My name is Chris Marshall and I want to tell you my story. It is called A Fathers Story,
It is about 9 corrupt divorce court Judges in Calgary Alberta that blatantly lie cheat steal
manipulate and extort money from me and thousands of other fatherʼs in Alberta.
My web site gets 2,000 hits every month from people across our country. Judging by
what other men and women say, the divorce system is screwed up in every province.
I want to save the next family from going through this legal hell by using my story as an
example for what is in store for a family that goes through divorce in our country.
Justice Ged Hawco has ordered a lawyer to asses my 10 year old son. Not a
psychiatrist, but a lawyer. He sayʼs my web site is abusive towards my son. My son
does not care about my web site. I am being set up by a corrupt system that wants me
to shut up and go away or they will put me in jail again.
I have a question for my fellow Canadians. Should I shut up and go away or should I try
and rally the people of Canada and change this corrupt system that gives men no rights
when it comes to having access to our children. Please answer this question Canada.
I go back to court in September. I have 2 months to rally the people of Vancouver. You
can help me fight for parents rights to see there children by making a comment, or you
can help a lawyer charge $500 per hour by saying nothing. Please pick a side Canada.
Five years ago a Chinese guy named Jonathon Lu ( a divorced dad) said he wanted to
give me his used car lot that he had made over a million $$$ on.( JJ Motors) I told him
that I would love to have his car lot but I had no money, I had just filed for bankruptcy,
and had just spent 30 days in jail for contempt of court. He said, “ No problem I will give
you the money” I said,” What do you want” He said, “ 20% of you.” I said, “ You got a
deal” He taught me the Chinese way of doing business. Lots of customers and little
profit. We lasted for 3 years. He got tired of counting the money and we parted ways.
Three years ago I met a white guy named Robert Cortens. (another divorced dad) I told
him my story and he said he wanted to lend me $250,000 to open up a car lot that we
called CC Motors. We started with 80 cars and are now up to 200 cars in inventory.
We built this dealership with morals scruples and ethics and the concept that a good
deal is when we are both happy. We now sell over 100 cars a month, most dealers sell
35 cars. We are now Vancouverʼs largest and most successful used car dealership.
All our cars come with a free warranty, free safety inspection, and a 2 day money back
guarantee. No dealership in Canada gives a 2 day money back guarantee. It is a whole
new concept for the auto industry based on a good deal being when we are both happy.
WHO IS CHRIS MARSHALL
With the help of four 50 year old white guys that are employed by CC Motors ( there
also divorce dads) we are going to try and bring my concept of a good deal being when
we are both happy to the divorce industry.
Unfortunately we have to get rid of the $500 an hour divorce lawyer who is never happy
until they destroy you financially and make your children grow up with out a father.
For the next 2 months CC Motors will home base for Fathers 4 Justice. We will try and
persuade our Government to reevaluate the current abusive divorce system.
These 9 Alberta Judges think they are God. I think they are the Devil. The scary part is
Justice Ged Hawco has the power to put me in jail for being a loving caring father. Being
locked up in a cell for 23 hours a day for 30 days is not something I look forward too.
Please help me expose these corrupt judges and the corrupt divorce system in Canada.
These are our Judges and our Justice system. Your family, your friends and your
neighbors will be next. We all know someone who has been through this nightmare.
I do not know what else to do but ask people of Canada to comment on our broken
family justice system. Maybe if I can get enough comments the media or a politician will
pick up my story, and the story of many other Canadians, and we can change the law.
The worst part of my 10 year nightmare is not going to jail or not being able to see my
son at times. The worst part is that you loose your family and friends because you fight
so hard for access to your child. You loose your self respect so that a corrupt divorce
system can steal you money. These people do not care about us… just our money.
The self medication part of this nightmare is a pretty hellish experience as well. Maybe
that is why a Calgary court judge told me to stop fighting for access to my son or it
would kill me. A Court Psychiatrist said “Find another woman and have another baby”
Please join me at my used car lot at the corner of hastings and Clark where I will be
trying to rally the people of Canada as to the injustices of our Family Court Justice
System. Just make a comment and let see where it goes.
The only way to change the system is if we can show our government that there is
enough support warranting change. Please make a comment at afathersstory.ca.
