Let's Get Honest! Absolutely Uncommon Analysis of Family & Conciliation Courts' Operations, Practices, & History

There was a “Part 1” on Sept. 15, 2010.  See comments on “Part 1” for likely kinds of updates, although I did fewer here than there…

At the bottom of this post, I’m going to file (links) to the Wacky Walkers case.  I searched on Kaiya, a kidnapping (?) Mom now in serious trouble, but at least it’s only “psycho counseling” and “take your meds”, and will after that search on her husband.  I tell you, I always learn something valuable from a “wasted” time looking up dockets, or judges, in a weirdly-reported news case.  Things are OFTEN not what they seem.

This blog was a draft that didn’t make the first cut (now you KNOW that’s an incomplete one.) This one was certainly complex.  Meanwhile, an utterly (one would think) clear one surfaced – a D.A. in wisconsin Sexting a woman he was supposedly saving (by prosecuting her ex-boyfriend who tried to strangle her).  It was classic ass-_ole (pardon my French) and a lot easier to blog.   I am VERY tired, & not too impressed for my laptop’s rate of “Saved” (I hit the “Update” button) to “REALLY Saved” (the edits actually posted before wifi, or timeout) rate.  So what you get is out of order, but information.

HOWEVER, for those really curious (or like me, desperate for how the hell did this happen and has it continued so long in the U.S., under our very eyes?), the post is illuminating.  IF you look at the details, and the pattern of the cases, especially.

WISCONSIN STATE CIRCUIT COURT ACCESS (Kaiya Walker — article below)
(Link is to the court access/search site.  Repeat the search, but results will be current, may not match those in 2010 unless there’s been no more activity since…//LGH 2017)

File this alongside “Wacko in Wisconsin” — after drafting this, below, I saw how very political Wisconsin is, how there is nearly NOTHING for which SOMEONE will not be ordered to receive psychological counseling of some sort, and/or meds?

Then a restraining order on campaign ad (which would seem real “out there,” right?) — however the campaign ad was actually for one of the top financers of WI elections, and Danged if I could trace who they actually were, on-line.

Then (this is what happen when I notice an “anomaly” in reporting — more than the usual stuff — and actually — yes I did — I looked up, I think ALL the related Walker Dockets in this case.  And a helluva lot on the two judges involved (Lister, here, Damon, earlier).

Here comes another one, different results:

Reader Quiz below — how many times is reference made to:

• Mental health (hers)
• Domestic violence (“abuse”) (his)
• The gun

AND, pick up on this, if you can:

• Did the formerly battered woman/wife, or the batterer father have custody?

Treatment ordered for Wisconsin mom who ran off with daughters to Bloomington

By Chuck Rupnow
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Updated: 09/13/2010 08:25:20 AM CDT

Kaiya Walker, a woman who ran off with her two daughters and a loaded handgun last fall, needs mental health treatment, not incarceration, a Jackson County judge has ruled.

Walker, 36, was released from custody late Friday morning after Judge Thomas Lister withheld sentence and placed her on six months probation with strict conditions of treatment and supervision.

Walker was earlier found guilty of two felony counts of interfering with child custody.

Lister said Walker was intelligent and compassionate but added there is no question she suffers from mental illness, which would best be treated in a probationary setting. He said she is not a threat to the public.

Walker did not return her two daughters, then 9 and 11, to their father, Jon Walker of Fairchild, on Nov. 1. She was given a handgun and ammunition by a friend in Fall Creek, hid her cell phone at an Eau Claire convenience store and took the girls to a Bloomington, Minn., hotel, where they played at a waterpark and in their room before Walker took an overdose of prescription medication with a loaded gun in the bathroom.

The girls awoke Nov. 2 to find their mother incapacitated and notified hotel officials. Authorities took her and the children into custody, releasing the girls to the care of Jon Walker, who has legal physical custody of the girls.

“I have to assume at one point she was prepared to take the lives of her children and her own life,” Lister said during the sentencing hearing.

But Lister called Kaiya Walker a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of her former husband and said her mental instability may be related to those incidents. Lister also said custody hearings and accusations between the Walkers and their families have harmed the children.

“There is no way to measure the mental harm done to these children,” Lister said, adding that he believes the influence of Jon Walker and his wife, Terri Walker, has “poisoned” the girls’ minds toward their mother.

Yeah, that’s right. (Was Mr. Walker said former husband? If so — ) they witnessed her being abused, their mother, causing possibly mental instability. They had been also living with a couple and exposed to families accusing their biological Mom of (doesn’t say), and kids can’t take sides, but clearly the court already has. How’d you like to be under 12 and figure that out?

