MY CONNECTICUT DCF HORROR STORY
Aimee Dutkiewicz

I am not proud to say that my most recent involvement with Ct DCF was not the first. IN March of 1991 my daughter Avonlea Autumn died of SIDS (Crib Death) My family including a psychotic nurse could not deal with this thing called SIDS and they called CPS on my husband and me. My sister who was the caller was a recent mental Health hospital Parolee. By the time this occurred I was newly pregnant with my third child. I subsequently due to the loss and stress of the events lost this baby (I refer to as “Micah”) I lost this baby at 17 weeks into the pregnancy.

I was in fact recovering from the miscarriage by just a day when CT DCF came a knocking. I found it interesting (well at the time I was angry) that the worker Mr. John Bodner did not take into count my miscarriage and severe traumatic blood loss the day before his surprise visit, he in fact put in his report that my home was unacceptably unkempt I cried for days over this. Especially after calling to inform family of the pregnancy loss I was told, “When you dance you have to pay the fiddler.” This was devastation compounded by loss.

In early Oct 1992 I was again pregnant with twins. In August I learned I had lost a triplet. I was convinced I would lose this pregnancy also. In fact DR. Suzanne Miller in Waterbury Ct told me to go home and ”Have a nice miscarriage.” 

I subsequently delivered viable twins on 11/1/92 at 26 weeks gestation; they were just over 1 pound apiece. —They will soon be 11 yrs old and are the most amazingly healthy kids I have ever seen. As a result of my once tenaciously foolish religious belief I was a Jehovah’s Witness at the time of the birth of the twins. Thus the JW belief of NO BLOOD Transfusions became an issue. ENTER DCF in my life. They took custody of the twins and the GAL and Judge King gave them the right to transfuse. THIS IS ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME… needless to say Judge King did not feel we were Medically Neglectful and ordered DCF out of our lives. 

The hospital UCONN MED CENTER FARMINGTON CT staff DID EVERYTHING they could to make us look bad. One nurse Sherry told me “you had to do SOMETHING wrong to lose a baby to SIDS—I think it is a sign of a bad parent!!!” THEY CONSTANTLY added unnecessary stress to our already stressful lives.

I then began my campaign against CT DCF. This resulted in many days of sitting in on “then” open court hearings for accused families. I was on the news and in 1994 went face to face with then Commissioner Linda Rossi. I told her “someday somehow I WILL take this agency down and make changes to help families.” Of course she sniggered at this. At the same time I was very much afraid of the “Cloak and Dagger” style approach by DCF. I aided other families with DCF cases and had a DCF MOLE try to set me up for neglect charges in 1995. OHHHH IF I EVER SEE THIS WOMAN AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

In 2001 a teacher at my son’s school acting on the word of the word of the word of another student called DCF on us because my oldest son then 11 told this friend his dad would “kill him” for getting suspended. The caseworker entered our home without permission and was subsequently removed by Bristol Ct Police when I requested her to leave and she refused. She later showed up at the school threatening Police interference and finally we came to agreement and the case was closed. However her notes (yes I have copy) requested to see “Closed” SO CALLED Expunged Records! Shelley Clarke and Val Jackson each did this—oh oh what about CAPTA Expungement Rules.

When CPS comes into your life and the case gets closed. Under the rules for CAPTA Funding all unsubstantiated and or unfounded cases are to be expunged. Yet I have a fax sheet where in Case Workers hand she writes “CLOSED FILE REQUESTED” 

During al this time on and off I was involved with a local therapist. I had found her in the phone book and on and off used her services (with the exception of 8/95 thru 1/2001- during this time I lived out of state and was not in need of her services.

The real events that lead to today began in late 1/2002. I asked REPEATEDLY for this Therapist Bonnie Maskery of Rainbow In A Tear Workshops for her to write a letter to my Insurance Co. so I could get reimbursement for her service charges. She was charging me $50 per hour others she charged $80. She led me around the garden and back over this. Then at one point she insisted my oldest son needed to go to a mental hospital. But she refused ANY involvement knowing that she would be exposed for the QUACK she was. 

She then went on to share details of her private counseling sessions with my neighbor; she did this in the presence of my then 12 yr old son. My son promptly went to the family and told what he knew; this earned him a fat lip and a black eye. At that time I told BONNIE MASKERY of RAINBOW IN A TEAR WORKSHOPS that what she did was unethical and I was going to go to the State DPH and complain. She told me if I did she would call DCF and she knew what to say to them to get my kids taken away. I WAS DEVASTATED AND FRIGHTENED so I backed down. My son told her again I was going to the state and she told him she would beat me to it and they would believe her over me. She informed and or threatened that she would use my vulnerability, fear and past CPS experiences against me.

In March of 2002 it was the anniversary of my daughters death and again I had issues to grapple with. Well on the 25th of March my mother’s mom died “Grandma Lulie had been the “glue that held us together so to speak. On the heels of this anniversary I was devastated and so very worried about my mother as she had an unstable Psych history. Also over the last two years I had begun to break from the Jehovah Witness religion over Pedophilia issues. This is another book in my sordid life, if anyone is interested PLEASE look up www.silentlambs.org 

I had begun to experiment with other religions and had landed comfortably into “Wicca” I had become reacquainted with a long lost friend who was Wiccan and was absolutely fascinated. IN Late March of 2002 Bonnie informed me she would tell my family namely my husband of my recent “dabbling” if I failed to give up the licensure pursuit. I ignored her threats. Well on April 5th I came home from work to find her in my home and she had opened a hornets nest by revealing to my husband the nature of my religious exploration.

She had in fact prior to this time encouraged she and me even herself borrowed my books from me claiming interest. She claimed to have grown up in Mass near Salem and to of known Lori Cabot and “The Black Doves” Personally. (Lori Cabot is Salem’s resident Witch and a well-known author) She also had intimated to him my “supposed” “alleged infidelity” I have been married to Tom for close to 19 yrs as I write this and NEVER EVER EVER ONCE was there even a thought of another, yet in one fell swoop Bonnie convinced Tom of my religious digression and unfaithfulness. 

Bonnie frequently encouraged me to have an affaire. She said doing so did WONDERS to spice up her own marriage. FOR MONTHS after this was all over I did not share my husbands bed and to this day our intimacy is severely damaged by the allegations made by Bonnie, I have no desire for my husband and I am certain of his revulsion of me, yet we remain together trying to cling to our own “TITANIC Wreckage” 

The day Bonnie came to the house was the final and true end to a relationship that I now in retrospect realize was so beyond sick and depraved that the shame makes me want to bury my head in ice for the heat of it. She in fact masterminded my as she called it “unhealthy relationship” break with my husband Tom’s mother. She did this as a manipulation mode. 

I told Bonnie she had to leave that I was cutting off contact with her, she would NOT be paid for her last visit and that I was going to the State of Ct DPH on her, at this point as we were leaving the house she got in my face and told me AGAIN “I will call DCF on you and I know just what to say to get your kids taken from you.” Well I didn’t believe her and April 5th 2002 began my lonely sabbatical of sleeping celibate on the couch, as Bonnie told my husband things about me I was not ready to reveal along with the information on my neighbor, she also contacted my mother in law and sister in law to find out info about me and she divulged ALL the PRECIOUS information I had JUDICIOUSLY KEPT from these WHORE MONGERING DESTRUCTIVE INLAWS for several years. SO IN ONE FELL SWOOP SHE TORE ME OPEN CAROTID ARTERY TO PELVIC REGION AND I WAS LAID BARE TO THE VULTURES OF LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!! As So much Carrion.

Well it only got worse. As stated my Grandma Lulie died and we were facing a funeral. We all double dreaded this as her husband’s death in 1986 was pure hell and the division between the families was so very bad then. I worried over my own mother’s mental health. 

As more than half the family was ridiculously devote JW and the rest Eclectic .I was just recovering from female related surgical problems. Less than a year before we lost a cousin to tragic blood clot embolus death and our cousin a former JW now a “Shunned one was suffering from breast cancer. It was a really really hard time.

