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AMPP is a social movement seeking justice and accountability within the family court system which includes DHHS/CPS, psychologists and other so called experts.

We as mothers demand CITIZENSHIP and our Rights to our Children.

We demand that our children not be used as pawns by our abuser in a custody dispute.

We demand that Mothers and Children be equally protected against court ordered visitation with an abuser.

We demand that Mothers and Children be given the same rights, privileges and voice that the abuser gets in family courts!

We demand that our President take action now as can no longer afford to be silent and we won’t.

We demand the same "rights and freedoms" to which all humans are entitled.

Behind the closed doors of the dirty little secret of the family court system, thousands of women each year lose child custody to violent men who beat and abuse Mothers and Children.

Family courts are not family-friendly and betray the best interests of the child.

Until Mothers and Children's voices are heard we will never shut up, give up or go away!

Father shoots kids, wife, self in murder-suicide: Gilbert Ramos, 45; Nicholas Ramos, 10; Emma Ramos, 8

http://tucsoncitizen.com/dead/2010/09/22/father-shoots-kids-wife-self-in-murder-suicide-gilbert-ramos-45-nicholas-ramos-10-emma-ramos-8/

 

by Rynski on Sep. 22, 2010, under life, murder, shot, suicide

Gilbert Ramos, 45, opened fire on his family Sept. 21, killing his 10-year-old son Nicholas, his 8-year-old daughter Emma, and critically wounding his wife, Sandra Thompson-Ramos, 37, before turning the gun on himself, according to a news release from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office.

All had been shot in the head.

Family members were the first to discover the scene when they were concerned they could not get in touch with their kin who lived in the 1300 block of East Nardini Street in Sun Tran Valley.

After knocking on the door but receiving no response, family members used a key to let themselves inside the home.

They called 911 around 5 p.m. to report the shooting and deputies arrived soon after.

Gilbert and his two children were pronounced dead at the scene while Sandra survived and was air lifted to a local hospital. She remains in extremely critical condition.

Deputies determined that Gilbert first shot his wife and then his two children but have yet to determine a motive.

The investigation continues.

Do you know anything about the Ramos family? Please comment below.

Protective Mothers Post Card Project By Eastern Kentucky University Students

Our postcard project needs your help.

We are a group of Eastern Kentucky College students  working on a project to raise awareness as well as advocate for women who have lost custody of their children to their alleged abuser after alleging and/or proving domestic abuse.

We are hoping to create a traveling display for use at various events to raise awareness.

We are requesting these women send anonymous postcards with a short message to the world which could include:

• Their regrets as they have gone through the process (hindsight)
• What they would say if their gag order was lifted
• What they would like to say to their judge, abuser, or their children
• What they wish they had as far as help
• What they would like to see changed in the laws.

Instructions:

You may use any postcard that you desire. This will be for public view, so we do not require your name. We would like to know:

• the state your case is in
• the number of children involved and how often you see them
• if child protective services was involved (DHS, DYFUS, CPS etc.)
• how long your case has been going on
• if you have a gag order
• Please give us a few sentences in your own words, write legibly and large.

Suggested topics include:

• Your regrets as they have gone through the process (hindsight)
• What you would say if your gag order was lifted
• What they would like to say to their judge, abuser, or their children
• What they wish they had as far as help
• What they would like to see changed in the laws.

We do NOT want your real name or any identifying information for your own protection.

Please mail your postcards by November 1, 2010, to:
EKU Safe & WGS
Keith 121, Attn Julie Jones:
521 Lancaster Ave
Richmond, KY 40475
Questions? Email us at: Julie_jones291@eku.edu; karmin_cartmill@eku.edu; ariell_adams2@eku.edu; dakota_taylor111@eku.edu; crystal_wilson68@eku.edu

(Junction City) Murder-Suicide-A handwritten letter found at the scene of a double murder-suicide indicates the dead father’s state of mind

 

Another mom with shared parenting, 50/50 custody, no child support has her children killed. Women must be able to take kids when leaving bad marriages.

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/25319840-55/girls-rauscher-sheriff-anything-apparent.csp

Note sheds light on deaths | A handwritten letter found at the scene of a double murder-suicide indicates the dead father’s state of mind

By Jack Moran

The Register-Guard

Appeared in print: Wednesday, Sep 22, 2010

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JUNCTION CITY — Despondent because his wife of 14 years had left him and filed for divorce, a Junction City man killed the couple’s two young daughters before fatally shooting himself inside his home, investigators said Tuesday.

In a handwritten note found Monday at the scene, Richard Rauscher indicated that the separation from his wife drove him to shoot his children before turning a handgun on himself, Lane County sheriff’s Capt. Bill Thompson said.

“It’s pretty apparent from the context of the note that he was extremely despondent over” the pending divorce, Thompson said.

He declined to be more specific about the note’s contents because investigators “are trying to protect what’s left of this lady’s family.”