Kaiya Walker has not seen her girls since she was jailed Nov. 2, or 313 days, and Lister urged authorities to make arrangements to rectify that situation while safeguarding the girls.

Kaiya Walker apologized for her actions, saying she had an “emotional meltdown” when overmedicating with the gun in her car and later in the hotel. She said at one point she took the gun out and looked at it, and said she did not leave a suicide note but instead wrote notes in a journal not intended for others to read.

District Attorney Gerald Fox recommended a three-year prison term be ordered but stayed, meaning she would go to prison if she violated probation.

Twenty-six letters of support were presented, and three relatives testified on Kaiya Walker’s behalf, while Jon Walker and his mother, Diane Walker, testified as well.

Defense attorney Taavi McMahon referenced the “dysfunctional communication pattern” between the Walker families, adding that “court orders not being respected led to the situation here today.”

McMahon said Kaiya Walker simply wanted to treat the children to a good time at the waterpark but had a panic attack when hearing what the girls were saying about their home life. She said she accepted the gun for safety reasons. No charges were filed in Minnesota.

The girls wrote letters to the judge. McMahon questioned the admissibility of the letters, saying the girls were not victims, and Fox questioned whether the girls formed the entire wording of the letters.

Jon Walker said his oldest daughter wanted to read her letter to the court but was advised by Fox not to.

OK, I didn’t highlight, underline, or comment on anything. What did YOU pick up on ?

Note: This stems from a family law case but is now in Criminal court for custody interference.
Reader Quiz below — how many times is reference made to:

• Mental health (hers)
  • 3 times. While I admit this judge was generous, He was also testifying, which is not a judge’s position. Judges are to HEAR testimony, not give it. And BUT besides testifying she was mentally unstable (she related a panic attack on hearing what was happening in the home) (we are not told WHAT prescription medication, but is it related to this? Or a sedative? We don’t know. If it was an antipsychotic, surely this might have been exploited, but wasn’t.) he also admits this was caused by prior abuse, although how, is not clear.
• Domestic violence (“abuse”) (his)
• The gun
  • about 4, two saying it was for safety, and MN did not file charges for carrying a gun illegally, assuming she was. The Judge didn’t think she was a risk to public safety, meaning she differs from Dads often in this situation, and is not about to take out his family as well as him and/or herself and/or bystanders.

AND, pick up on this, if you can:

• Did the formerly battered woman/wife, or the batterer father have custody?
  • The father apparently has SOLE legal AND physical custody, although the Judge has acknowledged his former “domestic abuse.” Nov. 1. 2009 was Monday morning, so guess she had weekend visitation.
  • Get this: Defense attorney brings up “court orders not being respected.” I doubt if he was referring to her actions that weekend; I’d bet it was the converse. IF so, then why wasn’t he charged with custody interference? Because he didn’t run off to a hotel with a gun? Another question — if he was committing “domestic abuse” where is the criminal prosectuion for that?
• “Lister also said custody hearings and accusations between the Walkers and their families have harmed the children.
• “There is no way to measure the mental harm done to these children,” Lister said, adding that he believes the influence of Jon Walker and his wife, Terri Walker, has “poisoned” the girls’ minds toward their mother.”

This judge, amazingly, just admitted reverse “parental alienation,” assumed she was ready to take her life (I admit safety is the best policy, but despite overdose and emotional meltdown, she deferred into WRITING, rather than acting on it. Currently (at least in my state) “Risk Assessments” are being peddled to the courts. I really don’t approve , but wonder where this woman would’ve come up on risk assessments had she received custody, or been granted Enforced court orders, and not subject to ongoing accusations from his side of the family.

I really don’t have time to analyze this one, it’s got so many indicators of classic custody-switching following domestic abuse allegations (or convictions) following which, the “shared parenting” theory is tossed out the window, even though the one wishign to share might very likely be the Mom.

{{Comment, several weeks later,  WELL, Let’s Get Honest, I DID analyze — at least look at the docket – in this one.  I really wonder how any judge could actually  take time to read a case history, he (or she) must be so  preoccupied with watching his back, patting others’ backs, and  not stepping on the wrong toes.  I’m not saying Kaiya was a  pretty picture either, but good grief — looks like those kids never got child support ordered, practically, and the financial debts her husband kept getting wrtten off, huge in amounts…  You do NOT know what’s going on in many stories without taking a look at the court dockets.  LOCAL info is usually more accurate.  AS I RECALL — THIS is a link to the judge that made Kaiya Walker noncustodial:

http://fightcorruptioninamerica.blogspot.com/
She links to a case, shows how a son of legislator repeatedly “case
closed” for drug use and intent to sell, Sex with a Child over 16, and
etc. And how her own daughter was illegally removed from her by people
with connections to a certain judge after she left the state. I have to
say, the story (only one post got out) appears to fit the profile on
the court docket, and other commentary on same judges.

