,'.

'.'

'

"

-,

6:. ,>" fM, patties shall

-'. - . ,,-' 'j',. ,. .

,Go-parenting
". ".. :.'.;.' .,:"

',{ C'
t ",

", .....

"

,r.h:, ,,',

at

such

time

as

is

Qonvenient for.', both ,;," 'attend a'od

The
" ,

a regular basis.
'>. ..

The parties

, C06per,i:ite in , every respect with co-parentingcounsel,i ng , ',

will attend all scheduled , Sessions
recomrnerided by the counselor .
.... ,

for

the

period of
'-

;"

,'. ',.

..

,' . !-lo'r bwitz'

The

children

shall

attend

therapy

wi ttl

Dr.

Sidney
"

.. \

,The parents shall cooperate in all respects with the of

r D- ,

\ "

' recommendations ,

Horowitz.

It

is

the
of

intent
the

o:f

the

parties

to

minimize

therapeutic

i ntervention

children

o)"ily to the extent

recommended by Dr. in the children's

Horowitz. therapeutic

Each

parent'
," -'

'shall

participate

sessions , as ,

....-

' . ': '.

",' reconunencied by Dr. Horowitz.

... ,-. '.

"

f,

from (he State of Connecticut \" it hout order (jf the court.,
"

9.

Any f ,irearms ovmed by either party shall:

<

"

Y andstQ,red in accordance with Connecticut General statutes,

".

. 10.
,

j:>prent shall introduce

to .a.bY ' ' fI

dissolution.
.,:
'

significant ' other ' petson

",

prior

to

the
.,..

the parties . .

lnaddition, . th'e, part.ies ,.', . " .. . .

. ".

<'

,:

.
-j

.. ..... .

an 'i:;ctivity, they shaH , consult Or .

"' :,.,

to mediate said ' dispute, before '

In
. '"

the

event

that

a major

.'

..

,.

.......

..:"

"
','

. by a thi!'d party Provider (e.g.,

doct9t, teacher)

(includin9 the
.<...

change ' Of initiation of medication for a non - routine childhood

ai1I'l1eni:) , :the parent informed by the third party provider that. , ",

decision is required shall, within 24 hours,conta<;:tthe

n",ture 'of ,

other ,parent and inform the other parent of the

decision , ttl be made and shall provide to ' the other }!larent
' name, ' address,

and telephone numb.er of the third party p;rovid$):,'

.

Seel:ing a

. ' (excludihg Saturday and Sunday, when relevpnt), thericontact

, provldid , and ' shall ' , seek

,' ,
,

and , obta-in' ;' a1\Y

:. and<

surroun4i ng the need for

...

Af,t e"toptainingall ' relevant ' iijfdnnation '.. c:orlcEH'i1:i :liif.e :t ,jj.e:l !' t1eo'j)':!rl ,'
;.,

, . ,<

.-:.

{ " . ' , . . raqd;l.xedi abo'ut ', a: chUd's, health, : .. ..

".;
'..

-":;

1;:he:n ' immeiii2it

Subject: Re: Dr. Krieger letter and bills From: susanskipp@gmail.com Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:22:41 -0500 To: Krieger!! He wrote a co parent coordinator contract - supposed to be court order, 2500 retainer, 250 a session, not covered by insurance. Also did psych eval- that would be court ordered as well. A coparent coordinator is supposed to be available to mediate all situations and what aren't resolved, go to court. He never responded to my pleas from safety, activities for kids, yet billed insurance- using SV codes. I sent you contract

From: Howard Krieger <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net> Date: May 4, 2011 8:47:42 AM EDT To: Susan Skipp Tittle <susanskipp@gmail.com>, shawn.tittle@gmail.com Cc: Mary Brigham <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Parenting Coordination Dear Susan and Shawn, I would like, with this email to propose a framework for our work together. I have now read the divorce agreement that was entered in March and the agreements that preceded it. I have spoken to Attorney Brigham and met with each of you twice. I have reviewed material that Susan provided and would like to proceed with this process immediately and aggressively. Given the nature of your concerns regarding each other and the lack of data beyond your concerns and observations I would like to do some psychological assessment. I do not see the need for full psychologicals nor to refer this for a formal evaluation of the sort that might have been ordered in an earlier part of this case. I do think it is important to assess the underlying personality dynamics of each of you, to validate your concerns, educate myself as to how to best work with you and also be able to better anticipate the impact of our intervention. I am wellversed in the process of doing this, the instruments that are appropriate and think it best to keep the professional involvement limited to those already involved. Expanding the cast by referring this will not improve the outcome and may create more complications in terms of time, cost and communication. I would suggest that each of you schedule time to come to my office to complete a series of assessment protocols. This will take you about 2 hours and can be scheduled at your convenience, within the confines of my office availability. Please do this soonest.