Rauscher’s estranged wife, Jennifer Flannery-Rauscher of Eugene, contacted authorities Monday evening after she arrived at her daughters’ school to find that neither third-grader Eryn nor fourth-grader Aidan had attended classes earlier in the day.

Sheriff’s deputies then went to Richard Rauscher’s home at 29789 Harper Road, south of Junction City, to find the windows and doors locked. They forced their way inside and discovered the Rauschers’ daughters dead in separate upstairs bedrooms. Both had been shot, officials said.

Deputies located Richard Rauscher’s body in a downstairs bedroom. A handgun was at his side, and authorities believe he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing his daughters, who were 7 and 9.

“We have no reason to believe otherwise,” Thompson said. A medical examiner will confirm the cause of the deaths.

Investigators suspect the double murder-suicide occurred sometime Sunday night. Earlier that day, Richard Rauscher accompanied his daughters to a birthday party, officials said.

A Harper Road resident who asked that her name not be published said Richard Rauscher, 47, recently confided to her and her husband that the separation from his wife was taking its toll.

“He has been very upset about it,” the woman said. “But he didn’t act like he’d do anything like this.”

Jennifer Flannery-Rauscher filed for divorce on Aug. 2, Lane County Circuit Court records show. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason why she sought to end the marriage.

She asked a judge to award her and her husband joint custody of their children with parenting time to be split 50-50, records show.

One day after filing for divorce, she obtained a temporary protective order that prohibited her or her husband from interfering with the other’s parenting time.

Court records show no history of domestic violence or restraining orders involving the couple. Richard Rauscher had no criminal record.

While divorce filings show that Jennifer Flannery-Rauscher sought an arrangement in which neither she nor her husband would pay spousal support, she offered to pay him an unspecified amount of money each month in child support.

Jennifer Flannery-Rauscher works as a nurse. Her husband filed documents with the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office in April to operate a home-based carpentry business.

The Harper Road neighbor said she never knew Richard Rauscher to hold a job. “He’s always been a stay-at-home dad,” she said.

Divorce filings indicate that the Rauschers and their daughters lived in the Harper Road home from August 2005 until May of this year. At that time, Jennifer Flannery-Rauscher moved into a south Eugene home.

A bouquet of flowers and cards were left on her doorstep on Tuesday, although no one answered the door there.

The Rauschers’ daughters attended the private Oak Hill School, located adjacent to the Lane Community College campus in south Eugene.

Oak Hill Headmaster Elliott Grey said Tuesday that youngsters who attend the 125-student school were “doing as well as can be expected” in the wake of their classmates’ deaths. Crisis counselors went to campus Tuesday and will be available today to speak with students and staff members, Grey said.

“Our school has been affected by a terrible tragedy,” Grey said. “The most important thing to me right now is taking care of our students, their families and the faculty.”

The school’s parents organization is planning a candlelight vigil on Thursday at Oak Hill, Grey said.

Grey said he had interacted at school with Eryn and Aidan Rauscher, but declined to say anything more about the children.

The Harper Road resident who became acquainted with the Rauschers said Eryn and Aidan regularly rode bicycles in the street, and cared for chickens and a cat.

“They were very sweet, perfect little girls,” the woman said.

“It’s pretty apparent from the context of the note that he was extremely despondent.”

— Capt. Bill Thompson, Lane County Sheriff’s Office

GUARDIAN AD CHARGEM a.k.a. GUARDIAN AD LITEM

Source mamaliberty

GUARDIAN AD CHARGEM a.k.a. GUARDIAN AD LITEM

Appointed by a judge to act in a child’s best interest, some lawyers can also help themselves by billing a small fortune

By Bob Whitby

For most people who help kids entangled in the legal system, the only reward is the warm glow that comes from having done a good deed. For a lucky few, however, the payback is more pecuniary. Downright lucrative in some cases.How do you go from being a concerned citizen to being a concerned citizen who gets paid? By becoming a private guardian ad litem. But there are a few hurdles you’ll have to clear first.

First you’ll need a law degree, and membership in the Florida Bar helps to get in this club. Besides, there’s really no better way to meet and schmooze with family court judges, which is the second thing you want to do. Make sure the judges know you like kids.

Then sit back and wait for a juicy divorce or custody case to pop up, preferably one involving at least one rich parent able to pony up big time and several kids. You might have to handle a couple smaller cases for 1000 bucks or less to prove your worth. But sooner or later, if you’ve done your networking, the judge might remember you fondly and put your name on an order appointing a guardian ad litem in a contentious case involving well-heeled parents. If you’re extra lucky, the judge won’t dictate how much you can charge or how many hours you can put into the case. Now you’re in the money.

A guardian ad litem is a person appointed to act in a child’s best interest in legal proceedings, usually a shield between warring parents. The guardians are also investigators. In custody cases, for example, the court needs to know which parent is best suited to have primary custody. Parents who don’t want to lose their children are not the best sources of objective information, so it falls to the guardian ad litem to make a recommendation.