I was working two jobs about 75hrs a week, not happy in my marriage and it had just been another anniversary of my daughters death---- SO Bonnie timed her report to DCF in a very appropriate emotional set of circumstances. The eve of Grandma’s funeral I came home to find the very unpleasantly FAT DCF worker Valerie Jackson sitting on my couch. 

This was the first time EVER it was revealed to me that Tom knew I was dabbling with WICCA. 

So here I was with food trays in my car, trying to plan a funeral, work 75 hours a week, I was at this time STILL managing to get in hiking, swimming, regular bike rides and reading to my children. Be a good attentive mom; deal with my own grief and loss, my family’s loss, my household chores, the care of six parrots a dog a cat and four other family members. 

My work related activities were in the Fitness Industry I had multiple clients to do Fitness exercise and nutrition evaluations on and I had three or four aerobics classes a week to choreograph, implement and deal with, one of which was a Senior Citizen class of 30 members, all needing personal attention due to health issues. I was constantly monitored on my performance and required to get in regular CEU’s at my own expense on a yearly basis.

AND GUESS WHAT FOLKS I HELD IT TOGETHER---- I SURVIVED IT AND MORE—Today I wonder WHY????? Today I wonder did I make a difference. 

I NEVER lost my kids thankfully---- If it were not for our filing of a 42 USC 1983 Color of Law suit I would indeed be in a rubber room. Which before I forget the person who reported me= Bonnie Maskery SHE ENDED UP LOCKED UP IN PSYCH!!!! YES SHE DID. They locked her up for several months and STILL YES I AWAIT DCF’s Decision to Adjudicate ME YES ME NEGLECTFUL as a parent!

Worse yet when they let her out she came a stalking and I had to get the Police involved again AND I called her Psych MD and left a message that I will hold him accountable if she does anything.

So I came home the night of April 12th to find this COW on my couch and she had the temerity to suggest that I as a parent was deficient because of my religious choices. She in fact stood there fingering a religious necklace and saying “I’m A Christian” Honest I told her just because I am Wiccan does NOT mean I am going to whip out my wand and levitate her FAT ASS off my couch!!” 

Believe me I wanted to but the law of three and the rule of 10 was too great a deterrent for such rash witchery. I did send her packing though after numerous threats and suggestions on both our parts. She in fact muscled me into signing the consent to seek info from schools and Doctors—a DCF-2131 --- I later rescinded her right of access. Based on the written statement on the 2131 giving right of access for 180 days after the signing unless a rescind order is sent to the party releasing information. I only agreed because she told me if I DID NOT Sign she would take my children from me then and there. 

I pointed out she failed to follow her own policy and she insisted she did not have to do ANYTHING I told her. I subsequently informed her verbally and in writing that she could not make further contact with us. I was so devastated by all of this. The day of Grandma’s Funeral I did not go to the service but instead decided to stay in Ct to oversee the plans for the service and memorial dinner. 

WELL low and behold due to someone’s infinite SCREW UP we DID NOT have a place to meet and serve the food and hold after graveyard service for over 250 people. WEEELLLL with some quick arranging the town gave us permit to meet at a local park (mind you folks grandma was being buried with hubby in Killingworth Ct- the very place they met and married) IN FACT the Park we went to for our gathering was one of the places they had been to during their courting days—OH WAS GRANDMA EVER THERE – we ALL of the believing minds KNOW she was with us in spirit. 

As we served the meal the “peepers” in the nearby pond broke into song and a giggling breeze played havoc with our paper products in the pavilion. The town Fathers were so saddened by the rental mix up they not only turned on the pavilion power they gave us use of extension cords to heat the coffee and keep the food warm. Just as the peepers began to sing I distinctly remember grandma Lulie saying “SHHHH listen to the peepers sing.”

During the many long walks she took us on near and around her home in Ct. Oh Grandma Lulie got her way that day in death just as she did in life. AND ME--- I acted my part flawlessly even though CT DCF had been in my home the night before until well after nine the previous night. 

Also at this time my nephew was having stepparent problems and her first husband with DCF involvement was taking him from his mother and the Minister set to give the Service talk had rolled his van and ended up in a body cast. 

The investigator was infatuated with the fact that my home was NOT as clean and neat and wonderful as it might have been despite I was organizing a funeral service, dinner, balancing life in general, and trying to work a job in Fitness and Catering--- and still I had my own grief to manage… 

Today I am a very angry and bitter person for what these events brought to my table. Despite my schedule I managed one on one time with each of my kids (3) AND still did “Family” activities like hiking and swimming… OH GOD I AM SUCH A BAD BAD BAD PARENT!

Here follows my break down of events-

4/5/02 Bonnie makes her third threat to me to try and deter me from calling The Public health Licensure Dept. I put her out of the house then and there with strong warning to stay away from now on. She wanted me to come to her office and I said, “No way I’m done everyone wants a piece of me.” I did not know at this time that she had revealed information to my husband AND went to my Mother in law and Sis in Law revealing confidences.

4/12/02 Bonnie calls DCF (I did not find out it was her until sometime in August when I got the records from DCF) I suspected her though from the get go. I came home to find Valerie Jackson in my house. She had coerced entry by telling my husband she HAD to come in and if he didn’t let her she would involve the Police. So he did so under great duress. 

It was revealed to me in the interview that I was suspect for the practice of Wicca, in which Bonnie intimated I was doing Black Magic and using drugs in the process of my religious practices. 

So Ms. Jackson coerced me into signing the DCF-2131 right to access records. She kept her hand over the place that stated how to rescind access. She also told me if I refused to sign my kids were as good as gone, my son walked into the room as she was saying this and she growled through gritted teeth for him to leave (you see being 14 at the time he would be old enough to testify against her for what she was doing)

Now kids can’t testify in JV court but since we are suing we can put him on the stand if we wish to. During her interview with the children Ms. Jackson constantly coached and suggested ideas then she referred to a bruise on my daughters arm. She fills out an assessment form as if she did a physical inspection of Mandy. When in fact she sat 15 feet across the room and never got closer to Mandy then that. Also prior to interviewing the kids I said I wanted a non-partial party like a neighbor to sit for the interview she flat out refused and intimated stuff like that would cause me to lose my kids. I quote she stated “NO I’M NOT GONNA DO THAT.” THIS IS IN THEIR OWN POLICY BOOK. IT IS REQUIRED UNLESS CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EXIGENT!

A. Caller diagnosed mother as danger to herself (Bonnie was not qualified to make a diagnosis of fleas on a bums backside- some months later she herself ended up in a Mental Hospital- WHAT DOES THAT SAY!!!!)

B. Ben is said to be alone all day long for home schooling- his father was home during the day working nights and he went to work with me two out of four days a week and worked out in the gym while I taught classes. 

C. She states mother says words caller can’t even pronounce—Obviously if this is the case her education is more severely limited than I first thought

D. I was allowing Ben to drive the car—I let Ben drive in parking lots after checking with Police on the laws.

E. Bonnie stated that dad had to stay home from work because I didn’t show up from work. I got home around 5 that night and it just so happened that was my husbands night off from work he drove nights Sunday-Thursday. How could I have not shown up DCF worker interviewed me?

F. She says Garth talks about death all the time—My son Garth is into Egypt and Mayan stuff. He loves mummies and stuff. How does this translate to talking about death all the time?

G. She also states that the children are forced to cook for themselves because I lock myself in my bedroom- Garth is visually impaired and cannot do things by himself without constant supervision. Ben will make food for himself and sometimes snacks for the others.

H. She states that dad is afraid of me so he is sleep deprived—even if this had remote truth to it I worked days he worked nights. I left at 8asm he got home at 7am I returned at 5pm he left at 6pm. how can she claim that he is afraid to sleep.

I. She then states because I am Wiccan and consider myself a Witch that I am delusional and need to be out of the home and in-patient. WHOA Pot calling Kettle Black here.

