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    Slam the Gavel welcomes return guest, James Johnson. James was last on the podcast Season 6, Episode 398, August 31st, 2026. James Johnson is a father from San Mateo County, California. His daughter died by suicide on July 4th. He had been alienated from his daughter and spent years battling in court for the ability to see her. He describes experiencing extreme financial and litigation abuse throughout the court process, including the removal of custody without, what he believes was "sufficient cause."

      A NEW COURT DATE for James which is set to be heard on September 30th, 2026 at 9:00an PST befor...

    Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast. Theo has been on the podcast multiple times sharing with us his insight and expertise regarding the behavior complexities of human nature. Today we talked about the bullies in and out of the courtrooms. Whether they are the judiciary, attorneys, Guardian Ad Litems, Therapists or family members, Theo explains the extremes these individuals will go to, to bully a litigant inside and outside of the courtroom.

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     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Dawn McCarty to the podcast. Dawn is a criminologist, cybersecurity strategist, author and behavioral threat specialist. Dawn returns with an expanded investigative lens and her new book series that can be found on Amazon: "Unsealing the Crime Scene."

     Drawing from her lived experience as a childhood abduction survivor, Dawn examines coercive control, attachment manipulation, identity disruption and the weaponization of children in high-conflict family systems. Her work asks a difficult question: What happens when the child's developing mind becomes the crime scene?

     We also discussed her chapter in the recently released...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Hope to the podcast. Hope was last on in August 2023, Season 4, Episode 141. Today she reflected back on the murder of her adult daughter and how she got involved in the court system and realized she had to be a voice for her daughter. Hope watched the impact of the theater of Criminal Court and the judge having the final say asking, 'where are the kids going to go?' However, he was well aware of the placement of her grandchildren. Hope then found herself in Family Court. 

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     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes James Johnson, a father from San Mateo County, California. His daughter died by suicide on July 4th, 2026. He had been alienated from his daughter and spent years battling in court for the ability to see her. He describes experiencing extreme financial and litigation abuse throughout the court process, including the removal of custody without, what he believes was "sufficient cause."

     James had not seen his daughter for approximately two years until the hospital contacted him and let him know what happened on July 4th, 2026.

     James then had to file an Emergency...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes new guest, Colin Chenery, author of, "Six Circles of Mindfulness, Living Life Fully Through Present Moment Awareness." Colin wrote "Six Circles of Mindfulness," as a personal framework for mindfulness that was developed during his travels through the Himalayas and Japan. His book offers practices for awareness, presence and an inner balance through daily life. 

     We discussed practices of meditation, counseling and coaching as well as how therapists help families through very difficult times. Getting people who are struggling through hardships to the other side, with guidance and positivity.

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     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Marineka Bowman to the podcast. She is here today to discuss her Rule To Show Cause on July 15, 2026, lack of academics with her 9 year-old daughter, problems at the Visitation Center, and how Judge Natalie Haskins is telling Marineka to find a counselor by September 1, 2026 or custody remains with the father. The father stated at the hearing that he is, "tired of the child." Luke 11:46

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   Slam The Gavel welcomes back Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler PhD, back to the podcast. Dr. Alyse Price-Tobler was last on the podcast, Season 5, Episode 57, where we discussed the dynamics of Adult Children of Severe Parental Alienation.

     Today we discussed her body of work, Dr. Price-Tobler's new book found on Amazon: Healing Qualia A Clinical Treatment Protocol For Adult Survivors of Child Psychological Abuse in the Context of Parental Alienation, Familial Abduction, and Estrangement (Volumes I and II). We Also discussed her book: WARNING: Children Are Not Weapons.

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     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast to discuss an article written in the Illinois State Bar Association, The Bar News, "Illinois Supreme Court Disbars 4, Suspends 4 in Latest Disciplinary Filing." (Posted January 20th, 2026)

      We talked about how the Illinois Supreme Court at that time, issued attorney disciplinary orders during its January 2026 Term of Court. There were sanctions imposed due to the fact that more than several attorneys took part in professional misconduct by violating Illinois state ethics laws.

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   Slam the gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to discuss an Illinois article written by Jonathan Bilyk (Legal Newsline), "Appeals court: Cook divorce judges can't hold ex-husbands 'hostage' to force families to pay divorce bills" (December 26, 2024 - UPDATED May 21, 2025. We discussed what imputation of income really means, Debtor's Prison and "recalcitrance."

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     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes Barb Varcl Smith from Aberdeen, Scotland. Barb Varcl Smith is a Trauma Recovery Educator, Speaker, Therapist and Creator of The Ascendance Method(TM), a practical framework for understanding trauma, recovery and personal transformation.