Every circuit court system in Florida has a publicly funded Guardian Ad Litem Program. Usually administered by a few overworked staffers, these programs recruit and train laypeople — non-lawyers — to be guardians ad litem, which is Latin for “guardians at law.” These guardians are volunteers; they serve because they want to help kids and are to be commended for it. Putting oneself in the middle of a disintegrating family is, as one guardian put it, “like sticking your head in a meat grinder.”

Volunteer guardians are assigned in cases where the parties cannot afford a private guardian. (Broward County is in desperate need of volunteer guardians, with about 1000 kids waiting for their services.)

But if a judge decides one party or the other can pay, then pay they must. That happens in a small percentage of cases and usually only in divorce or custody matters. Dependency cases, where abuse and neglect are the issue, tend to involve foster children and people who simply don’t have much money. As one guardian ad litem put it, “Dependency is the redheaded stepchild of the court house.”

A private guardian ad litem is almost always a lawyer (but isn’t serving in that capacity, which would be a conflict of interest), and that’s when the bills can start to mount.

Unless you regularly sit in on court proceedings, there is no way to determine which lawyers repeatedly get assigned as guardians ad litem. The county’s Guardian Ad Litem Program keeps tabs only on volunteers, not private, paid guardians.

Court watcher Eleanor Mendlein has sat through a lot of divorce and custody cases in the last few years, and she sees patterns in who gets assigned. “The same people get appointed over and over again,” says Mendlein. “It’s money. If you have deep pockets, you get due process.”

Through the court watchers, New Times found three instances in which paid guardians made big money — as much as $40,000-plus for a single case — advocating for children. Not surprisingly, such dollar figures raise questions of bias. If your ex is paying a guardian ad litem thousands of dollars, will the guardian be influenced by the one who foots the bill?

“The concern is real, but I don’t know if it’s justified,” says Melinda Brown, a family-law attorney who also works as a private guardian ad litem. “I deal with a whole lot more issues than who pays me.”

But the people who’ve been through the system in divorce or custody cases think differently. “These guardians don’t care anything about kids,” says Teresa Cummings, who battled with her ex-husband over custody of their two children. “Believe me, they don’t.”

After their divorce, Cummings’ husband decided he wanted custody of their children. The judge appointed a private guardian ad litem, and Cummings’ ex-husband paid the bills. “They got money from the person who has it, which in this case was my ex,” she says.

She can’t quite put her finger on it, but Cummings had the feeling the guardian ad litem was swayed by her ex-husband. “She would say things to me to aggravate me,” Cummings says. She also says she had no idea the guardian was an attorney and didn’t realize who was paying the bills until the case was almost over.

Perhaps Cummings’ fears were overstated, because she ultimately prevailed in the case and kept primary custody of her children. The guardian’s bill was about $5000.

That’s small change compared to a $27,000 bill for guardian ad litem work in the case of Ulbrich v. Ulbrich.

John Ulbrich and Christina Coolidge Ulbrich were already divorced when guardian ad litem Jeffrey Bryer came into their lives. At issue was visitation for Christina’s daughter, Nichole. Though he is neither Nichole’s biological nor adoptive father, John wanted visitation rights with the child. Christina didn’t feel her ex was entitled but gave in to avoid a costly legal battle. The case was settled out of court but not before the guardian ad litem wrote a 55,000-word journal on every aspect of the Ulbrich’s lives and charged John Ulbrich $75 for each of the 365 hours he spent doing it.

“I think he is a frustrated writer,” says John Ulbrich.
And not a very good guardian ad litem to boot, he adds. “It was just an absolute horror, a nightmare. [Bryer] had no ability to gain confidence with my daughter.”

Bryer recommended that John Ulbrich be granted visitation rights and devised a somewhat complicated schedule to that effect. Though he was the one who requested that a guardian ad litem be appointed in the first place, Ulbrich refused to pay what he believed to be a wildly inflated bill. Not that he couldn’t have paid if he wanted — Ulbrich owns a Jaguar dealership on Sunrise Boulevard. Bryer, who did not answer repeated phone calls for this story, settled for $16,500.

And then there’s the granddaddy of all guardian ad litem bills, a $40,000-plus whopper for services rendered in the divorce case of Gumberg v. Gumberg.

Again the pattern: Rich husband pays the bill, less financially endowed wife feels shafted by the system.

The Gumbergs’ divorce case defines contentious — the case file sprawls over 21 volumes. Lorraine Abruzzo Gumberg says her legal bill alone is more than $200,000. She estimates her ex-husband’s bill at close to $800,000, a figure which could not be confirmed because Andrew Gumberg did not return phone calls from New Times.