I would like to meet with you together to assess your ability to tolerate conjoint sessions. While I know that each of you have expressed concern that this sort of meeting might be too provocative and unproductive, I would like to try and see if it is possible. Please propose times within the next two weeks for this meeting. While I know that your work schedules are demanding, mine is too. I will be flexible and work with you to do this. It is important that we not delay this process. I anticipate meeting weekly or at least biweekly for 6 sessions. That period will give us a chance to work through enough of the basic concepts and will also give us a chance to determine how we can work together and how well you can use the tools I will offer you. Please propose times during the next two or three months that we can use to schedule these meetings. Again, I will flex my schedule to accommodate you. I expect that you will do the same. I mentioned in my last email that a groundrule for our work will be the use of three-way communication. Please respect this and refrain from contacting me outside of a three-way communication. If our work in the office is done between myself and one of you, I will reserve the material for inclusion in future conjoint meetings. I will not maintain confidences with one of you. This is not a custody evaluation, nor is it preparation for post judgement litigation. It is an attempt to help you manage your conflict within a non-adversarial framework. As such, I will ask you to sign a non-disclosure agreement that will leave me outside of any future litigation. By doing this I am hoping to create a confidential boundary around our work and give you a place to try and shift the paradigm of your conflict to a mediation framework. I have attached an agreement for each of you to sign and return. My fees for this work is $250 per hour. I am suggesting 11 hours of work at this point (4 hours testing, 1 hour conjoint visit, 6 hours following that in a manner to be determined by the conjoint visit and the psychological assessments) I would like a retainer of $2750 as we begin this work. While this fee is typically split between the parties, I will leave that issue to you to resolve. If we are able to move beyond this phase of our work, I will ask for you to prepay for future meetings as well. Please forward the retainer fee along with the signed agreement attached to this email. Finally, I would like to remind you that this is an effort to move your family forward beyond the litigation and conflict that has been so difficult and painful for you and your children. It is an effort to protect your children from the impact of future conflict and litigation. Whatever risks you or your relationship bring to bear on your children, these will be magnified by the litigation process if that occurs going forward. I hope that we can develop a structure in which to help you resolve the ongoing problems and create a more stable future for your children. I look forward to seeing you soon. HMK Howard M. Krieger, Ph.D. Clinical and Forensic Psychologist Connecticut Resource Group, LLC 133 Scovill Street, Suite 211 Waterbury, CT 06706 Phone (203) 573-9521 Fax (203) 573-8708

3
howardcrg@sbcglobal.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachment(s) hereto contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and PRIVILEGED in nature and is intended solely for the use of the person named as the recipient. If you are not the person named above as the recipient, you are hereby placed on notice that disclosure, copying, forwarding or use of this email and/or any attachment(s) hereto is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please reply by email to the sender at once indicating your receipt of the message and securely delete the email from your email server and your computer. Thank you. It is impossible to assure the privacy of communication by electronic means. If you are uncomfortable with this possible limitation of your privacy, please communicate by other means.

4 CONNECTICUT RESOURCE GROUP, LLC Psychological Services for Children, Adolescents & Adults
133 SCOVILL STREET - SUITE 211 WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT 06706 (203)573-9521 FAX (203)573-8708

Sidney S. Horowitz, Ph.D. Howard M. Krieger, Ph.D. Leonard I. Goldstein, Psy.D. Eric D. Margolies, Psy.D. ______________________ Heather J. Toll, Psy.D. Michaela Kauffmann, Psy.D. Lauren K. Ayr, Ph.D. Chris Fletcher, Ph.D.

