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Kassenoff Sues Social Media Journalist – Influencer for Defamation (Updated)

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|Date: September 07, 2023
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Kassenoff Sues Social Media Journalist – Influencer for Defamation (Updated)

By Fred Johnson and Susan Bassi Reporter's Note and update: After consultation with attorneys familiar wi ...

By Fred Johnson and Susan Bassi Reporter's Note and update: After consultation with attorneys familiar with the federal lawsuit and complaint, the Vanguard seeks to clarify the following: Only Allan K ...

September 07, 2023
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Kids Snatched from Grandma’s House Take to Social Media to Expose Family Court

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|Date: July 20, 2023
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Kids Snatched from Grandma’s House Take to Social Media to Expose Family Court

By Stephen James and Susan Bassi Last fall, the nation was shaken by a shocking video that surfaced on so ...

By Stephen James and Susan Bassi Last fall, the nation was shaken by a shocking video that surfaced on social media, capturing the violent abduction of Maya and Sebastian from their grandmother’s Sant ...

July 20, 2023
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Power Outage Disrupts Secret Judge Club Investigation

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|Date: July 10, 2023
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Power Outage Disrupts Secret Judge Club Investigation

By Susan Bassi, Lexi Logan and Fred Johnson California's Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), the ...

By Susan Bassi, Lexi Logan and Fred Johnson California's Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), the bipartisan political watchdog responsible for enforcing state law related to elected officials ...

July 10, 2023
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Kassenoff Kids: Attorneys Stealing from Children in Family Court

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|Date: June 22, 2023
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Kassenoff Kids: Attorneys Stealing from Children in Family Court

Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines, Stolen Justice, Part Six – Minors Counsel Editors Note: Part Six of ...

Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines, Stolen Justice, Part Six – Minors Counsel Editors Note: Part Six of this investigative series will be broken into three parts in order to effectively report on the ...

June 22, 2023
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Disneyland Dads: E- Tickets in Family Court and Evilsizor Attorneys

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|Date: June 18, 2023
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Disneyland Dads: E- Tickets in Family Court and Evilsizor Attorneys

By Susan Bassi Growing up, I was fortunate to have a father who played an active role in my life, always ...

By Susan Bassi Growing up, I was fortunate to have a father who played an active role in my life, always pushing me to eventually stand on my own. He taught me to ski, swim, ride a bike and to work ha ...

June 18, 2023
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Kassenoff Effect: TikTok Takedowns and Attorneys for Children

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|Date: June 15, 2023
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Kassenoff Effect: TikTok Takedowns and Attorneys for Children

Editor’s Note: The Kassenoff Effect is part of the Vanguard’s expanded family court coverage. This series ...

Editor’s Note: The Kassenoff Effect is part of the Vanguard’s expanded family court coverage. This series seeks to report on issues impacting families in New York and California and offers spinoff rep ...

June 15, 2023
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Mother’s Death Bed Facebook Post Exposes Abusive Attorneys and the Family Court System

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|Date: June 09, 2023
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Mother’s Death Bed Facebook Post Exposes Abusive Attorneys and the Family Court System

By Susan Bassi and Fred Johnson In a single gut-wrenching Facebook post, accompanied by compelling video ...

By Susan Bassi and Fred Johnson In a single gut-wrenching Facebook post, accompanied by compelling videos and court documents, Catherine Kassenoff, a mother of three and former federal attorney, unve ...

June 09, 2023
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LA Court Abused Discretion Ordering Children to Family Bridges Reunification Therapy, Appellate Court Rules

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|Date: March 11, 2023
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LA Court Abused Discretion Ordering Children to Family Bridges Reunification Therapy, Appellate Court Rules

The Second Appellate District Court reversed an order, in favor of the mother, that would have sent two c ...

The Second Appellate District Court reversed an order, in favor of the mother, that would have sent two children to Family Bridge’s 90-day reunification program last January. The mother appealed a Los ...

March 11, 2023
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Reunification Camp Survivors Expose For-Profit Industry’s Relationship with Family Courts

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|Date: November 29, 2022
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Reunification Camp Survivors Expose For-Profit Industry’s Relationship with Family Courts

by Robert J. Hansen Ally Cable (Sacramento, Calif.) When Ally Cable was 16, she and her younger sister we ...

by Robert J. Hansen Ally Cable (Sacramento, Calif.) When Ally Cable was 16, she and her younger sister were taken from their mother and flown to Montana where they were subjected to a Building Family ...

November 29, 2022
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Santa Cruz Family Court Forcibly Takes Children from Father’s Family and Places in Reunification Camp

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|Date: October 26, 2022
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Santa Cruz Family Court Forcibly Takes Children from Father’s Family and Places in Reunification Camp

by Robert J. Hansen Santa Cruz, CA - Two Santa Cruz children were physically removed from their aunt's ho ...

by Robert J. Hansen Santa Cruz, CA - Two Santa Cruz children were physically removed from their aunt's home by “transporters” and taken to a reunification camp by court order last Thursday, according ...