      With over 20 years of professional experience and a unique systems-thinking background, Barb is known for making complex trauma concepts easy to understand and apply in every day life. Barb discussed how her work helps people recognize the hidden survival patterns that continue influencing thoughts, emotions, relationships, parenting and decision-making long after the original experiences have passed.

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     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Linda Denton-Harris. Linda was last on in December 2nd, 2024, Season 5, Episode 194. Linda and I discussed her bestselling book, "They're NOT Here To Help, An Advocate's Guide to Surviving Family Court, CPS and the Systems that Profit from Families." Linda talked about her 25 years inside of family court and CPS, building a constitutional case against systems that claim to serve children while systematically silencing them. The stories of advocates as well as her own case shows how the same pattern repeats itself over and over and it's NOT by ACCIDENT, it is by DESIGN. The...

     Slam the Gavel host Maryann Petri, reads Michael Phillips's article written 7-4-2026, "What to the Parent is the Fourth of July?" Michael Phillips can be found on Substack with other amazing articles. Today on America's 250th birthday, the oldest liberty: the Constitution, the Supreme Court identifies, remains the very LEAST protected right in American law, especially for parents. Thank you, Michael Phillips for this great article.

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     Slam The Gavel welcomes new guests Dr. Don Murphy and John James Mckeogh to the podcast. Dr. Don Murphy is the 3rd of 12, father of 4, grandfather of 3.  He has served Colorado as a geriatrician/hospice physician over 40 years.  He co-created and managed 4 geriatric practices and served as a board member on a number of health care related foundations.  
    He was gaslighted by the Colorado government and “psychiatric industrial complex,” and is now back working with many victims to seek justice.  He’ll resume practicing and teaching medicine in the coming year….and retire on his terms.

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     Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Marta Bryceland, who was last on the podcast Season 6, Episode 368. Marta came back to tell the story of her case and the court and the violations briefly of due process, discrimination and forensic expert testimony and report of child abuse by the father. Marta's own court witness were ignored and the judge removed it from the record. However, the assigned attorney, Peter Wilner, pulled out a forensic report and filed the Appeal on July 11th, 2025, calling the entire proceeding a "travesty of justice" with predetermined outcome for Marta to lose custody. Marta demands two...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Amy Palacios to the podcast. Amy has been on the podcast Season 5, Episodes 308, and multiple episodes explaining the corruption of her case and giving updates. On this podcast, Amy states that they are looking to put her into JAIL June 15th, 2026 for Child Support Arrears as well as Attorney's Fees. However, Amy explains their EXTORTION monies have  already been paid and she owes NOTHING. This fits into the perfect playbook. When the unfit, alienating parent, with the help of attorneys, puts the loving - fit parent into jail, that gives them free rein to not...

     Slam the Gavel welcomes back Amanda Story who was last on Season 4, Episode 142, and Crystal Salazar Season 5, Episode 174. 
       Today we discussed the major human rights issue in the United States — the fact that America still does not have a fully independent National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) aligned with the UN Paris Principles, despite international efforts dating back to the 1990s.

       In 2023, the NHRI for USA campaign publicly pushed for the creation of one, and in 2025 the Institute for Advancement of Justice & Human Rights (IAJ) launched as an independent organization working toward human rights investigations, accountability, and advocacy surro...

   Slam The Gavel welcomes back Carrie Haight to the podcast. Carrie was last on Season 5, Episodes 185, 221, 266, and 321. We discussed her first podcast as a reference, "No One Would Listen." From there we talked about a solution to the CPS debacle and how it can easily be dissolved. Defund CPS, not law enforcement. Also how false allegations should really be handled by the police.

   Next, we discussed how a judge has a picture of her daughter up on his chamber wall without written consent. Carrie also described her daughter's medical issues that have not been resolved and how she...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes back Lisa Goodpaster to the podcast. Lisa was last on Season 4, Episode 71 where we discussed her book, "Alienated, When Parents Won't Parent." Her work exposes a major gap in the frameworks used throughout the Parental Alienation space. The frameworks that are used in the courts to decide the child's best interest have never included a child's biology: the nervous system. That's no small oversight, IT IS A MASSIVE MISTAKE. Once parents understand the enormity of this, it becomes impossible not to see it.

Today, we discussed why the biggest disruption in the child's bi...

