watch Sarah scream and beg not to go with her mother and after afew black eyes; father had a conversation with his attorney regarding the problem. Heencouraged the father to do whatever he had to do to catch her mother in the act if she is abusingSarah. Shortly thereafter, father saw an episode of Dateline NBC on which they were discussingthe use of “nanny-cams.” Father called his attorney and suggested it to him as a possible solutionand he stated that father should acquire one, so father followed his advice. The nanny-cam fatherbought was also equipped with audio and since it would be placed within his own home, the useof it was in no way illegal. The nanny-cam was placed in the living room and the harsh realitiesit revealed were completely disturbing as a parent.3 Woessner, D. Rules of practice 2006THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT 8

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013The audio alone was horrific. At one point, Sarah was sick and had diarrhea. Her motherwas cussing and yelling at Sarah and dragged her into the bathroom to clean her off in thebathtub. When Sarah was put into the water, Sarah immediately started screaming, “HOT!HOT!” and her mother yelled back at her to “Stop crying!” and did not remove her from the hotbathwater.A few days later, Sarah’s grandfather on the fathers side dropped Sarah off to her motherfor her parenting time—still at fathers residence, mind you, because she had not moved out at herattorney’s advice. When father went to pick Sarah up at their residence, Sarah was curled up inthe corner of the living room clutching her teddy bear tightly and sleeping with tears in her eyes.The mother’s only explanation was, “We had a disagreement.”The mother left and father put Sarah on the couch so she would not have to sleep on thefloor. Father immediately checked the nanny-cam and discovered that what the mother hadreferred to as “a disagreement” was something altogether much worse. In the video, Sarah wastrying to get away from her mother, desperately trying to open the front door. The mothergrabbed Sarah by the arm and yanked her down to the hardwood floor. Sarah continued to runfrom her mother, screaming and trying to get away. The mother grabbed the child, who wasfighting and screaming to get loose and tossed her onto the couch. Aghast at what the father hadjust viewed, he played the recording to his parents and father called Wood County Children’sServices, but they refused to come out and check on the situation.On another occasion on the mother’s time, father’s nanny-cam recorded the mothertalking on the phone about cleaning the father out (stealing stuff from his residence) and callinghim horrific names in front of his daughter. The mother was furious that he obtained a courtorder that Sarah cannot be moved out of his residence. The mother was cussing and trying tofigure out what she should take that was worth a lot of money. While talking on the phone Sarahgot up and struggled to take her diaper off to use the bathroom. Sarah finally gets her diaper offand uses the bathroom and then goes and lies on the coach. The mother stared at Sarah the wholetime and must have felt Sarah did not need to be wiped after having a bowel movement andurinating.The next day, while father was not home, the mother, her friend and a man came into hishome and destroyed it. They moved all of the mother’s clothes out; she also took things thatTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT 9

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013didn’t even belong to either of them. On the nanny-cam, the mother could be clearly heardsaying things like, “This must be the quickest move-out ever”.Her friends urged her to, “Take all the expensive stuff.” Meanwhile, young Sarah wassick and crying from the cold. It was an Ohio winter at this time and the front door was wideopen so they could easily remove stuff from the house. In addition to the complete disrespect forthe property and the greedy pillaging, no one seemed to notice the foul language that was beingused in front of a sick and confused little girl.When father return home after this incident and saw what had happened to his place byviewing the nanny-cam recording; he immediately changed the locks. Sarah’s mother tried tocome in the house when she brought Sarah back, however the father would not allow it, so shecalled the police and told them that Sarah’s father threw her out and that she did not intend togive Sarah over to her father until she was given a key to the house. She also told them thatfather threw all of her things in the front yard and changed the locks. Through a tearful show togain their pity, the mother told the police she had nowhere to go. They asked her if she would letSarah’s father take her inside to lay her down because Sarah was very ill and the cold wasn’thelping, but she adamantly refused to let father have the child unless she was let in as well. So,for the best interest of Sarah, father let her in.As far as the items she and her friends had removed from father’s residence, there wassome justice served. The police reviewed the nanny cam and said she had to bring everythingback that she took. Father wasn’t about to argue over petty things, so he just told her to keep itall. The police also warned father to watch himself because she had lied to them after viewingthe nanny cam. Eventually mother snooping around allowed her to discover the nanny-cam thathad been keeping an eye on her.Father had enrolled Sarah in a daycare twice a week for a couple of hours to allow her tosocialize and play with other children, which he felt was important. However, it soon came to hisattention that Sarah’s mother was dropping her off there more often without his knowledge orconsent. Father received a phone call from the daycare center to notify him that her mother haddropped Sarah off sick with a temperature of 104. When father went to pick his sick daughter up,the daycare center gave him a signed statement declaring that is what had happened.Sometime later, father had a meeting with the court appointed GAL Mr. James Sharp andright off the bat; he stated he was disgusted that father had installed a nanny cam in hisTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT10

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013residence. The court appointed official’s response to the video he watched where Sarah’s motherthrew her head-first onto the couch was absolutely disgusting at the least; his remark was “Whatdoes a two-year-old remember anyway?”In my opinion this officer of the court was telling me that you can jerk a child around andthrow a child around only at certain ages. So you can abuse a child as long as the child cannotremember. Father let him know his concerns about all the injuries and gave him a witness list sohe can follow the rules of Wood County Juvenile Court Rule 22 (C) “Investigate all significantpersons and interview independently.” Attorney Mr. Sharp would only meet with father fortwenty minutes and did not call any of my witnesses concerning the welfare of Sarah. He alsorefused to come out to fathers home or do anything related to his job. He decided to let themother move out without filing abandonment on her and relinquish the court order without evenattempting an investigation concerning Sarah’s welfare. The result of this? Sarah could nowspend nights with the mother and this is where the physical abuse and neglect grew much moresevere. It was at this point that father dismissed his attorney and retained new one. Fatherdismissed his attorney because he would not challenge the GAL Mr. Sharp on his decisionrelinquishing the court order without investigating the issues at hand. This is the beginning ofJudge David Woessner’s all for one, one for all buddy system that he employs in his court room.One such type of abuse and neglect involved Sarah’s diapers. She was often returned tofather with severe diaper rash. Father had noticed that Sarah’s mother was buying the same brandof diapers that he used, so father was sure that was not the problem. In trying to figure out whatwas wrong, Father had noticed that whenever Sarah came back to him, her diapers were veryheavy. Father decided to videotape marking the inside of Sarah’s diaper with a permanentmarker before Sarah would have visitation with her mother. The next day when Sarah would bewelcomed back by her father, he checked her diaper and the mark was there. What this meantwas that Sarah was being kept in the same diaper for over twenty-four hours, resulting in therashes he was seeing. This happened numerous times. When he called Wood County Children’sServices, they stated to him that there is no need to call them because the court appointed GALMr. Sharp had placed a phone call into them on father’s complaints indicating nothing waswrong.At this point, father still had Sarah around eighty percent of the time. After Sarah’sovernight visits with her mother, she often came home with black eyes, body bruises and rashesTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT11

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013on her private areas so bad that Sarah could not walk. Father had to make something for her tosleep on at night that would soak up her urine because he could not put a diaper on her. Fatherkept a record of everything in a written journal, a handheld video camera and photographs. Sarahhad become terrified of her mother. Whenever she had to go with her, she responded withrunning away, screaming and urinating on herself out of shear fear. She also started havingsevere nightmares and even developed a bowel movement problem that required her to startseeing a specialist.It was twelve midnight on a weekend when Sarah’s father received a phone call thatSarah was in the emergency room with a broken arm because she had allegedly fallen off a step.When father was at the hospital; Sarah’s mother told him a different story than she had givenfather’s brother. The mother later testified in court that she was at a friend’s house late at nightand was sitting on the swing with her boyfriend when the incident occurred. Other couples werein the hot tub. The mother alleges that she turned her head for only a second and when shelooked back, Sarah was screaming. The hospital discovered something odd, though. Sarah hadno bruises around her elbow; in fact, this part of her arm was not even broken. They insteaddetermined that Sarah’s elbow was pulled out of place and two three-inch pins had to be insertedto hold the elbow together. Father’s nanny cam had proved mother had a habit of yankingSarah’s arm in the past. Until the trial, the mother maintained the story that Sarah had fallen offthe back porch step. The witnesses did not corroborate that story, but no one could (or would)say what really happened at that friend’s house that night. GAL Mr. Sharp stated only“Accidents happen” and declared that it was okay to keep Sarah out that late at a party becauseSarah was not tired. Wood County Children’s Services again refused to do an investigation.Father had opted to take parenting classes by personal choice. The class was taught byKristen Nagle, a parenting class teacher employed by C.R.C in Bowling Green, Ohio. After theER incident concerning Sarah’s arm occurred, Kristen Nagle felt compelled to ask Sarah whatreally happened to her arm. Sarah grabbed her arm and pulled on it and said, “Mommy mad.”Sarah continued to suffer months of coming home with black eyes, rashes and bruises all overher little body. One time, she even came home with fingerprints around her neck. A professionalrecommended that father keep a photo album of these injuries since the professionals involvedincluding Wood County Children Services were sweeping Sarah under the rug.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT12

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013At trial, father’s new attorney, in spite of the solid evidence including black eyes, rashes,a dislocated elbow and a video of the mother getting mad and tossing Sarah head-first on thecouch, informed him and his family during evidentiary hearing that if father did not agree toshare parenting recommended by GAL Mr. Sharp, after no investigation from him, father wouldlose Sarah altogether. She assured father that GAL Mr. Sharp would make it happen in thatmanner. And deep down, father knew she was right, so like any typical father going through thisfor the first time, he was nervous and pressured and he grudgingly agreed.Judge Woessner’s GAL Mr. Sharp didn’t do an investigation. In fact, he didn’t evenfollow the Wood County Local Rule on a GAL. He had only spoken with father once for twentyminutes and never visited his residence or called any of his witnesses. He didn’t do anythingexcept give his recommendation of shared parenting, working it around the mother’s schedule.Poor Sarah didn’t know if she was coming or going. The mother’s attorney wrote up theagreement and it was completely untruthful; Attorney Ann Baronas has a habit of beingdishonest as I found out during my investigation on her. Ann Baronas is the attorney thatdisgraced her profession by calling a police officer that was killed in the line of duty “300-poundthug with a gun was an undercover officer.” 4Father promptly fired his second attorney. Father’s new attorney objected to theagreement and father asked for the audiotape from the court on the agreement on record. For thecourt’s convenience the tape was inaudible and nothing could be understood on it, however thecourt accepted attorney Ann Baronas’s agreement anyway. I find that very suspicious.Nevertheless, father received shared custody, but he still had Sarah most of the time. Meanwhile,father wanted all three of them to go to counseling so they could raise Sarah together and try tofind out what is going on between the mother and Sarah, but mother adamantly refused.Sarah began returning to father with more rashes, some of them so horrible and painfulpoor little Sarah couldn’t even walk and the abuse and neglect did not stop there. At one point,her mother left the Sarah in a running car while she ran into the store. A male bystander saw thisand waited next to the car until the mother returned. Both the bystander and the store reportedthis to Wood County Children’s Services; however they refused once again to investigate. I am4 http://www.northwestohio.com/news/story.aspx?id=62036THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT13

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013wondering if this agency serves a purpose at all. They certainly weren’t serving in Sarah’sprotection, in spite of the name of their office.Sarah’s bowel movement problems were also worsening. Every time Sarah would returnto her father, the poor child was so constipated she could do nothing but get on all fours and cry.Father’s only recourse was to give her suppositories or an enema. With the specialist’s help, hewas able to assert that the reason for the problem was her mother’s negligence in giving Sarahher prescribed medication consistently. The specialist documented this in his records.Meantime every half hour, Sarah would ask, “Mommy not coming?” Sarah continued tohide underneath beds, computer desks and play houses while screaming when her mother wouldcome to pick her up. Father’s security camera recorded Sarah’s plea for safety.After some time, father received a call from Wood County Children’s Services statingthey would like to see Sarah because a situation had been reported to them. Father, with aglimmer of hope thought he might actually finally be getting some help from them. So, fatherproceeded with Sarah to Wood County Children’s Services as they requested, hoping they wouldintervene. The reason they wanted to speak with young Sarah was because there wereaccusations coming from somewhere that Sarah was being locked in a closet at the mother’shouse and left home alone. Case worker Brandy Hanson Laux led the investigation but whenMrs. Laux asked the mother about the complaint, she vehemently denied it and the case wasdismissed. Sarah had reported to professionals that she was being put in a closet when hermother would leave.One evening at the YMCA, Father was attending Mommy and Me classes and balletlessons with Sarah. “Plaintiff/Father has readily embrace this responsibility, enrolling Sarah in avariety of classes at the YMCA for the past (2) years, which include cooking, nature art andswimming. Sarah has also been involved in numerous sporting activities, including soccer,basketball and ballet. The Plaintiff/Father is normally present for all these activities andparticipates with Sarah in many of the classes”. 5 Since it is rare for fathers to accompany theirchildren to these groups, a teacher asked her why her mother did not come. When Sarah wasasked this, Sarah suddenly went into scared mode that her mother was coming and young Sarah5 Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 13, 2006THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT14

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013threw herself on the ground and covered her head. The teacher could not believe this reactionand promised to never mention the mother again.Father had an appointment with his attorney. The attorney stated to father that he feelsthat Sarah is getting abused. Father’s attorney watched the video tape of the mother tossing Sarahon the couch. After the meeting, father used his restroom and on the way out, father caught himcarelessly divulging information to the mother’s attorney on the phone. So, once again, fatherhad to fire yet another attorney. My law professor did tell me that Toledo attorneys are a tightsociety. Father then hired Attorney Mary Smith, which would later prove to be yet another hugemistake.Sarah was constipated all weekend and mother was planning on taking Sarah across thecountry. Father called Sarah’s specialist before he would let her go to her mothers. The specialisttold father not to let Sarah leave with Sarah’s mother until he examined her. Father knew if he letSarah go with her mother, she would take her across the country whether Sarah had a doctor’sappointment or not. Since it was father’s parenting time anyway and the magistrate neverordered any mandatory vacation time allowance, father kept Sarah until the doctor’s appointmentper his request. Father proceeded with Sarah to her doctor’s appointment and the mother metthem there. Sarah’s specialist recommended to both mother and father that it would be in Sarah’sbest interest for her not to travel. In spite of his warning, Sarah’s mother disregarded thespecialist’s recommendation and took young Sarah across the country immediately after thedoctor’s appointment. “I saw [specialist] report indicating the child shouldn’t travel.” 6After the mother and Sarah returned, the mother filed for custody, claiming fatherviolated a court order however the magistrate did not agree with her. Sarah’s mother did not giveup, but insisted on custody because she wanted to move across the country.Sarah was now three years old. At this point, a pre-trial has been set up. To fathersdelight, GAL Mr. Jim Sharp was dismissed from their case and a new GAL was appointed. Thenew GAL was attorney Pamela Manning. Father soon discovered that GAL Mrs. Manning wasfriends with fathers’ new attorney, Mary Smith, as well as the mother’s attorney, Ann Baronas.They have worked together on numerous occasions. At the pre-trial hearing, an unidentifiedattorney came over to attorney Mary Smith and casually stated, “Hey, I see the whole gang is6 Court appointed Psychologist Graves, W. Tr Pg 2006THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT15

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013here today,” and father immediately knew right then Sarah’s abuse was going to be swept underthe carpet.Father set up a time to speak with GAL Ms. Manning a couple days before the next pretrial.Father presented her the videotapes of Sarah’s drastic moments, screaming and havingnightmares with a photo album of all the injuries Sarah sustained. At pre-trial, Father’s attorneyMary Smith agreed without his consent to a visitation schedule change. Father lost one hundredhours a month with his young daughter Sarah, something unfathomable to him after all thereported potential abuse that Sarah was enduring. No one in their right mind would have agreedto that schedule change, however attorney Mary Smith did it without so much as a blink.GAL Ms. Manning without investigating Sarah’s situation handed mother half of father’shours. In addition to this, GAL Ms. Manning demanded father to discontinue videotaping andeven taking pictures because she claimed he was causing damage to Sarah, which was absurdconsidering the damage that was being done to her by her mother. Not to mention the damageGAL Pamela Manning is causing by limiting Sarah’s time with her father. Apparently,videotaping a child crying and screaming is more detrimental than abusing and neglecting them.Plus father’s attorney Mary Smith told him to keep recording when the mother picks up Sarah.GAL Ms. Manning knew it was a security cam and that no one could see it, so it was not likefather was carrying a camera around with him. I would like to note as you will find out, GALMs. Manning will be among many in this true story to start the cover up concerning Sarah’sabuse.In response to these ridiculous notions, father set up another appointment with Ms.Manning. She could not give him any explanation for Sarah’s injuries and as father pushed forexplanations, she said that the black eyes, bruises and red marks on her neck and back were allcaused from a Sit n’ Spin toy. There were no explanations for the nightmares or why Sarahscreamed at the sight or even the mention of her mother. GAL Ms. Manning’s excuses and workethic were completely unprofessional and grossly pathetic at best. GAL Ms. Manning also statedthat father had enrolled Sarah in too many learning classes at the YMCA and that these classeswere not good for Sarah. This statement will become a huge part of the next trial. Sarah wasenrolled for only two hours a week and this was easily verifiable because father signed a releaseform for GAL Ms. Manning to receive the YMCA records, however GAL Ms. Manning ignoredthe release and blatantly defied her responsibility of her role as a Guardian Ad Litem.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT16

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013GAL Ms. Manning also stated to father and his mother that if Sarah was to come homewith any black eyes or bruises and say’s, “Mommy hit me” (or something to that effect), fathershould respond with, “No, Mommy didn’t and your mother loves you”. Father was to close allcommunication with Sarah on this subject at GAL Ms. Manning’s request. GAL Ms. Manningalso stated if anyone calls the police or Children’s Services again, father would lose contact withhis daughter. He was instructed not to do anything. Father mentions this to his attorney, MarySmith and she, by father’s astonishment, said to follow GAL Ms. Manning orders. Shortlythereafter, Sarah came home with more black eyes and out of sheer fear of losing her altogether,father reluctantly did not report it.On one occasion, Sarah came home with a black eye and she was teary-eyed and quieterthan usual. Sarah’s grandmother offered to read Sarah a book. Sarah jumped on her lap andcuddled in as far as she could. While Sarah’s grandmother was reading to her, young Sarah wasin a daze with tears trickling down her face. Sarah’s grandmother asked her what was wrong.Young Sarah looked at her and said bluntly, “Mommy hurts me.”The grandmother said to her, “It hurts Nana to see you cry.” Sarah responded, “It’s okay,Nana. Sometimes it don’t hurt that bad.”Another event that was really hard for father to handle was that he noticed Sarah wouldnot lean back in his truck and was walking like she was sore, so he asked Sarah to show him herback. Sarah went absolutely crazy! Sarah did not want father to touch her back and fell to thefloor crying. As he carefully lifted up her shirt to his horror and disbelief Sarah had bleedingwelts all over her back. It looked like someone took a switch and went to town. Father tookSarah into the bathroom and carefully gently with a soft damp cloth began to clean them andthen gently rubbed Neosporin on them. Sarah was exhausted from all the crying and fell asleepwith her father holding her. Father laid her down on her stomach and lifted her shirt up so thewelts could breathe. Father stayed up all night wondering if there was anything he could do. Hekept thinking on what Ms. Manning now Magistrate of Lucas County Juvenile Court stated tohim. That he will lose Sarah if he kept fighting for her. Father politely asked GAL Mr. Manningif she could please come and check on his daughter, her ward, to see the welts herself. GAL Ms.Manning stated she is not a doctor and it is not her problem.One evening, Sarah was coming home with her grandpa and as they approached father’shouse, Sarah saw her mother in the grandfather’s driveway and went absolutely crazy, screamingTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT17

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013uncontrollably. As the father’s family watched in horror, Sarah was viciously jerked out of thetruck by her arm and pulled down the side of the truck by her mother. Father was afraid to callthe police however Sarah’s grandfather stated we cannot let this keep going any longer. A policeofficer came out, took a report and reported it to Wood County Children’s Services. Sarah’sgrandmother called and expressed her concerns to GAL Ms. Manning. GAL Ms. Manning statedto her, “Well, what do you want me to do about it?” Sarah’s grandmother again expresses herconcerns through an email and Ms. Manning wrote back that it is “not her job to literally protectthe child”. 7 These pathetic gross statements by GAL Ms. Manning only proves that she iscompletely detached from her profession and her mental capability within her thought process isoff.The police officer also stated that she had a conversation with Sandi Carsey, AssistantSupervisor - Family Assessment Unit of Wood County Children Services, who reported to thepolice officer there was no reason to be concerned about Sarah. Ms. Carsey did tell the policeofficer how much she disliked the father and Ms. Carsey also stated to her GAL Ms. Manning istaking care of everything. Nonetheless, an investigation was started. Father proceeded with Sarahinto Wood County Children’s Services so they could talk to her. Sarah stated to the Children’sServices workers that her mother had yanked her arm and hit her often. Wood County Children’sServices case worker Brandy Hansen Laux and a police officer went out to her mother’s house.The mother was there with her attorney and by fathers astonishment GAL Ms. Manning wasthere also. Father found it odd that GAL Ms. Manning was accompanying on this investigationbecause according to an email Sarah’s grandmother received from GAL Ms. Manning herself,she declared that it wasn’t her job to protect children. Well, let’s see what the Ohio SupremeCourt states about her obligation. Court appointed Guardians Ad Litems “are to protect and act inthe best interest of a child.” 8Again, Wood County Children’s Services with Mrs. Laux leading the investigation didnothing. The mother had no explanation for Sarah’s black eyes whatsoever, yet the case wasdismissed. Father arranged another appointment with GAL Ms. Manning and she stated again allof Sarah’s injuries were cause from a sit and spin toy. Father decided to interview parents that let7 Email GAL Pamela Manning8 Supreme Court of Ohio (2009) Gal. Retrieved October 1, 2009, from http://supremecourt.ohio.gov/PIO/news/2009/gal_012209.aspTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT18

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013their children play with a sit and spin, no accidents were reported and the company also hadreceived no complaints.At age four, Sarah was still involved in learning classes with her father at the YMCA. Onone occasion, Sarah’s mother said she wanted to pick Sarah up there for her parenting time andfather agreed thinking that because Sarah would scream when she saw her mother (which GALMs. Manning somehow blamed on father) that it might be easier for Sarah to let the teacher walkher out. The teacher put Sarah’s coat on her and told her they had to go outside. While Sarah andher teacher were walking out, her mother drove up and got out of her car. Sarah was so scaredshe ran behind the teacher and hung on for dear life while screaming at the top of her lungs. Hermother became angry and grabbed Sarah by the arm, jerking her away roughly and dragging herlittle body on the asphalt. She then jerked Sarah up into her arms and began striking Sarah on topof the head. The teacher went to them to try and settle the mother down however mother yelledat the shocked teacher, who retreated into the building crying and trembling at what she hadwitnessed. #29. “An incident observed in a YMCA parking lot wherein the Defendant/Motherwas observed yelling at “Sarah” and, per one witness, slapping her. 9The teacher’s testimony about the abuse she witnessed when the mother picked Sarah upfrom the YMCA should have proved quite damaging, particularly since there were fourwitnesses who saw the atrocious event take place. The testimony is recorded as followed:Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay. Will you tell the Magistrate in a loud voice what you saw, whatyou heard, when that occurred?”A. [Teacher] “[Sarah] had just finished class. We were all really happy, having fun, skippingaround and we were walking out to the parking lot. She was perfectly fine. And then the motherpulled up in the car around the corner and she was with a friend and when [Sarah] saw who itwas, she ran behind me and clenched onto my leg and started screaming bloody murder, thisterrifying scream, wouldn’t let go. The mother approached me to get [Sarah]. She startedwalking back toward the car. I stood there kind of stunned, because I never seen a little kid get soscared so fast. She was completely fine with me, you know, just two minutes prior to what hadhappened. And I stood there for a minute, then I approached the car and asked the mother if Icould help, if there was anything I can do and she said ‘no’ and had asked me to go away. So I9 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry 19 (2007)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT19

