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PETITION FOR SPECIAL
RELIEF
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
| BENNETT J. VONDERHEIDE |
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No. CI - 02 - 05945 |
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| WENDY LOUISE FLANDERS |
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PETITION FOR SPECIAL RELIEF
1. Petitioner
is Bennett J. Vonderheide, Plaintiff in the above captioned case.
2. Respondent
is Wendy L. Flanders, Defendant in the above captioned case.
3. The parties
are the parents of a minor child, namely Quinta Xzavier Vonderheide,
born 6/24/98, age 5.
4. Subsequent
to a custody conference dated August 23, 2002 custody order was signed
by Judge Wayne G. Hummer, Jr. on September 13, 2002.
COUNT
I
A.
ORDER OF WAYNE
G. HUMMER, JR., JUDGE EXHIBIT A reads in part; “When
Mother begins school Father shall have partial physical custody one
night each week, which shall either be a Tuesday or Wednesday depending
upon the child's school schedule, from 4:00 p.m. on such day until 4:00
p.m. on the following day.”
1. Respondent
refused to allow the child to spend the court ordered time with the
father during school year (including holidays), restricting the visits
to 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM only.
2. Respondent
completely eliminated these visits from December 20, 2003 through
May 18, 2004 (the past five and a half months).
3.
On 5/17/04 Petitioner contacted Mr. Wolman to request that he instrument
the order for the child’s weekday visit.
a. On 5/18/04
Mr. Wolman left a message that Respondent had advised that she and
Petitioner had agreed to 4:30 p.m. - 6:30p.m.
b. Petitioner
recited the Order of the Court to Mr. Wolman.
c. In an effort
to see the child and not cause confusion Petitioner stated that
Petitioner would accept what Mr. Wolman could get her to comply
with at this time.
d. Petitioner
stated that anything less than what the order calls for is in contempt
and again demonstrates Respondent refusal to follow the Orders of
the Court.
e. Daphne, Mr.
Wolman’s secretary called and told the Petitioner that Respondent
was willing to allow the visit to go until 7:30 but Petitioner needed
to feed him in order to get this ‘privilege.’
f. Respondent
went to Petitioners property early, (at 7:00 p.m. not 7:30 p.m.)
and took the child.
g. Respondent
refused to produce the child for the following Tuesday, visit, May
25, 2004. Mr. Wolman refused to respond.
1. Respondent
refused to follow the Court Order for the exchanges, insisting instead
that the Petitioner go to different locations and be subject to confrontational
conditions, or Respondent refused to make the child available.
2. Respondent
told the child throughout the five months of contempt that “the
judge told daddy to come up into her driveway,” and, that his,
“daddy deserved to get arrested for not following the judge’s
orders.”
1.
Respondent has consistently kept the child from telephone contact at
every opportunity;
a. June 15,
2003 through June 22, 2003 Petitioner took the child to his family’s
reunion. The Petitioner made sure the child called Respondent every
day.
b. June 23,
2003 through July 14, 2003 Respondent took her “equal time"
and did not allow the child to call Petitioner, at all.
c. September
15, through September 29, 2003, the Petitioner called twenty three
times leaving a message for the child to return his calls.
d. This was
with the help, advice and direction of the local police department,
church counselors and Respondent psychologist.
e. The child
did not call at all but, Respondent used records of these calls
to file criminal harassment charges.
i. The charges
were dismissed for lack of evidence, (May 13, 2004) Judge Stengle.
f. Prior to
dismissal of this false charge the child was kept from telephone
contact with Petitioner for the period from September 14, 2003,
through May 14, 2004 except for five calls which were in fact well
directed, listened in on and word by word coached by Respondent.
g. Although
the Petitioner has appeared in front of this court six times in
the past eight weeks, bringing attention to the contemptuous activities
of Respondent, while alerting Respondent and her attorney of this
item of contempt Respondent continues to refuse to allow Petitioner
telephone contact with his son.
i. Petitioner
has made numerous phone contacts with attorney Wolman requesting
that Attorney Wolman advise his client to comply with the order
of Judge Hummer and to advise his client to comply in all ways
including telephone contact in the best interests of the child.
ii. Attorney
Wolman encouraged Petitioner to call.
iii. Petitioner
called on a daily basis.
v. Throughout
this process there has been zero phone contact with the child.
vi. The child
has stated that he has not received the messages left for him
on Respondent’s answering machine.
vii. Over
the past two years Respondent has effectively eliminated the normal
phone contact between the Petitioner and the child which contact
is clearly specified in the Order of Judge Wayne Hummer, Jr.
COUNT II
On
May 21 2004 in Custody Conference between the parties Mr. Wolman stated
to the Support Officer that ‘this is not the current order’
referring to EXHIBIT A the Order of Judge Wayne G. Hummer Jr. Mr. Wolman
refused to clarify or supply other documents in support of this claim.
Mr.
Wolman has failed to respond to Petitioners letter dated May 13, 2004
Re: Child’s Family Reunion/Vacation (SEE EXHIBIT B) with child’s
paternal family scheduled for June 13, 2004 through June 27, 2004. Thus
Petitioner is compelled to appear before this court to secure the availability
of the Petitioners child for said vacation/family reunion.
REQUEST FOR
RELIEF
Therefore
Petitioner requests that the Court Order;
That
Respondent and Mr. Wolman comply with the Custody Order of Judge Wayne
G. Hummer, Jr. of September 13, 2000.
Mr.
Wolman to provide to the Court any other Custody Order he feels is in
force at this time.
That
the Petitioner be allowed unsupervised telephone contact with the child
between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. daily.
That
the child will be made available as per the order including June 13
2004 through June 27 2004 for family reunion/vacation.
That
the child be allowed __________ days make up time with the petitioner
said make time to commence and continue uninterrupted from ________
day of _________ 2004.
Respectfully;
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Bennett
J. Vonderheide
Pro se
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