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(Note — also shown on Wacko In Wisconsin Pt. 2 — FightCorruptionInAmerica.blogspot.com is no more, or at least is no more viewable by the public):

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The Wayback Machine (internet archive) may have some saved pages, I DNK how that works with expired websites, though. Site checked mid-July 2017 during post update.

On her behalf, APART from this incident:

• 26 supportive non-family and 3 family letters for her to only one from his mother, for him.
• For the father (who holds the power at this point) only his mother. We can presume that if his mother raised him, she raised an abuser. Good job, Mom.

26 to 1 means obviously the dysfunctional communication lies squarely between them, half her responsibility and half his, although previously she suffered domestic abuse and no one is speaking up for him in this matter.

• She is being subjected to “parental alienation” (not mentioned by name of course, because that term is designed for use by fathers, mostly, except protedtive fathers).
• The defense attorney mentions court orders being disrespected (probably by the father and his new wife)
• The JUDGE mentions prior abuse caused her mental instability.
• The judge calls her compassionate and intelligent, and a suicide risk, he has to assume.
• But she is not a risk to the public.
• The daughters (9 & 11) BOTH wrote letters, which were not admissible (although they were eyewitnesses. No GAL mentioned here, although this is criminal proceeding)
• The prosecuting DA says letters can’t be read because the girls were not victims.
• Therefore, if this is really “about the children” and it really is a felony (which it clearly is), then the victim must be the father, who is being deprived of his custody rights. The mother being deprived of visitation, apparently, doesn’t count.

What would tell more of the story in this case — (1) the case history (docket), both criminal and family law, and (2) the state of the Access/Visitation and Fatherhood programs in this area, and in the state of Wisconsin.

This is not a Melinda Stratton case** — for one, it’s in the U.S., where we do things a LITTLE differently. We have fatherhood grants to the states based on the crisis in fatherlessness. We also do have in common with international cases, however, that acknowledged batterers DO get custody even if their violence towards their first wives caused most of her problems.

AGAIN: — unless she is on antipsychotics, it would seem that she is concerned about the wellbeing of her children, and made some real bad choices in how to handle it. BUT — what were the options? What would You do if you heard some horrific things about “home life” and knew the courts were going to ignore this?

Her responsibility — I think in most states — would be to inform the DA’s office (the one that didn’t want to read the letters from the girls) that there was imminent risk and keep it legal, that’s what. Otherwise, she WILL be hunted down and IS disobeying a court order, which is worse for women in this country than for men, it would seem. Search “Oconto” on this blog for more on WI.

Searching: Judge Thomas Lister, (appointed 2008):

Posted on Judge Bans Campaign Ad/Political Speech (in “sweetness-light.comm,” by an anonymous blogger (monetized, conservative PAC-approved in 2009, etc.) link still valid. (//LGH 2017). 
In the rush of events, few are noticing how our basic freedoms are quietly being taken away

Judge Lister was appointed in July 2008. By Nov. 2008, he has issued a gag (restraining) order on a (evidently republican, right-wing type) radio ad on request by the ad without a hearing . This blog (not exactly neutral either) has several typos, but the message gets across. POLITICS:

Posted on Doyle-Appointed Judge Tom Lister puts Partisan Politics over the Bill of Rights (from expired blog “badgerblogger.com”)
Monday, 3rd November 2008 by Roland_Melnick

This weekend saw another assault on our basic rights. Thomas Lister, a Jackson County, Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, called an emergency halt to a radio ad from the “Coalition For Amerca’s Families.” The ad criticized Democrat Mark Radcliffe, who is competing for an open seat in the 92nd State Assembly District of Wisconsin.

I haven’t found a copy of the actual ad critical of Radcliffe, but there are two links (one audio, one video) at the “Coalition” website. The audio link seems to make the same criticism, but is directed at a different Democrat.

Mark Radcliffe filed for a court injunction/restraining order on October 31, 2008 in front of Judge Lister. So what does Lister do? Does he err on the side of protecting free speech? NO…he slaps down the gag order right away, without a hearing. The hearing is scheduled for today, November 3rd, 2008 at 12 noon.