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013left and as I was walking back, I turned around and I watched and that’s when I saw the motherraise her hand and smack [Sarah] in the head and [Sarah] continued screaming and yelling andcrying and then she was forced into the car and the mother sped off and I was just kind ofstunned. I didn’t know how to feel or what had just happened that [Sarah] was so scared.” Tr pg.654 (2006)The teacher called Wood County Children’s Services and reported what had happened.Unfortunately this incident was also neglected and they never bothered investigating it in spite ofthe fact that there were four witnesses to this event.Just as before, GAL Ms. Manning stated to Wood County Children’s Services that therewas not a problem and pushed through a new parenting schedule where father had to drop Sarahoff at the Children’s Rights Counsel, which was next to the mother’s apartment across town fromfather. GAL Ms. Manning stated to father that she had warned him and therefore took hisSaturdays parenting time with Sarah away. GAL Ms. Manning made it clear to father by statingGAL’s are like God’s. Father fired back with “You are not my God!”Attorney Mary Smith was of little to no use. In a meeting with her, she told father hedidn’t have first rights to baby-sit anymore while mother works, GAL Mrs. Manning took thataway from father also.After taking over twenty-five parenting classes, father decided to stop when hediscovered Sarah’s mother through GAL Ms. Manning’s advice had befriended the teacher.Kristen Nagle of the Children’s Resource Center began giving the mother informationconcerning Sarah’s father. Kristen Nagle kept in contact with GAL Ms. Manning and continuedto meet with Sarah’s mother at coffee shops for private parenting classes. The reason KristenNagle would meet Sarah’s mother at coffee shops was because mother did not live in WoodCounty and C.R.C is only allowed to take in residents from Wood County. In doing this, Mrs.Nagle blatantly violated the rules of the Children’s Resource Center.After this, father was at his wit’s end. So, he started to undertake his own investigation onchild abuse with psychologists, child abuse experts, child abuse counselors and Wood CountyJuvenile Court’s buddy system. Father gained a lot of knowledge and decided it was time for himto go against these college-educated so-called professionals and fight for Sarah’s welfare.First, he took Sarah to her pediatrician. Father hadn’t done this before because he hadbeen threatened so many times that he would lose Sarah if he reported anything. Father told theTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT20

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013pediatrician what was going on and presented him with evidence. Sarah’s pediatrician stated thatthere was no way toys alone could be responsible for all the black eyes and bruising and thatfather should keep an open communication with young Sarah on this subject. The pediatricianreported the conversation to Wood County Children’s Services and recommended Sarah to acounselor. Father followed his advice.Sarah started going to her counselor who had been counseling for over twenty years andhas two Master’s degrees. Father told his attorney, Mary Smith, what the pediatrician hadrecommended. At the next pre-trial, father’s attorney stated to him to take Sarah out ofcounseling because it was harmful to her and GAL Ms. Manning wanted her out! Father’sattorney stated that GAL Ms. Manning stated to Magistrate Campbell of Wood County that shespoke with Sarah’s pediatrician personally and that he said that he had not recommended anycounseling for Sarah, nor that he knew anything of potential child abuse. Father knew that GALMs. Manning was lying. Father’s attorney Mary Smith stated to him that GAL Ms. Manningwanted Sarah removed from counseling or he would lose even more parenting time with Sarah.Father demanded to his attorney Mary Smith that he wanted to go to trial and she stated thatGAL Ms. Manning was her friend and she was not going to go against her friend (witnesses).Father made another appointment with the pediatrician and told him what was said. Hestated he had not spoken with GAL Ms. Manning concerning Sarah and recommended that fatherfire attorney Mary Smith. Father followed his advice on this as well. Father set up a meetingbetween GAL Ms. Manning and Sarah’s pediatrician to get to the truth. GAL Ms. Manning sentan email to father canceling the meeting with the pediatrician because she did not want to “wastehis time.” 10 Father replied to her email to let her know that it was not a waste of his timehowever when father arrived at the meeting, GAL Ms. Manning was M.I.A. Father stated toSarah’s pediatrician that GAL Ms. Manning had emailed father about wasting his time howeverSarah’s pediatrician stated, “So, Sarah is a waste of time, huh? No children are a waste of time.”GAL Ms. Manning knew she was getting caught in a lie. GAL Ms. Manning again disregardedher obligation and disregarded Wood County Local Rule 22 GUARDIAN AD LITEM (D)Obtain records (e.g. school, criminal, medical, psychological, child protective services, etc);10 Email Pamela ManningTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT21

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Sarah continued to see her counselor and this counselor has reported the mother to WoodCounty Children’s Services multiple times. Father did not take part in counseling sessions withSarah. This counselor has helped Sarah out tremendously. By now, Sarah around six years oldand speaking very well. Sarah told professionals about the abuse she was enduring from hermother. Sarah reported she was scared because the two shared a room together and the motherhad strange men spending the night.This situation revealed by the mother’s testimony as she was examined by GAL PamelaManning:Q. [Manning] “And with regards to your sleeping arrangements at your apartment, do youever have overnight guests in your room when [Sarah] is present?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. “[Manning] “And is she—does she then also sleep in your room?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Manning] “Are these overnight guests in your room with [Sarah] present?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 624 (2006)Q. [Manning] “And do you believe that that’s appropriate?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 625 (2006)Magistrate Campbell noted about the mother that “Any conversation or activity that takesplace in the Defendants/Mothers bed room will be heard by Sarah”.Father’s attorney when he examined the mother in regard to these same incidents:Q. [Father’s attorney] “You and this male would be in the same bed in the same bedroom?”A. [Mother] “Correct” Tr pg. 630 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “And what is his name?”A. [Mother] “Cory”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you know his last name?”A. [Mother] “I can’t even pronounce it” Tr pg. 611 (2006)“The Defendant/Mother has allowed a male guest to spend the night in her bed while Sarah wasin the same room and in her own bed. Defendant/Mother was unable to recall the last name ofher former boyfriend or her current boyfriend”. 1111 Wood County Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 14 2006THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT22

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Let’s continue with this subject reading Sarah’s counselors testimony:[Counselor] “Client came in for a session with a swollen, red right eye. I called Children’sServices immediately. They would be going there immediately after the session. Client stated hermother pushed her and hit her in the eye. She also said she saw her mom naked with herboyfriend.” Tr pg. 495 (2006)On another occasion when father picked Sarah up, her eye was so swollen and she was soupset that he took her to the counselor. Sarah told the counselor what had happened. Sarah againwas hit in the eye. This one particular black eye stayed swollen all day and did eventually bruise.Wood County Children’s Services was contacted and they took pictures of Sarah’s eye. Sarahrepeated the same allegation to them; again Wood County Children Services did nothing. Friendsand family on the father’s side started to notice Sarah’s eyeball where most of the blows landedwas twitching, so he took her to an optometrist and he documented that Sarah’s one eye was alittle damaged, this was the eye that took a lot of the blows.Since father was fighting back and was educating himself, Wood County JudgeWoessner’s buddy system started to kick in full gear. The mother’s attorney and GAL Ms.Manning chose a psychologist that they use often, Dr. Wayne Graves from Central BehaviorHealthcare in Toledo, Ohio. At this time, father took the opportunity to hire a new attorney.Father knew with GAL Ms. Manning and attorney Ann Baronas relying Dr. WayneGraves, he had no chance. So, father went to Columbus, Ohio and hired the best psychologist inthe state. This professional was not only a psychologist, but also an attorney. He went throughthe whole evaluation and father’s testing was in the normal range. This psychologist even droveup from Columbus, Ohio to visit with Sarah and his family and then proceeded with Sarah toattend one her counseling session.On May 11, 2006, Father had his first appointment for his custody evaluation with Dr.Graves. Father explained to him about the physical abuse. Father informed Dr, Graves ofconcerning Sarah’s situation. Father also informed Dr. Graves that another psychologist wasinvolved and that Sarah was seeing a counselor and he absolutely needed to speak with her.Father handed Dr. Graves a list of names and phone numbers of the psychologist, counselor,police officers, teachers and witnesses and father signed a release form for all parties. Do youthink Dr. Graves, Judge David Woessner’s court appointed Forensic Psychologist contactedfather’s witnesses? Let’s look at Dr. Graves’s testimony concerning father’s witnesses:THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT23

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “Counselor?”Q. [Father’s attorney] “How many times did you speak to her?”A. [Graves] “Not once” Tr pg. 110 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “YMCA teacher, how many times did you speak to her?”A. [Graves] “Did not” Tr pg. 110 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “YMCA director, how many times did you speak to her?”A. [Graves] “I did not” Tr pg. 110 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “our psychologist in this matter, how many times did you speak tohim?”A. [Graves] “I did not” Tr pg. 110 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[babysitter]?”A. [Graves] “I did not” Tr pg. 110 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Police Officer who investigated an alleged incident between themother and the child.” Incident one.A. [Graves] “No” Tr pg. 110 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Police Officer, with regard to an incident, did you speak with him?”Incident two.A. [Graves] “No” Tr pg. 111 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “These names were names that were given to you by father to speakto?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 111 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did not speak with them?”A. [Graves] “Did not speak with them” Tr pg. 111 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you speak to any doctor?”A. [Graves] “No” Tr pg. 126 (2006)Dr. Graves contacted the mother’s witnesses.At another appointment where Sarah was present, Dr. Graves asked to speak with Sarahalone; father agreed. Sarah stated to Dr. Graves that “Mommy is mean and she hits me.” Dr.Graves asked father how long the hitting had been going on and he asked this while Sarah waspresent. Father referred him to Sarah’s counselor and father did not want to speak about theabuse in front of Sarah. Father felt it was unprofessional and inappropriate to discuss theTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT24

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013situation with Dr. Graves in front of Sarah. After his conversation with Sarah on her motherhitting her, Dr. Graves failed to report any possible abuse to Lucas or Wood County FamilyServices, in spite of the fact that as a professional psychologist, it is mandatory to report anypossible abuse according to the Ohio Revised Code ‘2151.421.Dr. Graves agreed that he should meet with Sarah’s grandfather on father’s side; since hehad been involved with Sarah since her birth. Sarah’s grandfather explained in detail concerningSarah’s black eyes, bruises, pins in her arm, bowel problems and the fact that Sarah confided toher grandfather numerous times (as well as many professionals) that she was hit by her mother.Sarah’s grandfather stated to Dr. Graves he was upset about GAL Ms. Manning instruction forfather and grandmother to stop all communication with Sarah regarding her abuse. Sarah’sgrandfather was outraged when Dr. Graves agreed with GAL Ms. Manning about this particularmatter. In my investigation Dr. Graves and GAL Ms. Manning have a history together of herfiling motions to the court that no other child is to see any other health professional other thenDr. Graves. In fact mother’s attorney Ann Baronas also hired Dr. Graves in the Jobe case; Dr.Graves sided with her however the other psychologist did not. Interesting?During Dr. Graves’s evaluation in the second week of July, 2006, Sarah returned fromher mother’s care with another black eye. At Sarah’s weekly session with her counselor, sheadmitted that her mother was mad and pushed her down and hit her. The counselor called WoodCounty Children’s Services and Sarah repeated the allegations to them and another investigationwas in progress. Along with a picture of Sarah’s black eye, this information was given to Dr.Graves; he still failed to consult with the counselor. Dr. Graves finished his recommendationwithout even investigating Sarah’s situation. Three days after his report was finished, on July 27,2006, the day before pre-trial, he placed a call to the counselor in the late afternoon. She was incounseling session and could not return his call until the next day. Dr. Graves had two and a halfmonths to talk to these professionals. Dr. Graves later testified under oath that he didn’t havetime to contact the witnesses; albeit he made ample time to contact the mother’s witnesses. Dr.Wayne Graves did not call the abuse counselor before he gave his recommendation because thenhe would have to document in his report what was going on with Sarah. He would then have totestify to the information he received from the counselor. Dr. Graves tried to mislead the court bycalling her after he submitted his report and right before the pretrial so it would look like he triedto contact Sarah’s counselor. This was confirmed during the court hearing.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT25

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013At the pre-trial on July 28, 2006, Father stood his ground and refused to agree with theGAL Ms. Manning and Dr. Wayne Graves and vehemently disputed their absurdrecommendations. In spite of all that Sarah had gone through and the loose-ended, feeble, biasedinvestigations, GAL Ms. Manning and Dr. Wayne Graves still recommended the mother havefull custody. In my opinion I felt it was plainly clear that GAL Ms. Manning was angry becausefather had opposed her and she was going to enact vengeance by doing everything in her powerto give father the least amount of time with Sarah. At pre-trial GAL Ms. Manning verballymotioned Wood County Court for a Judgment Entry ordering father to get the least possibleparenting time with Sarah. Magistrate Campbell of Wood County granted this. GAL Ms.Manning made good on her threat. An investigation by Children Services against the mother waspending when this happen.Now remember, Sarah has a court appointed counselor also. I would like you to read thiscounselor’s testimony regarding GAL Ms. Manning and Magistrate Campbell’s decision takingSarah away from her father.Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you have the opportunity to observe [Sarah] interact with fatheron a parental basis?”A. [Counselor] “She absolutely adores him. She is very affectionate with him, clingy a lot,especially if she knows she’s not going to see him, especially recently. The change incustody, she has not done well with” Tr pg 484 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “She has not done well with the reduction in her time with her fatherversus her time with her mother?”A. [Counselor] “Who explained it to her? Who even took the time to talk to this five-yearoldkid? She’s very tearful. She’s clingy; she talks about wanting to be with her dad. It’skind of sad. It’s has been really hard, because I think whoever is therapeutically looking atthis child should have done some kind of a nice transition whenever they stop one parentand then put them with another. And explain to them at least what’s going on, and I don’tbelieve that was done very well” Tr pg. 485 (2006)For the Magistrate of Wood County Juvenile Court Mr. Craig Campbell working underJudge David Woessner to sign that order when he knew father was Sarah’s caretaker “thePlaintiff/Father was the primary care giver. The Plaintiff/Father took care of Sarah most of theTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT26

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013time.” 12 Magistrate Craig Campbell has a responsibility not only to Sarah but other children’semotional welfare that comes before him! Sarah’s regression and her emotional trauma can nowbe placed on Magistrate Craig Campbell also. The reason I state this is because in 2011, Sarahhad another court appointed psychological evaluation by Dr. Ellenwood. Dr. Ellenwoodconclusion was Sarah had traumatic events when she was younger. Besides the abuse, thisparenting visitation change absolutely traumatize this young girl.Father was on his own, he had lost his daughter he raised 24/7 and GAL Ms. Manningand the Wood County Juvenile Court were going to cover up the abuse of a five-year-old littlegirl who is lost and helpless. This story is just getting started because these professionals have totestify under oath yet and I am going to bring their testimony to you word for word.The mother pulled Sarah out of preschool and stuck her in daycare all the time. Havingno other solution or solace and nothing else to lose, father created a website about what wasgoing on with Sarah. In essence, he reached out to the public as I am doing to you now. Fathertold his story on the web and posted pictures of Sarah’s injuries (though he was careful not toreveal her identity in the photos). In one week, his website generated a lot of interest and hebegan getting email from people all over. The other emails he received were from other parentswho had suffered similarly horrific stories at the hands of Dr. Graves and GAL Ms. Manning.Father thought he was the only one going through this, but as it turned out, he was one ofmany. The difference between him and some of the others was that he will stand and fight, hewill not back down any more and that fight is costing him dearly. As for Wood CountyChildren’s Services, father could not keep up with the emails from people who had crossed pathswith them. He even received an email from one lady who was the head of Children’s Services inanother state. While she was from a state quite far from Ohio, even she had heard complaintsabout the incompetence of Wood County Children’s Services through the court system. Fatherkept in touch with this lady because she gave him advice and used the details of his case for atraining seminar to make sure her department doesn’t become so legendarily infamous.Father’s website enraged all the professionals involved and after that, they intensifiedtheir efforts to show him who was in charge. Dr. Graves in my opinion and in my investigation12 Campbell, C. Pg 13 2006THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT27

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013was so furious that when he later testified under oath, he tried lying and was caught by his ownvideo recording.Because of the publicity and because father had learned the hard way that the pool ofattorneys in and around Toledo was not necessarily the pick of the litter, he now had to go out oftown to retain a new attorney. Father’s search took him to an attorney in Columbus, Ohio.Father’s new attorney could not believe what was going on after he read the whole casefile from Wood County Juvenile Court in Ohio. In fact he kept apologizing to father saying thisis not right at all. Father’s new attorneys will find out as you will how unprofessional, corruptedand laced with cronyism Judge Woessner’s Wood County Juvenile Court system is. In fact,father found out that he was not the only parent in Judge Woessner’s jurisdiction that has hiredand fired a few attorneys and headed out of town to seek competent counsel.Pre-trial was at one-thirty p.m., GAL Ms. Manning and the former GAL Jim Mr. Sharpwere there ahead of time. What does the former GAL Jim Mr. Sharp have to do with this caseand why is he there with the present GAL Pamela Manning along with the opposing counsel AnnBaronas? At this point father was waiting for Dr. Graves to walk in at any time since everyoneelse was there but wait, here walks in Kristin Nagle from C.R.C and sits next to the mother.Father’s new Columbus attorney attended via teleconference, but he wanted father to attend themeeting as well. When father told the clerk he was attending and the meeting was at one-thirty,she hesitated to answer him. After a few minutes, a lady came out to speak with the father andsaid that they would not be starting until two-fifteen because they were running behind.Meanwhile, father’s attorney tried to call the Wood County Courthouse three to four times. Thesame lady came out to talk to father at around two p.m. and informed him that he could go aheadand go home. Father stated no because he wanted to attend the meeting. The clerk stated, “Well,the meetings are usually only between attorneys.” I wonder why the meetings are only betweenattorneys? Can you think of any reasons? The law does not say that.Father stated to her that he had a right to be in there because the Ohio Revised Code121.22 Public meetings-exceptions gives parents the right to attend any meetings concerningtheir child. When he told her this, she insisted that the meeting had already happened and theywere waiting for his attorney to call. Father decided just to go home and nothing wasaccomplished.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT28

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Meanwhile, Sarah took a turn for the worse. Father kept Sarah in her counseling session.The counselor stated that this was devastating Sarah. Sarah was even coming home with whipmarks on her back, wetting herself, constipated and starting to have a speech delay. Every timefather had Sarah, father or Sarah’s grandmother would have to give her an enema because shewas in so much pain from being constipated; mother stated Sarah does not have a bowel issue.Sarah’s nightmares were getting worst. Father had to carry her just about everywhere he wentbecause Sarah did not want him to let go of her. Every two hours, Sarah would say “Mommy notcoming… Mommy not coming… she hurts me.” The person to take credit for this is againMagistrate Pamela Manning of Lucas County Ohio Juvenile division and Magistrate CraigCampbell under Judge David Woessner in Wood County Ohio Common Pleas Juvenile division.Sarah would talk about all the strange men coming in and out of the mother’s home andspending the night and was very scared, “The Defendant/Mother has allowed a male guest tospend the night in her bed while Sarah was in the same room and in her own bed.Defendant/Mother was unable to recall the last name of her former boyfriend or her currentboyfriend”. 13October 31, 2006, was our first day of trial in front of Magistrate Craig Campbell. Ms.Manning recommended father to receive the least limited parenting time with Sarah. Sarah’smother would have full custody. Dr. Graves recommended that the mother receive custody andfather receive a few extra days. It must be stated that father released his website after Dr. Gravessubmitted his report to the court.The day of the evidentiary hearing (trial) the mother’s attorney, Ann Baronas made a bigdeal about father’s website and it became a huge part of her case as did the father’s religiousbeliefs being a devoted Christian.Dr. Wayne Graves was the first to testify on behalf for the mother. Please pay closeattention to how Dr. Graves’s testimony plays out. Dr. Graves did nothing but criticize the father.Dr. Graves testified that father had a stern smile and father acted inappropriately in front ofyoung Sarah. He testified that father talked badly about Sarah’s mother in front of her on severaloccasions. Dr. Graves testified father wanted him (Dr. Graves) to speak with Sarah about hermother hitting her at the beginning of their session making his case that father had coached Sarah13 Wood County Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 14 2006THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT29

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013before they entered his office. Let’s go ahead and take a look at that part of Dr. Graves’stestimony:Q. [Father’s attorney] “You had indicated that the father wanted you to speak with thechild, correct?A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 174 (2006)In fact Dr. Graves wants to make this a point to the Court. Dr. Graves’s states in histestimony numerous times concerning father wanted him to speak with Sarah: On page 84 of histestimony he states this:“Dad wanted me to talk to [Sarah] at that point” (Dr. Graves)“Dad wants to make sure that I talk with her” Tr pg. 132 (2006)“When the father wanted me to talk to her” Tr pg. 127 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You had indicated that the father wanted you to speak with thechild, correct?A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 174 (2006)“Was when Dad wanted me to talk to her” Tr pg. 132 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You [Graves], he [father] and the child in a room?”A. [Graves] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “He spoke negatively?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 127 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Your [Graves] own observations of the father suggest that he’sopenly denigrating of mother in front of the child. Is that correct?”A. [Graves] “That’s what I saw” Tr pg. 127 (2006)Dr. Wayne Graves made it very clear to this court that father wanted him to speak withSarah and that father spoke negatively openly denigrating the mother in front of Sarah.We have Dr. Graves video recording of father supposedly “openly denigrating ofmother in front of the child” Tr pg. 127 (2006) and “When the father wanted me (Graves) totalk to her” Tr pg. 127 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Doctor, my understanding, and I may very well be wrong, is that youmay have taped some of the sessions when you were observing the parents and the child inthe in the interview process?”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT30

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013A. [Graves] “Any time the child was in the room there was a video camera running and Iwas video recording” Tr pg. 184 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you have those tapes with you?”A. [Graves] “I have the DVDs with me” Tr pg. 184 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “The DVD. If I suggest to you that if you looked at the DVD on theincident where you criticized father that you, not father, asked to talk to the child, doesthat refresh your recollection or do we have to get somewhere that we should I have to pullout my laptop and play that DVD? You indicated that father wanted you to talk to thechild, You implicit in that, explicit in that was some concerns about whether or not thechild was coached. I’m suggesting to you that if you look at the video, you, not father, askedto speak to the child and you instituted that without father knowing that you were going toinstitute it. Does that refresh your recollection?”A. [Graves] “I would not have asked to speak to a four and ahalf year-old child” Tr pg. 184 (2006) Dr. Graves DVD was played in front of Magistrate CraigCampbell concerning Dr. Graves’s testimony. This was Magistrate Campbell response: “Dr.Graves testified that, during a meeting in his office with both the Plaintiff/Father and Sarah, thePlaintiff/Father requested Dr. Graves interview Sarah without the plaintiff/father beingpresent. Based of the portion of the DVD that was viewed, it was Dr. Graves idea tointerview [Sarah] rather than a suggestion of the Plaintiff/Father. 14 Let’s recap [Graves] “Iwould not have asked to speak to a four and a half year-old child” Tr pg. 184 (2006).There’s more, Q. [Father’s attorney] “Your [Graves] own observations of the father suggestthat he’s openly denigrating of mother in front of the child. Is that correct?”A. [Graves] “That’s what I saw” Tr pg. 127 (2006) Father’s attorney speaking to MagistrateCampbell on Dr. Graves recording of the session “His [Graves] testimony was an alienationtestimony that father asked him to talk about the abuse , that’s not what happened; that fathermay have been present and made statements, that’s not what happened; and one of the things thathe said, check your notes [to the Magistrate] one thing that he [Graves] said was the way ithappen, the way it happen gave rise to, my word, a suspicion that the little girl was coached, that14 Campbell, C. Decision pg 9 (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT31