At the heart of this mess is the custody of a four-year-old boy. The guardian ad litem recommended custody be awarded to the father, with the mother having visitation rights. Not surprisingly, that didn’t sit well with Lorraine Gumberg. “I didn’t stand a chance,” she says. “I lost custody of my child.”

Gumberg says the guardian ad litem criticized her for picayune things, like feeding her son from a bottle though he was 20 months old and letting him sleep in bed with her. The guardian also suggested that, should custody be awarded to the husband, the wife should live close by so the child’s life would not be unduly interrupted. Gumberg scoffs at the notion, noting that her ex-husband, whose worth is put at some $32 million in court records, lives in a $2.5 million waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale. “The idea was that Jordan should not have to go from dad’s beautiful house to mom’s trailer park,” she says. “That’s bullshit.”

Anne Alper, the guardian ad litem in the Gumberg case, was out of town and could not be reached for this story.

In the end Gumberg says her ex-husband got the best legal help money could buy. “I just don’t think the system works right,” she says. “I think the system sucks. He has money. I don’t. That’s the bottom line.”

Guardian Ad Litem KNEW about Death threats to children- BUT still --'They still made me send my kids to him' 3 Children Killed by DADDY

 

The court official who made sure this abuser had access to the kids was the GAL

http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2010/09/dad-feared-losing-kids-killed-them-instead-police-say.html

Dad feared losing kids, killed them instead, police say

 

Over the weekend, a Texas man allegedly shot his three children while they were visiting him for the weekend and then tried -- but failed -- to kill himself, the AP reports. That man, Mohammed Goher, had reportedly threatened to hurt himself if he lost visitation rights, said a court official -- who had planned to recommend that Goher keep his visitation rights.

Posted by James Hart on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 06:15 AM | Permalink

Read more: http://blogs.kansascity.com/crime_scene/2010/09/dad-feared-losing-kids-killed-them-instead-police-say.html#ixzz10AS6jAEI

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Reason number 1 to get rid of GALs. This GAL said in the news that he was going to give this abuser regular visitation.

Click on link for video and photos

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7210150.html

 

'They still made me send my kids to him'

 

Mother of slain children says she sounded alarm about abuse repeatedly

 

A woman whose estranged husband shot and killed their three children while they slept in his Harris County apartment on Sunday says no one heeded her warnings that her husband was dangerous.

"I have documents of everything, all the abuse, and I showed it to everyone, but no one believed me, and they still made me send my kids to him every weekend," Norma Martinez said in a statement read by Tayseir Mahmoud, a board member at An-Nisa Hope Center, a nonprofit that operates a shelter for battered women.

Martinez and the children had been living at the shelter since March, Mahmoud said. The children would visit their father every weekend in accordance with a court-ordered visitation schedule, she said.

"She's been married to this man for 15 years, and she's gone through a lot of domestic abuse," Mahmoud said of Martinez, who was too distraught to speak publicly on Monday. "Since three years ago, she's been trying to tell people her story and raise awareness of what's gong on and nobody really took her seriously."

Martinez's husband, Mohammad Goher, 47, is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of son Saeed, 12, and daughters Saeedah, 14 and Aisha, 7.

The children were at the heart of a bitter custody dispute that dragged on for years as their parents' marriage deteriorated.

In May 2006, Goher was convicted of assault of a family member and placed on deferred adjudication, district attorney's spokesman George Flynn said. Official records indicate Goher, who was intoxicated, beat his wife with his hands and fists, leaving her bruised and injuring her right hand.

In 2008, Goher took the children to stay with relatives in Pakistan and refused to tell his wife where they were, said Christina Diaz, the vice president of operations for An-Nisa. Diaz said Martinez, who's Hispanic, sought help from the FBI, consulates and embassies. She finally reunited with the children about six months ago after An-Nisa volunteers helped her locate them in Pakistan.

Custody hearing

Martinez filed for divorce in February. She planned to request joint custody at a divorce mediation on Friday, Mahmoud said. "She was not asking for sole custody of the children," Mahmoud said.

But Goher apparently feared he might never see his children again. He'd threatened to kill or hurt himself if he lost visitation, said attorney Syed Izfar, who was appointed by a court to represent the children in the mediation.

About four weeks ago, Goher called Manzoor Memon, the editor in chief of a monthly journal and weekly radio show serving Houston's Pakistani community.

About four weeks ago, Goher called Manzoor Memon, the editor in chief of a monthly journal and weekly radio show serving Houston's Pakistani community.

"He wanted me to help him to get his family back," Memon said. He said Goher suspected his wife had a relationship with another man, who planned to marry her.

Volunteers with the An-Nisa Hope Center denied any improper relationship existed and said Memon's involvement just made a fraught situation worse. Mahmoud said Memon's wife "claims to be some kind of psychic" and told Goher the judge would grant full custody to his wife.

Memon said his wife is psychic, but she never made any predictions to Goher. "She had told him that you need to get your act together otherwise you'll lose your kids," Memon said.