Some facts that will surprise no one:

The election in the 92nd District is a key contest that could help decide who controls the State Assembly. Doyle/Democrat Party heavy-hitter, Michael Maistelman has joined in the fight…a lawyer who is nothing more than a hired hitman.

It just so happens that Lister was appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle. We’ve seen the level of success other Doyle appointees have had, so Lister has nothing to lose by paying tribute to his benefactor by doing as much damage as he can before the electorate tosses him out.

Does anyone think we won’t see more stifling of dissent, opinion and free speech if we have an Obama White House, Pelosi House and Reid Senate? Doyle, a mainstream Democrat supporter of Obama, is already drunk on his power here in Wisconsin…just wait until this strategy goes national.

Is this the Hope and Change we really want?

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Don’t expect the ACLU to weigh in on this…they are very selective when they decide whose rights are worth protecting.

(BLOGGER — posts a graphic of Obama with “Communism 2008” which I simply don’t feel like reproducing here today!

UPDATE: Charlie Sykes talked about this today right after the 10am newsbreak. Check out his podcast if you want to hear it. He has additional info on this and an interview with U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wi) regarding a mini-campaign by Democrat Party of Wisconsin to file for similar gag orders statewide.

{{Update:  I thought to look up “Council for America’s Families” at the Wisconsin Court Access site, and found what looks like this docket: (see image).  This is an easy search; anyone could’ve linked to it. I also include a post of what the link “Coalition4families.com” (main domain of link in article) looks like now, see image with lots of pink and no English words:}}

(from link “coalition4families.com” found in news articles re: a Wisconsin case).

Wow. Lousy track record staying legit in WI…

I then went looking for the WI corporate registration search (“WDFI” — “Dept of Financial Institutions“) for
Coalition for America’s Families, to find a VA (foreign company registered in WI) which (a) registered in 2002 (b) didn’t file again until several months AFTER it was revoked for non-filing (annually, as required) in 10/2006; repeated this scenario again in 2007 (was noticed it’d be revoked, was revoked, re-instated, changed agent) and finally withdrew in 2/2010.  Too bad I hadn’t looked that up while blogging this the first time; it’s a lesson I eventually learned…ALWAYS, as much as possible and as soon as possible, look for that corporate registration when hearing from or dealing (including writing, or dealing with others writing) about any entity.  Many of them aren’t legitimate entities; others are, but not for long,and one thing people should know is how to tell the difference, and why doing so is so important!

Here’s a more thorough account, with some links: “Chilling Effect on Free Speech.” and we learn that this judge was a former district attorney:

Judge orders halt to group’s radio ads in Wisconsin Assembly Race by Dave Umhoefer, Nov. 1, 2008 in “JSonline.com” (Journal-Sentinel)
A judge’s apparently unprecedented decision Saturday to order a halt to political ads before hearing from the ad’s sponsors drew immediate criticism as an unfair restraint of free speech.

Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Lister defended his emergency order, which was requested via telephone Friday by state Democratic Party attorneys representing an Assembly candidate in a hotly contested race in western Wisconsin.

Lister will hold a hearing with all parties on the case this morning.

Lister said he was justified in issuing a temporary stoppage until a full court hearing could be held because state election laws might have been violated.

But the Coalition for America’s Families, an independent group airing radio ads critical of Democrat Mark Radcliffe, said Lister’s actions reeked of partisanship. The group was not notified of the court challenge until it learned of the ruling Saturday, said R.J. Johnson, spokesman for the coalition.

“If that’s not banana republic, I don’t know what is,” Johnson said.

The emergency order, known as an ex parte decision, is without precedent nationally in political speech cases, according to Mike Wittenwyler, a Madison lawyer with long experience in such cases. The coalition tapped him Saturday to try to overturn the order.

Donald Downs, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist and First Amendment expert, said Lister’s approach was problematic because the group could suffer irreparable harm without even getting a hearing.

“He’s not getting the full story,” Downs said of Lister.

But the Democratic Party hailed Lister’s emergency order as a “historic day for clean elections in Wisconsin” and asked all media to stop playing what it calls the false ads.

“The people of Wisconsin have had enough of these lies by outside groups,” said Milwaukee lawyer Michael Maistelman, who along with David Halbrooks represents Radcliffe.

Maistelman made the judge’s order public Saturday morning. The order said a formal court hearing would take place Monday on whether the emergency order should stay in place.