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013he [father] brought her in, it was right after he brought her in, he [father] initiated it and thereforeit was coached.You’re [to Magistrate] right in your comment [we were off record]. We were 40 minutesand six seconds into the session when the doctor asked father to leave. Father says he’s going tothe bathroom, [Graves] asks questions that she [Sarah] answers about Mommy and when he[Graves] brings Father back in, [Graves] asks about the abusive behavior and father says youhave to talk to the counselor. That undermines his [Graves] clinical impressions. I asked theDoctor [Graves] about the issue specifically and what he said was father asked and father madestatements negative in the presence.” It [DVD recording] shows one, that any inappropriatequestions originated from the doctor in the context of the setting, that’s clear.” Tr pg. 455(2006) Wow that was a twist, all this testimony under oath by Dr. Graves about father makingnegative comments about the mother in front of Sarah turned out to be untrue thanks to his ownvideo recording and it came to light that Dr. Graves was the one making inappropriate commentsin front of Sarah. Dr. Wayne Graves committed perjury! Judge David Woessner accepted Dr.Wayne Graves’s recommendation that mother should be the legal custodian parent.Judge David Woessner stated #12 “The Court notes Dr. Graves clearly is an expert based onhis qualifications and experience in Courts throughout Northwest Ohio. Any issue which aparty may have with Graves’s reports and recommendation goes more the way of Dr.Graves’s recommendation” 15 Ohio Revised Code 2921.11 Perjury (A) No person in anyofficial proceeding, shall knowingly make false statements under oath or affirmation, orknowingly swear or affirm truth of a false statement previously made, when either statement ismaterial. (B) A falsification is material, regardless of its admissibility in evidence, if it can affectthe outcome of the proceeding. And ORC 4753-9-01 Code of Ethics (a) Licensees shall notengage in dishonesty, fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or illegal conduct that adversely reflectson the profession of the individual.Judge Woessner’s own Magistrate stated: “The Magistrate did not find Dr. Gravesreport to be particularly helpful or an informative in terms of the instant issues facing thiscourt”. 1615 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand 8-9 (2008)16 Campbell, C. Decision (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT32

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Before we go into more testimony that Judge Woessner determined his decision on, let’slook at more of Dr. Graves testimony at hand:Q. [Father’s attorney] “So we have a questionnaire that you’ve [Graves] utilized that has notbeen peer reviewed and not been accepted anywhere else other than in your practice.Correct?”A. [Graves] “My questionnaire? Yes” Tr pg. 113 (2006)Dr. Graves was caught using testing methods he made up that he admitted were contrivedby him and had not been reviewed or tested by the Ohio Board of Psychology. Dr. Graves alsotestified to using other methods that did not meet Daubert standards.We are not finish with Dr. Graves just yet: When asked by Father’s attorney, “Youprefer Mrs. rather than Mr.?” Dr. Graves testified, “Yes” 17 Dr. Graves clearly believes indiscrimination when it comes to which parent receives custody even if it violates the OhioRevised Code: 3109.042 A court designating the residential parent and legal custodian of a childdescribed in this section shall treat the mother and father as standing upon an equality whenmaking the designation.I have to add this concerning Wood County Juvenile Court ordering Dr. Graves toperform a Psychological Evaluation on father, mother and Sarah:Q. [Father’s attorney] “this is the consent order. 18 The parties further agree that plaintiffand defendant, as well as the minor child, are to undergo psychiatric evaluations throughDr. Wayne Graves, that's you, and it gives your address and your professional business,Central Behavioral Health Care.”A. [Graves] “That's correct” Tr pg. 208 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay. I want you to look at this consent order; don't trust me, if youcan. Your [Graves] report that's been marked Defendant's Exhibit A starts out and says:This is an evaluation ordered by Magistrate Craig Campbell at Wood County JuvenileCourt in a dispute regarding the best interests of the only child between the relation in arelationship of [mother], [father], [Sarah]. Okay?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 208 (2006)17 Graves, W. Tr p.142 (2006)18 Magistrate C. Campbell original order.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT33

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] Nowhere in that order, 19 that consent agreement, please verify, wereyou to do a best interest evaluation. It doesn't say that, does it?A. [Graves] “It says psychiatric evaluation” Tr pg. 208 (2006)Dr. Graves somehow thought he could change the magistrate order to regarding the bestinterest of the child evaluation that the parties never consented to. In fact a psychiatric evaluationorder was only to diagnose if the mother, Sarah and father had any emotional, behavioral, ordevelopmental disorders not for him to recommend who gets custody.I would like to now let you read the testimony of the court appointed counselor for Sarah.Remember Judge David Woessner had to make a decision after hearing all these testimonies.Counselor examined by father’s attorney:Q. [Father’s attorney] “What degree or licenses do you have as a therapist?”A. [Counselor] “I have two Master’s degrees. I am a licensed professional clinical counselorand a licensed independent chemical dependency counselor” Tr pg.461 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “What did you get your two Master’s in?”A. [Counselor] “Rehabilitation counseling and sociology” Tr pg. 461 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you know what the cause was or what the reason was why[father] brought [Sarah] to you?”A. [Counselor] “She was starting to wet her pants again after she had been potty trained fortwo years already. She was starting to take on some regressive childlike behaviors likesucking on a pacifier, talking baby talk. She was very anxious as far as talking to anybody.It took her a long time to get her to talk to me” Tr pg. 462 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You’ve been a therapist for how many years?”A. [Counselor] “Twenty-two” Tr pg 463 (2006)“My specialty is three-fold. I work mainly with children and families. I have twoLicensures, so I have acquired dual diagnosis population over the year that gave substanceabuse and mental illness, both children and adults, and I recently in the past year, well, twoyears now, became certified as a therapeutic horseback riding instructor, and I have takenthree different certifications to combine my counseling with the use of horses for therapy”Tr pg. 463 (2006)19 Magistrate C. Campbell original order.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT34

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “How long have you been the therapist for this child?”A. [Counselor] “A year” Tr pg. 465 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “What conclusions or opinions did you reach with regard to thischild?”A. [Counselor] “I diagnosed her with an adjustment disorder with disturbance of emotionsand conduct, because in addition to her anxiety, which I witnessed myself, she wasreportedly hitting other kids at the YMCA, and her behavior had changed enough that herdad brought her in so that she could get some assistance and have somebody to talk to” Trpg. 468 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Without me leading you, will you take me through your file, please?”A. [Counselor] “The process is to develop a relationship with the client. We’re talkinginitially about a four-year-old child who is very verbal but doesn’t have a real good conceptof time yet, and it was real difficult to tell what was when. My initial assessment with herwas basically using the horse to talk about safety. All of my animals are rescued horses,and so I tell their stories about what happened to them, and a particular horse that [Sarah]was very fond of or is very fond of is an abused horse, so we would talk about safety andabuse issues in regard to the horse. So we would start out the sessions. On a particular oneon January 17, she came home from her mom’s with a black eye. Whenever I was with[Sarah], she first denied it and then said that her mother had given her the black eye” Trpg. 470 (2006)The mother’s attorney, Ann Boranus, objected, stating the counselor was not an expertand the court overruled it by stating, “She’s a licensed professional clinical counselor by theState of Ohio, as well as the licensure for chemical dependency. I’ll allow it.” Tr pg. 470 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Can you please go date to date? Tell us when it was, what thosestatements were, please? The good, the bad, whatever it is, the truth.”A. [Counselor] “December 13, 2005, she came in the session by verbalizing that her motherhit her in the face and pulled her arm” Tr pg. 473 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “When she said that to you, who was in the room with you?”A. [Counselor] “Nobody” Tr pg. 473 (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT35

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “Was there anything that occurred that would indicate to you, in yourprofessional judgment and with your experience, training, and education, that she hadbeen either coached or that she was saying some things that someone had put her up to?”A. [Counselor] “No” Tr pg. 474 (2006)A. [Counselor] “January 17, 2006, I asked her what happened to her eye, and then she saidthat her mother had pushed her” Tr pg. 475 (2006)A. [Counselor] “January 26, 2006, the client said that her mother ‘yells at everybody’ andher mother told her that, quote, ‘Daddy doesn’t want me anymore.’” Tr pg. 475 (2006)A. [Counselor] “January 31, client stated she wants to hurt her mother with a horn of aunicorn because ‘she hurts me.’ Now, if that’s not spontaneous… I mean, no one couldhave put this stuff in her head” Tr pg. 476 (2006)A. [Counselor] “I had where a psychologist that came up at one point that actually wentthrough one of my sessions with me. I believe he was from Columbus. And he heard thesame stuff I did and my same line of questioning” Tr pg 477 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You mentioned you are a mandated reporter”A. [Counselor] “Yes” Tr pg. 477 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you, in fact, report?”A. [Counselor] “Yes, I did” Tr pg. 478 (2006)A. [Counselor] “February 21, client reported that her mother said that she’s ‘sick of her’and put her in a closet. She said, ‘I feel like Mommy is watching me all the time, and she’scussing, and I’m very afraid to go to my mom’s.’ I reported it to Brandy at Wood CountyChildren’s Services, and she investigated it and said there was no way to lock the closet…Well, to a four-year-old kid, if they can’t open the door, it’s locked to them”A [Counselor] “I do know that I reported on March 7, 2006, because she had a bruise onher face, came in telling me that her mother had hit her, and I sent them both to Children’sServices. I called Brandy right away, and I sent them from my office to Children’s Servicesbecause I wanted them to see the bruise on her face, and I didn’t want to wait two dayswhere it would disappear” Tr pgs. 478-479 (2006)Please note the father took Sarah to see Brandy Hansen Laux and Sarah stated to Mrs.Laux from Wood County Children’s Services the same thing she stated her counselor. Mrs. Lauxtestified against father stating that the child had no complaints about any physical abuse. WhyTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT36

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013would Sarah tell Dr. Graves, the court appointed psychologist, but not Brandy? The reason is thatDr. Graves tapes every time a child is in the room. That is how he was caught lying under oathwhen he testified. Mrs. Laux would never tape her conversation with Sarah, in spite of her accessto a video camera in the room. The funny thing was that Sarah had been there multiple timesexpressing what was going on and this was at the point after father’s website criticizing WoodCounty Children’s Services. This is also after Wood County Children’s Services stated to apolice woman and Sarah’s counselor how much they disliked the father. The counselor’stestimony continued, as follows:A. [Counselor] “March 21, she said, ‘Mommy was mean to me. Mommy hit me,’ and shepointed to her head. She was talking about tummy aches from not being able to go to thebathroom, which is a big concern of mine” Tr pg. 481 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you have any doubt from your perspective that the child is, fromher perspective, accurately reporting?”A. [Counselor] “Yes” Tr pgs. 481-482 (2006)A. [Counselor] “April 18, 2006, client stated ‘My mother threw my cake out the window,locked me in a closet. Mommy’s mean.’ I’m just saying something has to be going on herethat she is so specific about what she is talking about” Tr pgs. 493-484 (2006)A. [Counselor] “I have only seen [father] say positive things in front of [Sarah]” Tr pg. 484(2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you have the opportunity to observe [Sarah] interact with fatheron a parental basis?”A. [Counselor] “She absolutely adores him. She is very affectionate with him, clingy a lot,especially if she knows she’s not going to see him, especially recently. The change incustody, she has not done well with” Tr pg 484 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “She has not done well with the reduction in her time with her fatherversus her time with her mother?”A. [Counselor] “Who explained it to her? Who even took the time to talk to this five-yearoldkid? She’s very tearful. She’s clingy, she talks about wanting to be with her dad. It’skind of sad. It’s has been really hard, because I think whoever is therapeutically looking atthis child should have done some kind of a nice transition whenever they stop one parentTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT37

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013and then put them with another. And explain to them at least what’s going on, and I don’tbelieve that was done very well” Tr pg. 485 (2006)A. [Counselor] “Just as I said, whenever the custody or the amount of time with father waschanged, it really devastated this child” Tr pg. 492 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “So, when you spoke to Ms. Manning about the case, the Guardian inthis thing, what was your discussion with Ms. Manning?”A. [Counselor] “I don’t believe I spoke to her” Tr pg. 487 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You spent over thirty hours therapeutically with this child, her ward.That’s correct?”A. [Counselor] “Yes” Tr pg. 487 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You never spoke to her?”A. [Counselor] “No” Tr pg. 487 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Were you ever in receipt of a request for a report? Did you ever get arelease from her, any written documents from her, anything whatsoever?”A. [Counselor] “No” Tr pg. 488 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you tell [father] all of the items or the conversations you hadwith [Sarah] that she reported to you?”A. [Counselor] “No” Tr pg. 493 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “July 11, 2006.”A. [Counselor] “Client came in for a session with a swollen, red right eye. I calledChildren’s Services immediately. They would be going there immediately after the session.Client stated her mother pushed her and hit her in the eye. She also said she saw her momnaked with her boyfriend” Tr pg. 495 (2006)Brandy Hansen Laux of Wood County Children’s Services testified that Sarah neverindicated to her about any abuse however later in this story when Wood County Children’sServices do find neglect; Judge Woessner’s prosecuting attorney squashes the subpoena so theywon’t have to testify on Sarah being neglected.Let’s follow this up with a recap of Dr. Graves’s testimony:Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay. So the child said to you that Mommy hits me in the head.”A. [Graves] “I asked her about going to Mommy’s, and she said, ‘She don’t like me.’ Iasked if Mommy yells. She answered ‘Yeah.’ I asked if Daddy yells. ‘No.’ I ask if DaddyTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT38

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013likes you. She says ‘Yeah.’ I ask her who hurts her, and she says ‘Mommy, cause she’smean.’ I ask her where Mommy hits, and she answers, ‘She hits me’ and points to hercheek and her eye. I ask why. “Because she is mean to me.” Then she gets distracted anddoesn’t want to answer any of the questions.” Tr pg. 133 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] came home with bruises all over her back”.A. [Graves] “saw it” Tr pg. 150 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 151 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a cut on her face and a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you recall the March 1 st incident where it was alleged that[mother] grabbed [Sarah] by the neck?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “with another black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] has cuts around her eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “where [Sarah] was left alone in a car by [mother]?”A. [Graves] “I knew about the incident.” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with another black eye.”A. [Graves] “Probably” Tr pg. 155 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a report that [mother] grabbed [Sarah] in the parking lotof the YMCA. Did you verify that?”A. [Graves] “I saw that or I did not verify it, no” Tr pg. 156 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a bruise on the child's cheek.”A. [Graves] “Yes, I saw that one” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Children's Services was called that the child was put in a closet. Doyou know about that incident?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “handprint on the child's chest”.A. [Graves] “There are the fingerprint looking” Tr pg. 158 (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT39

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “The September 7 th , bruising on the back”?A. [Graves] “I saw the bruising on the back” Tr pg. 158 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Doctor, I've given you a litany of one, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 incidences over atwo year period”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 159 (2006)Let’s now examine Sarah’s mothers’ testimony:Q. [Father’s attorney] “I want you to tell the Court what you think or what happened thatcaused [Sarah] to hurt her arm.”A. [Mother] “We were outside on the deck, and she has a hot tub, so there are stairs thatlead up to the second level where the hot tub is. I was sitting on the swing. My friend wassitting on the top of the stairs. My boyfriend at the time was sitting next to me, and herfriend, Kylee, who lives down the road, was in the hot tub. [Sarah] was on the deck, and shewas walking toward Lindsay, and I had turned, I was talking to my boyfriend, and that’swhen [Sarah] started crying, screaming. I picked her up and went inside, because we didn’thave lights. It was dark out. I had thought [Sarah] had broken her arm” Tr pgs. 587-588(2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Father has pretty much been available on a freer basis to take careof [Sarah]?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 586 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “And he, in fact, has, is that correct, taken care of her?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 586 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “What other types of things have you taken your daughter to theEmergency Room for, if you remember?”A. [Mother] “Her being sick, general, like a cold” Tr pg. 521 (2006)Q. [Manning] “And with regards to your sleeping arrangements at your apartment, do youever have overnight guests in your room when [Sarah] is present?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. “[Manning] And is she—does she then also sleep in your room?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Manning] “Are these overnight guests in your room with [Sarah] present?”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT40

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay. What, if any observation did you make of the father and thechild when you felt father’s behavior might be inappropriate?”A. [Kristen Nagle] “I don’t believe that I observed any inappropriate interactions betweenthe father and the child” Tr pg. 414 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Father was very involved with his daughter and interactedappropriately, as usual.”A. [Kristen Nagle] “True” Tr pg. 441 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You wouldn’t put your own reputation that you’re jealous of or yourCRC company if this wasn’t true. In fact, they are true. Correct?”A. [Kristen Nagle] “Correct” Tr pg. 444 (2006)GAL Pamela Manning recommended mother to be the custodial parent because she feltmother was passive; the transcripts of the case hold this shocking revelation as documented proofof this ridiculously transparent admission. Other witnesses testified to the injuries as well. GALMs. Manning was also caught writing notes to the mother’s attorney during trial and lied underoath when confronted. An attorney sitting in the back during the trial was the first to witness thisdishonest, unprofessional act.Q. [to the GAL] “What are you recommending in regards to either the shared parentingplan or residential parent status in regards to [Sarah]?”A. [Manning] “Based on my investigation, I, by any means, I don’t think that father isaggressive sort of person, but I think of the two of them, the mother “is much morepassive” Tr pg. 800 (2006)So, Judge David Woessner decision to place Sarah in the custody of her mother wasbased on the testimonies you have read. Judge David Woessner now has to write an order statinghis reasons. Let’s look at his order with testimony at hand to compare it to see if his decision wasaccurate. The numbers are Judge David Woessner’s conclusions in his Order.October 21, 2008#13. “Dr. Graves’s findings 20 surrounding Plaintiff/Father’s guardedness and resistancewere supported by a Children’s Resource Center Prevention Specialist who also noted a number20 “The Magistrate did not find Dr. Graves report to be particularly helpful or an informative in terms of the instant issues facing this court”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT42

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013of examples of Plaintiff/Father’s resistance or reluctance to follow certain suggestions for[Sarah’s] Benefit.” 21Testimony:[Kristen Nagle] “I don’t believe that I observed any inappropriate interactionsbetween the father and the child.” Tr pg. 414 (2006) and #26. [Sarah]’s counselor noted thatshe found Plaintiff/Father to be compliant and willing to cooperate. 22#19. Dr. Graves testified that in his opinion 23 Defendant/Mother should “clearly be theone in charge of health care decisions” and voiced concerns that “unnecessary medicalintervention” “on a fairly regular basis” if the Plaintiff/Father was the primary decision maker inthose areas. 24Testimony:Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you speak to any doctor?”A. [Dr. Graves] “No” Tr pg. (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “What other types of things have you taken your daughter to theEmergency Room for, if you remember?”A. [Mother] “Her being sick, general, like a cold” Tr pg. 521 (2006)#26. “The Plaintiff/Father also appears to emphasize concerns and physical issues with[Sarah], perhaps to an extreme.” 25Testimony: Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] came home with bruises all over herback”.A. [Graves] “saw it” Tr pg. 150 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 151 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a cut on her face and a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you recall the March 1 st incident where it was alleged that[mother] grabbed [Sarah] by the neck?”21 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand (2008)22 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand (2008)23 “The Magistrate did not find Dr. Graves report to be particularly helpful or an informative in terms of the instant issues facing this court24 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand (2008)25 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand (2008)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT43

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “with another black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] has cuts around her eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “where [Sarah] was left alone in a car by [mother]?”A. [Graves] “I knew about the incident.” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with another black eye.”A. [Graves] “Probably” Tr pg. 155 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a report that [mother] grabbed [Sarah] in the parking lotof the YMCA. Did you verify that?”A. [Graves] “I saw that or I did not verify it, no” Tr pg. 156 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a bruise on the child's cheek.”A. [Graves] “Yes, I saw that one” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Children's Services was called that the child was put in a closet. Doyou know about that incident?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “handprint on the child's chest”.A. [Graves] “There are the fingerprint looking” Tr pg. 158 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “The September 7 th , bruising on the back”?A. [Graves] “I saw the bruising on the back” Tr pg. 158 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Doctor, I've given you a litany of one, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 incidences over atwo year period”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 159 (2006)#35. “It is abundantly clear the Plaintiff/Father believes the Defendant/Mother is responsible forthis alleged physical abuse or, at the least, is responsible for lack of supervision resulting in[Sarah] being injured.” 2626 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT44

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013#36. “Defendant/Mother has, at the least, placed [Sarah] in positions where [Sarah] has beeninjured.” 27 Is it me or do these two statements contradict themselves?#22. “The Court notes at the very least a number of the injuries sustained by [Sarah] appear todemonstrate some lack of an appropriate level of supervision provided to [Sarah] by theDefendant/Mother.” 28#16. Due to significant amount of time which the Plaintiff/Father has to spend with [Sarah], thePlaintiff/Father had more actual interaction with [Sarah] in recent years. The evidence revealsthat [Sarah] also interacts appropriately with certain extended family members, particularlyFather’s extended family members.#17. [Sarah] has further had opportunities such as attending ballet classes, basketball, soccer,gymnastics, and nature classes.#21. As noted, [Sarah] has interacted substantially more with Plaintiff/Father over the recentyears. [Sarah] is fortunate that she has two parents whose available total time allows her to spendnearly all of her time with one parent. 29#29. The Defendant/Mother left [Sarah] in the car alone. 30#29. “An incident observed in a YMCA parking lot wherein the Defendant/Mother was observedyelling at “Sarah” and, per one witness, slapping her. 31#29.The Defendant/Mother allowing a male companion to spend the night withDefendant/Mother’s in Defendants/Mother’s bed which is located in the same room where[Sarah] was sleeping.” 32“The Defendant/Mother has allowed a male guest to spend the night in her bed whileSarah is in the same room and in her own bed. Defendant/Mother was unable to recall the lastname of her former boyfriend or her current boyfriend. Any conversation or activity that takesplace in the Defendants/Mother’s bed room will be heard by Sarah.” 33“Plaintiff/Father has readily embrace this responsibility, enrolling Sarah in a variety of classes atthe YMCA for the past (2) years, which include cooking, nature art and swimming. Sarah has27 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)28 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)29 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)30 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)31 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)32 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)33 Campbell, C. Decision 14 (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT45

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013also been involved in numerous sporting activities, including soccer, basketball and ballet. ThePlaintiff/Father is normally present for all these activities and participates with Sarah in many ofthe classes.” 34“The Defendant/Mother testified that following the breakup of the parties, the Plaintiff/Fathertook care of Sarah most of the time”. 35“Plaintiff/Father was the primary care-giver” 36 .“The Court notes Dr. Graves clearly is an expert 37 / 38 based on his qualifications andexperience in Courts throughout Northwest Ohio. Any issue which a party may have withGraves’s reports and recommendation goes more the way of Dr. Graves’srecommendation” 39 The Court specifically determines that consistent with therecommendation of Dr. Graves and the GAL 40 and from the Court’s complete review of theevidence presented, it is in the best interests of [Sarah] that Defendant mother be namedthe sole residential parent and legal custodian of [Sarah]. 41It is unfathomable that these were the Judge’s final statements, particularly in light of thetestimony and evidence that was presented. As to the rule to protect the integrity of JudgeWoessner’s judicial process a psychologist provides an important service to children and thecourts by providing competent, objective, impartial information in assessing the best interests ofthe child; by demonstrating a clear sense of direction and purpose in conducting a child custodyevaluation; performing their roles ethically; and by clarifying to all involved the nature andscope of the evaluation. The Ethics committee of the American Psychological Association hasnoted that psychologists’ involvement in custody disputes has at times raised questions in regardto the misuse of psychologists’ influence. 42 In fact Judge Woessner not only accepted histestimony but took Dr. Graves recommendation that clearly violated Rule 702. Rule 702 includesthe provisions which state that a witness may only testify if:34 Campbell, C. Decision 13 (2006)35 Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 13, 200636 Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 13, 200637 “The Magistrate did not find Dr. Graves report to be particularly helpful or an informative in terms of the instant issues facing this court38 Plaintiff/Father requested Dr. Graves interview Sarah without the plaintiff/father being present. Based on the portion of the DVD that wasviewed, it was Dr. Graves’s idea to interview [Sarah] rather than a suggestion of the Plaintiff/Father.39 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand 8-9 (2008)40 Mother was more passive41 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand 17 (2008)42 (APA Ethics Committee, 1985; Hall & Hare-Mustin, 1983; Keith-Spiegel & Koocher, 1985; Mills, 1984)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT46

