Save Josie Now
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This campaign is to get Josie out of a physical, mental, and emotionally abusive household away from her father and grandfather. This is to help her mother keep fighting her.
In 2018 Josie opened up to her mother about the abuse at her fathers house.
After going to the police several times they kept telling Josie's mom to go to court. Not having the money for a lawyer, the judge didn't want to listen to hearsay and ruled that Josie keep staying with her father at his parents house.
In January 2020, Josie's mother noticed she winced when she gave her a hug. Josie told her mother that her father was drunk the night before and punched her in the ribs.
Josie's mother called DCFS once again and they said someone will get back to her. She took Josie to the police again to try and file another report.
The desk officer spoke to Josie privately and within five minutes came out and suggested a temporary restraining order.
Josie's mother maxed out three credit cards to get an attorney.
Josie's mother was granted the temporary restraining order and the attorney wanted to pursue criminal charges against Josie‘s father, but the case was kicked down to family court where the original judge had allowed Josie to continue to stay with her father a couple years prior.
DCFS interviewed Josie's mother and Stepdad and had Josie go through a forensic interview which was deemed substantiated, meaning they believe her and she told the truth. Josie‘s urgent care visit also confirmed Josie‘s trauma of abuse.
While the restraining order was in place, Josie‘s friends and teacher commented on how happy she seem to be. Her grades went up, she was doing better in class, she was talking to her friends more and signed up for volleyball and guitar lessons.
During this time, the court assigned minors counsel which is an attorney for Josie and a court appointed therapist.
Josie's Mom and Stepdad met with both minors counsel and the therapist.
Minors counsel never went to visit Josie‘s father's house where he lives with his parents.
Josie told minors counsel and the court appointed therapist everything and gave them her written journal including drawings and paintings of abuse through the years from her father and grandfather.
When they met for court in July 2020, the judge asked what safety precautions DCFS put into place. DCFS didn’t put any safety measures in place because they felt the restraining order was going to become permanent. The judge immediately threw out the restraining order and minors counsel felt that Josie's mom was alienating her from her father because he said that Josie was being coached. Minor's council also statied that they did not believe Josie or her mom about the abuse.
The judge ruled immediately in favor of Josie‘s father and she had to go back to that house on a permanent basis. Josie's mom was only allowed a two hour supervised visit with a monitor every two weeks.
In November 2020 a social worker from LAUSD called and said that a friend had reported Josie making a threat to hurt her self.
Minors counsel and Josie‘s therapist immediately got involved and went over to see Josie at her fathers house.
Minors counsel filed an ex parte
Josie's mom and Stepdad didn't have the money and were still paying off the credit cards for the first attorney with the restraining order so Josie's stepdad immediately sold his 1967 Ford Mustang that he rebuilt with his father to hire a new lawyer.
The judge didn’t like that minors counsel did not visit Josie‘s father and grandparents house where she sleeps in a bunk-bed with her father in her first assessment and was not going to remove Josie from that house.
December 2020, Josie was then allowed to see her mother every other weekend without a monitor but only talk to her mom twice a week on the phone. Josie let her mom know that she had not seen or talked to any of her friends since July when she was last living with her mom and stepdad. Josie also let her mom know that she has been wearing the same underwear everyday since she had to go back to her fathers house and rises her underwear in the bathroom sink once a week.
December 2020 when her mom and stepdad were FaceTiming with Josie, her grandfather grab the phone out of her hand and hit her in the face. Josie's mom called the police immediately and found out the police took a report and pictures of the mark on her face and then left Josie.
DCFS was contacted and this was now the sixth DCFS report against Josie‘s father and grandfather. The first was when Josie‘s father gotten it to a hit-and-run and fled the vehicle with Josie still in the car in 2016.
In January 2021 ran away from her father in the middle of the night and called her mom to come pick her up. Josie's mom called her attorney, minors counsel and Josie's court appointed therapist right away.
The police called Josie's mom at five in the morning because Josie's father said her mom kidnapped her. The police sent two patrol cars to get her and when they arrived they spoke to Josie, her mom, and her stepdad and then felt Josie would be safer if she stayed with her mom instead of taking her back to her father.
The next day the court made Josie go back to her father and she would not stop crying and begging to please not go back. Her father and grandfather were waiting and Josie sat crying in the car for over half an hour. She didn’t want to get out.
Josie's mom and stepdad have a very warm and loving home for Josie. Josie's stepdad is a marriage and family therapist that specializes in working with kids and her mom works as an assistant escrow officer.
We don’t know how this is happening. If this was in a movie, one would think that it’s completely made up because no way could a judge, Josie‘s therapist, minors counsel and DCFS keep sending her back to an abusive house, but they do.
Josie's case goes back to court in one month for the judge’s ruling and Josie needs your help.
Please let her know she’s not alone and spread the word.