Memon and his wife visited Goher's apartment on Saturday and Goher agreed to discuss his situation on Memon's radio show on Sunday. Memon said he called Goher that morning to confirm his appearance on the show, but no one picked up the phone.

'They were scared'

Goher is accused of shooting the children to death in their beds at about 9 a.m. Sunday before turning the gun on himself at his apartment in the 13000 block of Homestead.

Goher survived and was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he remained unconscious on Monday, said Harris County Homicide Sgt. Ben Beall.

One of the children's former teachers recalled that Saeedah expressed fear that she and her younger siblings had to spend the weekends with their dad.

"She really liked being with her mom. They were scared to go with their dad," said Jodi Fisher, a math teacher at Schindewolf Intermediate in the Klein Independent School District. "They loved him, but they were scared."

Quiet and reserved

Even so, Saeedah told her teacher that her younger sister and brother did enjoy going to their dad's place.

"The reason she went was to protect them," Fisher said.

Saeedah never mentioned if her father was violent, Fisher said, but the girl would tear up at times talking about her family.

"But I never ever thought anything like this would happen," said Fisher, who taught Saeedah last school year and her younger brother, Saeed, this school year.

Both children were quiet, Fisher said, but they always asked for help with their work and were very bright.

"They were two of the best kids," Fisher recalled. "Very reserved, but, oh my goodness, they were so sweet."

Saeedah was a freshman at Klein Collins High School this year and was on the track team. Saeed was a seventh-grader at Schindewolf, and Aisha was a second-grader at Lemm Elementary.

Vicki Bevan, Saeedah's track coach at Klein Collins, said the teenager didn't have track experience but called her over the summer to ask to join the team.

"She just said she wanted some normalcy in her life, and she felt like being part of a team could bring that," Bevan recalled.

Reporter Allan Turner contributed to this report.

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(FL) Another DADDY (with out of State Visitation)and his Girlfriend Charged in Death of 3 Year old Son

 

This is one where MOM lived in Missouri and DADDY had out-of-state visitation.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/20/1833712/couple-pleads-not-guilty-in-toddlers.html

Couple pleads not guilty in toddler's death

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TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa man and his girlfriend have pleaded not guilty to aggravated child abuse charges following the death of the man's 3-year-old son.

On Monday, 26-year-old Justin Garwacki pleaded not guilty. Kara O'Connell entered a written plea of not guilty.

They face charges including aggravated child abuse, child abuse, child neglect and failing to report child abuse.

The boy died Aug. 10 after being transported to a hospital.

Garwacki and O'Connell are being held without bail.

Authorities say the boy had bruising on his body, a bite mark on his right calf and a possible broken arm.

An autopsy is complete, but the cause of death is pending.

The names of Garwacki and O'Connell's attorneys were not immediately available.

Information from: The Tampa Tribune,

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/20/1833712/couple-pleads-not-guilty-in-toddlers.html#ixzz106dOuxVQ

ANOTHER--'Mother, daughter' found dead in Melbourne

More dead mommies and children—The Fathers Rights are the GENOCIDE of women and THEIR children. NOT HIS—HER’s---

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/7964164/mother-daughter-found-dead-in-melbourne

The bodies of a 47-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl have been found in a house in Melbourne.

Victoria Police said the bodies were found at 8.30pm yesterday in the suburb of Balwyn.

It is understood the dead women are mother and daughter, Melbourne radio station 3AW reported.

"The bodies were found at a property in Raynes St," police said in a statement.

"Circumstances surrounding their deaths are yet to be determined and police will await results from a post mortem examination."

Police have asked anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

PRESS RELEASE: Protective Mothers March on Oct 1 in Washington DC

 

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Connie Valentine 916-233-8381

A press conference will be held on Friday, October 1, 2010 from 11:00 am to noon in front of the  U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, D.C.   
On the first day of Domestic Violence Awareness month, advocates and protective mothers whose children have been ordered into the custody of batterers and molesters are gathering to call for an investigation by the DOJ into family court corruption. 

These mothers are deeply concerned about their children. Mildred Mohammad, former wife of Beltway Sniper John Mohammad, took part in the Mothers' Day vigil at the White House on May 9, 2010. "I was without my children for two years when they were kidnapped by John and the courts didn't listen to me," she told reporters.  

As in the Mohammad case, family courts across the nation ignore or minimize child safety.

Research shows that 70% of batterers who request custody receive it, leading to 58,000 children per year who are forced to live with their identified abusers.[1] Many are killed. Batterers are over 6 times more likely to sexually abuse their children.[2]

The social ramifications of this trend are frightening. Children who are abused are at a high risk in adulthood for problems such as addictions, obesity, suicide attempts, heart disease and cancer. [3]

After the press conference, the mothers and their supporters will march to the Senate to request Congressional hearings to investigate these violations of law and human rights.