Participation Agreement We, the undersigned, hereby agree that Dr. Howard M. Krieger shall serve as a neutral consultant in our family matter. We further agree as follows: 1. Dr. Krieger shall be paid at the rate of $250 per hour for the time he expends in providing services to us. We agree that Dr. Krieger shall be paid his hourly rate by providing a retainer as prepayment for anticipated services. 2. The matters about which Dr. Krieger are consulted are strictly confidential and are in the nature of mediation. Dr. Krieger shall not be called as any witness in any legal matter pending as between us. We agree that neither will cause any subpoena to issue for any reason which will compel Dr. Krieger (or any other person associated with Dr. Krieger at Connecticut Resource Group, LLC) to appear and/or provide testimony or produce any notes or documents whatsoever. 3. Dr. Krieger has our complete authorization to discuss matters about which he is consulted with each of us and our legal representatives. May 4, 2011 ________________________________ Susan Skipp Tittle ________________________ Shawn Tittle

________________________________ Howard M. Krieger, Ph.D.

5
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:05:56 -0500 Subject: Fwd: Revised agreement From: susanskipp@gmail.com To: I didn't th4e gal involved- she was off the case per march 28, 2011 agreement ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Howard Krieger <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:14 AM Subject: Revised agreement To: Susan Skipp Tittle <susanskipp@gmail.com>, shawn.tittle@gmail.com Cc: Mary Brigham <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net> Dear Susan and Shawn, Please replace the agreement that I attached to my email with the one attached to this email. I neglected to include contact with the children's attorney/GAL in the disclosure. Please return this agreement form with the retainer fee as soon as possible. Respond by email with your suggestions for meeting times. Thank you, HMK Howard M. Krieger, Ph.D. Clinical and Forensic Psychologist Connecticut Resource Group, LLC 133 Scovill Street, Suite 211 Waterbury, CT 06706 Phone (203) 573-9521 Fax (203) 573-8708 howardcrg@sbcglobal.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachment(s) hereto contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL and PRIVILEGED in nature and is intended solely for the use of the person named as the recipient. If you are not the person named above as the recipient, you are hereby placed on notice that disclosure, copying, forwarding or use of this email and/or any attachment(s) hereto is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please reply by email to the sender at once indicating your receipt of the message and securely delete the email from your email server and your computer. Thank you. It is impossible to assure the privacy of communication by electronic means. If you are uncomfortable with this possible limitation of your privacy, please communicate by other means.

6 CONNECTICUT RESOURCE GROUP, LLC Psychological Services for Children, Adolescents & Adults
133 SCOVILL STREET - SUITE 211 WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT 06706 (203)573-9521 FAX (203)573-8708

Sidney S. Horowitz, Ph.D. Howard M. Krieger, Ph.D. Leonard I. Goldstein, Psy.D. Eric D. Margolies, Psy.D. ______________________ Heather J. Toll, Psy.D. Michaela Kauffmann, Psy.D. Lauren K. Ayr, Ph.D. Chris Fletcher, Ph.D.

Participation Agreement We, the undersigned, hereby agree that Dr. Howard M. Krieger shall serve as a neutral consultant in our family matter. We further agree as follows: 1. Dr. Krieger shall be paid at the rate of $250 per hour for the time he expends in providing services to us. We agree that Dr. Krieger shall be paid his hourly rate by providing a retainer as prepayment for anticipated services. 2. The matters about which Dr. Krieger are consulted are strictly confidential and are in the nature of mediation. Dr. Krieger shall not be called as any witness in any legal matter pending as between us. We agree that neither will cause any subpoena to issue for any reason which will compel Dr. Krieger (or any other person associated with Dr. Krieger at Connecticut Resource Group, LLC) to appear and/or provide testimony or produce any notes or documents whatsoever. 3. Dr. Krieger has our complete authorization to discuss matters about which he is consulted with each of us, our legal representatives and those of our children. May 4, 2011 ________________________________ Susan Skipp Tittle ________________________ Shawn Tittle

