Milo charged her $62.50 every time he changed the court date due
to his schedule, He yelled at her and he refused to look at
documentation proving that Perry had been compensated for the guns
that he is still trying to make an issue of and therefore she is
still paying for them. Your lawyer works for you.. and owes you
some level of respect and professionalism This is why she stopped
dealing with Milo and Milo has said something to the judge about
her not returning his calls.
We trust you to do your job and this is an emotional case and
situation and you are the buffer between the court and us. However
after everything that has happened in the past and what happened at
our last date, all decisions must be discussed and final decisions
must lie with us. After all if I had not demanded to see the
dissomaster we would have gotten $473 and even the $655 given is
under what she is entitled to if the true and correct figures were
being used. I know that this can and will be addressed in the
future. All she has ever asked for is a fair Dissomaster and all
Perry and his lawyer have done is twist the system and cost Dianne
more money. At this point we would like to know what our existing
bill is so we can figure so far how much money it is costing to get
less than she is supposed to get. Please do not feel as though we
are trying to be unfair to Perry. He makes more money than she does
and this is the second time that he has changed jobs and she has
had to chase child support. He is not the victim, he is the wolf in
sheep's clothing. This proceeding and the current issues are about
money, the child custody issue will need to be addressed in June
and it is important that the judge gets a fair view of both sides
and understands Perry's true motivation is money and what his
history of custody truly is. Elle is well taken care of here and
her education is taken seriously. We don't believe that changing
the custody will be in anybody's best interest. In closing we would
like you look over the enclosed correspondence so you can
understand why that lying b.... went to court and lied to you and
the judge. Maybe this needs to be addressed to the judge. Also,
please review our situation and let us know where you think the
right direction is for us to proceed together and what you believe
is going to be the way for us to prepare properly for this
conniving lawyer, as she will do anything to win. Also we need a
feel for what our cost are and what they going to be. Dianne Romo
& Kevin Powell
To: Jeff Stark, Attorney at Law
20355 Hawthorne Blvd.
Torrance Ca. 90503
Fr: Dianne Romo & Kevin Powell
02/26.2002
Re: Letter Dated February 21, 2002
Dear Jeff :
We would like to first express our gratitude for representing us
on our court day. We would like to also like to say that we enjoyed
meeting your wife and your adorable kids. They were very personable
and we had a great time talking to them. Also what I talked to you
about helping you with computers stills stands as discussed. If you
need any help at home or at the office I will gladly help.
We would like to also address the letter that you sent. Please
take some time to understand where we are coming from. We know that
you say for us to let the past go and we have accepted that the
money that she lost she will never recover. We came to you because
you were described as being a very aggressive lawyer. After what we
have observed about Grainne Ward and the way Dianne has been
treated by the court we felt that she would continue to get screwed
by the system without representation. She patronizes Dianne when
she talks to her and she is able to talk to the judge without
Dianne being able to represent herself. We tried to explain what an
manipulative lawyer Ms. Ward is and that she does anything to
manipulate the system. We never had any idea that she would stoop
so low as to say Dianne was calling her to threaten her.
I tried to prepare you with documentation showing how Perry has
used anything to change the calculator including stating that he
pays from $768/mo to about $150/mo for insurance, yet we have never
seen documentation. He now states it is $250/mo yet his employment
letter says they cover his insurance and he has yet to submit
anything to show this figure. His lawyer submitted paperwork to the
court saying that Perry makes +/- $70,000/ year for his income yet
he admitted his base salary was $77,000. This does not include any
bonuses. We have sent them her paystubs and her social security
statements and have asked for a fair Dissomaster and have told them
that she would agree to this whatever figure it was as long as it
was verified by paperwork. We have received nothing. Dianne has one
child and Perry has the other. We agreed to pay for Elle's child
care and were already paying for Wendy to watch Elle before Granny
decided to send a dissomaster that showed the amount of support to
be within $10 of our figure and changed it by adding childcare to
only Perry's side. This is why we delivered the letter from Wendy
regarding childcare to you before we went to court. We knew she was
going to manipulate the figures before we went to court.
We had no idea that she would be able to have our own lawyer
question us and obviously wonder if this has been done. We told you
and this we swear we have never called her and threatened her. That
is not Dianne's personality and is not mine either.
Domestic Violence and Bullying
Press to hear what abuse created through Family Law Judge/
Pro-Tem Attorneys relationships destroying any trust in the system
and encouraging this as the desired (self-feeding) behavior
You made a statement that that day when you returned that has us
concerned. You stated that The Court isnt going to Tar &
Feather Perry like you two want it to indicating that YOU believe
that we asked for Perry to be " Tarred and Feathered " in front of
the court house. What we asked for was for Perry to be made
responsible for what the law says and for once in his life to pay
only what he is supposed to. This is called the justice system yet
there has been no Justice
Please remember that Dianne was emotionally abused in that
relationship. She finally had the courage to leave. She does the
right thing hires a lawyer. The Lawyer charges her about $10,000.
Her share of retirement settlement is about $14,000. She then has
to pay income tax on the money because the lawyer wants to get paid
out of it immediately. Her net is almost nothing. Perry's
cost=$1200 CONTRIBUTIVE SHARE and earning 3 times The Money.
He doesn't pay his ordered support she has to pay the attorney
to get it garnished. he pay's nothing and the arrears are given to
her at $78/ mo over 10 mo. He leaves his job arrears stop after 5
mo. She has never gotten the rest. She paid her lawyer about $300
for 1/2 of the $780 in small monthly payments. Perry has not met
his responsibility to the I.R.S. Dianne has paid off $4100 to the
State Board of Equalization for their debt. Because he has not been
made responsible for what they agreed to and she cannot file for
the last two years her taxes. She has $6000 in refunds she is
entitled to that she can't get because of Perry.
