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By AGM on 11-21-08
As a practical matter 50 % of Montanans have no realistic hope of obtaining equal justice thanks to your courts. Your courts have found a lucrative existence exploiting families by removing and enslaving one parent (mainly the father), stealing his children, his home, his life savings and pouring gasoline on an otherwise simple family matter all under the pretence of “the best interest of the children”. The optics seem palatable to the unaffected, but in reality the legal profession has a vested interest in driving families into intractable positions with no possibility of recovery. This keeps the battle alive and the money pouring in with only the worst possible consequence; impoverishment, destabilization of the family and the children’s future in jeopardy. The workings of the family courts are so incestuous, so corrupt and so abusive that for all practical purposes their operation is a crime against humanity. As long as equality is denied one parent in family courts, your enterprise can be fully credited with all the disasterous outcomes possible courtesy of the disharmony, dysfunction, despair and death you create; hardly anything to revel in let alone draw praise for your good work. While the U.S. Supreme Court can cherry pick the cases heard thereby ignoring the violations of consitutional rights by your courts, equal justice under law will remain an empty promise for sure. Let’s hope Governor Brian Schweitzer understands the magnitude of the destruction and introduces equality legislation before one more dime funds the expansion of the perversity known as family law.
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By Bull on 11-22-08
AGM is spot on! You crooked lawyers have created a feeding trough fomenting misery. Save your empty words feigning your philanthropy. You should all get drunk at one of your lawyer watering holes, lock the doors and turn on the gas. “hey buddy, pass me a light”..SCUMBAG
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By Ukasz on 11-23-08
Can’t help but wonder what the low-income threshold is in Ms. Gray’s mind. I earn close to 60k per year and recently made inquiries of a legal nature and found out I needed to come up with a 5k retainer to attract the interest of a lawyer ! Too rich for my blood.
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By CJ on 11-24-08
This is a provocative article. I wanted to respond to AGM’s and Bull’s passionate comments because they get at some of the unfortunate realities about the court system—that it has been corrupted by unsavory interests and hindered by red tape. But who is to blame for that? And more important than asking who’s to blame is asking what we can do about it. AGM keeps referring to the courts as though they belong to Justice Gray, but the public courts are in existence because our tax dollars fund them. Gray’s call for more access to adequate representation would actually improve precisely what AGM points out to be a serious problem—so she is proposing a constructive solution. I think we should take this passion for justice (Gray’s and AGM’s) and create greater public will for reforms to our court systemt that will make justice attainable for ordinary people. This would be much more productive than a hunt against lawyers, many of whom work in the public’s interest, for very little money, and with little thanks.
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Let’s be civil. The Flathead Beacon encourages vigorous discussion and lively debate, but we will delete comments that attack other readers, make accusations we can’t verify, stray too far off topic, criticize local businesses (call them if you have a problem), convict someone of a crime, use profanity or are simply judged to be in bad taste. We don’t always have someone moderating comments, so we ask for your help: If you see a comment that violates these ground rules, or you simply deem it offensive, please e-mail editor [at] flatheadbeacon.com. The views expressed in the comments section do not reflect those of the Beacon.
By AGM on 11-21-08
As a practical matter 50 % of Montanans have no realistic hope of obtaining equal justice thanks to your courts. Your courts have found a lucrative existence exploiting families by removing and enslaving one parent (mainly the father), stealing his children, his home, his life savings and pouring gasoline on an otherwise simple family matter all under the pretence of “the best interest of the children”. The optics seem palatable to the unaffected, but in reality the legal profession has a vested interest in driving families into intractable positions with no possibility of recovery. This keeps the battle alive and the money pouring in with only the worst possible consequence; impoverishment, destabilization of the family and the children’s future in jeopardy. The workings of the family courts are so incestuous, so corrupt and so abusive that for all practical purposes their operation is a crime against humanity. As long as equality is denied one parent in family courts, your enterprise can be fully credited with all the disasterous outcomes possible courtesy of the disharmony, dysfunction, despair and death you create; hardly anything to revel in let alone draw praise for your good work. While the U.S. Supreme Court can cherry pick the cases heard thereby ignoring the violations of consitutional rights by your courts, equal justice under law will remain an empty promise for sure. Let’s hope Governor Brian Schweitzer understands the magnitude of the destruction and introduces equality legislation before one more dime funds the expansion of the perversity known as family law.
By Bull on 11-22-08
AGM is spot on! You crooked lawyers have created a feeding trough fomenting misery. Save your empty words feigning your philanthropy. You should all get drunk at one of your lawyer watering holes, lock the doors and turn on the gas. “hey buddy, pass me a light”..SCUMBAG
By Ukasz on 11-23-08
Can’t help but wonder what the low-income threshold is in Ms. Gray’s mind. I earn close to 60k per year and recently made inquiries of a legal nature and found out I needed to come up with a 5k retainer to attract the interest of a lawyer ! Too rich for my blood.
By CJ on 11-24-08
This is a provocative article. I wanted to respond to AGM’s and Bull’s passionate comments because they get at some of the unfortunate realities about the court system—that it has been corrupted by unsavory interests and hindered by red tape. But who is to blame for that? And more important than asking who’s to blame is asking what we can do about it. AGM keeps referring to the courts as though they belong to Justice Gray, but the public courts are in existence because our tax dollars fund them. Gray’s call for more access to adequate representation would actually improve precisely what AGM points out to be a serious problem—so she is proposing a constructive solution. I think we should take this passion for justice (Gray’s and AGM’s) and create greater public will for reforms to our court systemt that will make justice attainable for ordinary people. This would be much more productive than a hunt against lawyers, many of whom work in the public’s interest, for very little money, and with little thanks.