________________________________ Howard M. Krieger, Ph.D.

7
Forwarded message ---------From: Attorney Mary Brigham <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, May 12, 2011 at 6:41 PM Subject: Re: Re: To: Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> Cc: Shawn Tittle <shawn.tittle@gmail.com>, "Sidney Horowitz <sidneyhorowitz@comcast.net>Howard Krieger" <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net> SusanUnless and until there is a motion filed which would warrant my involvement beyond ensuring that coparent counseling is taking place, I am not continuing my investigation. I am monitoring things by virtue of being cc'd on emails,.Other than that ,issues relating to visitation and custody are governed by the agreement unless otherwise modified. Neither you nor Wyatt has EVER raised the alleged issue of Wyatt sharing a bed with his father ( other than for the short period before new furniture arrived for the children). I question why you are rasing that, as well as other issues- i.e. travel distance (when you moved further away) at a time when you and Shawn should be well into the mode of effective coparenting I am disheartened to say the least that the children continue to be the victims of continued animosity and mistrust between you and Shawn. They are, and no doubt will continue, to be, harmed by what is happening. Once again, I urge you and Shawn to move forward both in your personal lives and in your relationship as parents of two wonderful children. Mary Mary Piscatelli Brigham Attorney at Law (203) 574-2404 fax (203) 755-6366

--- On Thu, 5/12/11, Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> wrote: From: Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Re: To: "Attorney Mary Brigham" <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net> Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 6:11 PM Didn't you ever visit as you said you were? He has been sharing a bed with him since visits started. Sent from my iPhone

On May 12, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Attorney Mary Brigham <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net> wrote: SusanThere is no motion pending that would warrant my performing a home visit. Mary Piscatelli Brigham Attorney at Law (203) 574-2404 fax (203) 755-6366

--- On Thu, 5/12/11, Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> wrote: From: Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> Subject: To: "Attorney Mary Brigham" <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net> Cc: "Howard Krieger" <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net>, "Sidney Horowitz" <sidneyhorowitz@comcast.net> Date: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 5:25 PM Wyatt has to share a bed with Shawn. Haven't you made a home visit? Wyatt does not like this. Sent from my iPhone ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Mary Brigham <mary.brighamlaw@att.net> Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:10 PM Subject: Re: Reports To: susanskipp@gmail.com, sidneyhorowitz@comcast.net, Mary Piscatelli Brigham <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net>, howardcrg@sbcglobal.net Cc: Jim Hirschfield <jhirschfield@cramer-anderson.com> Drs. Horowitz and Krieger: Please be advised that I am asserting the privilege on behalf of my wards. Thank you. Mary

9
From: Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com>; To: Sidney Horowitz, Ph.D. <sidneyhorowitz@comcast.net>; Mary Piscatelli Brigham <marybrigham@sbcglobal.net>; Howard Krieger <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net>; Cc: Jim Hirschfield <jhirschfield@cramer-anderson.com>; Subject: Reports Sent: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 12:59:06 AM Dr. Horowitz and Dr. Krieger, Hi, please provide me documentation on which any recommendations have been made concerning custody of Wyatt and Gabrielle from your involvement on to the present day. Please provide a written account of the how a recommendation was made to change custody of children as to how it pertains to their mental health. Also, please provide a copy of notes and any records of sessions with the children. Thank you Susan ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 3:06 PM Subject: Kreiger billing and records To: Howard Krieger <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net> Dear Dr. Krieger No court order was ever issued for any psychological evaluation. Psychological evaluations are not used for co-parent mediation services. Please provide the citation that indicates the criterion for which a psychological evaluation for the process of co-parent mediation be used. The agreement I signed states your services are for co-parent mediation; you said you are not seeing us for psychological therapy or treatment. Please provide criteria for which a psychological evaluation would be appropriate outside of the context of a court ordered evaluation for custody, therapy or psychological treatment. Also please document where any such mediation has taken place to fulfill the billing for the coparenting mediation service, as I sent you months of emails documenting no communication back from Shawn for months about basic issues such as child care, children's health, his not showing up for visits, threatening the kids, the children's fear of him and the children's activities, his abuse of me, abuse of the children - all of these very crucial issues to co-parenting, to which have not addressed in over a year that you have been by agreement served as a co-parent mediator. Aside from my records that I have a right to, these same records are being used in a court proceeding and as a litigant I have a right to them. I do not need a court order to obtain them. I do not need a psychologist to release the records as any testing was not done for any psychological treatment, diagnosis, service, or court ordered

10
evaluation. Please Include an itemized billing statement that indicates an accounting of the billing amount. Thank you Susan