Please understand we are talking about someone who only makes
about $24,000/ year. If someone was holding you up for two years
1/4 of your yearly income I believe it would upset you also. The
only reason they ended up in court was because Perry refused to
give her any information after changing jobs. There has never been
any offer or request from Dianne that was either unfair or not in
the best interest of the children. She has only asked for
guidelines. She has been flexible with the custody arrangements and
has made adjustments based on the current needs of the children.
She has been evaluated by the court and custody was ordered to
remain unchanged by the people that evaluated the situation. She
agreed to change custody only when she believed it was in the best
interest of the Blair.
We have no intention of "Tar and feathering " Perry however we
would like to make sure that our attorney and us are on the same
page and have a full understanding of what is really going on and
will aggressively pursue fair compensation and punitive actions to
prevent this from reoccurring. We need to believe in our attorney
and we need him to believe in us. We believe you are a good
attorney, however we also believe that you were not properly
prepared to deal with her and she was able to walk all over you in
the beginning.
She told you and the Judge some bullshit and even had you
questioning us. You came out with an offer that was over $60 less
that she offered us two days earlier and told us we should take it
and not upset the judge. She came out before you did and gave us
the dirtiest grin I have ever seen because she had pulled the wool
over the judge's and your eyes. You even looked at the Dissomaster
and allowed her to present that with all incorrect figures .
Dianne was put down as having 4 dependants when there is only 3
that is at least a $600 / year credit. She used child care for
Blair and not for Elle, which I had told you she would do. she used
$250 for health insurance which we don't believe as we have never
seen it and he presented a letter stating his benefits are paid for
by the company and I doubt that adding on two kids is costing $250
when his last insurance for him and the kids was $150/mo. You told
us when we initially consulted with you that this is cut and dry
and we were making it into more than it is. You said he would pay a
contributive share of your attorney fees based on his income and he
makes three times what she does.
We were informed at court that he would only pay $600. Her pay
was set at $29,000/ yr when her income is $24,500/ yr. We attempted
to address this issue with you and you became angry and said Dianne
would be accused of perjury. She filled that paperwork out to the
best of her knowledge. We used a paystub for 1 week and submitted
that. However Dianne works for a Registry. She does not get two
weeks paid vacation. when she goes to court she misses 1/3 of her
weekly income, she does not have guaranteed work. she averages
between 21,000 and 24,500/ yr for the last 3 years.
We have had to borrow money to hire you and based on our
conversation we will not address the I.R.S. situation until June.
That means the earliest that she will get her return is in August.
The arrears are being paid @ $100/ mo and that means 15 mo to
recoup that money meanwhile Dianne is going to be forced to return
to work earlier than planned and I have to pay back money I
borrowed that I promised to be paid in 2 months. So if it seems as
though we were emotional please understand why. I understand that
people cannot predict what is in the future however we would like
to eliminate as many surprises as possible.
The last two lawyers she trusted to make her decisions and went
along with what they said and you know ho that ended. The first one
got her nothing out of the divorce and had her pay income taxes on
money she paid to him. He also made calculations on her bill
totaling almost $2000 that I found before she paid him that was
corrected. When going over the paperwork to prepare for you I found
an additional $1150 that he made a calculation error that shorted
her from the equalization. When we called him he said we were right
but we would have to attempt to get it from Perry. His error yet he
takes no responsibility.
Milo charged her $62.50 every time he changed the court date due
to his schedule, He yelled at her and he refused to look at
documentation proving that Perry had been compensated for the guns
that he is still trying to make an issue of and therefore she is
still paying for them. Your lawyer works for you.. and owes you
some level of respect and professionalism This is why she stopped
dealing with Milo and Milo has said something to the judge about
her not returning his calls.
We trust you to do your job and this is an emotional case and
situation and you are the buffer between the court and us. However
after everything that has happened in the past and what happened at
our last date, all decisions must be discussed and final decisions
must lie with us. After all if I had not demanded to see the
dissomaster we would have gotten $473 and even the $655 given is
under what she is entitled to if the true and correct figures were
being used. I know that this can and will be addressed in the
future. All she has ever asked for is a fair Dissomaster and all
Perry and his lawyer have done is twist the system and cost Dianne
more money.
At this point we would like to know what our existing bill is so
we can figure so far how much money it is costing to get less than
she is supposed to get. Please do not feel as though we are trying
to be unfair to Perry. He makes more money than she does and this
is the second time that he has changed jobs and she has had to
chase child support.
He is not the victim, he is the wolf in sheep's clothing. This
proceeding and the current issues are about money, the child
custody issue will need to be addressed in June and it is important
that the judge gets a fair view of both sides and understands
Perry's true motivation is money and what his history of custody
truly is. Elle is well taken care of here and her education is
taken seriously. We don't believe that changing the custody will be
in anybody's best interest.
In closing we would like you look over the enclosed
correspondence so you can understand why that lying b.... went to
court and lied to you and the judge. Maybe this needs to be
addressed to the judge. Also, please review our situation and let
us know where you think the right direction is for us to proceed
together and what you believe is going to be the way for us to
prepare properly for this conniving lawyer, as she will do anything
to win. Also we need a feel for what our cost are and what they
going to be.
Dianne Romo & Kevin Powell