One guy canʼt do it all….. I need your comment
Chris Marshall
PLEASE MAKE A COMMENT
June 25th, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Dear Chris, your story leaves me feeling sad. The system sucks and you have every right to be so disturbed. Without prejudice, as I am a woman who has not faced these circumstances, I do support your cause.
June 26th, 2012 at 2:25 am
It looks like your web site had 4 hits this month. What happened to the other 1,996?
You should concentrate on your family, business and having a positive life.
What a waste of your time, energy and money!
Put it behind you Chris!
June 27th, 2012 at 1:02 am
Ged Hawco is a very good Justice. I have appeared in front of him as a self represented litigant and was successful at times with some applications, while with one, I was not. What you fail to realise is that judges are themselves human beings. Had you gotten yourself documented and filed the proper affidavits/paperwork with the court after making the proper legal inquiries, you probably would not have ended up in jail. However, it is possible that I may be wrong. justice’s orders can always be amended, varied, or appealed. But I do know what you mean since females do tend to be favoured in front of the judge for some reason. If you are unhappy for being held in contempt, you are always free to pursue a complaint against a judge http://www.cjc-ccm.gc.ca/english/conduct_en.asp?selMenu=conduct_complaint_en.asp but I don’t know how good that will do, and a complaint against the lawyer in question to the law society. I would pursue the law society complaint vigorously since it is always good to file law society complaints as it keeps lawyers on their toes and conforms them to be more candid.
June 30th, 2012 at 12:05 am
As a loving , caring and invovled Dad just in the beginning of separation-divorce with 3 wonderful children this scares me.I want nothing more than spending quality time with my kids and be there every step of the way on their journey of life. To think that I would have to fight and go broke trying to ‘earn’ that right is absurd and horrendous. Things need to change…Fathers care,cherish and love their children too!
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:20 am
Dear Chris
I applaud your heart’s courage and tenacity,
You are a shining example to all the dead beat dads out there …
Your story brought tears to my eyes …
Thank you for sharing your story …
Wishing you the very best
Lisa
July 4th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Hey buddy you can make a change
Go to this website ww.CHANGE.ORG and start as petition. not only can you get response from canada but from rest of the world as well.
I would be happy to sign it .
July 9th, 2012 at 11:28 am
I can only get a general sense of what your story is by reading the information presented here. I did see your sign at the car lot which is what prompted me to check out the website. In general I find divorce lawyers definitely self-serving; however, without details it is a tough call. I have a friend whose son is going through a divorce in the USA right now. Doesn’t sound much different from your situation and his legal bills are higher than the assets of divorcing couple combined. Crazy. My instinct tells me we shouldn’t use lawyers at all. Surely two sane people should be able to come to an agreement if there is a cooling off period, and if not, then were I you, I would represent myself. Since judges have been lawyers, well you can see an entrenched system that has gone astray like so many of our current systems have. Profit and greed are the order of the day. Good luck and yes you should buck the system!!!! Lawyers are adversarial and make the most money when the parties can not agree. Sick situation all the way around!
July 11th, 2012 at 9:23 am
I support Your actiond as somebody has to make a point so that the powers that be cannot take over everything. Power corrupts but absolut power absolutly corrupts. These people have unjust opinions that count unfortunatly. Bring back opinion from the common man to keep the balance fair and just
July 13th, 2012 at 8:52 am
Our court systems spend way too much time and money in cases where the father’s really WANT to be a part of their children’s lives. Never mind what the children are going through already dealing with the separation of their parents the courts shouldn’t be adding that much more stress to the children involved. What are they thinking??? There are too many things going on in our world that tear parents and children apart like drugs, alcohol, abuse, death that are beyond our control and we can do nothing about. This we can. The courts should be trying to resolve family issues with as little conflict as possible instead of contributing to the pain and heartache these families are already going through. The time, money and effort spent battling the court system would be much better spent if kids could just be with the father’s that really want to be there for them and provide for them. Never give up your battle! Fight for your right to be a parent! Even though you shouldn’t have to…it all started with one person who wanted a change. Children should not have to endure a battle beyond their control and they should have the best of both world’s, the right to both a mother and a father. Best of luck to you and all the father’s going through the same battles.
July 15th, 2012 at 2:59 pm
I have seen your banners in the way home for a few months now and I can see this means a lot to you. I wish you the best in your pursuit of an equal legal system for both men and women. Custody should be based on parental ability and not out-dated cultural norms.
