Honorable Ariel Belen, Aug 8. 07 letter, 10/27 update, Taub case
Honorable Ariel Belen
Kings County Chief Administrative Judge
360 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
(I, Susan Titus Glascoff, have no self interest, attended most hearings, studied
transcripts, etc., & am Cambridge Who’s Who’s professional of the year for
advocacy – attached credentials were sent with this letter Aug. 8, 2007)
Dear Judge Belen:
Manipulation of the law has been occurring since the inception of the divorce case of Chana Taub v Simon Taub, index 18748/05, Kings County. Data here will be of recent events, with some background for clarification. 8/05 Judge Sarah Krauss ordered wall be built in middle of home, but gave CT Order of Protection & said shouldn’t live together, said each control own utilities , & not interfere with other via surveillance, etc. Appeals Court upheld wall. Once built, all Krauss’ orders were violated, ignored by Judge Carolyn Demarest. Judge D. accepted 2005 joint tax return not signed by CT, would not let jury hear of some “wall” violations, or fact ST had 3 federal fraud convictions, or ST used then, before & during trial, &ongoing, dubious medical excuses, or testimony of expert DV witness, Dr. Evan Stark, re long interviews noting CT victim of DV. Case filed on grounds of Cruel & Inhuman Treatment!
All judges ignored multiple financial affidavits of CT. Also, no child support. Mortgage not covered by maintenance. Ignored- ST saying couldn’t pay more (NOW denying owning of several properties- illegal conveyances); $500,000 cash was in safe-hmm….. Judge D. refused CT atty’s request to overturn jury finding no grounds for divorce, even though 4 kids testified re abuse. ETC! July hearing-Judge D. ignored violation of her orders that ST get home out of foreclosure & allow CT collect rent from her own 2 properties. Note- a lengthy 3/7/07 mtg. with Judge Pfau & several letters with data yielded little. CT’s atty wants off case-no $.
1) 7/20/07- JHO Margaret Cammer- request by CT to maintain Order of Protection
-granted, rest status quo till 9/28 since ST’s atty said during 3 hr wait settlement was discussed & would get proposal to CT’s atty by 2 wks. CT’s atty agreed (since “hall deal” seemed to seriously suggest CT get home, her rental property, trade another).
-JHO -”Our last hearing, 7/13, I heard a very distressed daughter testify. This case has been more about property than children.” HOWEVER, since daughter testified father said to her he’d have mother get into fatal car accident, but she was confused about dates, JHO had ordered entire testimony stricken. (Note-side case since divorce filing where CT was framed re trying to supposedly kill cohort of ST
- nothing happened to ST or cohort even though it was proven CT in court AT time!)
2) Since above, MORE of past tactics - total lack of good faith, lying to Court, harassing & frightening CT, etc. Tending all has become her job! CT
- new order of protection at end of trial- ST bloodied her eye. Court ignored his surveillance system of CT, control of utilities including deliberate tampering
- lengthy toilet backup, little heat or AC, broken pipes causing flooding……Many excuses, constant stream of motions to delay (pre &post trial).
When ST’s atty told JHO trying to settle, NEWmotions were in process demanding ST could knock down wall, etc., another motion suing CT for $5M for demanding divorce by falsely accusing him of abuse, etc. New subpoena to CT. Bogus settlement proposal implying ST
has no properties; seeks CT’s! There’s no resemblance to why JHO Cammer allow ed delay!
10/27 update NOT in letter-Atty. R is off case. After denying him payment for 1yr, Judge Demarest just allowed him to put lien on CT, not ST . Judge D continues to allow Simon Taub to violate her orders & have multiple distracting side suits. She should allow emergency contempt re foreclosure of marital home & postpone rest so new atty. can prepare. Chana Taub needs an unbiased judge & has Constitutional right to due process? Isn't justice supposed to be end goal of law??