     Slam The Gavel welcomes new guest, NC Senate Candidate, District 17, Shirley Johnson. Shirley began her career serving 10 years on the Illinois State Senate staff working in appropriations, press and outreach. Shirley developed expertise in the state budget process, identifying strategies to cut wasteful spending while protecting critical services, and built strong relationships with advocates and policymakers to advance responsible, people-centered legislation. Later, Shirley served with the State Treasurer's Office, helping advance a customer service-oriented approach to Government. Shirley also accepted the role of Director for a Child Advocacy Center and CASA, where she led multidisciplinary teams on the front lin...

    Slam The Gavel covers another article by Michael "Thunder" Phillips written 5-02-2026  titled: "Parental Alienation as LABOR EXPLOITATION, Courts Know, Courts Are Not Complying. Great article written by Phillips citing that there are over 22+ million parents impacted in the U.S. alone. This article can be found on Substack.

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   Slam the Gavel welcomes new guest, Doug Devitre who is Founder and President at CoTrackPro. Doug has built AI-Powered Apps for Family Justice, Mental Health and Legal Reform. CoTrackPro is more than a breath of fresh air for families navigating the legal system.

    Doug most recently created CoTrackPro which is a family-focused SaaS Platform comprising 7+ integrated applications. These tools support not only parents but attorneys, therapists and court officials with AI-Powered documentation, compliance tracking and communication management during custody or legal situations. This wonderful app carries within it: Decisions, Mental, Cyber, Bridges, Legal, and Talk. CoTrackPro helps fami...

    Slam The Gavel welcomes new guest, Elizabeth Collins to the podcast. Today we are going to discuss public citizens email communications to court administration that get turned into judicial orders, then are treated by the judge as a motion that he then turns into a judicial order without any Due Process. 

    Elizabeth also talked about the "flying monkeys," and how court watchers are restricted via Zoom and that are blocked. The taxpayer  has got to be aware of how their tax dollars are being spent within these court houses.

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    Slam the Gavel welcomes back Todd Humes to the podcast. Todd was last on Season 6, Episodes 341 and 349. The last time he was on, we discussed how it's not about the money, it's about JUSTICE. Still, there  no change in his case after his fourth attorney still hasn't been able to get a court date while Todd is STILL PAYING alimony after being ONLY SEPARATED for the last EIGHT YEARS. We discussed that his bar, The Pub and Grubb has sat empty for the last three years and his soon to be ex is NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. Where is...

    Slam The Gavel welcomes Kathy Watrel, Etha Jones, Dennis Merritt and Tess Harmon to the podcast. Today we discussed how another parent has been pulled from Family Court into the criminal justice system and incarcerated. Her name is Agness McCurry. Many of her know her from her TikTok channel: I am not a lawyer 96 with over 10,000 followers. Agness was last on Slam The Gavel Season 5, Episode 211.

     We are here to talk about the facts as we understand them and provide a brief history of Agness's case and discuss what people can do to help, including getting in touch...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes Crystal Wool and Rachael to the podcast. Crystal is a Texas Mom who has been involved with a Cumberland County NC Family Court case since 2015, more aggressively since 2021. She was successful with gaining custody of her daughter after years of fighting to get her to safety after SA in father’s home. 

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     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast. Today we alerted public to the plight of Michael Evan Caruso who is suffering in Douglas County Jail in Colorado (Inmate Search). Edie Basista was kind enough to send a letter to me from Michael Caruso which was read on the podcast. COURT WATCHERS ARE NEEDED MAY 11th, 2026.

   Human Rights Violations happen globally throughout the world in prisons. Here, Michael Caruso, a combat Veteran is suffering from just wanting to be a parent. Taxpayers need to be aware that their money is spent on the torturing of paren...

   Today, host of Slam the Gavel discussed self care, staying busy and showing projects she has been working on. Although this is in audio, the video will be available on Slam The Gavel YouTube channel. Whether it is knitting, deck of card art or junk journaling EVERYONE can do it. Staying busy is a big part of controlling our anxiety and depression, and learning how to remain calm. Taking care of ourselves enables us to help others. Remember, we are put on this earth to make the world a better place. Happy FRIYAY!! 

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   Slam the Gavel welcomes Gwendolyn Chubb to the podcast. She is a Chicago-based founder, media host, civic advocate, and community educator whose work centers on parental alienation awareness, family justice, and public accountability; she has led advocacy efforts, hosted radio and cable programs, produced documentary content, facilitated divorce-success workshops, testified before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee, helped shape proposed family-law legislation, and remained active in education, voter outreach, and community leadership. Despite, her 18 year fight within the corruption of Cook County courts she remains committed to her values of Faith, Family and the Fight for Justice. 