4/15/02 I wrote a letter to Ms. Jackson asking for copies of paperwork as is required in the CT DCF Policy. I also informed her that litigation would be pursued. I live in daily terror that my children will be taken from me. The kids understand their right to not talk to anyone and the schools have been notified that they are to call us and NO ONE interviews the kids without us there. But still I am fearful, if they are a minute late from school I PANIC!!!!! DCF Policy 34-6 DCF shall request “Police Assistance” Investigator shall request Police Assistance to enter home when access is denied. WRONG WRONG WRONG see Kohler Family v. Hudson DYFS and the recent rulings in Calebretta v Floyd.

4/16/02 Ms. Jackson makes contact with my MD who had prescribed Prozac to me. He told her it was for Seasonal Affective/ PMDD. She told him he was not qualified to make that determination, AND SHE WENT TO WHAT MED SCHOOL HERSELF?

Also if he did not give her what she wanted she would turn him into the medical Board for improper prescribing habits. As a result of what SHE told him he called me suggesting a Psych eval and gave me a name. She (Jackson) went and documented that I had been told by him to see this person and failed to comply and also kept canceling my appointments with this MD therefore being a source of concern that I was being treated correctly. 

Folks this guy was my Gynecologist and up until this time. We had an extraordinarily warm relationship. As a result of this situation I no longer see him and I also lost my bid to be a Fitness Provider to the group this MD had his practice with. I had in my plans at that time to teach a “Perinatal Fitness” and “Breast Cancer Recovery” program. As a result of the shadow if this investigation and the outright GROSS lies Ms. Jackson told my MD, I was quickly shunted out of the running on this program.

It was devastating, as the financial gains would have greatly benefited my family. 

Jackson also speaks to Elementary School Principal Anne Jellison and she states She believes my oldest is special education and should not be home schooled, that she believes Garth to be ADHD and that she also feels that both dad and I have mental Health issues because we raise parrots, and take them out for walks. She also states she wants the case to remain open on us because several years before I retaliated on her by writing a letter to the paper about her and she wants to see me punished. Jellison believed that I would never see this information so she felt free to slander me. I later got the documents and thus she too is being sued.

4/20/02 DCF has in their file that my daughter Mandy received a head Lac from pet bird on 4/22/98. NOTE we did not get our first pet bird until 6/98. Which means in order for her to be bit on 4/22/98 this bird would have to of bitten her prior to hatching from the egg—go figure!!!! Our pet bird Spartacus bites my daughter causing her to need sutures. I took her right to the hospital. The ER Staff didn’t feel this was a cause to call DCF. However when returned to school Principal Jellison ORDERED Nurse Lill Rich to call DCF and report as if this was an issue of abuse. Bird’s bite, cats scratch DUH!!! 

Well DCF didn’t take this as an appropriate report as it did not meet their ROSW score of abuse/neglect. I got a copy of this document some months later and showed it to Lill Rich. I have detested that woman since the day I cornered her just before Xmas and she denied making the report and I put the report copy on her desk with her name on it. I told her DON’T EVER LIE TO ME AGAIN—have a nice Christmas and I walked out. I contacted the treating ER Physician about this report and he was very upset with the nurse for doing this. But then he pointed out they have to protect their backsides. Why because they could be sued—so bad faith reports go unpunished all the time. We tried to prosecute Bonnie. We are still trying now on this issue.

4/23/02 Bonnie Maskery shows up at my house and is very erratic. I sent my son (yes a young person but a big boy stronger than me) out to meet her to tell her to go away. She slaps him around in the driveway and shoves past him. This is after she backs her car into the driveway butting it against mine so I have no means of escape from her. She proceeded to fight with my son for access to the house. In the process she broke my door, a stair kick plate and my precious hand built dollhouse. Along with the doll house she banged into she caused several furnishings to fall and shatter (many of these I had collected from my own childhood) She made her way into the house I tried to get away and go into a back room. She followed me forced the door over my foot she kept trying to grab me and I was shouting NO go away leave this house now. I told my son to get to the basement phone and call 911. Bonnie turned around and went after him shoving and hitting him to get the cordless phone away from him she then shoved him into the basement door area and almost down the stairs. And held the door closed thinking she had the phone I told him to get. All I could do was pray he would go out the basement exit or use the phone downstairs. He did neither but came back after her again and I had to break up a fisticuffs between them. All in all Bonnie lowered the boom by saying “If I turned her in to DPH as I had promised and if I didn’t do exactly as she wanted she would be calling DCF again and my kids would be gone FOREVER by the next day. It took over two hours playing Devil’s Advocate to get her to leave. As she left she called my husband on her cell ordering him to contact the police because I was Psychotic. I learned later that she herself went and checked into a hospital the next day (I wonder still was it the mental hospital)

4/24/02 Bonnie contacts DCF again but still fails to give them written documentation as is required IN 24 HOURS AFTER INITIAL CALL—THIS IS A LOT LONGER. I found this out from the DPH notes in which she states she called because she wanted my kids taken from me. I STRONGLY suspect she was offered money or a kick back to so cruelly pursue us.

4/29/02 case is reassigned to a Felix Fernandez. However this person makes no contact with us and to date never has. In case Risk Assessment file it states THERE ARE NO CURRENT DV OR Substance Abuse Concerns with this family and there are no criminal records on either of us. So why do we go to court with petition saying DV and SA issues. To date they REFUSE to give over documents on this.

Ct law is such that Bonnie Maskery was supposed to, as she was at the time “alleged to be” a Mandated Reporter, make her report in writing to DCF. As of 5/02/02 no report forthcoming from Bonnie. Direct violation of the law and DCF Policy. DCF workers Jackson, Hudson, Johnson and Hart pursued her relentlessly.

5/3/02 I supposedly received a letter from DCF in which Ms. Jackson scheduled me for a Drug eval. I never received this one 

5/9/02 I get a letter about ABH eval a few days after speaking with Ms. Jackson. At the time of the conversation she treated me like a village idiot and talked down to me so much so that when she asked if I remembered her visit I told her “how could I forget my couch still had the imprint from her fat ass. I also told her to get some exercise she really needed it bad.” DCF Policy 35-3-5.1 is the policy to look up here. I told Ms. Jackson all communications with me are to be written and sent certified. She said she didn’t have to do that.

5/14/02 I called the Ombudsman Rose Canneto. I told her no one from DCF is EVER to come to my house from DCF again without a warrant. (I have an email from her to a Supervisor I will refer to later on) Ms. Jackson calls me to arrange for a home visit with her Supervisor. I refused verbally and told her I would not go for the ABH. I also warned her “No Warrant No Way.”

5/18/02 I write another letter to Ms. Jackson about case closure based on the 30 day Policy requirements and also that I did not get my records. No response, I later learn she is on leave.

5/19/02 a meeting with the AAG’s Office and they subsequently decide to defy Policy and Ct Statute 17a 101 on letters from Mandated reporters. In fact this piece was redacted however in later documents supplied to me by the Attorney Barbara Claire I was able to read what had been redacted. The Attorney Don Shevchuk and the PD decided they would wait to get a letter from Bonnie before proceeding. I in turn soon after get a letter from this PD Lisa Sedlock Ryder stating that it is MY LACK OF Cooperation that is keeping the case from closing and in fact causing them to not meet the mandatory requirements. Of course it didn’t have anything to do with the fact that the nut job Bonnie hadn’t given them what they needed and I was preventing DCF any further access to “FISH AROUND

5/20/02 I write another letter to Ms. Jackson outlining all her DCF policy violations and notifying her of the 42 USC 1983 Civil Rights violations she has committed. I explained that the signing of the 2131 was done under Duress. I pointed out her questioning me on involving my children in my religious practices was a violation of my rights and their rights. In fact to make RELIGION an “Issue of Risk” rather than a simple portion of the case notes in of itself is a violation. 

5/22/02 I wrote a letter to the Clinic that was supposed to perform the evaluation on me informing them of their participation being a violation of civil rights.