July 15th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
At age ten, your son can be examined in court [robert theodore compston vs. province of british columbia and mssh, 1985, salmon arm court registry, application made by child ex parte and ex facia parents, attorney general made appearance, examined the ten year old as I am at that time].
I would request the court to communicate with child and determine if the child seeks more time, I would also have the court order reasonable and generous access, while maintaining the specified access. in this manner you can communicate effectively with the ex partner in writing what times she will have the child available as reasonable, even request the court to produce the form under family court rules, for you to use to file with the ex partner to operate reasonably for access to the child purpose.
The child has right to review when age ten the contents of the dictionary that any court, police, parent, court officer, lawyer, court administration etc use also. to request to shut down the website is prejudice, electronic evidence is a right, and child protection remains to include alienation of the child’s natural parent and extended family not requiring a court to affirm whether the rules exist o0r not, that is the courts international obligation and duty to the child in addition as an extension of the child’s charter rights within child protection proceedings.
Focus on the child, not what you think about the ex partner no matter what she does. your child will decide sooner or later whether the courts, or anything else is in contempt as a right your child’s entire life of the child’s superiority as a fact jurisdiction in dictating laws. hire your child a lawyer…..to ask the questions by himself with both parents present solely for the access issue. provincial court judges watch children being examined by parents lawyers only to determine both parents talk shit to the child, and the child does not want to get stuck in the middle. a lawyer asking the child questions hired for the child avoids wasting court time.
I would also lease a residence in alberta, for the company operation in alberta or between alberta and british columbia, furthermore. if you have fourty eight hour with your child make sure that access begins when landed in vancouver as reasonable time access actually begins, 48 hours is a time period, not days, not weeks, not months. a specified period of time.
July 15th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
Regarding what Judges say, if the judge says you have fourty eight hours access. do not go back to court, make an order, file to that court clerk for the judge to sign. if the judge does not sign what parens patriae says would sign, that is a breach of judicial duties without any excuse as if an appeal from the judge to deny the signiture.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:22 pm
I’m from Brazil and I can’t believe in this story!
July 18th, 2012 at 10:46 am
Not familiar with the judicial system in Vancouver but I support what you are trying to achieve! No family is complete without a father figure.
July 20th, 2012 at 9:59 am
Hello
THere i must say your story touches me to the point where I feel i dont understand how we can trust our judges to really do whats in the best interest of children. Does the judge know that by keeepin you and your child apart he is not helping him, instead he is giving him false sense, does he not see that in the future this could harm your child to almost make him feel unwanted. Children are not toys they are also people as they get older they have voices we do not allow then to speak then what are we showing them. I only wish more men would step up to the plate like you have and keep going on with the fight, by doing so you are showing your child that when you want something bad enough to keep fighting and not to give up. No matter what stands in your way continue on .. I am and can not say I understand your plight but I am also divorced my kids are older but since it has happened their dad has just not been a dad anymore, which is sad but in turn it is his loss not theirs, we also have a grandson and since all this has happened he also has not come to see him, I understand your struggle cuz I have 4 kids that I on my own have to raise with no help from him financially. So it touches me deaply that you are fighting so hard for your child. I take the bus daily past your car store and admire you for hopefully helping other dads that have been taken out of their childrens lives unnecessarily see that they should fight and not be scared by tactics of of lawyers etc…. Wish you all the best and keeep on fighting
July 25th, 2012 at 7:12 am
Our judicial system as a whole promotes the dissolution of the family unit. It is far too easy and common in Canada to file for a divorce and line the pockets of litigators resulting in broken families. I was fortunate as a father to have my two sons live and stay with me as their mother chose to leave. I cannot fathom the pain and suffering you have gone through just to have access to your son. I wish you all the best and am happy to hear that you did not have to endure the “billable hours” that I did and now realize was a total waste of money. Keep up the fight.
July 25th, 2012 at 11:15 am
At least your son must know how much you love him! So many kids in divorce end up with deadbeats who don’t care. I hope that this can all be resolved for you at some point, don’t give up.
July 28th, 2012 at 6:10 pm
my sons wife has committed adultery they have two small boys he has contacted legal aid and family justice but she is threatening him to move out or she will take the boys. I hope and pray that his story does not end up like yours, it is so bad that the court systems still favor the women, when she is the one that is at fault.