---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 5:44 PM Subject: Re: Psych eval To: Howard Krieger <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net> Yes, thank you. I would like whatever you are saying on paper please. All sorts of statements have been made by Mary over the last several months in court that are hearsay but admissible for some strange reason in this court with same judge, as well as other equally unjust and illogical things. I would like to see what is discussed. I am not asking for Shawn's records, just mine. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 17, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Howard Krieger <howardcrg@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > There was no report generated. The assessment was intended for my use to aid in the Parenting Coordination. I have been contacted by Family Relations and will discuss the data with them. > HMK > Howard M. Krieger > > On Mar 17, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Susan Skipp <susanskipp@gmail.com> wrote: > >> May I please have a copy of the psych eval you did for me. >> >> Thank you

10

CONNECTICUT RESO U RCE GROUP, LLC Psychological Services for Children, Adolescents & Adults
133 SCOVILL STR EET - SUITE 2 11 WATE RB URY , CONNECTICUT 06706

(203)573-9521

FAX (203)5 73-8708

Sidney S. Horowitz, Ph.D. Howard M. Kriege r, Ph.D. Leonard I. Goldstein, Psy. D. Eric D. Margolies, Psy. D. Michaela Kauffmann, Psy.D. Lauren K. Ayr, Ph.D . Ch ri s Fletcher, Ph .D.

March 26, 2012 Susan Skipp 147 Hoop Hill Rd. Woodbury, CT. 06798 Shawn Tittle, MD 10 South St. Suite 202 Ridgefield, CT. 06877 Dear Ms. Skipp and Dr. Tittle, I am writing to inform you that I will not be able to continue to work with you in the Parenting Coordination process that was begun in January 20 II and has been diverted in the past months. I am concerned about the recent series of emails, which I rece ived from Ms. Skipp, demanding release of certain records along with documentation regarding the rationale for their existence in the first place, legal research regarding their use and release along with persistent emails to tllisend. This has created a burden that unfortunate ly will impact my efforts to remain neutral in your parenting process. I have explained that I am not able to release the assessment data to anyone except a licensed psychologist and will require a court order to do so within this context. I am not willing to perform the research that Ms. Skipp has asked for, especially in light of her inability and unwillingness to pay for my time to do it. I have attached to this letter a bill, which details my charges and your payments in thi s matter. Please note that I have not detailed my charges for time spent reading and reviewing nearly 1000 pages of emails sent since January 20 II .

2
I hope that you are able to continue this sort of intervention in the future as I think it is essentia l to the well being of your children. If you would li ke referrals to professionals who may be able to work with you, please let me know. Sincerely,

Howard M. Krieger, Ph.D. cc: Attorney Mary P. Brigham

03/27/12 Oper : SL

Statement

Page : 1

IRS # 061513565 TITTLE , SHAWN 10 SOUTH STREET SUITE 202 RIDGEFIELD,CT 06877

CONNECTICUT RESOURCE GROUP LLC 133 SCOVILL STREET SUITE 211 WATERBURY , CT 06706-1127 Tel : 2035739521 Acct : 10011650 -1 /VO Pat : TITTLE , SHAWN 07/09/71 Tel : 203/313-2212 Insl : AETNA HEALTH CARE W173028088

Date Diag Ref C . P . T Qt Reference Pr ocedure AR Plc Prv Amount - - -- ---- -- ----- -- -- -------------------- -- ------------ - --------------------- -- --05/10/11 309 . 0 180.00 90801 PSYCH DIAG EVAL VO 0 SH 05/10/11 - 10 . 00 CASH CASH 0 SH V61 . 1 300 . 00 05/31/11 FORENSIC VO 0 HK 90899 TESTING -95 . 00 06/07/11 0 SH AECK AETNA CHECK - 75 . 00 AETNA DISALLOWED 0 SH 06/07/11 AEDA 1375 . 00 VO 0 HK OS/20/11 V61 . 1 90899 FORENSIC -1375 . 00 HK P.i>.TIENT CHECK 0 OS/20/11 PTCK -30 0 . 00 0 HK 12 /13/11 CASH CASH 125 . 00 PARENTING COORDIN VO 0 HK 01/23/12 V61 . 1 PARENT --- --- -- 125 . 00 Regular Balance : $

03/27/12 Oper : SL

Statement

Page : 1

IRS # 061513565 TITTLE, SUSAN 147 HOOP HOLE HILL RD WOODBURY , CT 06798

CONNECTICUT RESOURCE GROUP LLC 133 SCOV ILL STREET SUITE 211 WATERBURY , CT 06706 - 1127 Tel : 2035739521 Acct : 10011273-1 / FO Pat : TITTLE , SUSAN 08/16/68 Tel : 203/509 -15 85