6/5/02 Bonnie finally writes her letter. In it she makes all kinds of exaggerated statements. (I got the letter in August from my Attorney) Mind you DCF was pursuing her on an almost daily basis to get this letter since her report on 4/12. In this letter she makes diagnosis that I later learned she was not qualified to make. Mind you this woman advertised her services in the LICENSED section of the phone book. I NEVER had reason to question her until the unethical behaviors came out in 1/2002. She states we failed to follow through with Mandated procedures Ct Statute 6172.3 (10-184, 10-15c, 10-220) Acceptance of LEA must complete a DCF-136 form. As to the curriculum for home schooling (uh duh we filed our letters and I offered my books and my sons work openly for examination should they want it) She also states that Ben was unable to pass his Ct Mastery test UH DUH he took the Mastery Test TWO MONTHS BEFORE CT DCF Policy 33-7-7) I began to home school him!!!!!!!!! She states that my pet birds are a health hazard—when did she add AVIAN SPECIALIST to her long list of made up qualifications Like Holistic Wellness Technician (folks when she filed her small claims response she couldn’t even spell technician- she spelled it techntion- and she states I say words she can’t pronounce WOW I wonder why??? I figure if she uses random titles like DCHc I can classify myself as a C/PITAc (Certified Pain In The ASS Candidate)

She describes ME as having NO BOUNDARIES-folks this is a woman who suffered breast cancer and recurrent bouts of cancer and had well over 5 car accidents related to lighting of cigarettes and SHE SMOKES LIKE A SMOKESTACK despite the health risks! AND I HAVE NO BOUNDARIES?  She describes the kids as having poor nutrition calling the kids fat. I had the Body Mass Index done GUESS WHAT they are not fat! When was she even around to see what they eat and as far as I know she never asked them about food. But she can eat fast food every time I saw her outside her home and office.

6/11/02 DCF responds to Bonnie’s letter with a form DCF-2122 Letter To Mandated Reporter. When I finally received this letter in late August (mind you I suspected her but had no proof yet) DCF in their infinite wisdom had redacted her name and address but left the “Dear Ms. Maskery” in the header (AH HA PROOF)

6/13/02 case is transferred to Nana Kyi Johnson. I wrote her a letter again explaining DCF Policy to them, as they obviously don’t know how to read the manual. I again outlined the no contact requirement and demanded closure. At this point I had also filed a FOIA and been turned down. The FOIA Investigator told me DCF told her they HAD Custody of my children, I was referred to the Child Advocate Office. I informed FOIA they DID NOT have custody and demanded a hearing.

6/18/02 I proceeded with my complaint to DPH and sent it out certified on June 10th 2002. DCF case notes as of this date they are talking about the letters I have written and the fact that I contacted the Press about the issue.

6/20/02 Tom does not realize that he is also being accused and as a result is playing Devil’s Advocate and talks to them at DCF. As a result they feel they have a shoe in and begin to apply leverage against him further deepening the growing chasm between us. Greg Hudson calls Tom asking him to come in to the office with the kids. He tells Tom a Judge will see his refusal as lack of cooperation and it will be bad for him. But later at Adjudication Hearing he denies this.

6/22/02 wrote a letter to Governor Rowland outlining what has happened in my case and insisting that intervention occur as Bonnie was OBVIOUSLY out of her tree. I also outlined that I felt this was INDEED a Modern Day Witch Hunt. I told him I expected them to lynch me any day and I would consider it an honor if they did. I quoted Lao Tsu “He that controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.” I pointed out my religious rights violation, mine and the children’s civil rights violations. DCF’s failure to follow their own mandated procedures and Policy.

6/24/02 Bonnie calls the house leaving a message about payment for services owed and GET THIS she also expects to be paid for the night she came out to the house.

To those who are wondering why I didn’t go right to the Police in April. Well for one I was terrified of her threats and another I did go to the Police and they refused to take ANY KIND of report because I waited a couple days to call. I tried to tell them that I was in absolute FEAR of this woman’s retaliation and they sad TOO BAD! (I did go to the Police later on) 

6/24 I wrote a letter to Bonnie outlining her wrongdoing and that the complaint had been made to DPH. I also told her she was to stay away and I called her a Terrorist. 

6/24/02 Tom writes a letter to Kyi Johnson asking her again to close the case and trying to go on record with documentation. He states, “The alleged complaint against my wife was result driven and thus has no credibility.” He also points out that since Bonnie had only been at our house once or twice how can she make the claims she made.

By now we are both feverishly searching the net for help and as a result we have met some really fine people and joined some great and not so great groups. In March 2003 I formed my own group on Yahoo.

6/11-7/15/02 – Have blocked Bonnie’s call ins and ignore calls to cell phone from her. She has now begun to stalk us. She drives by the house constantly, sits out front, and follows me places. It is SOOO CREEPY. I walk with my visually impaired son while he rides his bike and I turn around and there she is behind us. I run into her in the grocery store. She lives on the OPPOSITE end of town .5 mi from the grocery store and she comes to my side of town to shop and shows up the SAME TIME AS ME!

6/15/02- DPH Investigator John Overstreet and I have been having frequent conversations and he in turn has been in regular contact with DCF SW Daly. I begin to suspect that she is using him to glean info for her. I told him about Bonnie and he insists I report to Police. I go to Police station. At first Officer Linsky does NOT want to take the report but I press the issue (remember I couldn’t have her arrested back in April because I waited a few days to call) As I sit there at the station Officer Linsky calls Bonnie. She says I sent her threatening letters. I produce the document she calls threatening and he laughs at it. I can hear Bonnie yelling at him over the phone then her husband Paul takes the call. He too is warned NO Contact or an arrest will follow.

During the time after the Mandated letter was sent Greg Hudson SWS from DCF contracted verbally with Bonnie to perform an assessment of my family- this is weeks after I verbally fired her throwing her out of my house on April 5th 2002. I got this assessment in the papers and in it he asked her to assess all our Psychological Behaviors and then proceeds to fill out the document as if we failed to follow through and meet the tasks. I point this out to him later on at the Adjudication Hearing WHAT A STUPID STUPID THING FOR HIM TO DO.

6/28/02 a letter from DPH Bonnie is NOT LICENSED nor is she qualified and thus NOT A MANDATED REPORTER! The case is transferred to the Investigation unit.

7/5/02 DCF has substantiated both Tom and I as neglectful. We respond with a request for a hearing on this matter. Now Tom is singing a different tune and realizing Devil’s Advocate wasn’t such a good role to play. Later on his Attorney and mine tell me they wish Tom wouldn’t talk to DCF anymore but he keeps it up right through August until the Pro Forma Denial is filed.

7/8/02 Supervisor R Lapadula creates a case narrative in which he doctors the information to make us look bad. He writes “That even though this is not a high risk case I am going to treat it as one.” Case is now transferred to SW Hart and Daley. They attempt to set up home interview and Tom refuses. They want to contact me at work and Tom says no. They get upset insisting that they call lots of their clients at work. My boss subsequently writes them and tells them no contact at his place of business. These two do not understand NO but then what 2yr old does. 

7/9/02 DCF files court petition citing Medical neglect (immunization issues) DCF 34-2-7 Educational Neglect (Home Schooling) Neglect due to my religious preference the petition reads “is a danger because she can cast spells” They claim ADHD for both boys and have every one of Mandy’s scrapes and accidents as being a sign of neglect. My daughter happens to be accident-prone. Shortly after the filing of petition she fell AT SCHOOL and broke her collarbone. In the petition section for Reasonable Efforts Where DCF is supposed to show the Judge what they offered us as assistance before going to court. Here they simply PARROT-Bonnie’s words in her letter “That my oldest son is parentified” “Children are confused and angry.” WHO WOULDN'T BE WITH DCF MESSING IN YOUR LIFE! “Parents fighting and arguing negatively impair the children” HELLO PEOPLE what proofs do they have of this! Where is the offer of counseling or services? This is weeks away from them offerring a Treatment Planning Conference.

7/16/02 Tom talks to SW Hart two times. He informs her that children are afraid of DCF kidnapping and that the children are exercising their right to refuse to speak to them and this included school contact. Back in May I rescinded the 2131 Right of Access in writing to the parties concerned.

