FACSIMIL cover sheet january 3, 2008 [11] eleven- pages Date of transmission RE: CASE NO. 96-D-217 ‘FORMAL REQUEST TO ‘SAFE VISIT’? FROM CLAUDINE DOMBROWSKI-[MOTHER] DATED 1-03-2008” (FILED FOR THE COURT RECORD) From: Claudine Dombrowski Fax: 888.330.2059 Phone: 785.845.3417 to: * Safe Visit: Topeka KS Fax: (785) 234-5466 * Clerk of the District Court [Please file on court record- Case. No. 96-D-217] Fax: (785) 291-4908 * Domestic Filings Fax: (785) 291-4911 Courtesy Copies: Clerk of the District Court, Govemor (grants), Dorthy Halley [executor of grants] Attomey Generals Office, Jacquie Spradling /KS Domestic Violence task Force}, Battered Women’s Justice Project, Sandy Bamett, Kansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault Dor fic Violence: Shawnee County District Attorneys Office’s, Battered Women’s Task Force, KOVA, Sen. Vicki Schmidt, Rep: Jim Morrison, S Derek Schmidt, Sen, Jan Pauls (Judiciary Cmtee JFamily Court Reform Coalition, StopFamilyViolence.org, Jackie Williams, Battered Mothers Custody Conferenee, Judge Johnson, Don Hoffman, Mary Jill senmeerenie An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody will see it. -Mahatma GandhiJanuary 3, 2008 To: Safe Visit Staff -Topeka KS [a Recipient of State and Federal Funding en re- [a]Child Access Visitation Center of the Federal HHS ‘fatherhood initiatives’ program which discriminates against mothers and victims of violence -Feb. 2006 discrimination suit Wade Horn and CRC] RE: Supervised Visitation- between Claudine Dombrowski, [a [14] fourteen year and recurring victim of domestic violence] and her daughter, Rikki Dombrowski. Visit scheduled for Jan.13, 2008, THIS IS A FORMAL REQUEST served on all relevant ‘parties’ that [mother‘victim] requests the rescheduling of her ‘supervised visitation’ with her now 13 year old daughter, scheduled from Jan 13, 2008 Sunday 4pm-5 pm; to any the week of January 14, 2008 This request comes as the ‘mother’ is a presenter at the Fifth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference in Albany, NY Jan. 11 thru 13, 2008, www Battered MothersCustedyConference.org The national conference joins mothers and top leak the methods used by abusers to obtain and maintain control over there victims of violence such as this mother and child’s own experience, via the misappropriations of funds from Federal and State funded agencies such as “Safe Visit” which is tantamount in maintaining further ‘control’ of a known, admitted and convicted ‘perpetrator’ of violence towards mother and child which continues to separate a vietim of domestic violence and her daughter going on [8] eight years for ‘zo reason’ other than to further the agendas of the abuser and those who continue to ‘profit’ from continued abuses through a “system” that was supposed to ‘protect’. Thave attached the schedule of the Fifth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference for your connivance. Claudine Dombrowski Ce: Clerk of the District Court, Governor [zrants}, Dorthy Halley [executor of grants] Attorney Generals Office, Jacquie Spradling [KS Domestic Violence task Force], Battered Women’s Iustice Project, Sandy Barnett; Kansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault Domestic Violence: Shawnee County District Attorneys Office’s, Battered Women’s Task Force, KOVA, Sen. Vicki Schmidt, Rep: Jim Morrison, Sen, Derek Schmidt, Sen. Jan Pauls [Judiciary Cmtee]Family Court Reform Coalition, StopFamilyViolence.org, Jackie Williams, Battered Mothers Custody Conference, Judge Johnson, Don Hoffman, Mary Jill Dykes-GAL.The Fifth Annual BATTERED WOMEN, ABUSED CHILDREN, and CHILD CUSTODY: nN A NATIONAL CRISIS V: Help, Hope, & Empowerment www. BatteredMothersCustodyConference. or: Fifth Annual Battered Mothers Custody Conference Battered Women, Abused Children, and Child Custody: A National Crisis... January | 1th-13th, 2008 Friday Evening through Sunday Evening Clarion Hotel and Conference CenterAlbany, New York Phone: 518-438-8431 Litigating Custody with Batterers: Information and Resources PBS 2005 Documentary, Breaking The Silence...Children's Stories 2008 Conference Announcement and General Information Conference Brochure and Mail-In Registration Online Registration Presenters