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 20131) The testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data2) The testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and3) The witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of thecase.Judge Woessner did not conclude in his decision or make any comment about Dr.Graves lying under oath to sway his decision instead he keeps saying that Dr. Graves is anexpert. Sounds to me like Judge Woessner is protecting Dr. Graves. What really makes JudgeDavid Woessner look unprofessional is on March 23, 2007 Judge Woessner was in the ToledoBlade 43 with the headline “Don’t lie, Judge tells girl” Judge Woessner continue to say “this is aclassic example of one lie leading to another that got completely out of control and you violatedthe trust they had in you.” 44 Are you wondering about all of Sarah’s body bruises and blackeyes? In regard to the injuries that four-year-old Sarah sustained, Judge David Woessner, whohad taken an oath to protect children, also proceeded to give false findings in his report of April5, 2007, #22 when he claimed that “Explanations to the injuries were provided at the hearing” 45This finding is completely inaccurate because there were no explanations or admissionsregarding Sarah’s injuries presented in that trial. The testimony which Judge David Woessnerrefers to as “explanations” was merely:Q. [Attorney] “Bruises on [Sarah]’s back, did it happen or didn’t it happen?”A. [Mother] “There could” Tr pg. 592 (2006)Q. [Attorney] “February 9, [Sarah] has a bad rash on her bottom.”A. [Mother] “I do not remember” Tr pg. 593 (2006)In my investigation, I came across a report I found very interesting that pertains to youngSarah. A final report of the subcommittee on responding to child abuse, neglect and dependencysubmitted a five hundred page report to the advisory committee on children, families and thecourts, the Supreme Court of Ohio that was also prepared under the American Bar AssociationCenter on Children and the Law on January 18, 2006. States “The United States Department ofHealth and Human Services found that Ohio was not consistent in its efforts to protect itschildren from abuse and neglect.” The United States Department of Health and Human43 Article published March 23, 2007 JENNIFER FEEHAN BLADE STAFF WRITER44 Feehan, J. Toledo Blade (2007)45 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry 13 (2007)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT47

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013services stated through their investigation they “found”. The United States Department of Healthand Human services are confirming young Sarah’s story. This report also say’s “this problem(protecting children) exacerbated (severe) by its failure to utilize clear and consistent criteria ininitial child abuse screening decisions. Further analysis by an independent outside expertconcluded the flaws in abuse and neglect was in the investigations and follow up response.” Thisreport even talks about government intervention to improve children’s outcome in Ohio. Thisstudy was carried out in three phrases. First was concurrent research on how Ohio wasinvestigating child abuse, second was legal research on national best field practice and currentOhio field practice and the third was online research, surveys and group and individualinterviews. Again in 2003 a final report from Ohio’s children services was studied by HowardDavidson, Director of the American Bar Association Center on Children and the law concludedthere were flaws in their investigations. After substantial research and analysis, theSubcommittee was able to detail ways in which current Ohio practice ill-serve the children ofOhio. In its January 2003 Final Report from the Ohio Child and Family Services Review(CFSR), the United States Department of Health and Human Services found that Ohio isnot consistent “in its efforts to protect children from abuse or neglect. The lack ofcomprehensive statewide screening policies and flaws in the definitional framework for casedeterminations all contribute to inconsistencies among Ohio’s counties in abuse, neglect anddependency case screening, investigation and follow-up response.As we continue with this story and after Judge Woessner determined the mother to be thecustodial parent; father was forced because of the mother’s behavior and for the welfare of Sarahto file for custody again.Judge David Woessner of Wood County Court wanted the mother and father to each pickthree new GALs because GAL Ms. Pamela Manning proceeded with employment as aMagistrate in Lucas County Juvenile Court. Ms. Manning being selected as a magistrate overseeing children is a whole other story in its entirety. The evidence revealed that GAL Ms.Manning has no business making any kind of decision concerning children!Father selected two GALs who were not in the circle of friends of the Wood CountyCourt System and the mother selected none. Judge David Woessner Ordered a new GAL,Magistrate of Northwood, Ohio, Attorney Drew Griffith. Mr. Griffith was not one of the GAL’sfather selected, nor did the mother select him, so who selected him? Later you will find out thatTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT48

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Judge Woessner selected him and in my opinion and the evidence will show, Mr. Griffith wasselected to help protect the past decision by Judge Woessner of Wood County Court. I will giveyou the facts and you can be the judge.Sarah was still coming home from her mother’s care with injuries and another brokenarm. This time, the mother claimed Sarah broke her arm at a school playground. Father called theschool and the nurse did an investigation. The nurse stated that Sarah did not break her arm here.Sarah even told Wood County Children’s Services case worker Jennifer Bender about the abusein the mother’s household—how she was getting locked in a closet like the counselor testified toearlier and how her mother was hitting her. Sarah actually pleaded with the case worker to callher mom and ask her to stop hitting her. When it came to the closet incident, according toFather’s attorney who witnessed Sarah talking to Wood County Children’s Services, she wouldscratch at the door till her finger nails bled. She was very detailed in her report about the closetand certain other events. Even though father’s attorney had sat in on this disturbing interviewwith Sarah, all Wood County Children’s Services did was send father a piece a paper stating tokeep Sarah in counseling.On Labor Day, 2007, father was having a family party and Sarah’s grandfather pickedSarah up from her mom’s only to discover that she again had a black eye. Father documented itand everyone at the party saw it. This incident was reported and father had to bring Sarah intoWood County Children’s Services again. Witnesses accompanied the father plus father alsoaudio recorded the case worker questioning Sarah; father had to stop the interview because theline of questioning was inappropriate for a child. The case worker for Wood County Children’sServices, Kelly Conley, wanted Sarah to tell her what happened after Kelly Conley made it clearto Sarah that the case worker knew Sarah’s mother and has been over to her house. This terrifiedSarah because her mother took everything out on her and whenever the case worker foolishlymentioned this, Sarah would not talk about it and curled up in her grandpa’s arms. She was soscared of her mother at this point that her only protection from her mother was to curl into thefetal position whenever the mother threatened to hit her. And as if the abuse wasn’t bad enough,her mother also insisted on continuously breaking all kinds of Court orders.Father set up a meeting with GAL Mr. Griffith to discuss his child’s physical andemotional well being. Father arrived at his office in Perrysburg, Ohio a few minutes early andGAL Mr. Griffith was on the phone. Father was hanging his coat up and took a couple of stepsTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT49

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013toward his office, which put him next to his door. His secretary leaned into GAL Mr. Griffith’sdoor and said, “Your next appointment is here, Mr. [Father]”Because father was so close to his door, he could hear his answer to his secretary, as wellas the other conversation going on in his office. GAL Mr. Griffith said, “Thanks” to the secretaryand told the person he was talking to on the phone, “That [father] character is here. I am going totreat him like a good guy, then I will throw him in the fire!” 46 It seemed almost as if heintentionally said it loud enough for father to hear his comment. Later you will find out that GALMr. Griffith was speaking to the mother’s attorney when he stated that comment about the father.At this point I would like to tell you father audio recorded some of these conversations withthese court appointed officials recommended by another professional.After GAL Mr. Griffith hung up the phone he called father into his office. Father wasvery polite and knew what he needed to focus on. Father had followed all the court orders and heonly talk about this current case and not the old one. Father was surprised that when he sat down,all GAL Mr. Griffith wanted to talk about was the old case. He was disturbed that father wouldthrow the mother out of his place, father stated to him that was false. The nanny-cam evidencespeaks loudly, reminiscing how the mother and her friends trashed father’s place and braggedabout the “quickest move-out ever.” When father reminded Mr. Griffith about that and abouthow she had subsequently been caught lying to the police about those events, he didn’t want tohear any of that and did not want to view the security video. In fact, he just decided to skiptreating father like a good guy and went straight to throwing him “in the fire.” Father was taughtto respect his elders at all cost, so that’s what he did. When father tried to explain the situation tohim, GAL Mr. Griffith proceeded to abrasively cut him off, as if he didn’t have time or care tohear what father had to say. Father could not believe how unprofessional this man was, howeverfather recalled that he was in the circle of friends with Dr. Graves, the second GAL Ms.Manning, the first GAL Mr. Sharp and the mother’s attorney Ann Baronas. In fact, GAL Mr.Griffith eventually even called them. Mr. Griffith drilled father on Dr. Graves, stating that it wasonly father’s opinion that Dr. Graves had lied, even though Dr. Wayne Graves testified underoath and the doctor’s own videotape recording reviewed what the truth actually was. All GALMr. Griffith wanted to talk about was the previous case that his friends and colleagues were46 Polygraph test and his own admittanceTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT50

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013involved in, which had nothing to do with the one he was supposed to be working on. Clearly, itwas later determined that he tried to use the previous case 47 to make his recommendation to theWood County Court, an issue father’s attorney confronted and exposed to the Judge.GAL Mr. Griffith’s attitude towards father represented on how unprofessional he reallywas. One thing father did not want to do was lower himself to his standards and sit there andargue. Father stated to GAL Mr. Griffith that he would sign any release forms he needed forSarah. Alarmingly, GAL Mr. Griffith then asked father his preference on abortions. To continuehis unprofessional questioning GAL Mr. Griffith then proceeded to ask father if he voted forObama. This is inappropriate questioning especially when determining a child custody case andagainst the law! Father stood his ground and stated he is a “pro life conservative Christian.” GALMr. Griffith then proceeded to say “who do you think you are as a Christian not to vote forObama, this is a historical event” and father should keep his religious activities to himselfespecially from Sarah. Later in this story you will hear testimony of GAL Mr. Griffith on father’sbeliefs and what GAL Mr. Griffith stated in his recommendation concerning this subject.GAL Mr. Griffith kept referring back to the old case with Dr. Graves involvement. Fatherstated to GAL Mr. Griffith, “Well, if you are going back that far in the case, you need to talk toall the witnesses and examine all the evidence,” however he refused. In fact he would not go intodetail on the current case at hand. He kept avoiding it asking me questions about what the motherhad told him but would not follow through to examine the evidence. Later, in a conversationwith Sarah’s grandparents, GAL Mr. Griffith admitted he didn’t even know what the motion wasthat father’s attorney filed on father’s behalf for custody. Father even asked him to speak withSarah’s counselor that has been counseling Sarah for the past five years and he made thecomment that she was a “horse trainer and not a real counselor.” He said this, mind you, withouteven calling Sarah’s family pediatrician to see if he had, in fact, recommended a counselor; nordid he take the time to verify the counselor’s true credentials. Had he done so, he would havefound that Sarah’s counselor was, in fact, a well-trained professional that has headed up trainingworkshops for Lucas County Children Services.Sarah’s grandmother explained to GAL Mr. Griffith that on one occasion, she personallyattended Sarah’s doctor appointment with the mother to talk with the specialist and explain to47 Res Judicata: In the case of RJ, the matter cannot be raised again, either in the same court or in a different court.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT51

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013both him and Sarah’s mother, that on her family’s side lazy bowel syndrome runs in the familyand how important giving Sarah her medication was. Sarah’s grandmother explained to both ofthem how her mother died from complications to bowel obstruction back up. 48 Mr. Griffith statedthe mother was giving Sarah her medication, however it became clear later in his own testimonythat he failed to call Sarah’s pediatricians nor ask for the for their records regarding young Sarah,completely ignoring the fact that father had openly offered to sign any release forms he needed.Father asked Mr. Griffith to check the doctor’s statements, which indicated that Sarahtold her specialist that her mother did not give her the medication on a regular basis, somethingthe mother also admitted, but as you will find out GAL Mr. Griffith never checked with Sarah’sspecialist. Ohio law, RULE 48 OF SUPERINTENDENCE FOR THE COURTS OF OHIO (D)Responsibilities of a guardian ad litem (g) Interview school personnel, medical and mentalhealth providers, child protective services workers and relevant court personnel and obtaincopies of relevant records; let’s just take a peek at his testimony to see if he called any of herdoctors.Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you go to the Doctor to verify?”A. [Griffith] “No” Tr pg. 368 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah’s main pediatrician] records, entire records of this kid, haveyou ever seen them before?”A. [Griffith] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Never asked for ‘em?”A. [Griffith] “No. I did not”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Ever review them?”A. [Griffith] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Ever talk to [Sarah’s bowel specialist]”A. [Griffith] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you know somethin’ about this doctor? He took our phone call,answered every question that we had, and wrote us a little memo on any issue that we had.”A. [Griffith] “Okay”Q. [Father’s attorney] “If I asked you about [Sarah’s main pediatrician], the same thing?”48 Bowel obstruction can be a serious condition that may lead to perforation, sepsis, and even death.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT52

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013A. [Griffith] “The same thing” Tr pg. 369 (2009)To continue, GAL Mr. Griffith stated “it wasn’t his job to protect the child.” He madesure to explain to father that all he was supposed to do was give a recommendation to JudgeWoessner. His opposition to taking these steps went completely against the required duties of aGAL, which is to protect the best interest of the child and, if need be, submit motions to the courton the child’s behalf. 49Sarah’s grandfather could not believe GAL Mr. Griffith did not know anythingabout all the black eyes. He made the cold, callous statement, “Kids get hurt.” While this is trueand most kids take an occasional tumble, fall or get hurt while playing, most kids do not just “gethurt” to the point where they have over twenty black eyes, two broken arms, whip marks on thebacks, numerous diaper rashes, or fingerprints pressed into bruises on their necks. This wasinfuriating to hear from a GAL who was supposed to be working in the interest of protectingchildren.Father mention to GAL Mr. Griffith about Sarah’s counselor and GAL Mr. Griffith againindicated that she was something along the lines of “just a riding instructor” and that Sarah wasnot supposed to see a counselor. Sarah’s grandfather reminded GAL Mr. Griffith to check thelast court order that stated she was to continue to see the same mental health professionals.There was a friction between father’s family and GAL Mr. Griffith because Griffith keptstating that he needed truth serum to get to the bottom of the case. While it is his job to get thetruth, he eventually hatched his recommendation and was caught lying under oath. As thingsprogressed, GAL Mr. Griffith mentioned to Sarah’s grandfather that he was a good friend offormer GAL Pamela Manning and at that point, father knew his young daughter case was introuble.I think the most asinine question GAL Mr. Griffith asked was why father filed forcustody. The motion is one of the first things you get from the judge and it outlines thereasoning why he filed for custody. Again, this spoke volumes as to his level of incompetence.According to the dictionary, the word “incompetent” can be defined as “a lack of intelligence, or49 Ohio Revised Code 2151.281: (A) The court shall appoint a GAL, subject to rules adopted by the Supreme Court, to protect the best interest ofa child in any proceeding.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT53

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013inability to do simple tasks” 50 and that in my opinion was the exact description of GAL Mr.Griffith; however I will let you be the judge of that after his recommendation and testimony.Father’s attorney filed a motion for a deposition to be taken of the mother. The depositionwas set to be taken at GAL Mr. Griffith’s office in Perrysburg, Ohio. At the deposition, I wassitting in GAL Mr. Griffith’s waiting area and sitting next to me was the mother’s attorney AnnBaronas. Father’s attorney was in the office getting set up. GAL Mr. Griffith was talking aboutsome cases with Attorney Ann Baronas. Again, the circle of friends reared its ugly head.Attorney Ann Baronas asked GAL Mr. Griffith when he was going to turn in hisrecommendation to the Wood County Court and Griffith answered in his own words, “I barelylooked over anything. I will turn it in a couple days before trial.” At this point, father had tolaugh because he is not an attorney with years of legal experience under his belt, however evenhe knew GAL Mr. Griffith’s recommendations have to be in seven days prior to trial. Accordingto Rule 48 (F) (c) the final report shall be filed with the court and made available to the partiesfor inspection no less than seven days before the dispositional hearing. 51During the deposition, father’s attorney caught the mother lying multiple times and GALMr. Griffith felt it more necessary to watch out for the mother’s interests than the child’s. Onething that stood out and was confusing about the mother’s testimony was on Sarah’s health.Q. [Griffith] “On the medical issues, you said no regular or recurring medical issues withthe exception of the constipation issue, right?”A. [Mother] “Correct” (Deposition Tr 2009, p. 116)Q. [Griffith] “Do you view that as a legitimate medical issue, or do you have your doubtsabout that?”A. [Mother] “I’ve never experienced her being constipated and not being able to go to thebathroom.” (Deposition Tr 2009, p. 117)Q. [Griffith] “You never experienced that?”A. [Mother] “Correct” (Deposition Tr 2009, p. 117)A. [Mother] “I mean, there’s probably been a couple of times where she’s said, like, ‘Mystomach hurts.’… because she can’t go to the bathroom.” (Deposition Tr 2009, p.117)50 Urban dictionary LLC. (1999)51 Rules of Superintendence for the Court of OhioTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT54

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Ok now follow me [Mother] “I’ve never experienced her being constipated and not beingable to go to the bathroom.” (Deposition Tr 2009, p. 117) however the mother then states[Mother] “I mean, there’s probably been a couple of times where she’s said, like, ‘Mystomach hurts.’… because she can’t go to the bathroom.” (Deposition Tr 2009, p.117)Remind you GAL Mr. Griffith had month’s to speak with Sarah’s bowel specialist. Youwould think common sense would tell you that if the mother testified in her deposition “becauseshe can’t go to the bathroom” that before trial GAL Mr. Griffith would at the very least put in aphone call to Sarah’s doctor, Right? Going straight to GAL Mr. Griffith’s testimony in front ofJudge Woessner:Q. [Father’s attorney] “Ever talk to [Sarah’s bowel specialist]”A. [Griffith] “No”In the previous trial, when asked about Sarah’s constipation problems, Sarah’s motherresponded as follows:Q. [Father’s attorney] “Gastroenterologist, I guess he was, her bowel problem, correct?”A. [Mother] “Correct.” Tr pg. 607 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “The day [Sarah] went to the doctor was a few days after. What didyou observed about [Sarah]?”A. [Mother] “That she appeared to, yes, have had some issues.” Tr pg. 529 (2006)During the mother’s deposition testimony, GAL Mr. Griffith inappropriately asked themother what her dream schedule would be for father’s visitation schedule with his daughter.Q. [Griffith] “What’s your dream schedule?”A. [Mother] “I would like to have her Monday through Friday, and then her dad wouldhave her on the weekends.”Q. [Griffith] “That would be something you could live with?”A. [Mother] “Yes” (Deposition Tr 2009, pg. 129)Do you think that GAL Mr. Griffith gave the mother her dream schedule? You will haveto wait to find out. GAL Mr. Griffith made comments negatively during the deposition aboutfather’s choice of feeding Sarah spaghetti O’s once in a while. Yes, that was about the only thinghe could complain about father concerning this case. It’s unconscionable to think this man is aMagistrate for Northwood.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT55

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Before GAL Mr. Griffith is to submit his recommendation to the court, he was to come tofather’s residents to see if his place was appropriate for Sarah and to visit with him and Sarah.GAL Mr. Griffith never did. Rule 48 (13) (b) (b) Visit the child at his or her residence. 52Trial date was April 20, 2009 and GAL Mr. Griffith did what he said he was going to do.GAL Mr. Griffith submitted his report one day before trial. Father’s attorney’s plainly statedduring the hearing that GAL Mr. Griffith has to submit his recommendation seven days prior tothe hearing; however Judge Woessner wanted to proceed to get this case off his docket. JudgeDavid Woessner was willing to break the rules of the Supreme Court for a lighter docket.Father’s attorneys also argued that GAL Mr. Griffith used ninety percent of the last trialto make his recommendation in this trial for example using Dr. Graves and Ms. Manning tosupport his recommendation for the mother to keep custody. 53 Judge Woesnner stated to GALMr. Griffith that he cannot do that. Father’s attorneys withdrew his motion for custody only toturn around and re-file it. GAL Mr. Griffith now has two of father’s motions that laid out hiscomplaints on why he is filing for custody. So now he has more time to follow the rules.One thing that I would like to mention is that while GAL Mr. Griffith was supposedly“preparing,” for this case, Sarah had started coming home from the mother’s home with bugbites. She complained to her counselor about it, claiming that the mother had bugs at herresidence. At one point, Sarah came home from the mother’s home with a bug bite that put her inthe hospital. Sarah was admitted to the children’s hospital and hooked up to an IV the wholetime. While father was at the hospital attending to his sick and injured daughter, GAL Mr.Griffith continued to call him wanting to know when he could talk to Sarah alone.Right before GAL Mr. Griffith’s recommendation was due; he called father at six p.m.and stated that he needed to get his report in and to speak with Sarah alone. Sarah and father hadplans and father reminded him that he had at least four months prior to speak to her. Since fatherfelt it inappropriate for Mr. Griffith to be alone with his daughter, father asked him if a witnesscould be present while he interviewed Sarah or if Sarah’s counselor could be present so Sarahdid not feel uncomfortable. GAL Mr. Griffith stated the counselor could sit in the waiting room;he was going to speak to the child alone and stated he needs to speak with Sarah alone because52 Rules of Superintendence for the Court of Ohio53 Res Judicata: In the case of RJ, the matter cannot be raised again, either in the same court or in a different court.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT56

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013there is “no one the mother’s side” and father has this on audio. 54 Now let’s look at the firstsentence of Rule 48. 55 Guardian ad litem: (A) Applicability: “This rule shall apply in alldomestic relations and juvenile cases in the courts of common pleas where a court appoints aGAL to protect and act in the best interest of a child.” This rule says nothing about protectingor acting in the best interest of a parent. Why would GAL Mr. Griffith say he wanted to speak toa young child alone just because there is nobody on the mother’s side? What do you think?GAL Drew Griffith often referred to Dr. Graves as an expert, Dr. Graves testified in theprevious case, “Any time the child was in the room, there was a video camera running” (Tr 2006,pg. 184). Certainly, even Dr. Graves knew of the importance of not leaving a child alone in thatsituation without some kind of back up, however for some reason GAL Mr. Griffith did not wantanyone to witness his conversation with young Sarah or even tape it.When it came time for GAL Mr. Griffith to hand in his recommendation, he did not writea new report; he only wrote a supplemental report to his other one. He completely disregardedwhat Judge David Woessner stated about not allowing the evidence from the previous case inthis case. GAL Mr. Griffith’s incompetence might be the reason why Sarah’s grandfather, almostgot up and left the courtroom during GAL Mr. Griffith’s testimony on trying to cover up youngSarah’s abuse at the trial.It’s important for me to bring to your attention Res Judicata concerning GAL Mr.Griffith’s recommendation. GAL Mr. Griffith purposely used the previous case to help themother keep custody using Dr. Graves perjurious testimony. GAL Mr. Griffith Magistrate ofNorthwood felt it would be appropriate to disregard Ohio’s rules, in Ohio Res Judicata definedas a matter cannot be raised again, either in the same court or in a different court. A court willuse Res Judicata to deny reconsideration of a matter. This magistrate and Officer of the courtpurposely disregarded his oath and the law of this great state. Judge David Woessner looked theother way. An Honorable Judge would have dismissed GAL Drew Griffith and his report since itwas the second time GAL Drew Griffith failed to follow Rule 48. GAL Mr. Griffith’s report wasunprofessional, contained lies and was inappropriate!I would like to add, that one of father’s attorneys called GAL Mr. Griffith to speak withhim concerning what he wrote in his recommendation before trial. Father’s attorney questioned54 Audio55 Rules of Superintendence for the Court of OhioTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT57

