2006 July 21 Letter to Judge Johnson - Safe Visit

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The Honorable Joseph JohnsonShawnee Co District Court DIY 4200SE 7thTopeka, KS. 66603

Case' 960217: Claudine Dombrowski& Hal Richardson

July 21,2006

Dear Judge Johnson:

This case Is set for hearing on7.2fH)6 to review the status of the expedaIIons asoutlined by the court inc:lucfmgthe supeMsed perentlchlld contact.

RlkJdcontinues In the Safe Visit Program having supervised visitation with hermother, C laudine, on a weekly basis; Sunday from 4-5pm. Since tho previousreport of Febtuaty 1,2008 there have boen 25 visits. Two visits were cancelledbut f98Cheduled with no loss In parenting time.

Ri1ckiarrives promptly for the vIsltatIon time. She is U$ua/Iytalkative and friendlytowards slaff and oftenManIS personal hlfomiallon &bout her weekly activities.Rllcki's comm ents are upbeat and age appropriate. CI8\Jdine arrives for all visiIB

on time. At times, Claudine continues her past prectIce ofbrlnging 1-3 bags oforaft items to tha visits es well as snacks and drinks. Parties usually exchangehugs, and I love you greetings88 they begin and end their contact. Recently,RiIdd began doing demOl'lBbations of dance moves and talent show idea8 forClaudine, Through out most vi&ibJ,Claudine makes multiple complimentarycomm ents to RiIckiabout activities parties are Involved In. Rildelaccepts thecompliments given by her mother. On Mother's D ay RIkki brought Claudine acard and a chocolate bar. Claudine told RiIcki"did you know mom upside downspellswOW?" RUdelsaid "yeah. I knew ttlar.

RiJckiopenly shares Ii.forma1lonwith Claudine about school, activItIe9, friends,movies, and family rnember8. Som e CO fMlents made by RikId are glossed overby Claudine; it appears Claudine d088 not know when to maintain confidencesshared nor does she hear the intent of the direct st81iementas she is unable toalter her future CO iIliII8nl8. An example w as at the6-14-06 visit, Claudineannounced to staff that "Rlkki got her period". R1kklappeared ovelWhelmed withthis announcem ent of information and told Claudine"not to tell everyone". ThenRI1ddrolled her eyes and shook her head and than w ent Into What staff observes

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as a 'pelfonning roll". On7.16-06 as parties \Wre palnting Rikklln a matter offact tone told her mother she doesn't always like being her daughter because she(Claudine) does things that are embarr&88ing. Claudine said she would never doanything in public or in front of her friBnds to hurt or embarraaa her. RIIddtold hermother "but you do". The subject was then dropped. RIkkI continues to tell staffthat at times she Is embarrasced by her moma she "still treats me like I am 5years old and that her Wfl " f1entsand behavior can be embarrBSSIng". Staffcontinues to encourage Rilckito respectfully explain to Claudine her feeDngs.

Claudine continues to tall staff that she Is being denied parenting time unjustly;Claudine makes indinlct comrnentBto RikkI how 'maybe she stili has a chance tobe part of the experience of Rikkllosing a baby tooth'. Rikkl seems to say anddo things during the visit time88 if she is at Safe VISitfor an hour to entertain andplease Claudine, A rec:enti8sue of conoem for Rlldclls phone contads In that IfRI1ddIs unavailable for the phone C8IIsby Claudine, even If Rlkkl gives Claudinewamlng she will not be available for the scheduled can, Claudine win questionher or keep her at a distance the next visit for missing the phone visit. Claudine

also minimizes with staff the relationship &nd impact of people in Ritcki'slife I.e. astory RiIdd relayed about her stepbrother, Claudine conected her and stated 'heis your dad's girlfriend's son".

Claudine laughs andI86flOnd& wiItI great Int8l'e8tto RJkkIthroughout the vlsltClaudine tells Rikki about things she does week to week; moving and preparingfor their visits. Claudine alWays tells Rlkkl how much she loves and misses herand usually references old time "memories" of RIkkl88 a baby or younger childand also points out commonalities they have I.e. InlerestB or abilltles (Claudinewill ten Rikkl'l used to iItIetch nicethat").

Staff has communicated observations of the parentlctlild contect to the GAL, JillDykes. Steff also contacled Hal Richardson on6-22.()8 to request feedbackregarding Rikkl and the vIsitB88 observed and no1Ildby staff Rikkl has seemedout of character !hit past 4-S weeks.

Claudine often communicates issues to staff as if to gain support fromsafe Visit;on 6-2>08 the center had a new guard and Claudine lnfonned him that she wasa victim of domestic violence and he should look up her website and gave himthe address to view "what was really going on with her situation". On June 4,2008, Claudine requested that staff arrange for her mother to come to Safe VISit

to see Rlkkl88

°she Is on her dea th bed" Staff relayed on 8-6-06 that8

courtorder would be required to allow the grandmother to visit On 6-9-00 the programadministrator again explained to Claudine that per Safe VisIt policy additionalparties were not allowed to be a part of visits without court approval. Claudinesaid shit was 'sad" with this decision but she understood the porlCY.

safe Vlalt Bel'VIceaare available to RlkI<Ifor safe parent contact a8 long88 theCourt deems it appropriate. Please notify 8l8ff regarding any modification of the



current orders.

u;:;::Connie Sanchez. LMSW , Safe VIsIt AdmInistrator

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2006 July 21 Letter to Judge Johnson - Safe Visit