A Father's Struggle Against False Claims and Corruption

I am in great need of quality legal representation from a top-level attorney who specializes in family law and child custody cases.

I apologize for the lengthy story, but I feel details are needed to help fully understand this situation.

My daughter, Melody, has been wrongfully taken out of my life and out of our home by a scornful mother and a biased court system. Melody was left in my care after her mother proved to not be capable of handling her responsibility for distance learning during COVID, leaving me to quit my job in order to ensure Melody had the support she needed for her education. During COVID, while visiting her mother, Melody, who was 8 years old at the time, was sexually assaulted by her 14-year-old half-brother while in the care of her mother, living under the roof of her boyfriend, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy who, as a mandated reporter, did nothing about it. Melody was additionally told by her mother not to tell me or anyone else about what happened or she would be taken away and never see her mother or that side of her family again. Thankfully, I eventually found out what had happened, filed a police report outside of the boyfriend’s jurisdiction, and called CPS. After the investigation, pressing charges against the half-brother, and the family courts getting involved, the ruling by the court had dubbed me as the custodial parent with Melody’s mother having visitations every other weekend with alternating holidays, as well as me providing many additional days for Melody to spend time with her mother and that side of the family. This was our situation for the following 4 years with her mother bringing Melody home late just about every weekend and sometimes keeping her through Monday, which greatly disturbed Melody’s school schedule.

Shortly after my father passed and within days of Child Support Services sending Melody’s mother orders to start paying child support, I had been falsely accused of child neglect by an “anonymous” person and reported to CPS with a case in San Bernardino County ensuing. Shortly thereafter, I was served with a court summons in Riverside County, which resulted in a CPS case ordered by the court to be conducted by Riverside County CPS. One day, after dropping Melody off with her mother, Melody was kept from returning to my home, not by CPS, but by her mother’s decision even though CPS had warned her there could be legal consequences. I contacted the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office, Child Abduction Unit, and worked with them for several months in an attempt to help me bring Melody home. When the investigator went in front of the judge in the Riverside Courthouse, he was denied the warrant to retrieve Melody and bring her home per the issued court orders issued by that judge. The investigator then contacted me and told me that this had never happened to him before and recommended I get myself quality legal representation because not even his lawyers knew what to do next. During this time, Riverside CPS conducted their investigation of me and my home, as well as San Bernardino CPS, with the original findings by Riverside being reported to the court as unfounded, stating that my home was clean and tidy with all the provisions in place for Melody. San Bernardino CPS had also finished their investigation with the same results but had missed the deadline to turn in the report before our court date in Riverside County. This resulted in the court not making a final decision until our next hearing. During this time, the judge ordered Melody’s mother to allow me visitations, which was completely ignored. After 5 months of zero contact with Melody, our final hearing had come. At the hearing, I had discovered that for reasons unknown, Riverside CPS had submitted a different report stating that my home was messy and that their investigation was inconclusive to the allegations of neglect, even though they had never returned to my house and San Bernardino CPS’ report remained unfounded. The new report from Riverside glorified Melody’s mother and her boyfriend as well as their home in detail with little to no detail about me or my home except for the negative comments. I was devastated to find myself completely ignored by the court; the judge didn’t care about her orders being ignored, and I was left in tears as they granted Melody’s mother to be the custodial parent. As I turned around, I found that 2 Riverside County Deputies were standing directly behind me ready to grab me even though I had shown zero aggression and have no history of violence. As I exited the courtroom, I observed 6-8 Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies in the lobby just outside the courtroom all glaring at me and ready to jump into action as if I had done something wrong...

The next weekend when I came to pick up Melody, her mother denied me once again. I called the local sheriff’s department just to find that they would refuse to take my report as soon as I gave them the address where Melody was. This was when I had put together what was happening… My daughter’s mother is living with and dating a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy who I have come to believe was able to influence the courts and the outcome of our case and absolutely influenced the denial of a report of a violation of the court orders. As of December 31, 2024, while at her great aunt and uncle’s house, Melody had called CPS on her mother. She was accused of excessive alcohol abuse, neglect, and child abuse. Melody’s bedroom and the entire upstairs was found to be covered in animal waste, her mother had thrown a coffee mug at her, thrown a moldy protein shake at her, and when Melody had told her mother that she was contemplating suicide, her mother told her that she would get her knives and razor blades so she could do it. I was contacted by Melody’s great uncle and told briefly what had happened, which resulted in me contacting CPS who had told me everything but accused me of not being in the picture for my daughter. As of February 10, 2025, CPS has suddenly allowed Melody’s mother to take her back to her and her boyfriend’s home stating that she had cooperated with them and cleaned the house and tested negative for alcohol 2 times… THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!! I have a safe and secure home for Melody. She still has her own bedroom here. Melody desperately needs counseling and to live in a safe and loving environment without the abuse. Her mother needs counseling and, in my opinion, rehabilitation from her alcoholism as this has been an issue as long as I’ve known her. I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs, I don’t even smoke cigarettes or cannabis anymore. I just want what’s best for Melody and after my past experiences, I will not be able to provide that for Melody without the best possible legal representation I can find. Please, help us. Even if you cannot afford to donate, share our story and help spread it. This may even be bigger than just Melody and myself and could very well expose corruption in the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department as well as the California Superior Court of Riverside County, giving loving parents a voice to be heard, their rightful day in court, and a fair judgment.