Once your child turns 18 the restraining order should be null and void. By law you should be able to contact your daughter again. As for the other kids you must wait until they turn legal age stated in the restraining order, which I’m assuming is 18. I think you should be fine.

To clarify my above question. As Colorado allows custody payments to 19 yrs old, does this modification of custody order still apply with respect to our contact. Does our daughter have to be 19 before I can legally contact her. Child support is not an issue here. I want to know about regaining unfettered contact.

Thanx Brent. Yes, a DV conviction. What does it take/cost to reopen and challenge the conviction? My ex has a history as a cop caller and perjurer. The court and DA took my exes last complaint so seriously that I was allowed to walk out the door and leave the state after taking a misdemeanor DV plea. No classes, nothing. Just leave the state and stay away for awhile. Choo Choo. Meanwhile, I have lost some of my civil rights.

At the time of my last arrest, I was raising our children as a single parent and had just received a sec. 8 voucher. I had to use it within 60 days or so or I would lose it. I knew that I needed to make sure that my children would have at least one stable home. I stupidly accepted a plea so I would not lose my voucher. The conviction cost me my voucher anyways! Knowing what I do now I would have fought back against the crooks. Of course what little funds I had back then went into supporting my children, I was broke and unable to mount a proper legal defense. I had no counsel. None.

I had pointed out to the Courts, Cops, and DA many times that my ex is an admitted perjurer with a history of Cop calling, and that she also has a head injury from an auto wreck and gets confused, ,becomes angry, and then loses control of herself. . I cannot understand how the county could have prosecuted me without any thing other than her word. After all, She is on Record in our divorce case admitting to committing a Felony perjury by making a knowingly false statement on her original divorce filing documents Under The Advice of Her Counsel. This occurred in front of the divorce case judge. She used that perjured document to help her get a restraining order. She then temporarily stripped and devalued our business during the divorce. The judge then awarded our substantial assets to her. She continues to own them now.

I asked that divorce court judge to report my ex wifes lawyer’s conduct to the bar. My ex.admitted in open court and on the record that her lawyer knowingly discussed this lie with her and then instructed her to lie anyways when he prepared the divorce/restraining order documents that she then signed. He then submitted them to the court. I also caught her lawyer trying to swap financial records evidence with other different financial records. He said they somehow walked out of the courthouse with him over the weekend. The judge made him put them back I believe that the judge did not report any of this criminal conduct. I thought that she was required by the cannon of ethics to do just that. This perjured document started a long road of personal losses and problems, leading to the latest fraudulent DV prosecution and conviction. I had no means at that time to afford to get off their Choo Choo train.

During the latest arrest, I was the full time caregiver of our children and went to the courts for help. My Ex. had been contributing nothing to our children’s support, and failed to visit on time. I told her that this was unacceptable and that I would ask the court for help. She threatened to lie and have me arrested again if did so. I did so. She retaliated. Shortly afterwards, I was arrested again. I then lost all contact with my children even though I was their full time caregiver and there had never been any complaints as to my abilities as a parent made by anyone. The custody judge would not even listen to my witnesses. She said that she did not know why she should as I was leaving town. (I was forced to leave To avoid further False Arrests).

If I can reopen and win a DV jury trial, can I sue the blazes out of them for wrongful prosecution? My ex made many calls to police and there was never any sign of her having suffered any physical harm. I can also probably prove her many other perjuries. I do not believe that I can get a fair hearing in any Colorado court, nor do I believe that they will allow me to change my plea.

What will it take/cost to fix this? I believe that certain parties broke the law and violated my civil rights. I believe that I can show strong evidence of various frauds, some federal. Can I collect damages for all the wrong they did and for money they effectively stole? I am thinking of seeking remedy in the federal court for civil rights violations and possible RICO violations. It may be my only recourse. Ideas?

Bent, Thanx. One more thing. My ex. called the cops prior to our divorce. She punched me in the face and then called the cops. During her call, we both talked to the dispatcher. A few weeks later they charged me with mis. DV.

During her call to the police, the dispatcher asked to talk to me. I did so. I was calm and collected and explained that my ex. was acting out again.

This call was recorded and eventually turned over to my then defense attorney. The prosecutors office gave us a copy of this recorded evidence. The tape of the 911 call that they supplied to my counsel for my defense ended abruptly with my Exes conversation only. My portion of the conversation with the dispatcher was not on the tape of the call. There was an abrupt clicking noise and then the taped recording ended right before I spoke. I pointed this out to my then attorney. I instructed him to keep that tape as it appeared to have been Modified….Altered. He said that he could also hear the clicking noise at the end of that tape. He told me that the prosecuting attorney personally handed him the tape. He said that the PA’s prints were probably still on that tape. My attorney said he would keep that tape and not lose it. He then later told me that he had lost the tape! Needless to say I believe that this illegal arrest affected the original TRO. obtained by my Ex. through her counsel.

A check of the time length of the phone call connection should prove that the call lasted longer than the tape displayed. A simple questioning of the dispatcher could have resolved this. I was unable to get that information. I cannot get anything.

A DV arrest came weeks after the call. The arrest led to all the rest of the problems created. Just simple mistakes the lawyers made I guess. Or quite something else? Who would believe any of this? This is supposed to be a country of equal protection under the law.

I am not interested in causing any harm toward the mother of my children. Regardless of her actions, I fault the involved lawyers, prosecutors, and Judges. They should have known better. The Ex. could not have been able and should never have been able to do any of these things without their help. Needless to say my Ex. is probably very frightened, and them as well.

I am now out of the state. I know of no Colorado attorneys with the guts or the integrity to take these people on. DV is big business back there.

Can I take action in the Federal courts in my newly adopted state? This level of corruption seems insurmountable in Colorado. Although the various players involved have made this into a rather complex issue and many years have past, I believe that a violation of RICO can be successfully prosecuted against most all of them. I hold them all responsible for the damage that they have done to my family. They need to GO. Who has the power to work at this level? Is this a matter for a Grand Jury? Thanx.