The march will end at the Sewall Belmont House at 144 Constitution Ave NE, the suffragists' headquarters when, in 1910, they insisted that women receive the civil right to vote.

In 2010, mothers are insisting that children have the human right to physical and sexual safety.  Please visit www.mothers-of-lost-children.com for more information.

[1] www.leadershipcouncil.org

[2] Bancroft, Lundy and Silverman, Jay, The Batterer as Parent, Sage Publications, 2002

[3] www.acestudy.org

CA Protective Parents Association | P. O. Box 15284 | Sacramento | CA | 95851

Another DADDY KILLER with multiple PROTECTIVE ORDERS- charged with Shooting & KILLING his 3 children while On VISITATION-- Mother is in BATTERED Women's Shelter) Child Custody Battle

OUTRAGED end to battle over 3 kids

Father charged with killing his children as they slept, fearing loss of visitation rights

Another DADDY KILLER with multiple protective orders --  one in 2006 was dissolved. Another temp RO was granted in Feb 2010. Of course this great guy got his visitation—see court docket below the article. This one is laced right down to the contributing reporters—I’ll let the readers figure this out--

GAL—Guardian Ad Litem (for the kids) Ifzar

Contributing reporter- Shauk

DADDY - Muhammed Goher

Court docket follows the article—History of Domestic violence and the Guardian Ad Litem allowed these kids to be murdered.

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Harris Co. Sheriff's Office

Mohammad Gohar is being treated at Ben Taub General Hospital.

A 47-year-old father worried that he would never see his three children again was charged in their deaths on Sunday, accused of fatally shooting his son and two daughters as they slept in his north Harris County apartment.

Mohammad Goher then turned the gun on himself, firing into his mouth. Authorities found him unconscious and transported him in stable condition to Ben Taub General Hospital.

He was charged with capital murder Sunday afternoon.

Goher had threatened to kill or hurt himself if he lost visitation, said Houston attorney Syed Izfar, who was appointed by a court to represent Goher's three children in a Sept. 24 divorce mediation.

"By all appearances, this was a man who loved his children. What a nightmare," said Izfar, who planned to recommend standard visitation in the case. "He had it in his mind that the children would be taken away from him forever."

While there was a history of violence against the mother — including a 2006 conviction against Goher for beating her — Izfar said he was unaware of the father ever harming 14-year-old Saeedah, 12-year-old Saeed or 7-year-old Aisha.

The family had lived together in a tiny apartment adjacent to a worn-down convenience store where Goher worked in the 13000 block of Homestead until divorce proceedings began last year.

Weekend visits

Since then, the children typically visited Goher on weekends and lived with their mother at a north Harris County shelter for battered women, said Harris County Homicide Sgt. Ben Beall.

The night before the killings, Goher called co-worker Muhommad Riaz distraught that he would lose all custody rights at the coming mediation and never see his children.

"He was very stressed," said Riaz, who was stunned to learn of the killings when he reported to work Sunday afternoon.

"We talked for an hour. He said, 'Everybody is lying and saying I'm a bad guy,' " Riaz said.

Around 9 a.m. Sunday, while the children and an older family friend visiting from Pakistan were sleeping, Goher got out a handgun, authorities said. Beall said he shot one of his girls sleeping in a bedroom and shot his other daughter and son sleeping in a king-size bed in a front room.

He then crawled onto the bed and shot himself, Beall said.

Neighbor called 911

The gunfire woke the family friend, who speaks little English. She saw the bloodied bodies and ran outside for help.

Neighbor Julio Rodriguez was cutting his grass across the street when another neighbor whistled at him loudly, alerting him to the scene.

He looked over at the store and saw a woman in the store parking lot, frantically waving her arms in the air and screaming loudly.

"She was hysterical," Rodriguez said. "I heard her screaming, 'Gun! Gun! Shoot! Shoot!' I got scared because I knew there were kids in there."

Rodriguez then called 911, and patrolmen arrived moments later to find the children dead.

Detectives' grim duty

Harris County homicide detectives went to the shelter Sunday afternoon to tell the mother her three children had been killed.

She was inconsolable, Beall said.

Neighbors who frequented the store knew little about the family, saying the children were extremely quiet and spent most time indoors.

"We would never see them outside or playing like normal kids," said 14-year-old Mercedes Sanchez, who attended middle school with one of the girls.

Attorney Ifzar recalled the children as normal and happy but struggling with the divorce.

"They wanted their parents to stay together," he said.

Staff writers Zain Shauk, Sarah Raslan and Brian Rogers contributed to this report.

paige.hewitt@chron.com

 

HCDistrictclerk.com	GOHER, NORMA vs. GOHER, MOHAMMAD	9/19/2010
	Cause: 201007759	CDI: 7	Court: 312

APPEALS

No Appeals found.

COST STATMENTS

No Cost Statments found.

