A mother's journey through the CT Family Court system
This is a journal of my navigation though the Connecticut court system regarding custody of my son. It is a way to express my feelings and experiences as I attempt to make some semblance of order out of an extremely dysfunctional system. Until January of 2009 I had joint, shared custody of my son. What that means is; he spent 50% time with me and 50% time at his father’s house. In the spring of 2008 I was approached by someone from social services and a sheriff in my driveway. I was served papers from the sheriff claiming I had abused my son and a motion for sole custody was filed with the CT family courts. The social services representative was there to interview me about allegations of physical abuse. Let me go on record that I have never abused any of my children and these false allegations were made in order to facilitate my son’s father so he could gain the upper hand and do whatever he could to remove me from my ...