We can Save Josie.
In 2018 Josie opened up to her mother about the abuse at her fathers house.
After going to the police several times they kept telling Josie's mom to go to court. Not having the money for a lawyer, the judge didn't want to listen to hearsay and ruled that Josie keep staying with her father at his parents house.
In January 2020, Josie's mother noticed she winced when she gave her a hug. Josie told her mother that her father was drunk the night before and punched her in the ribs.
Josie's mother called DCFS once again and they said someone will get back to her. She took Josie to the police again to try and file another report.
The desk officer spoke to Josie privately and within five minutes came out and suggested a temporary restraining order.
Josie's mother maxed out three credit cards to get an attorney.
Josie's mother was granted the temporary restraining order and the attorney wanted to pursue criminal charges against Josie‘s father, but the case was kicked down to family court where the original judge had allowed Josie to continue to stay with her father a couple years prior.
DCFS interviewed Josie's mother and Stepdad and had Josie go through a forensic interview which was deemed substantiated, meaning they believe her and she told the truth. Josie‘s urgent care visit also confirmed Josie‘s trauma of abuse.
While the restraining order was in place, Josie‘s friends and teacher commented on how happy she seem to be. Her grades went up, she was doing better in class, she was talking to her friends more and signed up for volleyball and guitar lessons.
During this time, the court assigned minors counsel which is an attorney for Josie and a court appointed therapist.
Josie's Mom and Stepdad met with both minors counsel and the therapist.
Minors counsel never went to visit Josie‘s father's house where he lives with his parents.
Josie told minors counsel and the court appointed therapist everything and gave them her written journal including drawings and paintings of abuse through the years from her father and grandfather.
When they met for court in July 2020, the judge asked what safety precautions DCFS put into place. DCFS didn’t put any safety measures in place because they felt the restraining order was going to become permanent. The judge immediately threw out the restraining order and minors counsel felt that Josie's mom was alienating her from her father because he said that Josie was being coached. Minor's council also statied that they did not believe Josie or her mom about the abuse.
The judge ruled immediately in favor of Josie‘s father and she had to go back to that house on a permanent basis. Josie's mom was only allowed a two hour supervised visit with a monitor every two weeks.
In November 2020 a social worker from LAUSD called and said that a friend had reported Josie making a threat to hurt her self.
Minors counsel and Josie‘s therapist immediately got involved and went over to see Josie at her fathers house.
Minors counsel filed an ex parte
Josie's mom and Stepdad didn't have the money and were still paying off the credit cards for the first attorney with the restraining order so Josie's stepdad immediately sold his 1967 Ford Mustang that he rebuilt with his father to hire a new lawyer.
The judge didn’t like that minors counsel did not visit Josie‘s father and grandparents house where she sleeps in a bunk-bed with her father in her first assessment and was not going to remove Josie from that house.
December 2020, Josie was then allowed to see her mother every other weekend without a monitor but only talk to her mom twice a week on the phone. Josie let her mom know that she had not seen or talked to any of her friends since July when she was last living with her mom and stepdad. Josie also let her mom know that she has been wearing the same underwear everyday since she had to go back to her fathers house and rises her underwear in the bathroom sink once a week.
December 2020 when her mom and stepdad were FaceTiming with Josie, her grandfather grab the phone out of her hand and hit her in the face. Josie's mom called the police immediately and found out the police took a report and pictures of the mark on her face and then left Josie.
DCFS was contacted and this was now the sixth DCFS report against Josie‘s father and grandfather. The first was when Josie‘s father gotten it to a hit-and-run and fled the vehicle with Josie still in the car in 2016.
In January 2021 ran away from her father in the middle of the night and called her mom to come pick her up. Josie's mom called her attorney, minors counsel and Josie's court appointed therapist right away.
The police called Josie's mom at five in the morning because Josie's father said her mom kidnapped her. The police sent two patrol cars to get her and when they arrived they spoke to Josie, her mom, and her stepdad and then felt Josie would be safer if she stayed with her mom instead of taking her back to her father.
The next day the court made Josie go back to her father and she would not stop crying and begging to please not go back. Her father and grandfather were waiting and Josie sat crying in the car for over half an hour. She didn’t want to get out.
Josie's mom and stepdad have a very warm and loving home for Josie. Josie's stepdad is a marriage and family therapist that specializes in working with kids and her mom works as an assistant escrow officer.
We don’t know how this is happening. If this was in a movie, one would think that it’s completely made up because no way could a judge, Josie‘s therapist, minors counsel and DCFS keep sending her back to an abusive house, but they do.
Josie's case goes back to court in one month for the judge’s ruling and Josie needs your help.
Please let her know she’s not alone and spread the word.
We can Save Josie.
Organizer
Gerd Poppinga
Organizer
Santa Clarita, CA