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013his work ethics and discussed about Sarah putting her head down when GAL Mr. Griffith askedher if the mother hit her and GAL Mr. Griffith stated to father’s attorneys “I gave that one toyou”. This can be taken that young Sarah must of stated more than GAL Mr. Griffith is tellingeveryone and beyond the fact that this comment and most of his upcoming comments areinappropriate and clearly unprofessional for an officer of the court.Father’s attorneys filed all his subpoenas before trial. It is important to recall here thatWood County Children’s Services were not too fond of father because he has criticized them.Also remember that they were subpoenaed by the mother in the previous case and they testifiedagainst father stating that Sarah did not mention any physical abuse. Earlier in this book, I talkedabout the attorney that sat in with Sarah and Wood County Children’s Services. Sarah stated hermother was hitting her and locking her in the closet to Wood County Children’s Services onseveral occasions.When father subpoenaed Wood County Children’s Services to testify because they foundSarah had been neglected during mother’s parenting time. Please follow this because it’s reallyimportant, Judge David Woessner’s own prosecuting attorney, Charles Bergman, filed a motionto Judge Woessner of Wood County Juvenile Court to squash the subpoena so Children Serviceswould not have to testify. And the worst part, inconceivably, Judge David Woessner complied.When Wood County Children’s Services found no abuse (in their opinion), they were glad tocome and testify; however when they did find something, they would not come and testify. In myopinion, Wood County Children’s Services did not want to testify because they could not lie thistime. Another professional/witness was involved in the interview where Sarah told them aboutthe abuse.Now here is another little twist in this story. At the time Judge David Woessner’sprosecuting attorney Charles Bergman filed the motion to squash father’s subpoena, had he beentalking to Wood County Children Services over facebook? Yes, the caseworkers young Sarahspoke with, Jody Conley, (The one father had to stop because of how inappropriate herquestioning was with young Sarah) Brandy Hansen Laux (The case worker that testified againstfather and continued to let three children live with a man that was indicted with rape and grosssexual imposition, 56 Jennifer Binder (The case worker that interviewed Sarah with a professional56 D. BroadwayTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT58

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013witness present) and last but not least Sandi Carsey (one of the supervisors that stated she didn’tlike father). Facebook to my understanding is to keep up with close friends and these peoplefrom Wood County Children Services are on Judge David Woessner’s prosecuting attorneyCharles Bergman’s friends list. The question I have is does public association on facebookcreate the appearance of a conflict of interest? The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committeesays yes. 57In my opinion the last thing Judge David Woessner wanted was Wood County Children’sServices coming in and testifying that they saw and took pictures of black eyes and Sarah talkingto them about all the abuse she was enduring by the mother with a another professionalwitnessing the interview! Judge David Woessner alarmingly stated in his decisionconcerning this case at hand that knowing what Sarah said was “not necessary.” 58 toWood County Children Services.I am going to save Mr. Griffith’s testimony for last because I will go into detail to showyou how unprofessional and disgusting Judge Woessner’s courtroom is. Let’s now start the trialand I will start with the testimony of Sarah’s counselor so you can read what GAL Mr. Griffithand Judge David Woessner witnessed and heard under oath in Wood County Common Pleas,Juvenile Court. Tr pg. 451-506 (2009)Lets first look at her credentials: “I’m a professional clinical counselor and a licensedindependent chemical counselor. I’m ARIA certified; I’m certified in EAGALA, which isthe psychotherapy part of it. It’s kind of right underneath a psychologist. I have twomaster’s degrees. I’m working on my Doctorate.”Q. [Father’s attorney] “How long have you been doing this?”A. [Counselor] “23 years”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you have training in recognizing and treating child abuse?”A. [Counselor] “Yes. Iv’e actually taught workshops on that.”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Describe the training”A. [Counselor] ***“I had multiple workshops, I was the therapeutic foster care trainer forLucas County Children Services for several years and I certainly did training in that veryextensively, on to recognize it and how to deal with it.*** We’re required, it’s a 40 hour57 techdirt.com/articles/20090601/1806195087.shtml58 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT59

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013board recognized hours a year. I have been doing this for 23 years, so you can imagine thatI have taken multiple ones,”Now remember Judge Woessner’s Court appointed GAL Magistrate of Northwood Mr.Griffith, discredited this professional for the mother’s sake and stated the counselor was just ahorse trainer without checking her credentials.Let’s continue with Sarah’s court appointed counselor.Q. [Father’s attorney] “You serve as a trainer in that regard?”A. [Counselor] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “And will you tell the court the frequency of your relationship.”A. [Counselor] “The case was randomly assigned to me. Recently I have been seeing herevery week”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Have you invited the mother to counseling?”A. [Counselor] “I invited her, I looked right at her, I said she could come anytime that shewants to. I saw her at school one time and had gone up and said hi, and I indicated againand made it clear she’s always welcome. I wasn’t surprise the mother did not come becauseSarah stated a couple of times that her mom told her not to talk”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Now, have you discern, over you relationship with Sarah, concernsthat affect her that have been brought to your attention?”A. [Counselor] “Yes. She was having bowel movements in her pants. The child has beenpotty trained for a long period of time and it was very embarrassing for her. A couple ofthem at school. When you’re in first grade, this is very embarrassing.In January, she was saying she wanted to run away from her mother’s”A. [Counselor] “She was being hit in the back of the head by the mother and that hermother said she doesn’t like her. That her mother cuts all her DVD’s when she was angryat her. She couldn’t go to the bathroom because her stomach hurt. She reported that hermother hit her and kicked her in the leg. She said her mom had a guy sleeping over in herbed and that scared her. She said that she is sleeping in her mother’s room and that they’renoisy. She said her mother told her that her dad would not love her anymore, and she wasafraid she was going to lose her dad. She was interview by Wood County Children Servicesand she was really upset by that”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT60

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Note: I would like to remind you earlier in this book about I how wrote about fatheraudio recording Wood County Children Services and the case worker was asking inappropriatequestions that scared Sarah.A. [Counselor] “She was home alone and that she was really scared. She fell off the monkeybars (Second broken arm.) She kept changing her story. She was afraid she was going tolose her dad. She was very late to school for a period of time, that was very embarrassing toher. I’m Glad I had contact with the school”Q. [Father’s attorney] “An issue that has haunted this case about hygiene and cleanlinessfrom diapers to bowl movements have you, independently, experience any concerns aboutthe hygiene of this child?”A. [Counselor] “I called the school and they said she was dirty; She wasn’t there on timeand question whether she was eating.”I would like to stop you right here because this is very important. Ohio law, RULE 48 OFSUPERINTENDENCE FOR THE COURTS OF OHIO (D) Responsibilities of a guardian ad litem(g) “Interview school personnel,” Do you think the Magistrate of Northwood GAL Mr. Griffithfollowed this rule? Let’s just take a quick look at his testimony under oath in front of JudgeWoessner on this subject:Q. [Father’s attorney] “Who’s Mrs. [teacher]?”A. [Griffith] “Mrs. who?”Q. [Father’s attorney] [Said teacher’s name]A. [Griffith] [repeated teacher’s name]?A. [Griffith] “Not familiar with the name that I recall.”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay, Mrs. [another teacher]”A. [Griffith] “Don’t know.”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You didn’t go to the school and talk to the teacher’s?”A. [Griffith] “I did not” Tr Pg 365 (2009)Back to the court appointed counselors testimony concerning young Sarah.Q. [Father’s attorney] “you find any indication that Sarah is being subject to alienation ofeither one of the parents by either one of the parents?”A. [Counselor] “Yes”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT61

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “Any concern that the father acts, intentionally or unintentionally, ina manner that would alienate Sarah from her mother?”A. [Counselor] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “And so when you [counselor] had concerns you’ve contacted theauthorities, right?”A. [Counselor] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “And that would be Wood County Job and Family Services,Children’s Services Division, Right?”A. [Counselor] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “So you’re aware that historically, almost—almost all of theinvestigations in this case were not substantiated.”A. [Counselor] “Yes. Well, they were unable to substantiate stuff because the child eitherwouldn’t answer – a lot of the times. If she’s asked about stuff that’s happened to her,especially in regards to a parent, she’ll look down and won’t answer. If anybody everworked with an abused child. They can probably read really well that there’s somethinggoing on with them. It’s really hard for a child to talk up against another one. It doesn’tmean that it did not happen and they (Wood County Children Services) told me that. Shelooked done and cried a couple of times”Q. [Father’s attorney] “What is the issue with regards to her [mothers] boyfriends?”A. [Counselor] “There is no professional that would say that a child should be in there whena man sleeping in the bed”Note: Wait until you hear the mother’s testimony to see what the counselor meant. It’shorrible. You remember the mother’s first testimony where she had men staying the night in thesame room as Sarah and didn’t know the last names. Wait to you read what GAL Mr. Griffithand Judge Woessner hears in the testimony. Please remember witnesses that testify do not knowwhat the other witnesses are going to testifying to.Q. [Father’s attorney] “If I told you that this court, this judge, this order prohibited that,and it still happen, what does that do in terms of your concerns?”A. [Counselor] “Well, I have no confidence that the child’s going to be safe, and, I wouldhave no confidence that the child is going to be well taken care of. I’m not on anybody’sside. I am for the child. I just really care about the child, and I think everybody should beTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT62

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013looking at this child and not other things” Let’s hear that part again: “I’m not on anybody’sside. I am for the child. I just really care about the child and I think everybody should belooking at this child and not other things”.The worst part about the counselor’s testimony is that GAL Mr. Griffith knew about allthis before he gave his recommendation to Judge Woessner.Let’s continue and look at the mother’s testimony and some of the court orders she broke.So you are not confused I will incorporate both testimonies together to show you thecontradictions and GAL Mr. Griffith’s testimony to show for a fact he did not do his job.We will start with the Court swearing in the mother.Q. [Woessner] “Do you swear or do you affirm that the testimony you’re about to give is thewhole truth and nothing but the truth?”A. [mother] “I do”The mother was court ordered to give father first right of refusal if she needed ababysitter and with his flexible work schedule given to him by his father; father is available atany time. Before we get to her testimony let’s look at Mr. Griffith’s report he submitted to JudgeWoessner on his investigation. “When with her mother, [Sarah] has two main babysitters.” 59Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you use babysitters?”A. [Mother] “I use babysitters, yes” This is breaking a court order.The mother continues her testimony listing the names of her babysitters; I have counted atotal of six babysitters. Tr pgs 44, 60, 603 (2009) The mother even thought it would beappropriate to let a male babysit Sarah that the mother has only been dating “under threemonths.” Tr pg. 60 (2009) Most alarming is when the mother testified to leaving for New Yorkfor a few days to see one of her boyfriends and leaving Sarah with a sitter, Tr pgs. 54, 55 (2009).I would like you to read what Judge Woesner had to say about the mother breaking the courtorder concerning the babysitting issue. Now remember father had first right refusal. “Mother’sdaycare arrangements appear comparable to the daycare arrangements of manyparents”. 60 What about the court order of first right refusal?Let’s move on to the mother’s bedroom scene concerning young Sarah around eight yearsold now:59 Griffith, C. GAL’s Supplemental Report 4 (2009)60 Woessner, D. Judgment Enrty (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT63

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “You’ve had several relationships during this time with somegentlemen; is that correct?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Alright, and you do know, because you read the court order, thatthis court order indicated that no one was going to stay overnight while Sarah was around.Have you adhered to that order?”A. [Mother] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You Sarah were in the bedroom, where was Mr. Corey”A. [Mother] “In my bed”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You were sleeping with a guy with your daughter in the room?”A. [Mother] “We were in the same bed”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You knew that was against the court order, Yes or no?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You still did it?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay, since December of ’08, have there been any gentleman at yourapartment?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Been there when Sarah is there?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Slept over?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You were having sex with him while Sarah was there?”A. [Mother] “The answer is yes”Now young Sarah’s counselor testified to “She said her mom had a guy sleeping overin her bed and that scared her. She said that she is sleeping in her mother’s room and thatthey’re noisy.” Judge Woessner and GAL Mr. Griffith are hearing all of this.Continuing on with mother’s testimony.Q. [Father’s attorney] “You also knew this was absolutely against the court order to havesomeone stay overnight, Correct?”A. [Mother] “Correct”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT64

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “But you did it Correct?”A. [Mother] “Yes”A. [Mother] “Correct”Q. [Father’s attorney] “When [mother’s guy friend] came back with you last Friday, howlong did he stay?”A. [Mother] “Till Sunday”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You have a romantic relationship with him?”A. [Mother] “yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “When Sarah was there?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Young Sarah’s counselor also testified “Sarah also said she saw her mom naked withher boyfriend.” Tr pg. 495 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “She’s woken up in the morning when there’s been a gentleman whospent the night?”A. [Mother] “yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “In order to determine whether or not you are going to have a lastingrelationship with a gentleman friend, you thought in your best judgment bringing him intoyour house. Into your bed room and sleeping in the same room with your daughter wasappropriate way to carry that out, yes or no?”A. [Mother] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “But you did it”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “But when she asked you, Miss Baronas, why you did it, you said thatwas the reason was to determine whether or not he could get along with your daughter andthat your relationship could flourish. Isn’t that what you said? Yes or no. Please.”A. [Mother] “Okay, the incident you’re talking about happened with [mother’s guy friend]”A. [Mother] “I am talking about with [different guy friend] now”Note: So it happens more than once?Q. [Father’s attorney] “you didn’t have sex when Sarah was around?”A. [Mother] “Yeah”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT65

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “What didn’t you understand when it said, neither party shall haveovernight guests in their respected bedrooms? What was it about that that was ambiguousor unclear to you?”A. [Mother] “Nothing”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Have you placed a either a likeness of her or her name or both intothe public media?” Court order stating Sarah is not to be in the public media.A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “And you did it yourself after the Judges (David Woessner) orders,correct?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 150-151 (2009)The mother’s testimony on court ordered co-parenting classes.Q. [Father’s attorney] “You didn’t engage in co-parenting, correct?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg 623 (2009)Let me get to my point:Q. [Father’s attorney] “You failed to comply with the court orders that’s a true statement,isn’t it?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 235 (2009)As for the father; he followed the court orders to the T:Q. [Father’s attorney] “What evidence did you hear that [father] had not adhered to thecourt orders?”A. [Griffith] “I’m not sure that there was any” Tr pg 362 (2009)Let’s continue with Mother’s testimony; it gets worse:Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did they [Wood County Children Services] discuss any other issueswith you? There’s a closet issue”A. [Mother] “No, I don’t believe so”Q. [Father’s attorney] “They didn’t discuss a report that your child indicated that you hither?”A. [Mother] “I don’t believe” Tr pg 82 (2009) Note: Yes, young Sarah begged Wood CountyChildren Services to help her. Counselor’s testimony: “they (Wood County Children Services)told me that she looked down and cried a couple of times”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT66

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Wood County Children Services were supposed to do the following: “During everyassessment will do our best to provide support or services to the family.” 61Let’s look at Judge Woessner’s order that either parent are not to make any disparagingcomments about the other parent in front of the child 62 . Here is the mother’s testimony.Q. [Father’s attorney] “You’ve told [Sarah] that you don’t like [father]?”A. [Mother] “Well, I’m assuming she’s gathered that”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you know what the guardian’s (GAL Mr. Griffith)recommendation is?”A. [Mother] “Part of it”Q. [Father’s attorney] “And he [Gal Griffith] said. “What’s your dream schedule?” Do youremember that testimony?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “To great extent to what the guardian is agreeing or recommending?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg 240 (2009)Yep, there it is. GAL Mr. Griffith gave mother what she wanted and threw father straightinto the fire like he stated. Even though father didn’t break any court orders and the mother didwhile having sex with her boyfriend’s around young Sarah. Remind you this man is theMagistrate of Northwood. We are not even done with mother’s testimony yet!Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you remember her [Sarah] sustaining that injury while she was inyour possession?”A. [Mother] “I don’t know” Tr pg. 108 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “How many times was [Sarah] Tardy for school? I’ll add it up foryou: 13”A. [Mother] “yeah”Q. [Father’s attorney] “How far from your apartment was it to [school]?” Tr pg. 148A. [Mother] “Fifteen minutes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Total distance 1.83 miles”Q. [Father’s attorney] “I have the tardy notes in your hand writing, when I said these wereon your watch, I want you to say “yes”61 www.woodcountyjfs.com62 Woessner, D. Judgment (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT67

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 149 (2009)Father was pretty detailed in his motion for reallocation of parental rights that the motherwas not getting Sarah appropriate medical attention. “Defendant’s medical care of [Sarah] hasbeen inappropriate.” 63Now let’s look at the mother’s testimony on the skin tag.Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay, out of her left nostril is a tag?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Has that tag been removed?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 131 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Can you tell the court how it was removed?”A. [Mother] “String”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Someone wrapped a piece of string around the tag”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “tighten it?”A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “didn’t go to the doctors, did it yourself?”A. [Mother] “Correct” Tr pg. 132 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You were showing appropriate judgment?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 232 (2009)The mother and father were at young Sarah’s doctor’s appointment and father had askedSarah’s main pediatrician if he could just clip off the skin tag or do something. The pediatriciandeclined and stated she would have to go to a specialist due to the blood vessel and infections.After the tag was clipped off with a string; Sarah bled for two days straight.Mother also testified in front of Judge Woessner that she does not give young Sarah hermandatory prescribed medication “Not religiously”. Tr pg. 95 (2009)Continuing with mother’s testimonyQ. [Father’s attorney] “Does this picture accurately reflect the location and what the burnlooked liked?”63 Plaintiff’s Motion for Reallocation 8 (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT68

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013A. [Mother] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “What happen?”A. [Mother] She [Sarah] “went to go lean on the 4 wheeler and her wrist touched theexhaust”Q. [Father’s attorney] “It became infected, didn’t it?”A. [Mother] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Tell me why you say no?”A. [Mother] “When she went back to her dad’s, he had called me and said that it lookedinfected and that he was going to take her to the doctor’s and we went to the doctor’s. I methim there.” Tr pg.109 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “It’s your sworn testimony; again, it didn’t become infected?”A. [Mother] “No” Tr pg. 110 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Now that I showed you [pediatricians] records, you testified at yourdeposition that [main pediatrician] indicated that it looked fine. It was not infected. Do youwish to change your testimony now that you seen the records and it says, “cellulitis?”A. [Mother] “No” Tr pg. 113 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “I’ll ask the court to take judicial notice; callulitis means that there’san infection.”A. [Mother] “Okay.” Tr pg. 110 (2009)Cellulitis is serious bacterial skin infection. Cellulitis appears as a swollen, red area ofskin that feels hot and tender and it may spread rapidly. Cellulitis may also affect tissuesunderlying your skin and can spread to your lymph nodes and bloodstream. Left untreated, thespreading infection may rapidly turn life-threatening. That's why it's important to seek immediatemedical attention if cellulitis symptoms occur. (Mayo Clinic)Q. [Father’s attorney] “So when you [mother] testified that [Main pediatrician] said itlooked fine, [main pediatrician] wasn’t there?”A. [Mother] “Sure” Tr pg. 114 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “You weren’t there were you?”A. [Mother] “I’m pretty sure I was there” Tr pg. 114 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “I’m telling you, as an officer of the court, people are telling me thatyou weren’t there” Tr pg. 115 (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT69

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “Was a Tuesday, by my calendar, is that a working day of yours?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 116 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Diagnosis at discharge, burn and cellulitis infection.”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 111 (2009)Remember in the last trial when Judge Woessner agreed with Dr. Wayne Graves? #19.“Dr. Graves testified that in his opinion Defendant/Mother should” “clearly be the one in chargeof health care decisions”The mother violated more court orders. For example, taking Sarah out of town withoutnotifying father and not following through with Sarah’s speech appointments and otherviolations.Well let’s get right to the point with the mother’s own words in front of Judge Woessner;Q. [Father’s attorney] “You failed to comply with the court orders that’s a true statement,isn’t it?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 235 (2009)But before we get to Judge Woessner’s decision it is very important we look at Mr.Griffith as the Guardian Ad Litem and an Officer of the Court chosen by Judge Woessner. Tr pg.279 (2009) Mr. Griffith received two motions from father that outlines why father was filing forcustody. Let’s look at his testimony on my motions.Q. [Father’s attorney] “You [Griffith] read my motion that brings us to court today?”A. [Griffith] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “did you find it detailed?”A. [Griffith] “Yes” Tr pg. 357 (2009)A. [Griffith] “It laid out what you wanted the court to considered, yes.” Tr pg. 358 (2009)Let’s now take a peek look at GAL Mr. Griffith’s recommendation/report he submitted toJudge Woessner. First you have to understand the Law. Mr. Griffith wrote a nineteen pagerecommendation/report concerning the “child’s best interest.” Second we have to do what JudgeWoessner did and pick through his report and throw out everything he relied on from the lastcase to make his recommendation go towards the mothers side because 1. The Judge told himmonths before he gave his recommendation that he cannot do that. “What I understood the court[Judge Woessner] to instruct was we’re not to go back and relitigate all that”. Tr pg. 359 (2009)2. We have to look at the Doctrine of Res Judicata: In the case of RJ, the matter cannot be raisedTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT70

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013again, either in the same court or in a different court. 64 However you figure an attorney withSome 24 years of experience would know this. Tr pg. 276 (2009) Before we look at Mr.Griffith’s nineteen page report look see his qualifications. “Iv’e worked in my earlier career inLucas County Juvenile Court, as much as half of the work is I have been engaged in theJuvenile practice in Wood County Court. Kind of built some work up down here. I alsoserve as a magistrate in Northwood, Ohio, Mayors court.” Tr pg. 227 (2009) I now have topick through his recommendation/report. Out of his nineteen page report you would probablyhave to throw most of it out because he relied very heavily on the previous trial using Dr. Gravesand the previous GAL Ms. Manning information. As I dissect GAL Mr. Griffith’srecommendation/report, Mr. Griffith cannot state any facts. Rule 48. Guardian ad litem (C)Appointment of GAL (13) “A GAL shall make reasonable efforts to become informed about thefacts of the case and to contact all parties. In order to provide the court with relevant informationand an informed recommendation as to the child’s best interest”. 65 In fact let’s look at these rulesand examine GAL Mr. Griffith’s testimony: Ohio Rule of Superintendence Rule 48 (13) A GALshall make reasonable efforts to become informed about the facts of the case and to contact allparties. In order to provide the court with relevant information and an informed recommendationas to the child’s best interest, a GAL shall, at a minimum, do the following, unlessimpracticable 66 or inadvisable 67 because of the age of the child or the specific circumstances of aparticular case: (g) Interview school personnel, medical and mental health providers, childprotective services workers and relevant court personnel and obtain copies of relevantrecords;Q. [Baronas] “Are you familiar with the Ohio Rule of Superintendence No 48?”A. [Griffith] “Yes”Note: Judge Woessner stated father’s objections that Mr. Griffith did not do his Job was“clouded”. 68 Let’s now look at the facts to see if father was clouded or if Judge Woessner iscorrupted. I would like you to be the Judge.Shall at the minimum (g) interview school personal,64 Wikipedia65 Rules of Superintendence for the Court of Ohio66 Extreme and unreasonable difficulty. Black’s law Dictionary Third edition67 Unwise. Black’s law Dictionary68 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT71

