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Orange County Justice Crisis: Six Orange County family court judges face rare recall petitions as parents allege retaliation and corruption.

Orange County Justice Crisis: Six Family Court Judges Served With Recall Petitions

    Six Orange County family and probate judges have been served recall petitions in an unprecedented, coordinated action. Families say the courts failed to protect children, punished whistleblowers, and rewarded insiders. The move targets a system long shielded by low-turnout elections and zero accountability. Parents allege retaliation for reporting abuse, suppression of evidence, and forced separation from protective caregivers. Judicial recalls are rare. Six at once is unheard of. For many families, this moment marks the first crack in a system they say operates without oversight. The fight now moves from courtrooms to the public square.

    RICO Redux in STL

      Matt Grant’s refiled RICO complaint is rocking St. Louis federal court. The “family court mafia” crusader cut out the most outrageous parts of his first 170-page filing after Judge Joshua Divine shredded it as “plainly deficient many times over.” His new 81-page version strips out the State of Missouri, wild demands to purge judges, and focuses instead on a “criminal enterprise” he says runs family court like a racket. Some say he’s fixed it enough to reach discovery. Others call it still garbage, destined for the shredder. Now the battle lines are drawn over whether this legal Hail Mary survives.

      Title IV-D Fraud: SC clerks indicted for stealing funds reveal a statewide child support cash-for-enforcement racket.

      Title IV-D Fraud: South Carolina’s Child Support “Incentive” Program or Judicial Slush Fund?

        The federal Title IV-D child support program was designed to help children, not line officials’ pockets. But in South Carolina, indictments against former clerks Sharon Staggers and Becky Hill expose a darker reality — federal “incentive” dollars fueling corruption. Prosecutors say Staggers siphoned $120,000 and Hill misused $20,000, both from Title IV-D funds. Critics argue the program rewards aggressive enforcement, inflated orders, and contempt threats — turning child support into a cash machine for courts and agencies. For fathers like William Sewell, these revelations raise serious questions about whether profit, not justice, drives family court decisions.