7/19/02 DCF sends us a letter saying they are deciding IF we are entitled to a Fair Hearing. HELLO it is a requirement under CAPTA funding and it is also in the Policy and Statutes DCF is governed by. This is now assigned to Susan Bombardier.

7/21/02 Tom writes an email and follows with a hard copy to Commissioner Regaglia as to the wrong doings of her subordinates. We do not get a response, however some time later after filing the Fed Suit Regaglia claims she had NO KNOWLEDGE of this case until she was served.

7/22/02 we learn of the court petition and Tom calls the court case has not been docketed. Tom tells Hart and Daley he will not meet with them without an Attorney and is seeking one out. They insist he doesn’t need an Attorney and that they MUST HAVE a face-to-face interview. Ha NO WAY. Tom outlines the miscommunications and asks them to define Neglect as pertains to our case. They again INSIST on a face to face with children present. This is again refused.

7/23/02 another call with DCF. Mind you I have refused contact with them, will not take calls, do not answer the phone when at home and even spent nights out of the Home with kids and out doing things till late and parking my car elsewhere from the house as SW Hart began to stalk us and drive by the house constantly. 

In his conversation with SW Hart Tom states Ms. Jackson failed to investigate properly and one point is their medical neglect charge for failure to immunize. What they didn’t know was that Ben had all his immunizations and that it was A TOTAL COMPLETE FAILURE on the part of Dr. Hodder’s practice for not having that information documented 

7/23/02- we get a letter from DCF as to a Treatment Planning Conference scheduled. Later our Attorney’s told us we didn’t have to attend so we blew it off. Again this case is different because I never lost my kids so they didn’t have that leverage over me. 

7/25/02 Tom talks to hart again concerning a scheduled Treatment Planning Conference dated for Aug 19th 2002. He wants to know what it is for. Again the pressure for a face-to-face interview. Tom and I apply for and get Public Defenders

7/25/02 We get the petition from court. In it is stated they want me adjudicated neglectful because I am practicing WICKA (note they can’t even spell it- it’s WICCA) and I can cast spells. They also have home schooling as a source of neglect, failure to immunize, according to DCF’s own policy failure to immunize is NOT MEDICAL NEGLECT though they STILL took us to court citing this as a real neglect issue, MY SON WAS IMMUNIZED and I gave these records to the MD Office three times and special Ed needs were listed based on Principals report.

SIDE NOTE* Our Public Defenders were really good though mine was apt to be a real prick at times. They followed our requests. What I learned from this is BE FIRM, MAKE YOUR WISHES VERY CLEAR.

7/26/02 SW mails us “The parents Right To Know Brochure. This brochure is supposed to be given to the parents at the time of the initial contact here we are OVER TWO MONTHS LATER and she mails it out!!!!

7/29/02 My MD writes a clarification letter because he knew Val Jackson was going to twist and lie about everything.

7/29-30/02 case worker contacts Attorneys and is informed by them we are exercising our right to remain silent and will not talk to DCF without Attorney’s present at all times and wait for court hearing for further action. Mean time SW is to stay away from kids and us. Also at this time my Sister In Law Cheryl contacts DCF and lets them know she wants to take custody of my kids. This is a girl who just found out a few weeks back that normal conception and pregnancy would be a long shot for her. OF COURSE SHE WANTS MY KIDS AND WOULD DO ANYTHING SHE HAD TO GET THEM!

7/30/02 Tom writes to S Bombardier asking for a complete unredacted file from DCF—they insist what we got was all they had but some weeks later more documents were given out to us after a struggle between my Attorney and the AAG .Bonnie’s letter and two emails between Val Jackson, Rose Canneto and Tiffany Hinson.

8/1/02 SW confirms with DPH that Bonnie is unlicensed, being investigated and there is a prior complaint against her from 1994 prior to the law changes. Later she states she did not know this but in her notes she writes that she contacted DPH Investigator J Overstreet on this date.

8/5/02 I meet with my Attorney and give him documentation to support my case and tell him I MUST be in attendance at any and all hearings and or meetings with DCF and the Judge and that I will NEVER EVER STIPULATE TO DEMANDS. He says most people agree to a case plan and supervision and are done in six months with DCF. I said NO WAY NEVER EVER EVER would that happen I want this to go before a Judge and a jury trial. 

8/8/02 Hart calls Tom and insists that the Attorney is ONLY for court and their investigation is separate and there is no need for an Attorney to be present when they talk to us. Tom says call my Lawyer here is the #. Also caseworker calls Bonnie and Bonnie tries to say she is a Holistic Wellness Coach not Therapist when up until DPH contacted her she was The Therapist. Also in her DPH records she claims she has a Doctorate in Hypnotherapy and her business cards say DCH but later she claims she is only a Doctorate CANDIDATE.

8/12/02 FOIA will hear my complaint against Bonnie and DCF. (It was later dismissed only for lack of Jurisdiction) However I requested it be taped and Shevchuk and Barbara Claire DCF Attorneys were there.

8/14/02 I write Bonnie another letter DEMANDING my records. I later called her and left a message and she tried to use this on Judge Judy stating I was calling her to try and reconcile our differences and settle the matter. I WANTED MY COTTON PICKIN RECORDS!

8/14/02 we go to court enter our plea of Pro Forma Denial and the Judge is told we are taking the 5th. The Judge explains what this means and we hold our ground. SW approaches Attorney’s and insists they have to complete their investigation and need to speak with us. Caseworker Hart is introduced to me (I know who she is from her daily drive-by’s to my home) He tells her again NO CONTACT go through him ONLY. I think she peed her diaper at that point. We get to read the Social Study and are deeply shocked by what is written. We also later got a copy of the Social Study- It too was really bad, but then that is what they do best LIE LIE LIE! Oh the GAL never showed up at the court hearing. DCF SW Hart claims that we denied kids Attorney access to the kids. This is so far from the truth in fact we made first contact with him. Our only concern was that I had been partially responsible for sending his cousin to jail and this cousin’s son went to school with my kids and regularly beat my son up. She also put into her case notes that the Judge denied my Attorney to be present when the GAL questioned the kids. The Judge IN FACT stated that THAT WAS UP TO ATTORNEY GRANGER TO DECIDE NOT HER!

8/17/02 Tom writes a formal complaint to DPH against Bonnie and it is added to mine. In the letter he states “this is so sickening to me, I am sick to my stomach every day with fear of DCF breaking down my door and brutally kidnapping my children. I live each day with this image in mind.”

8/21/02- Records request through FOIA concerning Bonnie. Note folks every state is different but FOIA is NOT what you think it is and they are not all that helpful really!!

8/27/02 DPH contacts Bonnie about the complaint and formally asks her to submit to interview and records requests. If she refuses to supply these records a meeting will be called (she failed to supply because she didn’t have any and later she shows up with manufactured records)

8/30/02 DCF sends us a letter stating the records will be given to us. Also on this date my MD sends a clarification letter to my Attorney stating that the conversation he had with me on 4/20/02 was the first time he EVER made any kind of referral to me. My Attorney never told me he got this and I found it in his file when after threats to bring it before the Judge to get the file. I copied the file at the courthouse in late March.

8/30/02 we meet in our home with Our Attorney’s the kids Atty, my Atty’s partner all of my mom and us. My mother gives a letter to the kids Atty that she sent to K Ragaglia. This was even before Tom wrote her. In Regalia’s sworn statement in the AAG’s motion to dismiss she says she knew nothing about this situation until she was served. Yet we have several letters AND TWO LETTERS FROM GOVERNOR ROWLAND”S OFFICE AND SENATOR WILLIAMS!!) 

As a result of the meeting the GAL (KIDS ATTY) files a favorable report and AAG threatens to get another Attorney involved because she does not like the report. IN his report he states the kids were well dressed, well mannered and sat quiet and attentive for the more than 2-hour interview (ADD ADHD KID DON”T SIT STILL- another strike to them besides the fact that I have MD records that state NO ADHD for either boy!!!)