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “Who’s Mrs. [Teacher]?”A. [Griffith] “Mrs. Who?”Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Teacher’s name]”A. [Griffith] “[Teacher’s name]?”A. [Griffith] “Not familiar with the name that I recall.”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay, Mrs. [Teacher]”A. [Griffith] “Don’t know”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You didn’t go to the school and talk to the teacher’s?”A. [Griffith] “I did not” Tr pg. 365 (2009)After you just heard that testimony on Mr. Griffith not calling Sarah’s school, please payclose attention to this statement he made under oath. [Griffith] “He [father] told me at one pointthat the child was and I don’t want to misquote that, I’ll refer—that the child has had no wintercoat, hat or gloves during the winter months. I didn’t hear that through any school providers,so those type of factors that, I find out on my own or that seem to stretch credulity a bit. Iweight those and add those up.” Tr pg. 338 (2009) Wait a minute, how can Mr. Griffith testifiedthat he did not hear that through any school providers; you just read his testimony that he nevercontacted the school providers? Well the teachers at the school actually had some morecomplaints; Sarah was not dressed properly was at least of their worries because Fathereventually gave them a jacket to keep there. Sarah’s counselor testified “I called the school andthey said she was dirty; She wasn’t there on time and question whether she was eating.” Tr pg.95 (2009)Judge Woessner stated father’s objections that Mr. Griffith did not do his Job was“clouded”. 69 Let’s now look at the facts to see if father was clouded or if Judge Woessner iscorrupted. Shall at the minimum (g) interview school personal, you just read his testimonyGAL Mr. Griffith did not call the school.Let’s continue with Magistrate GAL Mr. Griffith testimony.Rule 48 (13) Shall at the minimum (g) interview, medical providers.Q. [Father’s attorney] “Did you go to the Doctor to verify?A. [Griffith] “No” Tr pg. 368 (2009)69 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT72

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah’s] main pediatrician] records, entire records of this kid, haveyou ever seen them before?”A. [Griffith] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Never asked for ‘em?”A. [Griffith] “No. I did not.”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Ever review them?”A. [Griffith] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Ever talk to [Sarah’s bowel specialist]”A. [Griffith] “No”Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you know somethin’ about this doctor? He took our phone call,answered every question that we had, and wrote us a little memo on any issue that we had.”A. [Griffith] “Okay”Q. [Father’s attorney] “If I asked you about [Sarah’s main pediatrician], the same thing?”A. [Griffith] “The same thing” Tr pg. 369 (2009)Rule 48 (13) Shall at the minimum (g) mental health providers.Q. [Baronas] “is there additional information that you feel is lacking at this point for you tobe able to do your job and make a recommendation to the court.”A. [Griffith] “I think I maybe would inquire of Family Services if they have records. (Coparentingcounselor)”Rule 48 (13) (g) interview child protective service workers.Q. [Father’s attorney] “You didn’t contact children services; is that correct?”A. [Griffith] “That’s correct” Tr pg. 377 (2009)Rule 48 shall, Guardians ad litem (C) Appointment of GAL shall at a minimum, dothe following, (g) Interview school personnel, medical and mental health providers, childprotective services workers and relevant court personnel and obtain copies of relevantrecords. As you read by his testimony GAL Mr. Griffith did not call any of Sarah’s medicalproviders, teacher’s, co-parenting counselor or Wood Children County Services, GAL Mr.Griffith stated he has satisfied the requirement of the rule. Tr pg. 683 (2009) Well, we know hedidn’t talk to the people he was suppose to concerning Rule 48 and Judge Woessner even stated“ He is to make contact with a variety of people by Rule 48 to do his job as a guardian. So he hasto do that.” Tr pg 322 (2009) When Father’s attorney brought out the truth on GAL Mr. GriffithTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT73

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013not doing his job, Mr. Griffith stated this “as I [Gal Griffith] sit on the hot seat here today,sure I wish I would of done it,” Tr pg. 379 (2009) Is it inconceivable in his line of work asattorney and especially the Magistrate of Northwood, Ohio and by Rule 48 that he would avoidcontacting them.(D) Responsibilities of a GAL (2) A GAL shall maintain independence, objectivity andfairness as well as the appearance of fairness in dealings with parties and professionals,both in and out of the courtroom and shall have no ex parte communications with the courtregarding the merits of the case.Q. [Baronas] Number (2) maintain independence, objectivity, and fairness in dealing withparties and professionals, both in and out of the courtroom.A. [Griffith] “Nothing occurs to me that might have created an appearance of anythinginappropriate. I would like to think I have been fair and objective, I’ve complied with (D)(2).” Tr pg. 291 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Remember I asked, in a funny moment, the father whether or not hevoted for President Obama?”A. [Griffith] “Uh-huh”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You objected.”A. [Griffith] “Uh-huh”Q. [Father’s attorney] “is it true you asked him that in his interview?”A. [Griffith] “Yes, it is”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You thought that was probative?” 70A. [Griffith] “No” Tr pg. 363 (2009)Note: “The GAL [Griffith] voted for Mr. Obama for president” 71Let’s continue with Rule 48 (2) “maintaining independence, objectivity, and fairness.” Mr.Griffith stated that because I would like to start my own ministries to work with and witness totrouble youths as a Christian, he finds this “unconventional, at a minimum” 72 and “If [father]kept his activities kind of limited, you know, counsel young people, be a guest speaker.” Trpg 741 (2009)70 Courts can exclude relevant evidence if it’s probative value substantially out-weighed by the danger of unfair prejudice.71 Response of GAL C. Drew Griffith 9 (2009)72 GAL’s Report 11 (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT74

(D)” 74 Moving on to the next rule. Rule 48 (13) “A GAL shall make reasonable efforts toLEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Let’s continue with GAL Mr. Griffith’s complete bigotry “I believe that thegrandfather testified that the child goes to church with them. I would consider, religion anarea but to really try and indoctrinate her that way and really pull her in under thatintegrated view of religion that might be a good area to avoid.” 73 Tr pg. 740-741 (2009).Unreal! That Statement by GAL Mr. Griffith is bias and violates father’s right to freedom ofreligion. GAL Mr. Griffith, by these last statements in my opinion, if you have kids you need toavoid teaching them about morals, forgiveness, love, friendship, goals and what GAL Mr.Griffith obviously never learned, honesty.So Rule 48 was obviously not followed by Mr. Griffith’s own testimony. The mostunfathomable comment Judge Woessner made in his decision on the case at hand after hearingMr. Griffith’s comments about Christianity and who father voted for was that “the Court finds(Judge David Woessner) the GAL has complied with the minimum listed under rule 48become informed about the facts of the case”. This is an important rule because GAL Mr.Griffith’s recommendation/report to Judge Woessner cannot be hearsay. GAL Mr. Griffith has tohave facts why he is giving the mother custody. Instead of giving facts GAL Mr. Griffithtestified that information from this case would have been probative “maybe from a factfinder’spoint of view” Tr pg. 379 (2009)In fact let’s go into his testimony where GAL Mr. Griffith say’s that stay at home parentssmother their kids and keep them in a cocoon. “I don’t think that the child needs to grow upin a total cocoon where the only person that she’s with outside the mother is her dad. Ithink there’s some value in being under the care of other people and not necessarily beingsmothered.” Tr pg. 340 (2009) “I’m [any child] going to be with the sitter and that’s a bit ofa future life lesson about how things work in the real world.” Does Mr. Griffith have a Ph.Din Psychology now? Tr pg 341 (2009) Yes, parents if you spend too much time with your kidsyou are not living in the real world in fact you are smothering them and they are living in acocoon. Let me remind you what Judge Woessner stated in the first trial #21. “As noted,[Sarah] has interacted substantially more with Plaintiff/Father over the recent years.73 Constitution first amendment: Freedom of religion74 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT75

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013[Sarah] is fortunate that she has two parents whose available total time allows her to spendnearly all of her time with one parent.” 75 After GAL Mr. Griffith stated ;I don’t think thatthe child needs to grow up in a total cocoon GAL Mr. Griffith will then complain about fathertaking Sarah to her YMCA activities where she is under someone else’s care and letting Sarahrelate with other kids her age. GAL Mr. Griffith testified to “At a very young age, per formerGuardian ad litem Manning, 76 he was scheduling, by her [Pam Manning] information tome, the child in no less than 30 or some extraordinarily high number of separate,individual, different activities or ymca activities. That’s an over programming of a youngchild in my view. That’s a judgment issue in my view. That’s what makes it hesitate to meto really come off of the designation as a residential parent.” Tr pg. 340 (2009). But wait itgets better because when Father’s attorney cross examines GAL Mr. Griffith to find out the truth;he gets caught. Here we go.Q. [Father’s attorney] “Now what was impractical or inadvisable about getting the exactYMCA records that would dispute undermine and discredit Pam Manning the previousguardian? Mrs. Manning allegations that show only four activities during the time, not 30?What was so impractical and inadvisable about it? Because I got it.”A. [Griffith] “I didn’t know there was any need to.” Tr Pg. 366 (2009)Q. [Father’s attorney] “wait a minute you raised that we over did this kid at the ymca, I wentto the ymca and got the records. I’m asking you, why didn’t you verify it as practically andas advisably as I did?”A. [Griffith] “Because it was presented to me by the guardian in her role as an officer of thecourt. So I took the guardians word on that.” Tr pg. 367 (2009)In fact Mr. Griffith also noted in his recommendation/report to Judge Woessner that“This resulted in [Sarah] going to 6-10 classes and activities a week a significant “overprogramming”of a child that age.” 77 Well like Dr. Graves, GAL Mr. Griffith committedperjury under oath. Ms. Pamela Manning stated to the Disciplinary Council of the Ohio SupremeCourt that she told GAL Mr. Griffith only “multiple activities” and I went to the YMCA obtainyoung Sarah’s activity schedule. Sarah was not in ten, fifteen, twenty nor “30 or some75 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2009)76 Res Judicata: In the case of RJ, the matter cannot be raised again, either in the same court or in a different court.77 GAL’s Report 7 (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT76

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013extraordinarily high number of separate, individual, different YMCA activities.” So GALMr. Griffith did not give the father custody because his was too incompetent to make a phonecall to the YMCA or to father to receive the correct information. “That’s what makes ithesitate to me [GAL Mr.Griffith] to really come off of the designation as a residentialparent.” Tr pg. 340 (2009) In fact Sarah was only in seven different, separate, individualYMCA activities, really only six because Father had to pull her out of gymnastics because herarm bothered her from it being pulled out of place confirmed by Sarah. These activities datedfrom April 2004 to April 2007. It would be up to the acting Judge, Judge Woessner if he wouldlike to see Sarah’s YMCA Report. Father will sign a release form for him to get the original copystraight from the YMCA. Again GAL Mr. Griffith criticized father on keeping Sarah in a“cocoon”, however in the previous trial father was praised for it, “Plaintiff/Father has readilyembrace this responsibility, enrolling Sarah in a few classes at the YMCA for the past (2)years. 78 By Mr. Griffith own words none of this has anything to do with the case he wasappointed to. “What I understood the court [Judge Woessner] to instruct was we’re not togo back and relitigate all that” Tr pg 359 (2009) however GAL Mr. Griffith did it anyways.Let’s venture a little more into Mr. Griffith’s recommendation/report to Judge Woessner.“Father testified that he terminated that (children services) interview based on upon improperquestioning by the social worker” 79 Court appointed counselor’s testimony “She [Sarah] wasinterview by Wood County Children Services and she was really upset by that.” Tr pg. 451-506(2009) Mr. Griffith also stated “She [counselor] stated [father] was not present during thecounseling session, although it was [father] who had arranged for her to counseling of thechild.” 80 Counselor’s testimony “The case was randomly assigned to me.” Tr pg. 451-506 (2009)Mr. Griffith Stated “No photographs of these alleged bruises were taken” 81 concerning any childabuse.Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a Black eye.”A. [Dr. Graves] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “You’ve seen the pictures?”A. [Dr. Graves] “I saw the pictures.” Tr pg. 151 (2006)78 Magistrate Decision (2006)79 GAL’s Report (2009)80 GAL’s Report (2009)81 GAL’s Report (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT77

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013GAL Mr. Griffith stated “I spoke with Dr. Graves of my own volition. I hadinformation from that source.” Tr pg. 281 (2009) do you see how everyone avoids Sarah’sabuse even the court appointed counselor saw by her involvement of this case. “I thinkeverybody should be looking at this child and not other things.” GAL Drew Griffith is caught inanother lie on not seeing any pictures of black eyes because he checked the courts file that has allthe pictures as evidence. “The Guardian undertook a full view of the courts unofficial file.” 82Father’s attorney also entered into evidence a photo album of Sarah’s injuries.Let’s look at where GAL Mr. Griffith was trying to cover up Sarah’s black eyes. GALMr. Griffith in cross examining the mother thought that he could lead the mom in saying that“you could characterize that as a modest discoloration.” And the mother would answer “Yes,It wasn’t like black and blue, but you can tell like it was like a fading blue.” Tr Pg. 261(2009) What GAL Mr. Griffith and the mother are trying to say are the black eyes neverhappened. GAL Mr. Griffith without reviewing any evidence or talking to witnesses felt as anofficer of the court this would be an appropriate way to dismiss Sarah’s injuries; GAL Mr.Griffith’s comments about the discoloring of the eyes were a disgrace to what Sarah has sufferedover the years. Let’s review Dr. Graves’s testimony again. I have to remind you, GAL Mr.Griffith testified that he interview Dr. Graves on his own volition. Tr pg. 281 (2009)“I saw the bruising on the back” Tr pg. 158 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “There was a bruise on the child’s cheek.”A. [Dr. Graves] “Yes. I saw that one” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “appears with a black eye?”A. [Dr. Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Doctor, I’ve given you a litany of one, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 incidences.”A. [Dr. Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 159 2006)“I [Dr. Graves] was concerned that the child had injurious” Tr pg. 150 (2006)I feel the most haunting statement Mr. Griffith made during his testimony was “Iv’eworked in my earlier on in my career in Lucas County Juvenile Court, as much as half ofthe work is I have been engaged in the Juvenile practice in Wood County Court.” Tr pg.82 GAL’s Report (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT78

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013227 (2009) My point being, how many other children had to come across GAL Mr. Griffith andsuffer the same incompetence? To make it even worse Judge Woessner (Wood County Court)appointed him.Q. [Baronas] “If I suggested to you [Griffith] that you were selected by the court – theparties had nothing to do with it—would you have any reason to quibble about that?”A. [Griffith] “I would not” Tr pg. 279 (2009)Let’s move on and look at Mr. Griffith’s testimony concerning the mother.“There’s been some non-compliance with court orders that I was unaware of.” Tr pg. 333(2009) wait GAL Mr. Griffith is not done yet. “There’s been evidence presented that has beendifferent to the information that I was aware of, and that has been in the nature of somenon-compliance by [mother] with court orders.” Tr pg. 334 (2009) wait a minute, earlier youread GAL Mr. Griffith testify on father’s motion for reallocation rights that GAL Mr. Griffithstated it was detailed and a road map of what “the father” wanted the court and Mr. Griffith toconsider.Q. [Father’s attorney] “You [Griffith] read my motion that brings us to court today?”A. [Griffith] “Yes”Q. [Father’s attorney] “did you find it detailed?”A. [Griffith] “Yes” Tr pg. 357 (2009)A. [Griffith] “It laid out what you wanted the court to considered, yes.” Tr pg. 358 (2009)Then he states “There’s been evidence presented that has been different to the informationthat I was aware of, and that has been in the nature of some non-compliance by [mother]with court orders.” Tr pg. 334 (2009) All the court orders she testified to that she broke were inthe motion GAL Mr. Griffith received. This officer of the court just cannot get his lies straight.Mr. Griffith did not mention any where in his recommendation/report about the motherbreaking any of the court orders that he just testified to that father filed with the Court.Astonishingly, after his nineteen page report criticizing father because of Dr. Graves and tryingto cover up abuse on young Sarah, GAL Mr. Griffith ends with this statement in front of JudgeWoessner, examined by Father’s attorney questioning “what relevant evidence supports yourrecommendation that [mother] should remain as the residential parent legal custodian ofthis child?” Mr. Griffith stated this: “I don’t suppose there is any.” Tr pg. 387 (2009) Thisstatement in front of Judge Woessner means the mother should not continue to have custody ofTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT79

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013young Sarah. GAL Mr. Griffith did everything possible from lying under oath to breaking therules so the father wouldn’t received custody however at the end he broke. Judge Woessner(Wood County Court) chose GAL Mr. Griffith on his own volition however to father’s disbeliefJudge Woessner disagrees with GAL Mr. Griffith’s previous statements under oath. JudgeWoessner knowing the mother admitting to violating his court orders and the local parenting planorders, Judge Woessner’s stated “There was little evidence the various purported violationsof the court orders by mother.” 83Q. [Father’s attorney] “You failed to comply with the court order(s) that’s a true statement,isn’t it?”A. [Mother] “Yes” Tr pg. 235 (2009)GAL Mr. Griffith “There’s been evidence presented that has been different to theinformation that I was aware of, and that has been in the nature of some non-complianceby [mother] with court orders.” Tr pg. 334 (2009)Judge David Woessner after hearing the testimony you just read stated that the bestinterest of young Sarah would be for the mother keep custody.Now before we venture into Judge Woessner’s horrible decision I am going to go throughthe GAL Mr. Griffith recommendation/report to Judge Woessner concerning the doctrine ResJudicata: In the case of RJ, the matter cannot be raised again, either in the same court or in adifferent court. GAL Mr. Griffith, “as much as half of the work is I have been engaged in theJuvenile practice in Wood County Court.” Tr pg. 227 (2009) and “with some 24 years ofexperience”. Tr pg. 276 (2009) GAL Mr. Griffith had a full page interviewing both formerGAL’s James Mr. Sharp and Pamela Manning. 84 Dr. Graves had over a page. Judge Woessnernoted in his Decision “irrelevant or certain hearsay evidence within the GAL’s reportshould not be considered by the court. The Court finds reference therein to the GAL’sdiscussions with Dr. Wayne Graves, Attorney James Mr. Sharp, and Attorney PamelaManning are not relevant to the issue at hand and will be considered stricken”. 85Dunning, a professor of psychology at Cornell, according to his research, “mostincompetent people do not know that they are incompetent. One reason that the ignorant also83 Woessner, D (2009)84 GAL Report (2009)85 Woessner, D (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT80

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013tend to be the blissfully self-assured,” the researchers believe, “the skills required forcompetence often are the same skills necessary to recognize competence.” He found thatincompetent individuals generally overestimate their level of skill. In fact, “the only timeincompetent people realize how bad they actually are is when they start to develop some skill oftheir own.” GAL Mr. Griffith should not be making recommendations in areas concerningchildren when, in my opinion, by his testimony he does not have competent experience whichmay have large negative effects on children and families. In fact GALs like Mr. Griffith “wereidentified as a major problem” according to a study under taken by the National Council ofJuvenile and Family Courts, Gal’s like Mr. Griffith bring misguided principals that bear on thecases.Let’s now take a look at Judge Woessner’s decision. Again Judge Woessner stated“There was little evidence the various purported violations of the court orders by mother” 86 and“the Court (Judge Woessner) reflects that mother has complied or attempted to comply with avariety of court orders of this Court.” 87I want you to look at Judge Woessner’s statement again “There was little evidence thevarious purported violations of Court Orders by mother and other assertions against motherdiscussed previously have impacted [Sarah] in any substantive fashion.” The law states thechange of circumstances for the change of custody does not have to impact the child. Ohiorevised Code 3109.04 “(E)(1)(a) The court shall not modify a prior decree allocating parentalrights and responsibilities for the care of children unless it finds, based on facts that have arisensince the prior decree or that were unknown to the court at the time of the prior decree, that achange has occurred in the circumstances of the child, the *child’s residential parent,* or eitherof the parents subject to a shared parenting decree and that the modification is necessary to servethe best interest of the child.” So, the mother violating all the court orders you have read aboutby her own acknowledgement does constitute a change of circumstance, this is not including thesupervisory neglect and the counselor’s testimony.Now after you have read about young Sarah’s abuse, Judge Woessners and his courtappointed friends covering it up and do not forget the facebook friends, Wood County Childrenservices and Judge Woessner’s prosecuting attorney squashing Sarah’s abuse. I found something86 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2009)87 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2009)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT81

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013very interesting that backs all this up. A final report of the subcommittee on responding to childabuse, neglect and dependency wrote a five hundred page report to the advisory committee onchildren, families and the courts, the Supreme Court of Ohio that was also prepared under theAmerican Bar Association Center on Children and the Law on January 18, 2006. States “TheUnited States Department of Health and Human Services found that Ohio was notconsistent in its efforts to protect its children from abuse and neglect.” The United StatesDepartment of Health and Human services said they “found”. The United States Department ofHealth and Human services are backing father up. This report also say’s “this problem(protecting children) exacerbated (severe) by its failure to utilize clear and consistent criteria ininitial child abuse screening decisions. Further analysis by an independent outside expertconcluded the flaws in abuse and neglect was in the investigations and follow up response.” Thisreport even talks about government intervention to improve children’s outcome in Ohio. Thisstudy was carried out in three phrases. First was concurrent research on how Ohio wasinvestigating child abuse, second was legal research on national best field practice and currentOhio field practice and the third was online research, surveys and group and individualinterviews. Again in 2003 a final report from Ohio’s children services was studied by HowardDavidson, Director of the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law concludedthere were flaws in their investigations. After substantial research and analysis, theSubcommittee was able to detail ways in which current Ohio practice ill-serve the children ofOhio. In its January 2003 Final Report from the Ohio Child and Family Services Review(CFSR), the United States Department of Health and Human Services found that Ohio is notconsistent “in its efforts to protect children from abuse or neglect. The lack of comprehensivestatewide screening policies and flaws in the definitional framework for case determinations allcontribute to inconsistencies among Ohio’s counties in abuse, neglect and dependency casescreening, investigation and follow-up response.Father decided to file a complaint on GAL Mr. Griffith to Judge Woessner under Rule 48(G) Responsibilities of the court (9) Each court shall develop a process or local rule and appointa person for accepting and considering written comments and complaints regarding theperformance of guardians ad litem practicing before that court. A copy of comments andcomplaints submitted to the court shall be provided to the GAL who is the subject of thecomplaint or comment. The person appointed may forward any comments and complaints to theTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT82

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013administrative judge of the court for consideration and appropriate action. Dispositions by thecourt shall be made promptly. The court shall maintain a written record in the GAL’s fileregarding the nature and disposition of any comment or complaint and shall notify the personmaking the comment or complaint and the subject GAL of the disposition.At this point father knew Judge Woessner was going to protect his court appointedprofessional however father knew if he kept pushing that he would catch someone in a lie andthat’s what he did. Father actually asked for a hearing on GAL Mr. Griffith’s performance as aGAL and of course Judge Woessner denied it. Judge David Woessner would not take anyappropriate action. Do you blame him? Judge Woessner chose him. I would be extremelyembarrassed to.Now before we get to more incidents that have happened to Sarah after trial let’s look atMs. Manning. If you remember, Ms. Manning was father’s previous GAL before Mr. Griffithand she was also the one that gave Mr. Griffith information that affected his decision. Let’s recapreal quick Mr. Griffith’s testimony on Mr. Manning, “At a very young age , per former GALManning, he [Father] was scheduling, by her [Pam Manning] information to me, the child in noless than 30 or some extraordinarily high number of separate, individual, different activities orYMCA activities. That’s an over programming of a young child in my view. That’s a judgmentissue in my view. That’s what makes it hesitate to me to really come off of the designation as aresidential parent.” Tr pg. 340 (2009) Well, Father turned Magistrate Manning into the Office ofDisciplinary Counsel under the Ohio Code of Judicial Conduct.RULE 2.10 Judicial Statements on Pending and Impending Cases(A)A judge shall not make any public statement that might reasonably be expected to affect theoutcome or impair the fairness of a matter pending or impending in any court, or make anynonpublic statement that might substantially interfere with a fair trial or hearing.AndRULE 8.4: Misconduct(c)Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;Father spoke with Linda Fish concerning the complaint against Ms. Manning. Linda Fishstated that Magistrate Pamela Manning stated to GAL Drew Griffith that Sarah was in “multipleactivities” not “30 or some extraordinarily high number of separate, individual, differentactivities or ymca activities.” Tr pg. 340 (2009) This statement GAL Drew Griffith testified toTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT83