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    Slam The Gavel welcomes back Debbie Carroll to the podcast. She is accompanied by Kathryn Hall, who is one the faces of the Angel Families, an organization that has brought their stories of the deaths of their children by ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS to the forefront of the American consciousness.  Her story has been told by Terri LaPoint in the book, Voices That Will Not be Silenced.  Kathryn and her family are more than survivors. Kathryn is a powerhouse spokesperson for Angel Families AND for exposure of corruption by the child welfare system. 

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    Slam the Gavel welcomes Nicole DeGregorio to the podcast. She is the significant other to Christopher Stevens. Christopher is a non-accused parent currently incarcerated for exposing DCF in stealing his child in Franklin County, Massachusetts. DCF has violated his rights under the general Massachusetts Law 119 Section 1. This was also about retaliation, kidnapping for profit and erasing a father.

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    Slam The Gavel welcomes all contributors  to the bestselling  book Raised By These Wolves, Volume III, Family and Juvenile Courts Continue to Destroy Future Generations.

    Great conversation and meet and greet for all attending discussing ADA, PTSD, and other destructive court issues.

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     Slam The Gavel welcomes back Theo Chino to the podcast. Theo provides billing investigation and recovery support for people who feel like they're being bled dry by their representation.

    Theo explains  that the education required to do a billing investigation is equivalent to knowing the rules of a simple playground game and having a grasp of basic arithmetic. If you can count and you KNOW that you shouldn't be charged for three different things hidden in one time block, that's what we call "Block Billing."

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    Slam The Gavel welcomes Andie L'Een to the podcast. Andie is originally from the Midwest. She achieved her undergraduate degree from NIU, and her first Masters Degree from Benedictine University in HR and OD, and her second masters in Adult Educations from National Louis University. Working in cybersecurity for a living, Andie now resides with her dogs in the South Carolina area. 

     Andie, suffering from C-PTSD discussed what's really going on in Pinal County, Arizona. Apparently their police force has a rating of 32%....Not very promising as many do not trust the police. Sharing her story regarding Person...

    Slam the Gavel welcomes back Marta Bryceland and Frank to the podcast. Marta was last on Season 3, Episode 94, August 30, 2022. Today Marta wanted to invite parents and caretakers to join the community of Parents For Children's Best Interest, Marta's Non-Profit: PFCBI.org.  She discussed her website and how it helps parents de-escalate conflict in the family court proceedings, how to court watch and speak with attorneys. Her Non-Profit offers encouragement, healing and emboldening parents to not go through the disastrous family court system and save their children from Child Psychological Abuse and other mental health disorders. Frank gave his input on...

   Slam the Gavel welcomes new guest Benjamin Thomas and Tony Pellegrino to the podcast. Today we discussed raising awareness about family court corruption, especially Ben's case taking place in the District of Columbia, Washington D.C. and Save The Family's federal constitutional challenge. We especially focused on the constitutional use of jurisdiction, the "Silver Bullet Tactics," such as Civil Protection Orders (CPO's) as well as Compelled Rule 35 (MENTAL EXAMS).

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      Slam The Gavel welcomes back Natalia Dalton to the podcast. Natalia was last on Season 3, Episodes 26 and 144. Today Natalia discussed Parental Alienation and how it has affected her life and questions how it has affected her son. She read a beautiful poem to her son and is awaiting for him to return to her, and her arms will be open.

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     Slam The Gavel discusses an article written by Justin McPhail regarding, "CONTROL The Record, Access to Court is a Right - Choose to Control Your Court Record Or Prepare To Suffer For Those Who Did." I also added my input and stories of true suffering and ridiculousness that occurs in the court room, from dramatic attorneys that prance about in front of the judge, to the importance of court watching.

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     Slam The Gavel podcast host, Maryann Petri discussed the article written by Justin McPhail, on 2-12-2026, "One Question Family Court Contempt Practice Cannot Survive." The discussion involved "Purge Amounts" and imputed incomes as well as how judges ILLEGALLY INFLATE Child Support Arrearages.

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    Slam the Gavel host Maryann Petri discusses Michael "Thunder" Phillips article, written 2-22-2026, "Father Ambushed and Stabbed During Custody Swap: When "Routine Exchanges Turn Violent. News4 San Antonio reported this article that Michael is referring to.

     The host also questioned why main media is not carrying these articles related to violence perpetuated through the Family Court system. Also in these articles that are mentioned by small news stations such as News4 San Antonio, why aren't the judges, attorneys and Guardian Ad Litems (3rd Party Parasites) mentioned?

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