TRANSFERS

No Transfers found.

POST TRIAL WRITS

No Post Trial Writs found.

ABSTRACTS

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SUMMARY
CASE DETAILS File Date 2/5/2010 Case (Cause) Location 312th District Court Case (Cause) Status Active - Civil Case (Cause) Type DIVORCE WITH CHILDREN Next/Last Setting Date 9/27/2010	COURT DETAILS Court 312th Address 1115 Congress (Floor: 2) Houston , TX 77002 Phone:7137556941 JudgeName A. ROBERT HINOJOSA Court Type Family

PARTIES
Name	Type	Post Jdgm	Attorney
GOHER, NORMA	PLAINTIFF - CIVIL		PEAKE, SANDRA J
GOHER, MOHAMMAD	DEFENDANT - CIVIL		TABANGAY, FELYCELESTIO E
IZFAR, SYED NAIYER	GUARDIAN AD LITEM		IZFAR, SYED NAIYER
DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE, HARRIS COUNTY	MEDIATOR

JUDGMENT/EVENTS
Date	Description	Order Signed	Post Jdgm	Pgs	Attorney
9/8/2010	ANSWER GUARDIAN AD LITEM			0	IZFAR, SYED NAIYER
7/6/2010	ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION SIGNED	7/6/2010		1
7/6/2010	ORDER SIGNED GRANTING REFERRAL TO MEDIATION	7/6/2010		1
3/19/2010	ORDER APPOINTING CONSERVATOR SIGNED	3/19/2010		18
3/19/2010	ORDER GRANTING VISITATION SIGNED	3/19/2010		18
3/10/2010	MASTER'S REPORT SIGNED	3/10/2010		1
3/9/2010	RULING MADE - HEARING COMPLETE			0
3/9/2010	BENCH HEARING ASSIGNED			0
3/9/2010	EVIDENCE PRESENTED (BENCH HEARING)			0
3/9/2010	ANSWER ORIGINAL PETITION			0	TABANGAY, FELYCELESTIO E
3/9/2010	ORDER APPOINTING AMICUS ATTORNEY GUARDIAN AD LITEM	3/9/2010		1
2/15/2010	ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT COURT SIGNED	2/15/2010		1
2/5/2010	TRANSFERRED TO HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT			0
2/5/2010	TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT			0
2/5/2010	ORDER SIGNED SETTING HEARING	2/5/2010		6
2/5/2010	ORIGINAL PETITION			0	PEAKE, SANDRA J
2/5/2010	ORDER SIGNED GRANTING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER	2/5/2010		6

SETTINGS
Date	Court	Post Jdgm	Docket Type	Reason	Results	Comments	Defendant
3/09/2010 09:00 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER	Tried
3/12/2010 09:00 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	ENTRY OF TEMPORARY ORDERS	Re-Set
3/19/2010 09:00 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	ENTRY OF TEMPORARY ORDERS	Granted
5/26/2010 09:00 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	SHOW CAUSE MOTION FOR	Re-Set
7/06/2010 09:00 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	SHOW CAUSE MOTION FOR	Passed	DRO
8/18/2010 09:00 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD	Passed - No Appearance
9/27/2010 09:00 AM	312		Family Trial Docket	Trial on Merits

SERVICE
Type	Status	Instrument	Person	Requested	Issued	Served	Returned	Received	Tracking	Deliver To
CITATION	SERVICE RETURN / EXECUTED	ORIGINAL PETITION	GOHER, MOHAMMAD	2/5/2010	2/10/2010	2/10/2010	2/17/2010	2/18/2010	81990963	CIV AGCY-CIVILIAN SERVICE AGENCY
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER	SERVICE RETURN / EXECUTED	ORIGINAL PETITION	GOHER, MOHAMMAD	2/5/2010	2/10/2010	2/10/2010	2/17/2010	2/18/2010	81990964	CIV AGCY-CIVILIAN SERVICE AGENCY

HCDistrictclerk.com	GOHER, MOHAMMAD SAJJAD vs. GOHER, NORMA MARTINEZ	9/19/2010
	Cause: 200924900	CDI: 7	Court: 312

APPEALS

No Appeals found.

COST STATMENTS

No Cost Statments found.

TRANSFERS

No Transfers found.

POST TRIAL WRITS

No Post Trial Writs found.

ABSTRACTS

No Abstracts found.