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013under oath as a officer of the court is contrary to what the Ohio Disciplinary Council statedfrom their investigation on Ms. Manning. So who is lying?Let’s now go back to what is going on to Sarah. The mother after years of not showing upto her counseling sessions finally brings her to a counseling appointment and Sarah tells hercounselor that the mother’s boyfriend is sleeping with her again. The mother was confronted andconfirmed it with the professional present. Throughout this story you have heard about themother’s promiscuous life style by her own words and Sarah being around it. However, nowmother has this other guy sleeping with a seven year old little girl and he is not even from aroundhere. Sarah is not a toddler anymore; she is a young little girl. A man that wants a child aroundand the mother testifying that he wants Sarah around and chooses to sleep in the same room as achild is a pedophile. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) stated that a man that sleeps in the samebedroom as children are a "pedophile". We are not talking about fathers or mothers here; we aretalking about new boyfriends. I guess he comes and visits and now Sarah is more confusedbecause she stated that mommy is sleeping with another guy also. After hearing all the testimonyof the mother and her boyfriend’s; #29.The Defendant/Mother allowing a male companion tospend the night with Defendant/Mother’s in Defendants/Mother’s bed which is located in thesame room where [Sarah] was sleeping.” 88“The Defendant/Mother has allowed a male guest to spend the night in her bed whileSarah is in the same room and in her own bed. Defendant/Mother was unable to recall the lastname of her former boyfriend or her current boyfriend. Any conversation or activity that takesplace in the Defendants/Mother’s bed room will be heard by Sarah.” 89 In my opinion obviouslyJudge Woessner thinks it’s ok.If you are thinking what you just read cannot be true, well I pulled up some moreinformation for you on GALs and Judges that work together in the great state of Ohio. “An OhioGAL, who was seeking to ‘deprogram’ the sexually abused children whose interest wasappointed to represent into believing (like Sarah’s case accept physical abuse) that they were notsexually molested (using PAS), submitted a motion to have the children’s mother pay herexpenses for traveling to South Carolina, where the children were place under juvenile courtprotection to thwart the GAL’s plans. Attached to her motion was a copy of the hotel bill88 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry (2007)89 Campbell, C. Decision (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT84

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013containing evening phone calls to the Ohio family court judge’s home. When confronted withthis evidence, the Ohio judge deferred jurisdiction to South Carolina.”I will link this next opinion with this case so you will see what I am talking about.As in this case “One of the particular stealthy problems of GAL’s is a conflict of interest issues.This most commonly occurs when a GAL (Mr. Griffith) fights to keep a child in the custody of aparent previously endorsed and exonerated by the GAL, despite mounting proof that the parent isindeed abusive and the GAL erred, often through gross negligence in the recommendation.GAL’s have forcibly opposed the introduction of new abuse evidence and instead put the blameon the non-abusive parent. In this way, the GAL hopes to avoid any judicial findings that suggesthis or her incompetence and jeopardize future lucrative GAL appointment.” But wait it getsbetter “The major source to be avoided is the trial Judge (Woessner). As early as the time ofappointment, the Judge may attempt to fill in the attorney-GAL on what has transpired so far andexpress his preliminary thoughts on the matter and may communicate his expectations to theattorney-GAL, or share a view of the parties.”To continue with this story concerning young Sarah; Mother was trying to do everythingshe can to get young Sarah away from her court appointed counselor that Sarah has been with for3-4 years. Sarah around eight years old stated that her mother took her to talk to a doctor and heasked her all kinds of questions about father and it was a different kind of doctor, not the one thatheals. Father said ok well what did he ask? Sarah said he asked if the father was mean and shesaid no and if mommy was mean and she said she was too afraid to say anything because hermother was right outside the door. So father’s attorney sent a letter to the mother’s attorneyasking about this new Doctor, the fact mother was taking Sarah to a doctor appointment and nottelling father, she was breaking another court order. So, father found out who the psychologistwas because Sarah was taken to his office enough times that she led the father right to his office.Father asked Dr. Forgac’s secretary if Sarah was a patient of his, by the Ohio Revised3109.051(H) (1) 90 and Judge Woessner order; she has to tell father. Dr. Forgac’s office deniedfather access. I was wondering why and how the mother found Dr. Forgac, as I did someresearch I found out the mother’s attorney Ann Baronas worked with Dr. Forgac on cases. So we90 A parent of a child who is not the residential parent of the child is entitled to access, under the same terms and conditions under which accessis provided to the residential parent, to any record that is related to the child and to which the residential parent of the child legally is providedaccess.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT85

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013went from Dr. Graves to Dr. Forgac. Dr. Forgac is speaking to Sarah alone when Sarah is alreadyseeing a counselor by court order. This is an ethics violation 91 on Dr. Forgac. Why would themother’s attorney Ann Baronas have him risk his license? I already know why the mother tookSarah to Dr. Forgac. If the mother can have psychologist say Sarah has no problems, then themother will use that psychologist to get Sarah away from her child abuse counselor and in hencethe mother has shut young Sarah up. Here’s the problem with attorney Ann Baronas andmother’s theory, say Dr. Forgac say’s the child has no emotional problems, it has been welldocumented that “Often the severe emotional damage to abused children does not surface untiladolescence or even later. It’s normal to feel confused or scared when you know, trust and lovethe person who’s hurting you.” 92 Or abusers may threaten or convince the child not to tell anyoneabout it. The child may worry about what will happen and whether anyone will believe her. Thechild may feel that the abuse is her fault and that she will be punished if someone finds out. 93 Tillthis day Dr. Forgac is trying to deny his role in this case.It was father’s day June 2010 and father was very excited to pick up young Sarah on thisspecial day. Father had a big day planned; father and Sarah take ballroom dancing together andhe was taking her to a father’s day dance at a studio and then afterwards dinner. Father waitedand twenty minutes went by; so father texted the mother. A half hour went by and father textedand then called mother. Forty five minutes went by and father called mother again. Motherfinally called father back and to his horror; mother related to him that her and young Sarahmoved across the country. Mother never gave father thirty day advance notice or even asked thecourt for permission. Father’s attorney filed several motions to the court and the child had to bereturned. Father, since he has young Sarah half the parenting time, missed several visitationtimes with Sarah. Father filed motions for contempt to the court which included a change incustody. Father investigated the mother moving with Sarah and found out Sarah didn’t evenknow and her counselor stated Sarah was absolutely traumatized and that this move waspreplanned. The mother went to all the professionals around a couple weeks of moving and hadall Sarah’s records copied.91 Ohio Revised Code 4732.17 (H) Competence: (7) Interprofessional relations. A psychologist or school psychologist shall neither establish noroffer to establish a continuing Treatment relationship with a person receiving psychological assistance from another professional, except with theknowledge of the other professional or after the termination of the client’s relationship with the other professional.92 The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)93 American Academy of PediatricsTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT86

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013After father filed for custody; Judge Woessner ordered the same guardian ad litem Mr.Drew Griffith to decide what was in Sarah’s best interest. Yes, after what you all just read aboutGAL Mr. Griffith, Judge Woessner, to protect his past decisions in my opinion reappointed him.It is inconceivable after what you read concerning GAL Mr. Griffith and after hearing histestimony that Judge Woessner would put a child’s welfare in his hands.GAL Drew Griffith in my opinion thought it would be appropriate to fly across countrywith young Sarah and try to convince her to move there leaving her father, grandparents, auntsand uncles; other family members on father side that Sarah is close with. Sarah is not close withany of mother’s family and relatives. GAL Mr. Griffith attempted to try and convince Sarah withtoys on how great her new home would be while he was across country with Sarah.Father and Sarah’s grandfather on father’s side had a meeting with GAL Mr. Griffith.Sarah’s grandmother on father’s side would not meet with GAL Mr. Griffith because she justthought he was a disgusting person; that bothered GAL Mr. Griffith mainly because Sarah’sgrandmother is a very nice lady.After father and grandfather met independently with GAL Mr. Griffith; he resigned fromthe case. You will learn in a second that GAL Mr. Griffith is a devious liar. GAL Mr. Griffithinstead of writing a motion to Judge Woessner to be relieved from this case and why he wantedto be relieved, GAL Mr. Griffith called Judge Woessner and stated to him that the father andgrandfather threatened him. Well father and grandfather were wearing a wire with a recordingdevice during the meetings because they knew that GAL Mr. Drew Griffith has lied in the past.You will not hear any threats coming from father or grandfather. I repeat you will not hear anythreats coming from father or grandfather. The recording is plain as day. If anything, you willhear the GAL Drew Griffith’s remarks while he was on his phone about how he stated in theprevious trial “that [Father] character is here, first I’m going to treat him like a good guy thenthrow him in the fire.” Remember that? Who do you think he was talking to on the phone whenhe stated that about father? Father found out during that recorded meeting. GAL Drew Griffithwas talking to the mother’s attorney Ann Baronas.Drew Griffith at the same time as acting guardian ad litem for Sarah was performingduties as a magistrate for the city of Northwood In Wood County, Ohio. The mere fact that thisman would take an oath to uphold and follow the Ohio Revised Code and the laws of this greatTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT87

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013state of Ohio, would wear a jurist robe that dignifies honor and integrity, sit in judgmentexpecting all persons involved in the city of Northwood court that he represents, to tell the truth.It is inconceivable that this magistrate (Drew Griffith) would then remove his jurist robeand enter Wood County court room acting as a guardian ad litem for a child, deceive and lie inorder to keep a parent from receiving parental rights of their child. GAL Mr. Griffith is anabsolute disgrace to the very law he took an oath to represent along with the meaning of honorand integrity. GAL Drew Griffith’s conduct is a disgrace to those guardian ad litems that workhard to be honest and fair in making their decisions to represent children. Drew Griffith’sdishonesty should eliminate him from ever being appointed a guardian ad litem anywhere.To continue with this case, Judge Woessner once again has to appoint a new guardian adlitem. One would think that after the performance of Magistrate Drew Griffith, Judge Woessnerwould make sure he appointed a person that is honest and has integrity.On April 26, 2011 Judge David Woessner issued a Judgment Entry order that attorneyKeithley Sparrow hereby be appointed guardian ad litem for the minor child. Please rememberthis Order states guardian ad litem only.GAL Mr. Sparrow was given the facts that mother brokefour court orders, two different orders one time each- one court order twenty six times and onecourt order eight times.GAL Mr. Sparrow meets with Sarah alone and Sarah tells him she wants to live with herfather and also tells him how she is mistreated at her mothers. A trial date was set for the 21 st ofJuly, 2011 with an in-court interview of Sarah with Judge Woessner. GAL Mr. Sparrow tried toblock the in-court interview however he was unsuccessful. GAL Mr. Sparrow also tried to blockfather and his family from being able to wait in the waiting room during the in-court interviewhowever he allowed the mother and her family to be there. Father ignored his request.Sarah met with Judge Woessner and GAL Mr. Sparrow at Wood County Juvenile Court.It was reported that Sarah stated to both of them that she wanted to live with her father and herreasons why. There is an audio tape of this conversation.GAL Mr. Sparrow right up to trial continued to try and make a deal between mother andfather. However, GAL Mr. Sparrow did not want mother to be held responsible for breakingcourt orders. In fact GAL Mr. Sparrow recommended to Judge Woessner that mother keepcustody of young Sarah “that in the event that mother relocate from Lucas County, Ohio thenTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT88

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013father would be designated residential parent and legal custodian of the minor child.” 94 Fatherfelt the mother should be held responsible for her actions like the law states, therefore fathercontinued toward the set trial date.On July 21, 2011 before the court hearing was to start, Judge Woessner summons allattorneys into his court room without father and the mother. After their meeting with JudgeWoessner, father’s attorney stated to father that Judge Woessner told him that “he (JudgeWoessner) might treat the mother moving out of state like an extended vacation.” That isunbelievable since Judge Woessner had to order the mother to bring the child back to Ohio.Father’s attorney stated that “these people are after you” and “If you keep fighting for Sarah, youwill lose her.” In hence, father’s attorney stated to father to make a deal with GAL Mr. Sparrowbecause Sarah’s mother breaking court orders, holding parenting time from father and movingwithout notifying father and all the above was the “clust of his case.” Meaning his foundation ofthe case.Father’s attorney repeatedly suggested for father to make a deal with GAL Mr. Sparrowbecause Judge Woessner wanted this case off his docket. Note that even though this was an eightand half year court procedure; father has never violated one court order or any rules under theWood County Juvenile Court system. It was evident that Judge Woessner’s court was going tosee to it that this parent (father) was never going to receive custody no matter what Sarah isgoing to go through.After a few hours of negotiating father reluctantly agreed to a fifty/fifty time share; onlyif the mother did not move out of Lucas County, Ohio. GAL Mr. Sparrow agreed that if themother moved out of Lucas County, Ohio; father would be custodial parent of Sarah. Exactlywhat GAL Mr. Sparrow stated in his recommendation to Judge Woessner. “That in event thatMother would relocate from Lucas County, Ohio then father would be designated residentialparent and legal custodian of the minor child.” 95After this was agreed upon, GAL Mr. Sparrow tried to take away father’s Sundayevening with his daughter because he stated the drive to school was too long (20 minutes) for thechild from father’s residence. GAL Mr. Sparrow stated if father did not give up his Sunday thathe (GAL Mr. Sparrow) might change his recommendation and the agreement. Father absolutely94 GAL Mr. Sparrows recommendation to Court95 GAL Mr. Sparrows recommendation to CourtTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT89

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013would not give up an evening with his daughter and stated “we will just go to trial then”. GALMr. Sparrow backed off and returned to the original agreement. Please remember the 20 minutedrive to school from father’s residence. GAL Mr. Sparrow also recommended a new counselorfor Sarah, Cyd Laurel, please keep her in mind.Once again Judge Woessner and his court appointed official turned their heads on what isin the best interest of young Sarah and let mother escape with violating court orders.On July 21, 2011 GAL Mr. Sparrow was designated to write up the agreement and allparties including him was to sign it. By November, four months later GAL Mr. Sparrow hadwritten numerous agreements in which none of them were consistent with the originalagreement. Once again GAL Mr. Sparrow was trying to change the agreement to what hewanted.Father’s attorney prepared the agreement that was consistent with the one read on therecord. Father reluctantly signed it and then sent it to the mother’s attorney and GAL Mr.Sparrow. GAL Mr. Sparrow, mother’s attorney and mother would not sign it. An agreement wasmade and again mother and her attorney would not honor their words; neither would GAL Mr.Sparrow. However, Judge Woessner had to make it an order since the agreement was the samethat was read on the record.In this agreement, young Sarah was to have a psychological evaluation performed by Dr.Ellenwood PH.D. GAL Mr. Sparrow handpicked this psychologist. After the evaluation wasfinished; GAL Mr. Sparrow let mother, her attorney and father’s attorney view Sarah’spsychological report. Father was not allowed to view his own daughters report per the request ofGAL Mr. Sparrow to father’s attorneys. Most importantly GAL Mr. Sparrow never filed Dr.Ellenwood’s report with Wood County Juvenile court pertaining to Wood County Court Localrules. GAL Mr. Sparrow stated he was afraid father would use it against the mother per father’sattorneys. Father by law has the right to view his daughter’s report; so why was it so important orwhat was in this report for the GAL Mr. Sparrow to break the law and keep it from father andalso the court?Father decided to relieve his attorneys of their obligations and father decided to continuehis case Pro Se. 96 After father filing the proper motions to court; he was able to retrieve the entire96 Representing yourselfTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT90

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013case files including his daughters psych evaluation. After father reviewed his daughters psychreport; father now understands why GAL Mr. Sparrow wanted to deny father access.Father filed his daughter’s psych report promptly into the courts records per the WoodCounty Local rule. Meanwhile, mother decided to move out of state again and like before didnot follow the orders of the court upon departure. Remember the agreement that if mother movesout of Lucas County, Ohio the father would be designated sole legal custody of young Sarah?GAL Mr. Sparrow and Judge David Woessner looked the other way and father did not receivecustody of young Sarah. Mother’s drive to Sarah’s court ordered private school is now aroundfifty minutes in good weather. The mother’s move was accepted by GAL Mr. Sparrow and JudgeWoessner. Remember when I asked you to remember how GAL Mr. Sparrow was going tochange his recommendation because father would not give up his Sunday evening with hisdaughter; GAL Mr. Sparrow was complaining about Sarah traveling twenty minutes Mondaymorning to school on father’s time. GAL Mr. Sparrow and Judge Woessner allowed the motherto move Sarah not only out of Lucas County but out of the State of Ohio. Sarah now has a fiftyminute drive to her school in good weather and not to mention mother travel is longer thanfather’s now. GAL Mr. Sparrow and Judge Woessner are letting the mother slowly move Sarahfarther and farther away from her family. “Plaintiff/Father was the primary care-giver” 97 . Youcan obviously see these professionals do not keep their word.Father, for the best interest in young Sarah filed for custody and I will now reveal the liesand deceiptment by GAL Mr. Sparrow along with his incompetence. Father was reviewing hiscase and found a huge problem. GAL Mr. Sparrow has misrepresented his role throughout theentire litigation process from when he was first appointed. A letter was written to Carol Fox,LSW GAL Coordinator of Wood County Juvenile Court from GAL Mr. Sparrow stating: “I amreferred to throughout that order as attorney/guardian. I have dual role of attorney andguardian for this child.” 98 However in an e-mail to father GAL Mr. Sparrow stated: “I am notan attorney in this case.” 99 Wait we are not done yet; On September 27, 2012 GAL Mr.Sparrows submits a motions stating he “was confused” 100 on his role. GAL Mr. Sparrow did notknow if he is the attorney for Sarah or if he is just the guardian or both. The original order by97 Magistrate Campbell, C. Pg 13, 200698 February 28, 2012 Letter from Sparrow to Ms. Fox99 Email from Keith Sparrow to Father100 GAL Motion To Reply To Reply To Plaintiff’s Response.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT91

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Judge Woessner states guardian ad litem only. 101 How Can GAL Mr. Sparrow properly by lawrepresent a child’s best interest when he does not know his role? He Cannot! Especially when heis confused. Seventeen months after Judge Woessner order stating GAL Mr. Sparrow isguardian ad litem only; father find’s out that Judge Woessner’s appointed GAL Mr. Sparrowdoes not know his function and he is confused. This incompetence is unacceptable! Just whenyou thought no one could be worse than Magistrate Pamela Manning and Magistrate DrewGriffith. Reality sets in.As if GAL Mr. Sparrow’s confusion isn’t bad enough, GAL Mr. Sparrow sends an emailconcerning father sending him important relevant information/motions concerning young Sarah.In hence, father was told not to send GAL Mr. Sparrow any relevant documents concerningSarah unless Judge Woessner appoints him an attorney and father is to send the documents tohim or her. GAL Mr. Sparrow just violated Rule 48. Remember I wrote about rule 48 earlier inthis story. To refresh, Rule 48 are rules the guardian ad litem has to follow. Let’s look at the rulehe broke: (D) Responsibilities of a guardian ad litem (e) “Review pleadings and other relevantcourt documents in the case in which the guardian ad litem is appointed;” When father wouldcopy him motions he was filing in this case concerning the child he was appointed to overseeGAL Mr. Sparrow stated “No need to copy me with anything. If the court wants to appoint anattorney for the guardian. You can send the papers to him/her. I will continue to ignore unlessdirected to do otherwise by an attorney appointed by the judge to represent the guardian.” 102Let’s look at that rule one more time: “Review pleadings and other relevant court documents inthe case in which the guardian ad litem is appointed;”First GAL Mr. Sparrow is the attorney/guardian for the child, then he is just the guardianand then he becomes confused and really doesn’t know. Now he wants an attorney. The questionis does father need an attorney for the attorney/guardian or an attorney for the guardian or anattorney for Mr. Sparrow that is confused? Judge Woessner really picked a professional thistime! Young Sarah is in great hands! Do you think young Sarah is going to get a fair trial?Please note that even if GAL Mr. Sparrow wasn’t confused and was appointedattorney/guardian for young Sarah; he disregarded Rule 48 (D) Responsibilities of a guardianad litem (7) When a court appoints an attorney to serve as both the guardian ad litem and101 Judge David E. Woessner Judgment Entry April 26 2011.102 Email from GAL Keith Sparrow May 4 th , 2012THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT92

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013attorney for a child, the attorney shall advocate for the child’s best interest and the child’swishes in accord with the Rules of Professional Conduct. Even When GAL Mr. Sparrow wasmisrepresenting himself as Sarah’s attorney he would not follow the rules of the Ohio SupremeCourt. Sarah has stated to GAL Mr. Sparrow when he did speak to her what her wishes are “tolive with her father.” As Sarah’s “attorney/guardian” who GAL Mr. Sparrow claims he was forover a year; he was obligated to follow the rules and Sarah’s wishes. If his recommendation isdifferent than Sarah’s wishes then Sarah by law will be appointed a separate attorney.When GAL Mr. Sparrow recommended the mother to continue as custodial parent aconflict of interest occurred because Sarah stated multiple times that she wanted to live withfather. Sarah even stated this to Judge Woessner. Case Law states: “The court held that where theguardian’s opinion as to the child’s best interest conflicted with the child’s expressed interest, itwas necessary to appoint a separate counsel to advocate the interests of the child.” DELL V.DELL. Neither Judge Woessner nor GAL Mr. Sparrow followed this case law.So now that we know GAL Mr. Sparrow is confused about his role that Judge DavidWoessner appointed him concerning for the best interest of the minor child. Young Sarah wasassaulted again. Father asked Judge Woessner’s court appointed guardian GAL Mr. Sparrow tofollow the rules of the Ohio Supreme Court that details his job and investigate what happen toyoung Sarah. GAL Mr. Sparrow responded with “What exactly are you expecting?” 103 Thisstatement from an officer of the court that was appointed by Judge David Woessner to protect thebest interest of Sarah is absolutely repulsive! Yes, Judge David Woessner is well aware of hisappointed guardian’s attitude and misconduct.Speaking of misconduct, GAL Mr. Sparrow starts giving false information to JudgeWoessner for example: GAL Mr. Sparrow submitted a deceitful motion containing misleadingfacts. Father purchased young Sarah a cell phone because she was being left alone at hermother’s at 9 years old; Sarah stated she was scared. GAL Mr. Sparrow stated in his motion toJudge Woessner: “The guardian believes that this 9-year old has no need for a cell phone,spending no more than two or three days apart from either parent; that neither parent hascomplained about telephone communications with their daughter.” 104 This is a complete lieby GAL Mr. Sparrow. GAL Mr. Sparrow knows that young Sarah spends a total of 5 days with103 Email from GAL Keith Sparrow January 19, 2012104 GAL’s Motion For Instruction And To Show Cause November 29, 2011THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT93