I found this video about this on YouTube. If you need the link contact me. It is best to include it to this blog
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I do need the link, and don't know how tom include that in the blog. Could you please send link and also how to include it? I am not very computer savvy as they didn't begin common use till well after I graduated from college, and I was never involved with it in any business arena. I haven't had time to update my blog, but would like to say the legal situation in Brooklyn, esp. re Taub case (Now ongoing 5 1/2 yrs, last 2 1/2 including bankruptcy by wife with home in foreclosure- vs court orders but ignored by him and by courts & ditto scads orders- & 2 small rental properties also since husband allowed to take them over once wife filed for divorce. Bankruptcies & foreclosures cost ALL society as does the mere operation of the courts so abuse costs taxpayers lots. Husband is acknowledged BY the courts to be worth at least $40+M- just latter fact enough for anyone to say something is very wrong. Wife just filed RICO- fed. racketeering- against not only her husband, but his lawyers, some judges, DA's office, bldg dept- & note even NYT summer 2009 reported MOB involved in all NYC boroughs, police dept, etc, and in my opinion she is RIGHT ON as I continue to often attend the various court sessions. But of course the Powers-That-Be are in process of getting it dismissed, even though I have been interviewed by high investigative sources at THEIR request, and I'm in Who's Who of America & 5 others due to over 40 yrs of public advocacy, and I have masters in math and advocacy, was married 23 yrs to high-powered atty. have been remarried 18 yrs, have 3 sons & 2 stepsons, etc).
Above commentary re legal abuse is BY NO MEANS just about Taub case or Brooklyn, NY or topic of divorce. A few examples.- official study from 1996-2006 reported that in 29 states re just their 843 fed. judges and thousands of filed complaints, NOT ONE got sanctioned! CA sanctioned one lightly and hence didn't make the list, and no state sanctioned more than a tiny few, and usually a mere slap on the wrist. An Illinois newspaper reported about a yr ago- "We import lawsuits & export jobs." A FL paper said one in ten small businesses actually go out of business due to legal abuse. W. VA just bragged that they dropped to #3 on judicial hellhole list. I ask- why should anywhere in the U.S. be allowed to sink to level of the official term of judicial hellhole? Good lawyers & judges are appalled and their effectiveness is compromised by our not making our legal system more transparent and accountable- it has indeed become about who can win, not fairness and affects every aspect of society ( a lawyer - Philip K. Howard- gathered official statistics into a book that estimate that health care costs are about 30% higher than they should be due to fear of suit, actual suits, etc). A mothers' day march in front of White Houise last spring got CNN to report that a low estimate of 58,000 kids are in abusive custody awarded by the courts- outrageous and surely doesn't tend to turn out model citizens. Of course that report received scant coverage and indeed nothing much has changed, including re any meaningful sanctions re abusive priests, rabbis, etc, which of coursed tarnishes the good ones, too, to some extent, as well as many people's faith in organized religions. ETC. Legal shenanigans promote and protect outrageous compensation, too. U.S. 2000 census reported divorced women's lifewtyle drops an ave. 43% relative to their exes'. I believe that may be subconscious reason why increasing numbers of women aren't marrying or are waiting tinto their 30s to insure being financially independent, and then waiting even longer to have kids which will indeed skew the balance of society. Keep in mind I only have sons and have long been remarried, so this is surely not an anti male comment, rather pro human- we need to dialogue re solutions.
In short I believe that failure to clean up our legal system increasingly depresses our entire GDP in countless interrelated ways. I continue to ask for national dialogue (no matter the legal topic, but including often outrageous and hard-to-verify hourly billing) & contests re constructive, compassionate ideas for solutions before we do too little too late. I repeat what is on my blog already- a quote from Thomas Jefferson- "The germ of the destruction of our nation is in the power of the judiciary." Reason he gave was lack of checks and balances. He soon also said only solution was to "inform the public discretion." Well it has been almost 200 yrs, and the power of compounding is alive and well and the fact that everything is interrelated (Butterfly Theory) is also, which I have emphasized on my blog already. The power of compounding BY DEFINITION slowly causes a base to be built which then seemingly suddenly begins to rise, and then soon skyrockets out of control. I maintain we are in the dangerous "rise phase." I like to use cliches since they have withstood the test of time. Please consider -1) Absolute power corrupts absolutely, 2) All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to do nothing, 3) None are so blind as those who will not see, 4) Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world as iindeed it is the only thing that ever has. A less well-known one from the Hopi Indians is- "When the grandmothers speak, the earth will heal." Well, I am a grandmother of five and have been doing public advocacy over 40 yrs. and there must be some good reasons why I am in the original free Who's Who in America, etc, etc I am also the Exec. Dir. of the Nat'l Advisory Bd. to the Nat'l Coaltion for Family Justice- a 501c3 since 1988, gender-neutral, non-partisan, and has been requested to assist in over 10,000 cases- primarily only when legal abuse has been reported. The Chairman of the Board is a male lawyer who is horrified re the level of court dysfunction. I have no self-interest other than I am scared for future of my kids and grandkids, BUT they share this planet with YOU and EVERYONE ELSE!!
Perhaps you might spread the above around on You Tube- PLEASE?!
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