hedule Become a Co-Sponsor, Advertiser, or Exhibitor "Children Taken By The Family Courts” Quilt Silent Auction About the Conference ‘The 2007 Conferen: 2007 Truth Commission Findings and Solutions “Help, Hope, and Empowerment” January 11th - 13th 2008 Friday Evening — Sunday Evening ‘The Albany Clarion Hotel and Conference Center Albany, New York ‘Visit www.batteredmotherscustodyeonference. For additional information, hotel reservations, and conference registration. Limited scholarships will be available to assist battered mothers to attend the conference. Come join with mothers, advocates, and professionals from across the nation to hear and dialogue with Wendy Murphy, Angela Shelton, Lundy Bancrofi, Toby Kleinman, Joan Zorza, Diane and Kristen Hofheimer, Nancy Erickson, Barry Goldstein, Robin Yeamans, Garland Waller, Seth Goldstein, Gert Stahly, Joy Silberg, Rita Henley-Jensen, Renee Beeker, Dianne Post, Marcia Pappas, Ben Atherton-Zeman, Wendy Titelman, and many others who are working to combat the legal injustices facing protective mothers in the nation's family/divorce courts. *The Conference includes presentations, round-table discussions, and question & answer sessions with nationally-distinguished professionals whose work is focused on resolv the complex issues facing battered women as they strive to protect themselves and thei children in and out of court during custody and visitation disputes? It is open to lay persons, and of special interest to advocates, social workers, psychologists, attomeys, judges, legal personnel, and others involved in the is battered women’s and abused children's legal and civil rights violations by DSS, and other ovement systems,SCHEDULE Registration: Friday, January 11", 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11", evening Opening Session with Angela Shelton and Lundy Bancroft 6:00 - 7:30 Angela Shelton 7:45 - 9:15 Lundy Bancroft Saturday, January 12" Morning Session 8:30 - 9:30 Opening Keynote Address: “And Justice for Some” Wendy Murphy, Esq. 9:30 - 10:15 Keynote Address II: Toby Kleinman, Esq. 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:15 DV LEAP Presentation: Elizabeth Liu, Esq. ‘Throughout the country, battered mothers and children have been subjected to unjust court processes that have violated their most basic due process rights and resulted in abusive fathers gaining custody of their children. Because the problems are so widespread, and state courts are failing to respond, DV LEAP and other leaders problem must be brought to the Supreme Court. In December, 2007 DV LEAP and George ‘Washington University Law School hosted a Symposium to bring together leading Supreme Court lawyers, with domestic violence and child custody experts from around the country. "The goal of the Symposium was to air the issues to the media and public, and to educate domestic violence lawyers and Supreme Court Litigators on means of increasing the chances of getting one of these the field have become convinced that this cases to the Supreme Court 11:15- 12:00 ABA Commission on DV: Rebecca Henry, Esq. Implementation of the ABA’s new Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking in Civil Protection Order Cases. Adopted by the American Bar Association House of Delegates in August 2007, these black letter Standards of Practice are intended to improve the quality of legal representation of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; to enable lawyers to effectively, ethically, and holistically represent victims in civil protection order ‘eases; and to raise awareness about the need for high-quality representation for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking in civil protection order cases. Our hope is that the Standards (and additional commentary) will be integrated into trainings for new and /or pro bono attorneys representing victims in protection order cases and provide guidance for organizations advocating for victims of domestic violence. ‘This session will provide an overview of the Standards and discuss ways to integrate them into representation of DV/SA/Stalking victims, To review an electronic version of the Standards, go to: http://www abanet.org/dom viol ‘doce /StandardsCommentary.pdf