Later Saturday, Lister agreed to hold that hearing this morning, at the coalition’s request. The radio spots in question were not set to resume airing until Monday, Johnson said.

Johnson said his group was prepared to defend the ad’s various criticisms of Radcliffe’s support for Healthy Wisconsin, a proposed health care overhaul. The ad says the plan would double Wisconsin’s taxes to give benefits to out-of-state residents and illegal immigrants. It says the $15 billion plan would make Wisconsin the highest-taxed state in the country.

Radcliffe and a Republican, Dan Hellman, are competing for an open seat in the 92nd Assembly District. The outcome could help determine whether Republicans retain control of the Assembly.

Lister was appointed in July by Gov. Jim Doyle to fill a vacancy. He is a former Jackson County district attorney and private-practice attorney. Doyle’s announcement cited Lister’s “broad legal experience and commitment to fairness.”

Johnson accused Lister of taking sides, citing campaign donations by Lister – before he was a judge – to Supreme Court candidates Louis Butler and Linda Clifford. The coalition ran ads criticizing both candidates.

But campaign records also show that Lister gave to Republican Terry Musser, the incumbent in the 92nd District who is not seeking re-election.

Lister said Saturday that he thought the emergency order was justified, considering that election day is so near.

One of the standards for issuing such an order is whether the plaintiffs can show a likelihood of success in proving – at a full court hearing – violations of law.

“The law, I think, called for it,” he said of his order.

He declined to respond to allegations about partisanship, saying he could not do so while the case is pending.

Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said the ruling had a chilling effect on free speech.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

EIN#030384091, FY2006, Coalition For America’s Families ($2M revenues that year). $574K granted out, $99K in professional fees that year, etc. Click IMAGE this time, to see the whole return for that year.

This is another 2017 update, I looked up the tax returns (see above images showing they didn’t file annual reports 2003, 2004, 2005, or 2006.  There few available tax returns in WI, show moderate sizes (a few hundred thousand a year maybe) but over $2M of support suddenly in 2006.  Overall, the quality of the tax returns (something I’m more into later on this blog) is fine print, poor quality, and boilerplate (i.e., full of “See Statement #___” where there’s ample space on the return itself):

Here’s from the 2006 return (not shown in “last 3” table below it):

Total results: 3. Search Again.

This article (2013 in PRWatch) “Kohler Heir and Walker Backer Plumbs Dark Money Depths” Submitted by Brendan Fischer on November 5, 2013 –wow — has a lot to say.  I do know the website and posted on it in late 2016 (or 2017; see around January, discussions of Left/Right debates or other search terms).  Apparently Club for Growth (with “Kohler” connections) passed money through the above 501©4 to a United Sportsmen of Wisconsin nonprofit (which I did see as a grantee in those tax returns), and after the above (table) entity “withdrew” or dissolved or whatever it did (if it did, in home legal domicile of VA, not WI), the assets went to “Citizens for a Strong America,” whose table looks similar (look at the pattern in “Total Assets” column).

I’m also posting the top part of the article quoted from “PRWatch” (a project of “CMD,” Center for Media and Democracy; again, search function in this blog will show I posted on it, and its conservative counterpart (“DiscoverTheNetworks,” I believe it was) while encouraging people to remember to follow the money in a “Bipartisan” manner, not just on the pre-determined political “bad guys” (whether Right, or Left in orientation):

Total results: 3. Search Again.

EIN# 27-1204594, CitizensForA Strong America (1st yr 2010 &/or 2015 Grants) not even trying to pretend to not be a front group (money sloshes straight through it from the start!)

EIN# 27-1204594, CitizensForA Strong America (1st yr 2010 &/or 2015 Grants) not even trying to pretend to not be a front group (money sloshes straight through it from the start!)

EIN# 27-1204594, CitizensForA Strong America (1st yr 2010 &/or 2015 Grants) not even trying to pretend to not be a front group (money sloshes straight through it from the start!)

~ ~ ~ ~A search on “United Sportsmen in Wisconsin showed first return, 2011 (not filled out that well), and half ($118K) of the $235K initial contributions was spent on a communications firm in Utah; only 3 board members, and so forth.  Oh, and a new “Foundation” then formed after just two or three years in operation, with a treasurer (Ann Olson) in common.  See screenprints from FY 2011 return (link is in the table) and next table:

Image 1 of 4, United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…

Image 2 of 4 (3 bd members named), United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…

Image 3 of 4, Indep. contractor [the money quickly moved out of state to UTAH] United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…

Image 4 of 4 (Revs 235,000 – expenses 195K = $39K left) United Sportsmen in WI (Yr1 return, 2011) odd specs…

Total results: 4. Search Again.