Date

Diag

Ref

C. P . T

Qt Reference Procedure

AR Plc Pry

Amount

- --------- --- ----- -- --- - - ------------------------------ --- --- ------ -- - -- -- -----250 . 00 01/26/11 V61 . 1 1 FO 0 HK 90899 FORENSIC 250 . 00 02/22/11 V61 . 1 1 CK#103 FORENSIC FO 0 HK 90899 02/22/11 - 250 . 00 PTCK PATIENT CHECK 0 HK 03/03/11 PTCK PATIENT CHECK HK - 250 . 00 0

103 V61 03/22/11 04/28/11 V61 PTCK # 109 04/28/11 V61 07/08/11 FORENSIC 07/08/11 10/03/11 11959 53 09 09/ 12/11 V61 SUSAN OV 01/16/12 1027 01/23/12 V61

.1 .1 .1

90899 90899 PTCK 9 0899 VISA PTCK

1 1

FORENSIC FORENSIC PATIENT CHECK FORENSIC VISA PAYMENT PATIENT CHECK

FO FO FO

0 0 0 0 0 0

HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK HK
$

25 0 . 00 250 . 00 -250 . 00 1675 . 00 -2 00 . 00 -50 0 . 00 0 . 00 - 122 5 . 00 125 . 00

--- -- -- --

.1

90899 PTCK

FORENSIC PATIENT CHECK

FO

0 0 0

.1

PARENT

PARENTING COORDIN FO Regular Balance :

125 . 00

';

';:
:,'

MY name is Darlene Odegaard. I am a teacher with the ThomastOn Board Ed. MY daughter Vtctoria has been a close friend of.Anderson Tittle for the .. The girls first became classmates at. LMS in the fall of.2005. They re&ular playmates and sleepover friends m my bome ever s:mce.
1lefore I begin, 1 will take a moment to state on t:JJat although I J.e bad virtually no direct oontact with Shawn Tittle, I VIeW Mr. TIttle to be a . Itig\lyfunc:tiooing, but emotionally unstable person, who may in the future thooge1D do b.ann or retaliatory acts.
I'm speaking UP. however, because as a teacher and a mandated reporter, hid one of my students been in this situation, I would have been behooved to Ubadion \0 help. Additionally, I care about my family. . . . ' . '
'

.'

'

rourt.

On August l4. 20U I drove Victoria to Anderson's home to'a s1eepover. It .as at tim time that Anderson spoke to me for the first time regarding her thntw.ts and feetinr;; about her father. According to Anderson there exist 'two dads' in ber-life-tbe 'nice one and the mean one'. "WJCe dad shows his face to Laura and e\!Ciybody," she said "Me, Wyatt and Mom aretbe only ones who ever see mean dad. Since the separation, mean dad either yells, or talks on the phone alot. JIbe's not yelling. he's doing something else and not paying mucl1 attention to me and Wyatt. He gives us toys as bn"bes so we'll come over, but once we're there we're basically on our own, or he's talking mean to us. He only acts nice if Laura OF someone else is there. He doesn't really act like be cam; or is happy to be wiIh uswhen it's just us . Mean dad either yeDs or ads like we're invisible to 10m we'd be riding in his car and there used to be a little gun in the back seat of lUscar_whoa. doesn't be lrnow Wyatt's a little kid?

I don't feel around him. But when Laura is around, she's:really nice and I bowwe1l be safe if she's there."
"',' _ -.

...rm afraid be might get custody of us, and I don't want him to.

. What

smce moved out. .. he still threatens Wyatt a lot: so hell be JUSt yelling or be uses a really scary, whispery tone of voice ...but "''fteu be tilJed with us, mean dad was a Jot WOl'Se.

oooe. I

mean dad do that is so scary to her'? I asked D?W, mean dad just yells in your fae. He only pulled Wyatt's

It:>

him. mean dad will get physical again, like it was ... m Woodbury, mean dad used to hit iall Wyatt. mostly. He pulled his hair all the time I would stay outside espec .y stay of his I to be in the Ift;nling about Wyatt - feeling mvisible , but then r d feel guilty m the house with him.
m

hs;ngs
c,.:,

..-

1 still stay outside a lot because I'm used to it...outside just feels
1 wtmt in the house to ask Mom a question. Mom and Dad were no.l heard a really loud slap sound. He hit Mom. When I asked the Moms voice got really high, like she was trying not to cry....another I W\\S in my room, Dad was yelling at me...Mom was in the hallway, Dad at to stay out and locked my bedroom door with him in the room ...