9/1/02 Board of Ed This letter is titled “Illegal, unethical and slanderous behavior on the part of Dr. Anne Jellison.”Bristol notified of wrongdoing and FERPA contact

9/5/02 DPH tries to get DCF to turn over documents to them to aid their strong case against Bonnie. DPH also contacts Bonnie to have her bring her original records to the office as they suspect forgery too. Tom contacts the States Attorney via mail a John Danaher Esq as to filing action against Bonnie and DCF.

9/6/02 Contact is made with Commish Regaglia as to appealing DCF Substantiation decision.

9/9/02 DPH acknowledges Bonnie had another case in 1994 but they won’t release the complainants’ identity. I am presently working on a subpoena of that record. Also at this time we file a complaint with States Attorney. I recommend for “PAPER TRAIL” Purpose everyone do this. Also FOIA notifies me THEY have LACK of Jurisdiction as to Bonnie’s records. Also Tom writes a response to DCF’s motion to dismiss FOIA complaint.

9/11/02 a motion for Psych Eval is entered by AAG Brown and we appear in court and our Attorney’s argue that this is only a method to circumvent our taking the 5th. Judge Denies the request DCF can only say they want the eval because they will need it later on. Judge tells them ask for it later when you need it. She also addresses a letter to the court from Tom that she only reads the first sentence of. She reads that Tom has written about a cover up and collusion. She stares right at the AAG and SW as she reads this sentence, she then states this letter will be sealed until time of trial IF it goes to trial. By now they know Bonnie is in hot water and they cannot use her testimony. So they need something else to go on. AAG Brown and SW Hart try to withdraw the request and JUDGE TANZER nails them. At the same time this is going on Bonnie has been ordered to attend a meeting with DPH and to bring her records she has on me. Prior to this she first denied having any records, then she hastily recreated records and sent poor unreadable copies to DPH. When questioned by the Judge the AAG gets snippy and says that all the necessary information is in the Social Study. The Judge reminds her the Social Study was sealed and she never read it and would not read it until time of trial if it goes to trial.

9/12/02 I go to DPH with my father as witness and look over the DPH report on Bonnie and her records. Some of the records are written in pencil scribbled out and interestingly she obviously forged them as one paper dated 1994 has a recyclable 2002 watermark in the center when held to light. Also Bonnie originally told DPH she possessed NO records on me. She also makes an attempt to mention a book I once showed her in 2001—which if her records were correct and the date of this visit being 1994—That book had not even been published until 1998! “We Bring Her Flowers By Sharon Dunn. 

We file a small claims action on Bonnie. I insist on Forensic testing on her records. On 9/16/02 I broke my foot and ended up out of work and terrified that DCF would move to have an ABH eval as I was indeed using prescription painkillers at that point. I had surgery on 9/16/02 and was in a cast for well over three months. In Oct I agreed to take my case on Judge Judy

9/13/02 I get a letter from Bonnie’s Attorney warning me I am not to contact her. Gee all I did was leave her a message stating I knew she made the report and I planned on suing her for every penny she and Paul ever made. I guess that is cause to involve an Attorney.

9/13/02 I write a detailed letter to Mr. Overstreet after examining the DPH file. I outline my concerns 1. Bonnie claims a cell phone call came in from my husband on 8/16/02 demanding that she change her story to DCF or recant. Interestingly our cell phone contract was canceled on 7/21/02 because we could not make a payment.

2. She then stated Bristol Board of Ed says my son Ben is a difficult child. I contacted the B of E and no one talked with Bonnie or gave such info out and neither did we. They cite B of E rule 5125 “non disclosure to outside parties without authorization

3.Her records dated 1994 have a 2002 watermark in the center of the page, she makes a # notation as if the file is 960069 but then this so called file # never appears again. She scribbles out some writing and writes some stuff in pencil. She claims to have been doing marriage and Family Therapy on one date when my notes and the dates indicate it was Grief Therapy I was seeing her for. She claims to be a 501-c and that all her charges are one “Sliding fee donations fee scale” She claims that our local Police called her in August to inform her I took a restraining order out on her. Here in Ct a Restraining order can only be obtained for someone you had a live in relationship with. It would not be the job of the Police to notify on this but the person would in fact appear before a judge. She then goes on to claim I practiced Black Magic then switched to White. Up until my jumping the fire I was an active Jehovah’s Witness (yea I know big jump but oh well)

9/17/02 receive letters from Board of Ed acknowledging that neither Ben or Garth are school classified ADD or ADHD and that Ben is normal in regular programs and that Garth receives services for Visual impairment ONLY. We also again contact States Attorney. But at this time Esq Danaher is very ill and a few months from this date he goes into retirement due to illness. So they did nothing for us.

9/18/02 Mandy tells school nurse that I am giving her my pain meds for her broken collarbone. Principal Jellison almost falls in her own drool to report to DCF. My mom brings in Mandy’s med bottle to school and FOILS Jellison’s JOY!!

9/23/02 along with records received we get a letter from DCF Paralegal Helen Campbell asking us to sign that we will not use our copies of the records or disclose to anyone. WE NEVER SIGNED AND RETURNED IT—HAAAAA as if What a fool she sent us the records and weeks later sends this letter. Right!!!!

9/24/02 we heard back in writing from States Attorney- they are shunting responsibility to the AG. These Big Boys sure get the Buff and Turf Award nomination from me.

10/1/02 Dr. Clark releases his report to DPH sealing Bonnie’s fate as a Councilor. Report is available via fax if anyone wants to read it.

10/3/02 Case Status Conference is scheduled but it is canceled because DCF has not prepared their questions for the kids Atty. NOTE THIS they go from a hard boiled petition of alleged facts to formulating questions for the GAL to answer.

10/8/02 Questions are listed they are so stupid. They ask Are Ben and Garth ADHD? Does Ben have all his immunizations? Are my grief issues really of concern? Note here they carefully skirt and ignore the religious issue that was once all fire important. What happened to the concern of my ability to cast spells???

10/15/02 another letter to Governor Rowland.

10/22/02 receive notice that we will get a substantiation Hearing. Scheduling Pending.

10/23/02 Letter written to Governor Rowland asking them not to turn my letters over to DCF as I fear retaliation. Rowland’s office turned them ALL over to DCF that week in direct defiance. Mind you this is a Governor who feels that 100 deaths in Foster Care is NOT a bad average considering there are 5000 in custody. Richard Wexler of NCCPR BLASTED HIM for this. Also on this date letter to PEDI MD Hodder terminating services with them due to their blatant incompetence and disregard for our rights.

10/31/02 Bonnie is notified of further action by DPH and they invite her to consider admission to avoid hearings and Prosecution.

11/4/02 DPH writes to notify they are reviewing additional complaints against Jean Augeri and SW Daly from DCF

11/07/02 we filed a written complaint against DCF with Ct FBI Squad 7. Only got verbal responses. We again file a complaint on 3/5/02 again no verbal but now that Fed case is accepted we are being noticed.

11/11/02 Chief States Attorney Steven Sedensky writes to say our case is civil in nature and that he will refer these communications to Commissioner Regaglia.

11/12/02 I receive a letter from Carol Annino of Gov Rowland’s office in which she states DCF TOLD her “I have been advised that DCF has closed this case.” I was beside myself with great joy and called everyone to celebrate only to have my Attorney call and say it wasn’t so and lambaste me and threaten to quit. I told him you tell the Judge you want to quit because I am making you do your job. The Ombudsman called to ask why I was telling everyone the case was closed and she almost stroked when she heard I had it in writing from The Gov’s office. Then Carol Annino called me back almost in tears because my disclosure was going to cost her the job she had. So I wrote a letter to Governor Rowland to clarify what I felt were the issues and I clearly stated AGAIN we would be suing DCF.

11/13/2002 we filed a FERPA complaint to Family Compliance Office U.S. Dept of Education 400 Maryland Ave SW Washington Dc 20202-4605 AGAIN following the first formal complaint on 9/13/02

11/14/02 Senator Williams notified of DPH complaint against Licenses Social Workers with DCF.

11/15/02 K Boulware of DPH tries to buff and turf the case against DCF.