July 30th, 2012 at 8:30 am
If you put as much effort into bettering your life and showing that you are a responsible adult instead of a loud mouth malcontent you might be better served. I for one am very surprised that you have not been slapped with a defamation suit on top of all this. You talk trash about pretty much every lawyer and judge whose path you cross, do you think they don’t read this crap?? You have shot yourself in the foot one too many times friend, there were better ways of going about this, you have screwed yourself.
August 2nd, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Hey there
I am not a father, nor do I have any children, I simply live in the area and have passed your signs on the bus every day. After reading your story I am totally siding with you. Your absolutely right , it isn’t right that a lawyer can make a call on whether this sight is effecting your son! This all seems very unfair and I know from other experiences with the court(especially the Alberta one) that the judges can elongated any hearing so the lawyers and himself can make more money! It’s very frustrating and you have my full support! If you need help fund raising like car wash etc I’m your girl just hit me up!
Good luck with everything
September 16th, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Your life is your own,
any judicial judge cannot be prejudiced due to this document that is electronic evidence under the family code evolving since 1983,
it is federal court made law for either parent to have what is access to any child, access by definition cannot deny the words exist what is reasonable, there exists a rule that when a judicial counsellor is present that is the courts bar,
in your case i think paramount to protect section 2, 7, 8, 10, 15, 24, 32 charter rights as elected to be a youth and attempt to understand what the hell is every body talking as if not from the dictionary as law and science describes for want of prosecution, which is offensive in family law as the federal court has ordered all inferior courts in family matters no accusation can exist of ill intent based on paper to see [re: equality to think act, docket 19518],
in my opinion I think that the court cannot sentence and if so should have done something different or is a pathetic excuse for a parent due to the judicial counsellors for want of family court jurisdiction which is inherently federal court of ex chequor now called the federal Court of Canada, which told all offices of law no families can accuse one another in any civil event, without the code. amounts to a fine, a charter violation of expense to ask a judge to appear stupid due to counsellors behaviour and I am a modulation program.
September 16th, 2012 at 10:17 pm
I think I already email you a section 33 canada evidence act since birth do not care document what lawyers think.
and a document based on what they think I am a statstic in language using the dictionary does not protect children nor provide children with relief.
September 16th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
I forgot,
Treaty called the convention on the rights of a child is not provincial applicable as would rewquire a constitutional amendment what ius the best interest of children if lawyers could think too much.
September 16th, 2012 at 10:26 pm
maybe ask for an order, to talk to your child and allow your child to do what he wants is a better solution to an issue at Bar?
Considering all the facts i am reading anyway as I understand treaty laws pertaining to children thinking over the phone and planning ahead since they should be scheduled and aware of what they do daily or weekly in any area as children know what they looking at.
I think would be prejudice for you to not have joint gaurdianship and as per normal medicine will decide if the parents should stop talking and observing as paid to do event occurs.
September 16th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
If you see any numbers of time in any access order do you think that is reasonable?
The child should be reenforced with the thought that choice is allowed, and should be properly informed to make the choice, a guardian order does not provide a dictatorship scheme where somehow the words reenfroce co dependency where codependency is a public expense.
I think if your childs of age then he should not be treated stupid and not be informed for personal choice when available.
September 16th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Get the kid a cell phone, or a magic jack or whatever….
September 16th, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Place a gps in the kids cell phone as a right to be informed. if objected to claim the reply is for want of intereference in a childs judicial proceeding…and the client has alterior motives with the child.
September 16th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
and ask the court to gag both the child being informed of such dictatorship class interference.
September 16th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
you might find you appear by yourself and lawyers sit down more after; once.
October 17th, 2012 at 6:51 pm
I have a five years old son. My wife has been physically, verbally and mentally abusive towards me for the 10 years that we had been married. On Jan 16,2011 she stabbed me with kitchen knife and prior to that she had cut my right hand ring finger wich required 8 stiches. Police obtained an EPO against her, what EPO ment i had no idea. I was looking after my boy’s need and working fulltime as well. Once she was out of the house everything was good, both myself and my son were happy. It was hard for me to balance everything but managed.
August 5th,2012 i had to go back to court for evaluation of EPO at that point my wife made me believe that she will do all the councelling, anger management courses and whaever court asks for if i lifted the EPO and we can be a family again. I agreed (BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!).