(Time looking at Form 990s will help in seeing the patterns //LGH 2017!)

From FIRSTAMENDMENTCENTER.ORG (by Nov. 4, 2008) the ACLU got involved, and an “appeal” made the order unenforceable. Here’s the commentary:

Wis. appeals court: Group can run campaign ad

By The Associated Press
11.04.08 MADISON, Wis. — A conservative-leaning political group can continue to run an ad accusing a Democratic Assembly candidate of supporting free health care for illegal aliens, a state appeals court ruled yesterday.

Mark Radcliffe of Black River Falls faces Republican Dan Hellman of Onalaska for an open Assembly seat in today’s election. His campaign asked Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Lister on Oct. 31 to ban the ad by the Coalition for America’s Families, calling it false and defamatory.

If I have this right, facing [——?? incomplete 2010]

Lister issued a temporary restraining order against the ad on Nov. 1, barring it from the airwaves. He refused to lift the order during a hearing the next morning, but set another hearing for yesterday. The Coalition for America’s Families asked the 4th District Court of Appeals yesterday morning to erase the order.

Minutes before yesterday’s proceeding, the appeals court decided to stay the restraining order. That means the order still exists but is unenforceable. The court said there was no basis to prohibit the group’s free speech before the merits of the case were decided.

“This is a victory for the First Amendment, our right of free speech, and due process of the law,” coalition spokesman R.J. Johnson said in a statement. He did not return messages asking whether the group would rerun the ads.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin ripped Lister, saying his restraining order was impermissible.

“Judges should not be in the business of deciding which political speech is acceptable for public consumption and which is not,” ACLU of Wisconsin Executive Director Chris Ahmuty said in a statement.

Radcliffe conceded he couldn’t do anything more about the ad before the election. He said he’d decide after the race whether to pursue the matter. Perhaps he can spare future politicians from dealing with lies, he said.

FACTCHECK.org described the ad as a cartoon-style story (obviously inflammatory)

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From Wisconsin Circuit Court Docket:

JON B. Walker, FIRST, then Kaiya Below.    For reference:

WHAT I SAW (other than that the 1995 order starts out with retail theft, around $1,000, then a bankruptcy, OK dude, you don’t have to pay child support (any fatherhood groups involved??), and what APPEARS to me, he gets off witharound $26,000 more debt (after bankrupcty and being given a free ticket out of supporting his own two daughters); there are miscellaneous car fines (hey, I’m not perfect either), Oh, a Battery & Disorderly charge (Guilty, petitioner unnamed) and another Domestic Abuse TRO — nothing too unusual – EXCEPT that someone that is being forgiven that much debt by prosecutors (Lister used to be a prosecutor, I believe) might be induced to think he owes something to someone….

What I saw was — HEY, does it make sense to steal, go bankrupt, run up more debt, and then demand custody of one’s kids?  (Did I mention, have a battery charge against him?  How do women get with these guys?).  Oh well, read on:

Kaiya Marie Walker vs. Theresa M. Walker (12/29/2008- granted.  Hmm)

Jackson County Case Number 2008CV000246

The court issued an injunction against the respondent directing the respondent to not engage in certain conduct. The prohibitions are described in the injunction. he Defendant was charged with the following offense: Count No. Statute Cite Description Severity Offense Date Plea 1 9.25 Phone Harassment Forf. U 10-31-2008 Not Guilty on 11-24-2008 On 12-11-2008 there was a finding of: Action Court Official Dismissed on Prosecutor’s Motion Lister, Thomas E Now, Thomas Lister was formerly a prosecutor dismissing charges against Kaiya’s HUSBAND (or ex) and now he’s protecting Kaiy’as Husband’s next wife too?  (double check my facts — I’m remembering from last set of looks).  Wouldn’t this be a slight conflict of interest, playing two different roles in related cases? In Oct 2008, Lister dismisses about $8,000 of credit card debt from Jon B., but in Dec. 2008 he does grant a civil Temp  RO.  In Feb. 2009, he dismisses another, oh, say $1,131 in small claims (from some financial services company)..

(Next image from a search run July 22, 2017, and not guaranteed to all represent the same Jon B. Walker, although it seems like it probably does (see birthdate).  At search site, any column could be clicked to sort by that column’s category (date, county, case status, etc.).  A search not keying in any birth year at all brought up one more result, from 2017, I didn’t look at it.//LGH 2017  update):