LOMBARDI GET A NEW JOB YOUR UNFIT IN MY EYES
My Son recently went before Lombardi in family court. Who is this person, why are they in any position of power over custody ? I will be doing my research about this one. He was not allowed to talk, or say anything.
What kind of system is the Chester County Family Court putting on here???? I will be back after my research, these Masters, Judges, whatever they are have no clue, and they do not care about the kids, if they did they would let parents talk, our poor children count on these people deciding their future ????? In my opinion they have no clue and they need to get with it and not count this as a everyday humdrum job, ask questions, it may be your line of work and boring, but kids and families are suffering because of your ignorant decisions… Will be back, stay tuned.
submitted by chris of chester county
9 responses so far ↓
Anonymous // October 13, 2009 at 9:11 pm |
Hey Chris,
The person you speak of is a Master. The carry the same weight as a Judge in their given area. They can Order all sorts of things and since its their court room they can call the shots.
If you want the Court to speak to your child you have to advise the court by serving the child and provide notice to the other side.
The Court operates by a series of rules and you can find Chester County local rules online by visiting the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) web site.
If you don’t have an attorney (you really should have one) you need to bone up on the local rules and the areas related to family law in PA. Don’t make the mistake of getting pissy with the Hearing Master – you will not win points or custody of your child.
If you have been ordered to have a child custody evaluation read up on the posting on this blog. If Bruce E. Mapes was appointed – you should ask that a court reporter be present during the interview. He will butcher the truth beyond recognition. Mapes is not trustworthy. He is a Court whore who will make up a story that best serves the side who can give him more referrals.
Let us know if Mapes is involved there is some additional information you (and anyone else) need to know before working with this “professional”.
GM // November 5, 2009 at 9:03 am |
Hey Chris I share your concern.
This ‘Master’ refused to speak with my child (12). Both her and myself have a PFA against her father because he had attacked me in front of her and now she is scared to death.
Over this past summer, Lombardi forced my daughter to visit with her father (SUPERVISED thank God) But he still ended up hurting her leaving bruises on her that lasted a week.
CYF will not do anything because he did not break a bone and it wasn’t life threatening.
This sends a clear message to abusive parents out there that as long as you don’t break a bone or cause serious physical harm that it is OK to hurt your children.
The entire system needs overhauled… I am afraid, because my EX has the cash to fight and to get custody of my daughter, we are going to court soon and he has filed for full custody.
She is so afraid, that I think she will end up running away or hurting herself.
Anonymous // November 5, 2009 at 12:18 pm |
GM,
I am sorry to hear that you and your daughter are going through this. It sounds to me that you need to have an attorney working on our behalf. Cost may be a factor but it is really a priority that you have someone on your side.
A wise attorney once told me that it is not about the facts of the case, what would be a just outcome – its about the law. If you don’t know all of the twist and turns in the law for sure you will be taken advantage of.
It would appear to me that you have an opportunity to bring Mapes in to testify about the so called evaluation he performed on you – but you have to send him a subpenia to appear. You can also subpenia all of his records as part of the process. Once he is there you have the right to question the day lights out of him.
PLEASE OH PLEASE catch him in his lies while under oath and on the stand. We who have met with Bruce E. Mapes know is an ASS that will stoop to any means get more referrals from the Court.
If I can offer any assistance please contact me.
GM // November 5, 2009 at 1:31 pm |
He is on the witness list for the other party.. My atty says that Mapes is ‘Highly” respected by the courts in Chester County.
I cannot believe someone so controversial would be held in high regard, especially when it comes to our children.
Bruce Smith // January 19, 2010 at 2:02 pm |
gm,
I hope you haven’t gone to court but have your ears open and listen carfully. He will make statements for the party he represents that are not in his report: Take the time to ask follow up questions. Seems to favor the party PAYING him to testify, IMO
Bruce Smith // January 16, 2010 at 7:49 pm |
Dr. Mapes is a hack, he charges $1800 to do an evaluation then meets with people for an hour and a half, also he on Chester County payroll and turns out a report full of errors and even misspelled several words including having my child’s name wrong at least 3 times. Say my ex spouse “Tends to present herself in a more positive light” also says that she seemed to have more of a plan, sounds like a contradiction. When most people do a report and it has errors you tend not to put much weight into it. My advice: from the parent that was “open and candid”, devise a story to paint the other parent as unfit, make false allegations, get people to lie for you and lie (don’t worry even if you are caught under oath doesn’t matter it’s family court in Chester County PA). These masters are a joke one master recommended a co-parenting counselor who after I brought up many issues about my ex-spouses parenting short comings made ridiculous comments including the following; My ex-spouse told my then 5 year old to lie to me “That’s okay because we had not discuss travel plans” so have a 5 year old lie for the parent? Also my ex-spouse was “Allowed” to take my 5 year old around her 45 year old pot head brother in law, “why would you have a problem with that pot heads are non violent; it’s illegal but they are non-violent”
Anonymous // January 18, 2010 at 7:15 pm |
I reported Master Lombardi to a Judge about 5 years ago in a custody case because he allowed the mother(I was step mother in the case) to attack my husband and I at the time in the presence of the children and also sided with her after that as though he was afraid of her?? I believe he was reprimanded because when we went back in we were with a different mediater and I received dirty looks from that day on. Most recently I allowed him to make decisions in my support case(not knowing I could disgaree because clearly he has personal resentments toward me), I lost 11,000 in arrears and he caused my son to lose a signifigant amount of child support monthly…all because he can and not using the evidence I presented.
anonymous // March 12, 2010 at 2:07 pm |
The last 12 years of my life, as well as the rest of my sons life and mine as well have been AND WILL BE thouroughly FUCKED UP, because of that piece of shit lombardi. I am now living on my tiny sailboat and stealing to survive. I will have my vengence in this life or the next.
Anonymous // March 14, 2010 at 11:32 am |
You may not like Lombardi and I probably would be angry as well, BUT your comments are too over the top. I say this because your comments can be viewed as a threat against Lombardi. The last thing you want is to be picked up for making a threat against a judge or have to appear in his court again.
Be careful.