DOCUMENTS
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CASE DETAILS File Date 4/23/2009 Case (Cause) Location Records Center Floor 6 Case (Cause) Status Disposed (Final) Case (Cause) Type DIVORCE WITH CHILDREN Next/Last Setting Date N/A Judgment For ORDER OF NON-SUIT SIGNED Judgment Date 1/19/2010	COURT DETAILS Court 312th Address 1115 Congress (Floor: 2) Houston , TX 77002 Phone:7137556941 JudgeName A. ROBERT HINOJOSA Court Type Family

PARTIES
Name	Type	Post Jdgm	Attorney
GOHER, MOHAMMAD SAJJAD	PLAINTIFF - CIVIL		THIELE, LISA JEAN
GOHER, NORMA MARTINEZ	DEFENDANT - CIVIL

JUDGMENT/EVENTS
Date	Description	Order Signed	Post Jdgm	Pgs	Attorney
1/19/2010	ORDER OF NON-SUIT SIGNED	1/19/2010		1
1/19/2010	PLAINTIFF COSTS			0
6/22/2009	ANSWER ORIGINAL PETITION			0
4/30/2009	TRANSFERRED TO HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT			0
4/30/2009	ORDER TRANSFERRING CASE TO ANOTHER DISTRICT COURT SIGNED	4/30/2009		1
4/30/2009	TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT			0
4/23/2009	ORIGINAL PETITION			0	THIELE, LISA JEAN

SETTINGS
Date	Court	Post Jdgm	Docket Type	Reason	Results	Comments	Defendant
2/01/2010 09:00 AM	312		Family Trial Docket	Trial on Merits	Passed	NON SUIT

SERVICE
Type	Status	Instrument	Person	Requested	Issued	Served	Returned	Received	Tracking	Deliver To
CITATION(NON-RESIDENT)	SERVICE RETURN / EXECUTED	ORIGINAL PETITION	GOHER, NORMA MARTINEZ

HCDistrictclerk.com	GOHER, NORMA vs. GOHER, MOHAMMAD	9/19/2010
	Cause: 200629425	CDI: 7	Court: 312

APPEALS

No Appeals found.

COST STATMENTS

No Cost Statments found.

TRANSFERS

No Transfers found.

POST TRIAL WRITS

No Post Trial Writs found.

ABSTRACTS

No Abstracts found.

DOCUMENTS
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CASE DETAILS File Date 5/12/2006 Case (Cause) Location Records Center Floor 6 Case (Cause) Status Disposed (Final) Case (Cause) Type PROTECTIVE ORDER Next/Last Setting Date N/A Judgment For DEFAULT JUDGMENT SIGNED Judgment Date 5/24/2006	COURT DETAILS Court 312th Address 1115 Congress (Floor: 2) Houston , TX 77002 Phone:7137556941 JudgeName A. ROBERT HINOJOSA Court Type Family

PARTIES
Name	Type	Post Jdgm	Attorney
GOHER, NORMA	PLAINTIFF - CIVIL		DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, NON-SUPPORT
GOHER, MOHAMMAD	DEFENDANT - CIVIL

JUDGMENT/EVENTS
Date	Description	Order Signed	Post Jdgm	Pgs	Attorney
7/13/2006	C/C PROTECTIVE ORDER MAILED			0
7/12/2006	ORDER SIGNED DISSOLVING PROTECTIVE ORDER	7/12/2006		1
7/12/2006	MASTER'S REPORT SIGNED	7/12/2006		1
5/24/2006	DEFENDANT COSTS			0
5/24/2006	STENO FEE ASSESSED			0
5/24/2006	C/C PROTECTIVE ORDER MAILED			0
5/24/2006	DEFAULT JUDGMENT SIGNED	5/24/2006		4
5/16/2006	ORDER SIGNED GRANTING PROTECTIVE ORDER	5/16/2006		4
5/16/2006	C/C PROTECTIVE ORDER MAILED			0
5/16/2006	ORDER SIGNED SETTING PROTECTIVE HEARING	5/16/2006		4
5/12/2006	ORIGINAL PETITION			0	BARRON, ELIZABETH DIANNE

SETTINGS
Date	Court	Post Jdgm	Docket Type	Reason	Results	Comments	Defendant
5/24/2006 08:30 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	PROTECTIVE ORDER (FAMILY CASES)	Granted	DEF
7/05/2006 09:00 AM	312		Show Cause Docket (Family)	MOTION FOR ORAL HEARING	Granted

SERVICE
Type	Status	Instrument	Person	Requested	Issued	Served	Returned	Received	Tracking	Deliver To
TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDER	SERVICE RETURN / EXECUTED	TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDER	GOHER, MOHAMMAD	5/12/2006	5/17/2006	5/18/2006	5/18/2006	5/23/2006	81601832	CONSTABLE PCT 1

201007759 - 7 Active - Civil	GOHER, NORMA  vs. GOHER, MOHAMMAD	2/5/2010	312	Family	DIVORCE W / CHILDREN
200924900 - 7 Disposed (Final)	GOHER, MOHAMMAD SAJJAD vs. GOHER, NORMA MARTINEZ	4/23/2009	312	Family	DIVORCE W / CHILDREN
200629425 - 7 Disposed (Final)	GOHER, NORMA  vs. GOHER, MOHAMMAD	5/12/2006	312	Family	PROTECTIVE ORDER