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013each parent and in the summer each parent receives 30 days vacation time with her. Also I havethe email in my hand of father telling GAL Mr. Sparrow about not having telephonecommunications with his daughter; another lie.In fact the emails that GAL Mr. Sparrow sent to father regarding his decision to purchasea cell phone for his daughter is very abrasive and unprofessional. At one point GAL Mr. Sparrowstated to father that it was not fathers decision to buy his daughter a cell phone; GAL Mr.Sparrow stated it was his decision; that father is to take it back or stash it. Father refused to listenand let his daughter keep the cell phone. Judge Woessner could not rule on his motion becausefather giving his daughter a cell phone is none of GAL Mr. Sparrow’s or the court’s business. Imean does father have to give GAL Mr. Sparrow Sarah’s Christmas and birthday list forapproval also?Let’s continue with more of GAL Mr. Sparrow’s lies. GAL Mr. Sparrow on September20 th , 2012 filed a motion in response to plaintiff’s request for Sarah to have her own attorney. InGAL Mr. Sparrow’s motion; he lied and try to mislead Judge Woessner by stating “The guardianhas met with the minor child numerous occasions.” GAL Mr. Sparrow only met with Sarahtwice. I went through GAL Mr. Sparrow’s billing statement and I spoke with Sarah.GAL Mr. Sparrow cannot stop lying. In this same motion GAL Mr. Sparrow States thefollowing “At the same time, I believe that it would be significantly important for the Court(Judge Woessner) to consider ordering forensic psychological evaluation particularly as, theguardian understands, the one that was done previously may have occurred when the child wasmuch younger.” Are you kidding me GAL Mr. Sparrow? “Previously may have occurred whenthe child was much younger.” GAL Mr. Sparrow, you ordered Sarah to have a psychologicalevaluation by Dr. Ellenwood which happened in November 2011 and your billing statement alsoreveals you had communications with their office; remember GAL Mr. Sparrow? The evaluationfavored the father so GAL Mr. Sparrow did not enter it into the courts file like he was supposedto; instead he made it clear to father’s attorneys at the time that father is to not see Sarah’s report.GAL Mr. Sparrow after Sarah’s psych evaluation in late 2011 and before he submittedhis motion lying to Judge Woessner “the one that was done previously may have occurred whenthe child was much younger,” 105 GAL Mr. Sparrow corresponded with mother’s attorney (circle105 GAL Mr. Sparrow’s Response To Plaintiff’s request Of a Separate Attorney For the Minor ChildTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT94

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013of friends) to have her file a motion to release Dr. Wayne Graves 106 reports stating that the GALMr. Sparrow needs them because the parties co-parenting counselor and Sarah’s new therapist isasking for them; so father placed a call to both counselors. Both counselors knew nothing aboutDr. Wayne Graves’s report nor did they ask GAL Mr. Sparrow for them. GAL Mr. Sparrow liedagain! Judge Woessner once stated to a young girl that came before him, “one lie leads toanother lie leads to another lie, don’t lie!”This is how Judge Woessner’s court room plays out. Why didn’t GAL Mr. Sparrow askfor them? Why did he lie? Did mother’s attorney Ann Baronas Lie? When father asked GAL Mr.Sparrow through email why he needed Dr. Graves reports, he stated because he feels that thecounselors involved could benefit from them, however, GAL Mr. Sparrow stated he wanted theparts where Dr. Wayne Graves lied excluded so the counselors would not know. Father wasshocked when he read that email. Why didn’t Ann Baronas or GAL Mr. Sparrow submit amotion to Judge Woessner to release Sarah’s recent psych evaluation to the counselors? Maybebecause it benefitted the father? In that psych evaluation Dr. Ellenwood stated Sarah is bondedmore with the father and is rejecting her mother’s home environment. Most importantly Dr.Ellenwood stated “[Sarah] appears to have experienced an emotional trauma when she wasyounger” 107 Do you think this trauma was experienced when GAL Pamela Manning andMagistrate Craig Campbell working under Judge Woessner was trying to teach the father alesson by taking eighty percent of his time with his daughter away? [Counselor] “Just as I said,whenever the custody or the amount of time with father was changed, it really devastatedthis child” Tr pg. 492 (2006)Or when young Sarah was afflicted with all this abuse?Q. [Father’s attorney] “Okay. So the child said to you that Mommy hits me in the head.”A. [Graves] “I asked her about going to Mommy’s, and she said, ‘She don’t like me.’ Iasked if Mommy yells. She answered ‘Yeah.’ I asked if Daddy yells. ‘No.’ I ask if Daddylikes you. She says ‘Yeah.’ I ask her who hurts her, and she says ‘Mommy, cause she’smean.’ I ask her where Mommy hits, and she answers, ‘She hits me’ and points to hercheek and her eye. I ask why. “Because she is mean to me.” Then she gets distracted anddoesn’t want to answer any of the questions.” Tr pg. 133 (2006)106 Committed perjury over twenty times under oath in the first trial.107 Psychological Evaluation pg 8 Second ParagraphTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT95

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] came home with bruises all over her back”.A. [Graves] “saw it” Tr pg. 150 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 151 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a cut on her face and a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you recall the March 1 st incident where it was alleged that[mother] grabbed [Sarah] by the neck?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “with another black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] has cuts around her eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “where [Sarah] was left alone in a car by [mother]?”A. [Graves] “I knew about the incident.” Tr pg. 153 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with another black eye.”A. [Graves] “Probably” Tr pg. 155 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a report that [mother] grabbed [Sarah] in the parking lotof the YMCA. Did you verify that?”A. [Graves] “I saw that or I did not verify it, no” Tr pg. 156 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “there was a bruise on the child's cheek.”A. [Graves] “Yes, I saw that one” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Children's Services was called that the child was put in a closet. Doyou know about that incident?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 157 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “handprint on the child's chest”.A. [Graves] “There are the fingerprint looking” Tr pg. 158 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “The September 7 th , bruising on the back”?A. [Graves] “I saw the bruising on the back” Tr pg. 158 (2006)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT96

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Q. [Father’s attorney] “Doctor, I've given you a litany of one, two, three, four, five, six,seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 incidences over atwo year period”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 159 (2006)[Counselor] “She also said she saw her mom naked with her boyfriend.” Tr pg. 495 (2006)Absolutely traumatic!Let’s go back to GAL Mr. Sparrow trying to avoid father getting a hold of his daughterspsych evaluation. See, by not submitting Sarah’s psych evaluation into Wood County Courts fileand keeping it between the attorneys and putting out the comment “make sure father does notread the evaluation” father was unable to read it. This is why, RULE 29 of Wood CountyCourts. Confidential reports and documents “When the Court receives a victim impactstatement, a court appointed special advocate (CASA) report, a guardian ad litem report, amedical report, a mental health report, a drug/alcohol report, a school report and/or apsychological report, said report(s) and documents will be date stamped and maintained by theCourt pursuant to Court policy.” Note: GAL Mr. Sparrow intentionally did not submit Sarah’spsych evaluation to the court because: read the next paragraph including the underline part:“Confidential reports and documents are not for public viewing. Pursuant to Rule 48 ofthe Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio, reports of a guardian ad litem may beaccessed by attorneys of record and (parties of record). Authorized viewers may take noteswhile reviewing confidential reports and documents, but are strictly prohibited fromphotocopying these documents, distributing or showing them to unauthorized individuals, orremoving them from the Juvenile Courthouse. Upon completing a review of confidentialreports/documents, these documents are to be immediately returned to the Judge, Magistrate, ordesignated Court clerk.”GAL Mr. Sparrow in my opinion did not like how Sarah’s psych evaluation turned outbecause it benefitted the father so he kept it from father and the court. GAL Mr. Sparrow thenturned around and lied to the court asking for Dr. Graves reports however he wanted the partwere Dr. Graves was caught lying excluded. When the Dr. Graves reports were denied to GALMr. Sparrow, he then lied again to the court stating Sarah needed a psych evaluation because shehasn’t had one in years; we know this is untrue because GAL Mr. Sparrow handpicked Sarah’spsychologist in November 2011. GAL Mr. Sparrow in my opinion and the evidence shows he isTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT97

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013trying to find someone with a PH.D to help keep Sarah away from her father and keep this youngSarah’s abuse covered up.Also in relation to not submitting Sarah’s psych evaluation to the court; GAL Mr.Sparrow has done this before: The Supreme Court of Ohio, Toledo Bar Association v. Sparrow,GAL Mr. Sparrow was “reprimanded for improperly removing sixteen of his clients' affidavitsfrom the courthouse and kept them in his possession, which had the effect of suspending allfurther proceedings against the clients; he pled no contest to one count of obstruction of officialbusiness for removing the affidavits; affidavits are official court papers that specify the allegedoffense, contain a history of proceedings in the case and play a vital role in the system used bythe Toledo Municipal Court to administer its caseload.”Let’s now see how GAL Mr. Sparrow reacts to mother breaking another court order onhis watch regarding mother moving out of state. GAL Mr. Sparrow stated in his motion GuardianAd Litem’s Response to Plaintiff’s Motion; “I agree that defendant (mother) did not follow theorder of this court”. “Defendant (mother) could well not have understood the notificationimplications.” Since mother broke a court order now GAL Mr. Sparrow has to find something onfather to even the playing field. GAL Mr. Sparrow decides to file a deceitful motion into JudgeWoessner’s court stating; “the guardian notes that father “has” engaged other professionals tointeract with this child which, frankly, would be contrary to this court’s order”. This commentis a huge lie! Before GAL Mr. Sparrow filed this motion father emailed him multiple timesstating in bold letters no other professionals are involved. Father knows this court would hangfather if he did something like that and why would father do that when GAL Mr. Sparrowhandpicked the psychologist and Sarah’s evaluation is on the father side.So, now you know that GAL Mr. Sparrow is not only a lying hypocrite but also biased.Another example concerning GAL Mr. Sparrow’s biased attitude is that mother and father are tosplit his fees equally with each parent giving him a four hundred dollar deposit. GAL Mr.Sparrow did not charge the mother her deposit but at first charged the father however after fatherbrought his billing statement to the courts attention; GAL Mr. Sparrow submitted anotherstatement and took father’s name off the four hundred deposit. Doing this GAL Mr. Sparrow cantry and make the argument that this deposit was the mothers.Since we are talking about his billing statement; GAL Mr. Sparrows incompetencecontinues concerning his times and hourly rate because none of them match up.THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT98

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013To continue with this case; since Judge Woessner and his appointed guardian ad litemMr. Sparrow will not honor the agreement that father receives custody when the mother movedout of state; father had to file for custody again. Father also filed motions to Judge Woessnerconcerning GAL Mr. Sparrow’s behavior in this case however Judge David Woessner must feelthat GAL Mr. Sparrow’s lies and deception “does not rise to the occasion” 108 because he deniedevery motion.On November 30, 2012 father filed a motion for Judge Woessner to correct his errorsconcerning his court appointed GAL Mr. Sparrow. The motion read:“Now comes Plaintiff, Father, Pro Se, respectfully moves this Court to correct its recenterrors and formally request this Court to issue a finding of fact and conclusion therefore andPlaintiff has complied with this Courts order concerning the GAL’s deposit of four hundreddollars ($400.00), Plaintiff submits the following:1. On April 26, 2011 this Court issued an Order appointing Attorney KeithleySparrow, Registration No. 0017702, as the Guardian Ad Litem for the minor childthe minor child.2. Rule 48 Of Superintendence For The Courts Of Ohio (C) Appointment ofguardian ad litem (1) Each court appointing a guardian ad litem under this ruleshall enter an Order of Appointment which shall include: (a) A statementregarding whether a person is being appointed as a guardian ad litem only or as aguardian ad litem and attorney for the child.3. Reviewing the April 26, 2011 Order Attorney Keithley Sparrow was appointed bythis court as a Guardian Ad Litem only. Mr. Sparrow as been acting as bothGuardian Ad Litem and Attorney for the minor child. Mr. Sparrow has met with[child] and heard her wishes and was acting the role as both guardian and attorneyfor [child] all through this litigation and submitted his recommendation to thiscourt.108 Judge David WoessnerTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT99

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 20134. Neither Plaintiff/Father nor my attorneys at the time knew that GAL Mr. Sparrowwas acting in the dual role of Attorney and GAL for the minor child. GAL Mr.Sparrow with thirty years experience knows the law as he was acting in dual rolesand knew [child] wishes. Yet GAL Mr. Sparrow let the case continue forwardwithout properly seeking council for [child] when he went against her wishes.5. Where the guardian ad litem does not believe a change of custody is in the bestinterest of the child but the child allegedly would prefer to have a change ofcustody, there is a clear conflict between counsel and the child which necessitatesthe appointment of separate counsel. In such situations, separate counsel isnecessary to protect the interest of all the parties. Dell v. Dell, 1986 Ohio App.LEXIS 9510 (Ohio Ct. App., Lucas County Dec. 31, 1986)6. This court must note that because GAL Mr. Sparrow did not correctly adhere tohis right position in this case that this case could have had multiple differentoutcomes and would of gave both parties different and more alternativesconcerning the best interest of the minor child.7. Given the extensiveness of this Court's statutory authority under R.C. 2111.50, ithas been held that a guardian can never exercise complete control over a ward,parties or the case. Instead, the appointed guardian is simply an officer of thecourt subject to this Court's control, direction, and supervision.8. This Court has an obligation and a responsibility to correct this error from thetime this Court ordered him as guardian ad litem on April 26, 2011 to February28, 2012.9. GAL Mr. Sparrow’s second error was our verbal agreement that if I agree to dropall contempt’s on Mother and if the Mother moved out of state I would receivesole custody of [child]. Because of this verbal agreement GAL Mr. Sparrow triedTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT100

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013to include in our Journal Entry by Consent and his recommendation to this courtthat if the mother moves out of state she gets to Skype with [child] on certaintimes and among other orders that would benefit Mother. Exhibit A GAL’sJournal Entry by Consent and his recommendation to this court.10. This Court has an obligation and a responsibility to correct this error by honoringGAL Mr. Sparrow’s verbal agreement. Exhibit B and C11. At the pre-trial hearing held on December 3, 2012 GAL Mr. Sparrow stated to thisCourt that I only paid my partial deposit on December 2, 2012. This CourtOrdered both Plaintiff and Defendant to each pay four hundred dollars to GALMr. Sparrow. Again like usual GAL Mr. Sparrow is either trying to make Plaintifflook bad or he is just a prevaricator. Exhibit E Plaintiff paid the Court Orderamount in full. Plaintiff has serious concerns on how he has been and is treated byGAL Mr. Sparrow and this Court has a responsibility to intervene. GAL Mr.Sparrow has already closed off all communications with me especially after;please see exhibit D and in The Supreme Court of Ohio, Toledo Bar Associationv. Sparrow, GAL Mr. Sparrow was “reprimanded for improperly removingsixteen of his clients' affidavits from the courthouse and kept them in hispossession, which had the effect of suspending all further proceedings against theclients; he pled no contest to one count of obstruction of official business forremoving the affidavits; Affidavits are official court papers that specify thealleged offense, contain a history of proceedings in the case, and play a vital rolein the system used by the Toledo Municipal Court to administer its caseload.”WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully moves this Court to correct its recent errors beforethe evidentiary hearing; for relief that would combine the previous case with this current caseand/or any solution that would be fair, just and proper.”THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT101

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Judge David Woessner answered this motion with a judgment stating: “Motionsrequesting certain errors be corrected and requesting further relief are denied and notappropriate”. 109It is unbelievable that Judge Woessner would use the words “not appropriate” after youhave read on how his court appointed officers have acted and what young Sarah has beenthrough.On January 31, 2013 father had to file an Ex Parte motion to Judge David Woessnerallowing father seeking medical attention for young Sarah. Young Sarah was having medicalissues and father sent the mother an email concerning getting Sarah a doctor’s appointment.Mother would not schedule an appointment for Sarah to be examined by her pediatrician. Motheris court ordered 110 to schedule all the medical appointments for young Sarah and has to notifyfather when and where the appointment is.Father filed his Ex Parte motion on Thursday thinking Judge Woessner would reply onthis urgent motion by the end of the day and father could take Sarah to see her pediatricianFriday morning before the long weekend. Judge David Woessner did not respond to father’s ExParte motion to seek medical attention for young Sarah until February 6, 2013. Judge DavidWoessner waited seven days after father filed his Ex Parte motion to respond. Are youwondering why Judge Woessner would wait one week and put a child’s health in jeopardy?Judge David Woessner was giving mother a heads up so she can hurry up and schedule anappointment for Sarah. Mother’s attorney bustled to respond to father’s motion stating: Sarah “Isabsent today, February 1, 2013 (also Dad’s Day) because of a stuffy nose.” Mother and herattorney argued and were abrasively stating Sarah was not sick. Father ended up taking youngSarah in the emergency room that following Saturday evening and she was giving a prescription.Young Sarah was to see her pediatrician that following Monday.Sarah’s “Stuffy nose” was through proper diagnosis and x-rays by her pediatrician withPNEUMONIA. Sarah after her x-rays was preceded by an antibiotic shot on Monday (February4 th , 2013). Sarah then was sent to Flower Hospital where she had to have multiple tubes of blooddrawn for testing. Sarah had to have another shot of antibiotics on Tuesday with her pediatricianand she was put on two daily prescriptions. Sarah’s pediatrician stated “depending on her blood109 Judgment Entry December 20, 2012THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT102

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013work we might have to admit her into the Toledo children’s Hospital.” Thank God father pushedfor a medical checkup on Sarah even though he had to go to the extent on filing an Ex Partemotion on the issue.Judge Woessner put young Sarah’s health in danger by sitting on father’s emergencymotion for seven days; he responds with a Judgment Entry stating father’s Ex Parte was“moot” 111 In my opinion Judge Woessner had to protect his past Order #19. Dr. Graves testifiedthat in his opinion 112 Defendant/Mother should “clearly be the one in charge of health caredecisions” and voiced concerns that “unnecessary medical intervention” “on a fairly regularbasis” if the Plaintiff/Father was the primary decision maker in those areas. 113 Even if it meantputting Sarah’s health at risk.Father filed a motion for Sarah to have her own attorney. Judge Woessner by case law inmy opinion had to accept father’s motion. Sarah now has her own attorney, Scott Coon. Sarah,11 years old, on March 11, 2013 had an in-court interview with Judge David Woessner, Sarah’sattorney, Scott Coon, and unfortunately the deceitful GAL Mr. Sparrow. Father saw GAL Mr.Sparrow and immediately filed an Ex Parte motion to exclude GAL Mr. Sparrow from the incourtinterview because Sarah has privilege communication between her, her attorney and theJudge. Remember the Ex Parte motion father filed for Sarah to receive medical attention for herpneumonia that Judge Woessner sat on for 7 days before he ruled on it? On the Ex Parte toexclude GAL Mr. Sparrow; Judge Woessner ruled on it, denying it within 10 minutes.Sarah came out of the interview shaken up stating she was very uncomfortable with threegrown men being alone with her. Sarah stated she does not want Scott Coon as her attorneyanymore and she will not speak with him again. Sarah is tired of “the court people” notprotecting her and not being on her side.Father wanted to speak with attorney Scott Coon, so father waiting by the door that leadsinto the court room and stood there watching Scott Coon and GAL Mr. Sparrow talking. Asattorney Scott Coon made his way out of the court house, father stopped him and shook Mr.Coon’s hand asking him the following question with witnesses all around. Father stated to Mr.Coon “My daughter came out and said you are not on her side; what is going on?” Mr. Coon had111 of little or no practical value or meaning;112 “The Magistrate did not find Dr. Graves report to be particularly helpful or an informative in terms of the instant issues facing this court113 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand 15 (2008)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT103

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013this shocked look on his face and would not answer father. Father then stated to him “you havean obligation to your client to represent her wishes”. Mr. Coon became abrasive and loud;everyone sitting in the court house turned and looked at him. Mr. Coon left abruptly out the courthouse. What happen was Sarah told Judge Woessner, Sarah’s attorney Scott Coon and GAL Mr.Sparrow that she wanted to live with her father and that her mother has anger issues. 114 / 115Q. [Father’s attorney] “[Sarah] appears with a black eye”.A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 151 (2006)Q. [Father’s attorney] “Do you recall the March 1 st incident where it was alleged that[mother] grabbed [Sarah] by the neck?”A. [Graves] “Yes” Tr pg. 152 (2006)A. [Counselor] “She was being hit in the back of the head by the mother and that hermother said she doesn’t like her. That her mother cuts all her DVD’s when she was angryat her. Tr pg. 451-506 (2009)To continue with Sarah’s attorney Scott Coon, he then took Sarah into a private room andstated to Sarah “I (Mr. Coon) think you (Sarah) are making the wrong decision.” JudgeWoessner and his court appointed officials have put poor young Sarah through hell! A witnessover heard Mr. Coon tell young Sarah that he is good friends with Judge Woessner, Sarah alsoconfirmed his statement. Sarah is now very worried concerning her attorney being good friendswith Judge Woessner because of what Judge Woessner has let happen to her over the years. Itwill be interesting to see who Mr. Coon’s loyalty will be with; Judge Woessner or his clientSarah. You have read Judge Woessner’s objectivity and fairness throughout this book and hisGAL’s appointees that have indulged in corruption.Father is now preparing for his case in April. Father emailed Sarah’s new counselor(recommended by GAL Mr. Sparrow) concerning Sarah’s records that contain all the mental andphysical abuse she had endured from her mother. Sarah’s counselor emailed father back statingshe shredded all Sarah’s records that contain the physical and mental abuse Sarah had enduredfor years. 116 Unfortunately I have to stop here. This true story will continue after the trialhearing set in April 2013.114 On-record Wood County Court House115 “Mother anger issues”, see counselor testimony Pgs. 34 and 59 and Dr. Graves testimony starting on Pg 5116 Email from Cyd Laurel March 11, 2013THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT104

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Conclusion: Nothing is more basic than courtesy. This court system exists toserve those who come to it voluntarily, as well as those who are involuntarily summoned. Theremust be a welcoming attitude on the part of all court personnel, including judges. The judges ofeach court must take personal responsibility for setting a tone and attitude of courtesy andhelpfulness toward all who come to this court. A fundamental principle of our ConstitutionalGovernment is that discriminatory treatment on the basis of race, gender, economic class,religion, physical condition or whether they like the person or not cannot and should not betolerated. Bias damages a court in its fundamental role as dispenser of justice.All parties involved especially the minor child has the right to be treated with fairness,courtesy and respect by judges, court personnel, litigants and other attorneys and expect nonbiasedtreatment from judges and officers of this court.The cover up of young Sarah’s abuse all started with Dr. Wayne Graves lying and JudgeDavid Woessner covering it up, “The Court notes Dr. Graves clearly is an expert 117 / 118 basedon his qualifications and experience in Courts throughout Northwest Ohio. Any issuewhich a party may have with Graves’s reports and recommendation goes more the way ofDr. Graves’s recommendation” 119 The Court specifically determines that consistent withthe recommendation of Dr. Graves and the GAL 120 and from the Court’s complete reviewof the evidence presented, it is in the best interests of [Sarah] that Defendant mother benamed the sole residential parent and legal custodian of [Sarah]. 121The evidence revealed that every court official in this case had lied under oath to try andcover up Sarah’s abusive situation. Judge David Woessner also had an enormous role in coveringup Sarah’s abuse. Judge Woessner covering for his appointed officials lies is a disgrace to the taxpayers of this great state and a enormous disgrace to our fellow military that have died and thatare risking their lives every day to protect this helpless child’s rights.These professionals involved are a complete disgrace to our justice system and theirprofession that they swore to uphold. Judge Woessner can put on his robe everyday however histrue nature takes away the honorability of the robe he wears.117 “The Magistrate did not find Dr. Graves report to be particularly helpful or an informative in terms of the instant issues facing this court118 Plaintiff/Father requested Dr. Graves interview Sarah without the plaintiff/father being present. Based on the portion of the DVD that wasviewed, it was Dr. Graves’s idea to interview [Sarah] rather than a suggestion of the Plaintiff/Father.119 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand 8-9 (2008)120 Mother was more passive121 Woessner, D. Judgment Entry on Remand 17 (2008)THIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT105

LEGAL TECH A.W. PREWITT A FLOWER IN A MINEFIELD COPYRIGHT 2013Speaking as a parent, I would like you to image and feel the pain this child has wentthrough and is going through at this moment. Young Sarah keeps asking her father when issomeone going to help her. The guilt of a parent not being able to protect their child because of acorrupt Judge and his corrupt court appointed officials. How many other young Sarah’s had tocome in front of Judge Woessner and his network of friends? You can help. Voice your concernon this website www.phantomofthecourt.com. You do not have to leave your name and it doesnot matter what state your from; just hit send. Do not let Judge Woessner and his court appointedofficials abuse another child.www.phantomofthecourt.comPlease send the email on my home pageTHIS IS A PUBLIC ALERT106

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