11/18/03 I wrote to Governor Rowland at Carol Annino’s request because she is in fear of job loss because of what she wrote in her letter to me on 11/12/02. In this letter I again point out the extreme monetary benefit of DCF kidnappings.

11/19/02 flew to California with my son Ben to tape Judge Judy show. It was quite an experience. Judge Judy was not a nice person at all. She got snappish with me when I cited the laws that Bonnie had failed to follow. So the case got thrown out. But it wasn’t over by a long shot. I knew that Bonnie was scheduled for a meeting with the DPH Attorney and she was in big trouble. By this time I had a copy of all the records from DPH including the report from Dr. Clark that sealed Bonnie’s fate for prosecution. I also knew she had a Compliance conference with DPH scheduled upon her return home to CT.

11/23/02 Tom files a complaint with the NASW National Association of Social Workers. If your caseworker is a member you too can file a complaint. The address is NCOI Intake Committee Office of Ethics and Professional Review National Association of Social Workers 750 First St, NE Suite 700 Washington DC. 20002. He filed the complaint against DCF employees and NASW members Jean Augeri and Maureen Daly. After much time the case was accepted for review but since NASW learned of the Federal Suit they have deferred action pending suit outcome.

11/26/02 Bar Council complaint filed against Commissioner Regaglia. She states in her Affidavit that she was unaware of the problems with our case until she received her bar complaint yet we have the States Attorney letter and numerous others. Others that Bar Complaints were filed on AAG Karol Brown, Don Shevchuk, and Susan Pearlman from the AG’s office. Sadly folks Ct Bar Council dismissed all complaints in late Feb 2003.

12/5/02 CSC scheduled but postponed AAG is sick 

12/12/02 CSC is held and DCF decided to withdraw the petition. So it’s over and it ain’t over. We are left devastated no longer trusting anyone about anything and I am determined to see Bonnie punished by the law.

12/18/02 FOIA Hearing they lack jurisdiction are very apologetic I got to see whom Shevchuk and Clair the DCF Lawyers are. I had the interview taped for future litigation usage. 

12/22/03 Tom files an addendum to NASW case to notify them of court withdrawal by the AAG.

12/24/02 I write another letter to Governor Rowland with the header quote “When you shine the light of public scrutiny on bureaucracy, the cockroaches will run for cover.”
12/26/02 Tom writes a letter to Judge Lois Tanzer titled “Fraud and manufacturing of evidence as fact in your court room” He sends this to her HOME address!

12/27/02 Chief States Attorney John Bailey writes buffs and turfs the issue.

12/31/02 DCF Substantiation hearing letter rescheduled to Feb 13/03.

1/2/03 Tom write to Attorney General Blumenthal about our case he states “It is Child Abuse when fraudulent charges are filed which result in illegal abduction of children.” Also I write another letter to Senator Williams urging him to help pressure DCF into prosecuting Bonnie for her bad faith report as is accorded in the CGS 17A Statutes. 

1/7/03 another request for the records we know they have but refuse to turn over. Received a response that this request would be turned over to the N. Britain Ct Office. We never heard from them on this.

1/14/03 Letter from Christine Lau a response to our letter of 1/2/03 as to the unethical behaviors of DCF employees Maureen Daly and Katherine Hart. She states that she feels there was no wrong doing by theses staff persons.

1/15/03 we received from DCF the list of exhibits they plan to use in the Adjudication hearing. This is so far a much more complete record of our case. I was horrified at the content and went to work right away to strike out the errors. We respond to DCF Ms. Lau again pointing out the complete failure to properly investigate, he states we have irrefutable evidence to back up all our claims. He states again that investigators LIED and that they are not immune from prosecution.

1/18/03 we file our suit in Federal Court 3:03cv109 (avc) LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

1/23/03 DPH moved to prosecute Bonnie and she signed a Consent Decree admitting to the illegal unqualified practice of Therapy from 1994-2002. This was a boon to us but we still were facing DCF putting us on their own registry because they substantiated us neglectful. Which basically for me would mean a career loss and the inability to work in various jobs. Of course this registry is UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

1/24/2003 DCF reverses its substantiation against Tom but upholds mine for hearings.

1/27/03 letter to Adjudicator at DCF Robin O’Shay outlining our inability to cross-examine Maskery’s evidence and asking that it be struck from the record. Also on this date we filed a lengthy complaint affidavit to DCF outlining the wrong doing on the part of all investigative staff namely, Hudson, Jackson, Reider, Bombardier, Lau, Hyjek, Augeri, Kyi Johnson. Shevchuk, Reider Madore and Lapadula. Tom quotes case law Renwood , Dettmer v. Landon, Marsh v Hawley . Wallace v. Spencer, Hafer v. Melo, McCord v. Maggio, Grossman v. City of Portland, Snell v. Tunnell (one of my favorites) Kalina v. Fletcher, Forrester v. White, Morris v. Dearborne. Tom also responds to DCF on the reversal and as to why they are wrong to not reverse mine. He tells her” Be prepared to support this sham proceedings and malicious prosecution before a Federal Judge.”

1/28/03 DPH sends us a copy of the Consent Decree that Bonnie Maskery signed and she agreed to the unlicensed unqualified practice of therapy agreed to stop and was fined $500. This is also available via fax if anyone wants to read it. Also on this day we get a letter from DCF as to the hearing and that Tom can either be a witness or sit with me. As a Witness he would be excluded from all of the hearing except his time of testimony. We chose to have him be with me and not testify and this really peeved the Attorney. Also as of this date I lambaste Barbara Claire DCF Attorney for their violation of Ct Statutes and complete disregard for the truth. This letter is available and will soon be among the files on NEPAN. In this letter I state “Ms Jackson states she wants Bonnie to write something describing my mental status, the email then goes on to state that Ms. Jackson had been after Bonnie to do this for sometime. OF COURSE SHE WAS BECAUSE ALL OF YOU WERE ALREADY IN VIOLATION OF POLICY AND CGS! &A Statutes.”

1/29/03 Tom writes to DPH offering more information insisting they investigate

1/29/03 DCF Attorney Claire writes to acknowledge the DCF case is indeed closed and the complaint we filed against the agency is in her hands. She requests since legal action is pending that all communications go through her. Also on 1/29 another letter to O’Shea again concerning the validity of Maskery’s claims especially in light of the fact that Maskery has now admitted illegal and unlicensed practices to DPH.

1/30/03 I write to President Bush about the atrocities of CPS practices. On all my letters I have a header picture of a small gravestone with a teddy bear. It reads, “The case for foster care reform is written in stone.” (Please email me I will be happy to send this to you as it WAS NOT Protected when I took the use of it from a small town paper) 

2/03 Not sure of date document not in hand—DPH finally agrees that there is some merit to investigate but it is with reluctance to take up a case against their sister company.

2/14/03 we take Bonnie back to small claims court. She tries to insist that the case was heard on Judge Judy but this time it is Tom and the kids filing. She throws a fit as well as has a serious gas problem in the courtroom. She gets up to go to the front table…. Well I am sure you get the picture. Even the Judge raised his eyebrows. I was allowed to speak and point out her lies and the DCF mess and also that she plagiarized the work of Hospice Nurse and Author Bess Bailey. We learned on the 15th we WON and Bonnie had to pay us $35 a week until the debt was satisfied. The Judge stated, “She MISREPRESENTED her Qualifications” Boy you want to see her stroke out when we presented the DPH Consent Decree and all the records. She had no clue that I had them.

2/15/03 Tom writes to DCF on our Small claims win against Maskery. In this letter he states, “You have no evidence to support any alleged medical or psychological determination. Jackson should never have been allowed to call our children’s Doctor. Being a Mandated Reporter himself if he saw a problem he would have reported it. Hudson and Jackson are grossly incompetent.

3/3/03 I formed NEPAN New England Parent Advocate Network on Yahoo. Today we are moving along with some great info in the files and about 40 members strong.

In Early March Dr. Hodder the Pediatrician wrote to Tom and I to say that he realizes in retrospect how their method of operation and the way his staff chose to document caused us serious unnecessary issues with DCF and he apologized and assured us that he was sorry they caused us unnecessary grief and rest assured that what happened with us will aid them in fixing issues like this for others. 

