Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

This is the English translation of one of the most honored prayers taken directly from the Bible. (Deuteronomy 6:4)

The line that follows:
You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Jesus confirmed that this law is meant for all humanity.

The King James Version (KJV) of Mark 12:29-30 reads:

Mark 12:29
“And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:”

Mark 12:30
“And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.”

My beloved son died. He was 30 years old. His life was tragic.

Dishonorable judges, most who identified as Christian or Jews, failed to hear. Meetings in court where people speak to the judge are called “hearings”. Hearing is more than having vibrations or sounds deciphered by one’s brain.

Hearing is with a heart and a mind, not just ears.

I filed for divorce against my son’s father, Tim Lynn. During our time together, Tim and I often argued about the courts. Tim said judges were tyrants who could order anything they wanted. I naively insisted that there were checks against misconduct, the appellate courts up to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Tim was apparently right.

Especially in the “family law” courts, the wild west of the legal system, judges are allowed to trample on the important right to a familial relationship.

My son was denied a relationship with his mother, me, from the time he was 13 until he was 18. There was no reason given. There was no reason. It’s in the best interest of the child, said minor’s counsel Ken Sherman of Carlson, De Klerk, Sherman and Rale and then E. Scott Clark. Because I said so, said Commissioner Alan Friedenthal.

I never abused drugs. I rarely used prescription drugs. I am a faithful Christian. I am well educated, have taken great care of my body and led others to practice healthful habits. I have no criminal record. Yet, Buddy and I were denied any contact for five years.

When we were reunited, Buddy had been using cannabis the entire time, basically. He was an alcoholic. He was taken out of high-school early and was not in college. His brilliant mind was wasted.

My sons told me about their treatment by their paternal family. Their cousins were abducted by their aunt, Crystal Lynn Strelioff, and hidden. There were threats of chopping my sons’ bodies up and distributing the parts in the hills of Castaic if they discussed their cousins.

My older son, who recovered from his drug abuse problem, was left to care for Buddy while their father stayed out late at night.

There were reports of physical abuse by Tim. One was prosecuted, but it took so long for my older son and I to convince law enforcement to take action, that the key witnesses could not be found. Tim was found not guilty.

When Buddy was 15 or 16 he met a sweet girl who lived in Beverly Hills. Each weekend, he would take three buses from Castaic to Beverly Hills and stay with his girlfriend and her mother. The mother, an heiress and drug addict, smoked weed with the kids. She was probably better than Tim and his girlfriends, but not mother of the year.

Buddy’s forced separation from me was not in his best interest.

Are you a victim of an abusive judge? Have you been stripped of your rights by the very ones who are paid (handsomely) to protect them? What can you do to try to turn things around?

Hopefully you find some words of wisdom in this blog. You are invited to share your story with me at bohemian_books@yahoo.com. If you have court documents you want to share with the world, send files to me and I may post them.

Remember that there are things you cannot change. And things you can.

You cannot make corrupt judges do the right thing. You can publicize their bad conduct. You can keep knocking.

You can be kind, loving and fierce.

Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

If you are a judge, remember Buddy.