",\'m not a stupid kid, 1look up legal things online sometimes. I know I can
who to live with once I'm twelve...! have a year to wait, but Wyatt...it11 be &0 bad bim it he's stuck with Dad. ..l feel sorry for Wyatt because he just grabs \\tt\e of attention he can from Dad. ..l don't. Not me. .I'm harder to _ _ _ _ _ at ,.\ 1..)' bits',..... ... . ., . . ., abbut .. <> __ . ,-,-on: . ' . .' - ,,roaUy be nice to us, for just us when we're alone with him ...

rot

d gives us a lot of stuff, he gives me...gifts, presents ...but he's still really ry a lot of the time...

",Would you answer me this question...ifl have a child lawyer, isn't she supposed to tell my parents to do what's good for me? I love martial arts, but I can't take it. Why doesn't she just tell dad that he has to bring me? The class isn't long. I can still see him. Driving kids places, isn't that what parents do that all the time? .. ,Look at you and Victoria...what makes my dad so different?

...1 also don't understand something else...why do they have a child lawyer deciding what's best for me, when this lady doesn't even know me? She doesn't know the booles I'm reading, what series I like, when my birthday is, what I want to do for my birthday...she doesn't know anything about me...so how can she decide anything for me?
,..1 Uke my schooL.it's a fun school and it isn't like other schools...I'd have to leave it to live with mean dad. ..I don't get how that could be good for me and Wyatt. _ ....._ _ _ _ _ _ IC'&;;;iIi:
:...
,b$ ;

... there's so many things I don't get about this divorce; things that. Me rea\\-y tupid."

As an educator, I'm used to listening to children. 1 ho-pe this sheds \\@.\\ on a truly painful family situation. Sincerely,

ro.
Darlene Odegaard, 8/16/11

ito -

!.

.I
t'

: (._.....

\. . . . . t .' "\,.

"

-.
-

I ,... --t...-1. . . I
-'":-_#'
, J"
I

,.

"

[-.1
1

(E-oJ

Je h +Iv:

Ullt i I I

./.J/"I ..

- 1- ..

J:

.-

J I

-.

, r .... '.,: . iL

I:

I'."

I;

1-1c
; She..-

b i..
t:>

(;

h t i.& /Xt \ id

,'I

bl1..</
: ''I.

-1.1, c
,-.
/

/'-'LJ_'r' L

iil:Q.:d-i,.

f-..:-.:..

i'V"":

;'

- , /.-i/ ,

II

i , , 1;./ '. l !It'-.j \ \ ../

L. _

,-:

.--

l:: ....

:.......

" "'.>-""

\\ i \ \t.-

I ....

, .'

'. 1 ""

....

r-

Yl ':;: ..' "

"j- ;

l j., C

f , L-

.. ..

-fLUI

S,+..eq/{ '
I
L Ii

p.e('SOV\

T.

!"J 0iJ

I 01
t:zj

v'-.j:,

4- U
l

LV I

th Vn'1 .m

om (/.(fN. V\.
.WCL5_

Sa::d'(' &CA: Cc{ 0.\. -911'\ " \\16 ", J. 0!ccJ i 'f ' /-ec, - e -; f ..L d6 VlO+ c..u an + io Yc'v<.. --4!.l. it-",

!(JUl

("ull-h "" ....1

+r us

:r: 6<fr'\ Sea/e.q or:. L do Av'(t-,..--u s F h I"l'\. , .-,r. WCl: ,,-.p-In /,1/<" W l ?-k Wi J i"-Io + ;:",f,,.r' . g h, e. j> ,7h-.... h.e..;r +-'" I -II,.u$. t- i!rn <9' ' -e.. +h J::
{o.../-",. A:rc
f

.'fY',.'j J L

Ji->

yYJJ Sf. ")

i -: .
-

- --- --- -

1- --- - ---

.. --- -- --!-

- -- -. -

.-

-_.. ,-----. ,