His Attorney does not know he wrote this letter. So dear Attorney I hope you are reading this and weeping, we have your boys’ admission of guilt honey!

After several attempts to have the Fair Hearing and then Tom’s Substantiation reversal we finally had the hearing on April 1st 2002. Prior to the Hearing I Mirandize the Case Worker and Social Worker Supervisor advising them to have Council present, as I would be using everything they said against them in court. So the AAG Clare Kindall was there and later Don Shevchuk showed up. At the beginning of the hearing Attorney for DCF Barbara Claire gave me a copy of someone else’s Substantiation Hearing with just enough info on it that I made contact with the family and they were beside themselves with this news. I also got a copy of the Police report and was able to show the father in this family that he had been lied about throughout the report. This man decided to lie down and let DCF roll over him. Recently he has been implicated again for neglect when his now x wife was charged. Their reasoning was that since he “lived” across the street from the mother and the children she had primary custody of, and the mother left them alone. He the father “should have known they were home alone (ages 5 and 7) thus he was once more substantiated. DOES THIS SYSTEM SUCK OR WHAT?

4/1/02 we presented our side of the arguments in a bound volume DCF had a few loose-leaf pages. I tried to strike much of their documentation down. I pointed out that the 8 pages they had from Pedi Practice were 5 pages alone of fax cover sheets proving someone in the DCF home Office knows how to run a fax machine. The other documents I struck down as they did not have the MD signature on the copies DCF sent us yet the copies they presented at Adjudication had signatures (someone realized and went back after and got them signed) They also had “sound bites” taken from the record that were twisted such as my daughter had something happen to her feet in July 98 not requiring sutures (AH DUH SHE HAD MINOR FOOT SURGERY AND I HAD THE MD NOTES ON THIS. They had in the record that Ben was not immunized. We pointed out failure to immunize according to State Law and DCF Policy was not in of itself Medical Neglect. They pointed out home Schooling I brought out State Law and proof of my filing the intent to home school and again home schooling by law and DCF Policy was not neglect. They pointed out ADHD and I showed MD proof and school letters that proved this to be untrue. Note I had possession of all this documentation prior to case closure but was holding it as a trump card to make them look like the asses they are—I did a great job too. 

Tom did not testify and we left that detail to last minute so he got to stay in the hearing to assist me. This did not sit well with the Attorney. They pointed out that I supposedly failed to follow through with my Doctors referral and I produced letters to prove his referral ONLY came as a RESULT of his conversation with Val Jackson. I also then told them I HAD followed through and kept the results from them and asked if they would like me to go on record with what this physician said about DCF. The Adjudicator shut off the tape and said it was time for a break oh how convenient. I asked the SW Supervisor if he could cite the Policy and Ct Statute that applied to his work. He said not off the top of his head. So I asked well you’ve worked for DCF how long and you don’t know your own Policy and you are a Supervisor? 

I told them I had rescinded right of access to the records even before they had a legal right to make contact and also that Val Jackson talked to the younger kids Principal about my older son Ben and there was no signed right of access for her to discuss Ben and he had not been a student in that school for over three years. I asked the SWS (Social Worker Supervisor) to go over the entire document with me and I pointed out discrepancies based on the record compared to case narratives. He said that what was there was an obvious error so I asked to go on record that I questioned the validity of the entire document.

Then I brought out their records and pointed out that from June on all they did was copy Val Jackson’s records and put Kyi Johnson’s name on them. They tried to claim there was on going DV and I asked them to produce the record proving this- they didn’t have anything in the file. Whereas we had documentation of repeated efforts to prove there was none and statements from other witnesses that there was none. The SWS said he did not know of Bonnie’s lack of qualifications until late December 2002. When we have documentation to prove he was advised in June 2002 via a fax from us with follow up letters. We met for over 4 hours (this is a huge gloss over as we are going to subpoena the tapes of this meeting) In the end we had almost struck down every one of their arguments then they presented the Judge Judy tape and entered it as evidence. I wasn’t sure what to say as a lot could be inferred by it. However later after finding out Barbara Claire gave copies of this “piece of Evidence” to many others prior to submission I got it struck down to “it would be noted as being available but not considered hard evidence” We agreed to closing arguments in writing due on May 2nd 2003.

4/12/03 we file a written formal complaint against Attorney Barbara Claire for her disclosure of other client’s documents in the 4/1/03 hearing. 

4/16/03 I met with Senator Handley on a legislative issue and then stopped by Senator Williams Office. He is the head of “The Select Committee on Children” I was glad I stopped by it gave his staff a chance to meet me and see that I am not some nut case raving maniac like Bonnie. I informed the Senator’s staff of the actions of Attorney Claire and how it was in direct violation of DCF Policy 31-8-5 and 7-4-3.10, and her actions could lead to fines and or dismissal. He recommended that I notify Jean Millstone of The Child Advocate Office. From there I went over to DCF and met the New Ombudsman John Callas, Rose Canneto had retired. I gave him my NEPAN Brochure. At that time he told me he saw the Judge Judy tape and that Barbara Claire showed it to everyone. I went home and wrote Ms. Millstone but never got a response

4/28/02 received a letter from Barbara Clair she is claiming that since she gave me the document before taping began it is a non-issue and she basically can do what she wants with impunity. I forwarded this letter and wrote to Governor Rowland and Senator Williams. I also cc’d the press as I had been doing all along. What ever I have in my file Colin Poitras of Hartford Courant has in his file.

5/1/03 this document is quite lengthy it basically went over all the info presented. If anyone wants to read our side and theirs please email me at weemom2002@yahoo.com I will attach copy to you. 

5/20/03 we received notification that Bonnie Maskery was now institutionalized at the Hartford Ct IOL for Psych problems. Therefore she would need an extension on the time to file her Response to the Federal Court Case.

7/14/03 I still await adjudication and do not feel they can possibly adopt this decree but am prepared to take it to the next level. We have just filed our Reply and Opposition to DCF’s Motion to Dismiss in our Federal Case. The AAG was friendly to my husband Tom up until she received this reply. I don’t think she is laughing now. I believe this reply brief can be found on AFRA in the legal section for Connecticut.

All I can say to my web friends enduring the tragic trauma caused by CPS is that you have to hang in there and as Leonard says DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT. Use the tape recorders if allowed by law, use that camcorder. Take notes always meet them with your Attorney or at a minimum of 1 trusted friend each of you taking notes. DO NOT OFFER INFORMATION. DO NOT LET THEM IN IF AT ALL AVOIDABLE. REMEMBER “NO WARRANT NO WAY” MOST OF ALL REMEMBER BE QUIET—DON’T TALK the 5th was created with good reason. 

One last and final update to all. On July 10th Federal Judge Alfred Covello ruled that DCF must give us full-unredacted copy of records. They have 21 days to file a motion of show cause why they should not do this and also to show applicability of the 17A Confidentiality Statute SCORE FOR US!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Also I finally was able to get a hold of former clients of Bonnie’s. We are filing a group civil action in their behalf. Her Church Minister disrobed her of Pastoral Counseling Rights in the church name. I am waiting her Motor Vehicle records as well, since in addition to her recklessness in client handling she has had UNTOLD numerous accidents. This woman deserves to have her license revoked. She keeps hitting other cars. Some of her accidents have been as close as 1 to 2 months apart. In one on 4/18/02 she got a ticket for speeding at 9 am and had an accident at 11:30 that morning. She had the NERVE to scream and swear at the guy she hit AND get this She told him she IS A DOCTOR!  She also filed a Ct Counselor Assoc application in 1998 and signed the application with Dr. Bonnie Maskery. IS THIS WOMAN SICK IN THE HEAD OR WHAT??? I am meeting with one of her former clients on July 19th to fill out DPH complaints and Small claims action. She charged this woman $80 a session AND HAS A COLLECTION SERVICE TRYING TO COLLECT MONIES FOR HER!

Aimee Dutkiewicz