October 26, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Road to Hell Is through the Halls of the Sacramento Family Court…

Posted by Michelle DChan
|Date: September 20, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Road to Hell Is through the Halls of the Sacramento Family Court…

by Michelle D. Chan, California Families Rise Child support in America is a hypocrisy. It purports to ens ...

by Michelle D. Chan, California Families Rise Child support in America is a hypocrisy. It purports to ensure economic stability of children, when in fact many of the policies unfairly criminalize, dev ...

September 20, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Family Court, CPS Protecting Judge, Double-Down with First Amendment Rights Violations

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|Date: June 04, 2021
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Guest Commentary: Family Court, CPS Protecting Judge, Double-Down with First Amendment Rights Violations

By Bob Saunders Special to The Vanguard SAN JOSE, CA – In what could only be described as an act of retal ...

By Bob Saunders Special to The Vanguard SAN JOSE, CA – In what could only be described as an act of retaliation and animus against First Amendment Rights, the Santa Clara Sheriffs enforced Santa Clara ...

June 04, 2021
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San Francisco Judge Orders ‘Video Conferencing’ for Foster Youth Visits – Advocates Say Should be Policy Statewide During COVID-19 Crisis

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|Date: March 27, 2020
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San Francisco Judge Orders ‘Video Conferencing’ for Foster Youth Visits – Advocates Say Should be Policy Statewide During COVID-19 Crisis

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN FRANCISCO – The COVID-19 inspired “stay at home” ord ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau SAN FRANCISCO – The COVID-19 inspired “stay at home” order in California has had some unintended consequences, and one of them is how long will foster ...

March 27, 2020
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Erasing Family – The Problem of Parental Alienation and Why the Family Courts Make That Worse

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|Date: February 21, 2020
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Erasing Family – The Problem of Parental Alienation and Why the Family Courts Make That Worse

On Saturday at 10 am, at the Davis Varsity Theater, there will be a private showing of “Erasing Family,” ...

On Saturday at 10 am, at the Davis Varsity Theater, there will be a private showing of “Erasing Family,” a new documentary film that focuses on an often ignored issue of parental alienation. The Vangu ...

February 21, 2020
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A Young Girl Is in Harm’s Way, but CPS Doesn’t Seem to Care

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2019
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A Young Girl Is in Harm’s Way, but CPS Doesn’t Seem to Care

It has been over a year since former Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad rocked the Yolo County Child Wel ...

It has been over a year since former Yolo County Supervisor Matt Rexroad rocked the Yolo County Child Welfare System – at least in one case, it is not clear that much has changed. The difference here ...

February 20, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Losing Battle against Child Abuse

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Losing Battle against Child Abuse

This weekend’s commentary on the secret court system elicited a comment from Supervisor Matt Rexroad: “Th ...

This weekend’s commentary on the secret court system elicited a comment from Supervisor Matt Rexroad: “The child dependency court being hidden from public view has created huge problems. People would ...

March 27, 2017
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Benoit Trial Vacated Due to Absence of the Mother

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|Date: February 15, 2017
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Benoit Trial Vacated Due to Absence of the Mother

By Setarah Jahid On February 14, 2017, the case of a woman, who left the United States with her four chil ...

By Setarah Jahid On February 14, 2017, the case of a woman, who left the United States with her four children, reconvened. Claire Benoit, whose whereabouts are unknown, was not present in court, but h ...

February 15, 2017
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Benoit Matter Returns to Court with No Resolution in Sight

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|Date: August 30, 2016
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Benoit Matter Returns to Court with No Resolution in Sight

by Sophie Marconi On August 29 at approximately 2:00 pm the case regarding Eric Gilson and Claire Benoit ...

by Sophie Marconi On August 29 at approximately 2:00 pm the case regarding Eric Gilson and Claire Benoit resumed in Department 3 with Judge Kathleen White back presiding. Deputy District Attorney Tiff ...

August 30, 2016
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My View II: Where the Benoit Case Currently Stands

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2016
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My View II: Where the Benoit Case Currently Stands

For years I have been told of the horrors of the family court system – now I am seeing the system up clos ...

For years I have been told of the horrors of the family court system – now I am seeing the system up close, and much of what I have heard appears all too accurate. On Thursday, Judge Johnson once agai ...

August 13, 2016
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Judge Orders Children into Troubled Father’s Custody in Benoit Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 12, 2016
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Judge Orders Children into Troubled Father’s Custody in Benoit Case

By Sophie Marconi and David Greenwald Vanguard efforts to open the courtroom were dismissed by Judge Arvi ...

By Sophie Marconi and David Greenwald Vanguard efforts to open the courtroom were dismissed by Judge Arvid Johnson on Thursday, although eventually the courtroom was opened. Claiming that he had no o ...

August 12, 2016
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