We did seperate councelling, then joint marriage councelling, she went to anger management etc.. The EPO was dropped and we started living together again. September 4th, 2012 i get a call on my cell while i was at work from my father-in-law from India telling me he is comming to Canada to surprise his daughter so i said please do so you are most welcome.
One week later he was here in Calgary. Everything was going a bit wonkey in my house, when i get home from work no one is home, my son is either at neighbours house and father and daughter goes shopping and dont show up till late at night. I started to get a little norvouse and called the domestic violance unit and talked to the same arresting officer about my concers. My concerns were that Both of them (wife & Father) were trying to take my son and fly back to india. Upon listening to this the officer call canadian boarders and put a flag on all three of their names. For sure She was trying to smuggle my son out of Calgary. Her lawyer (which i did not know that she already had) inquiried about this fortunatley she was convicted for stabbing me and her conviction was to not leave Alberta for 10 years. This caused a huge fight .
She appologised again and we started going about our business, on November 25th,2012 Friday i came home from work and no one was home. was watching news and there were two Peace officers standing at my door, gave me a paper and said you are being served with an EPO. You need to evacuate the premises immediately. I was dumbedfound, i asked the officer what did i do ? He told me your wife had obtained this order because you had threated her life and slapped your son.
My mind was blank i had no clue what to do, i showed the officer the epo was just taken off of her for stabbing me , but that did not matter. I went to a friends house and that inight i went back to my house to pickup my jacket, when i enetered my home, my wife confronted me and started waiving EPO on my face i told her i am just getting my jacket and am going to go. My son came running to me and hugged me. He yelled daddy is home. I talked to my son and as i was living two police officers in plain clothes pulled up and arrested me. i told them i was just getting my Jacket . Did not matter, got arrested for 4 breaches, being at my house, contacting wife, child and father-in-law. Got put in Jail (it gets Interesting).
The crown prosecuter, potraited me as a wife bitter, abusive husband, abusive father, alcoholic and alot of other things while i was on CCTV from jail. I had already done 10 days and here She is asking the juge to give me 30 days. The judge asked me if i wanted to say anything. I asked the Crown prosecuter very nicely “maam you forgot to include that i was the one who got stabbed by my wife”
Also you forgot to add that she is the criminal who has been convicted for stabbing. I just went to get my Jacket and talked to my son.Judge looked at my file and told me “Sir you are going home tomorrow, I ashed the judge Which home your hounor?” She did not say anything and after few minutes told me that your papers will be there before five pm and you are a free man. That Was December 23,2011, i asked the judge if i can see my son for X-mass and His B’day is on 27th December, so if i can see him then . She refused to let me son because of EPO. I went home and had an anxiety attack with heppatitis 3 and suffered from seizure and ended up in Peter Lougheed hospital stayed there for 2 weeks.
Got served with divorce pappers and no access to my child.
This is when i lost my faith in law and court systems. I ended up in a home where i let all the Application filed against me just slip, did not give a damn. I knew the system is bias no matter what i do being a man i will never get justice. This time i got an Application to sell our matrimonial house without my concent , her keeping 75% of equity and me 25%. The person who came to serve me tried 4 time and then he got my cell phone number and called me up. He really wanted to talked to me so i agreed to meet him. He told me that if i did not go and attend the court , the judge will grant her whatever she wants. I said to myself ” I can always replace money and materialistic things, but “NOT MY BOY.” I have been fighting since. I have put forward several Applications and i have won each and everyone of them so far.
My wife kept me away from my son for 8 months, i finally won access to my son, i Put in an application for an Order to get my matrimonial assets, i won that. Now i am fighting for custody of my son.
I strongly belive that lawyers (liars) are just there to make money they sleep in a dead mans skin if they get money out of it. I seriousely, sometimes think how can these people sleep at night with clear consiouse? How do they look at themselves in mirror? Dont they have kids.
But here i am “A FATHER WHO WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON HIS SON!” I dont believe in man made courts but i do belive in the court which is bigger and better. which is run by the Boss up there. Meditation, prayers, truth and clear consiouse. Will lead me to victory someday, just oneday and one step at a time. Good Luck brother because i know how it feels to be jerked around by the court systems. The fact still remains that lawyers are like leaches, they will suck you dry and if it comes to they will not spare your ashes either.
FROM ONE FATHER TO ANOTHER.