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SAGA OF THE $15,000 REPORT CARD
In December 1998 I requested, in person and
in writing, a copy of my son’s
high school report card. I never heard
anything from back from the school.
Consequently I filed a suit in Worcester
Superior Court requesting I be
given a copy of the report card. I named my
ex-wife Linda S. Wright Bowyer, the
school, the town, and the attorney for my ex
as defendants who were denying
my rights to my son’s information. Cheryl
Jacques firm showed up for the
town. I do not know how they got
connected. The lawyers all claimed the
matter to be P&F Court jurisdiction
although the Chapter 71 sec 34 B,D,E
are in the Superior Court jurisdiction.
Eventually the Judge decided this
was a special case to the rights provided by
M71 Sec 34 B,D,E, and M208 Sec.
31. Decision: I had no rights to
my sons information. To get to this
point we had had several hearings and
exchanged a variety of motions, and
briefs: Me and four lawyers fighting over one
report card. Could this be
what the drafting fathers had in mind?
As I was also busy in P&F Court
working on this issue, I let the Appeal period
pass.
At the next M209A hearing, neither the
Judge nor the ex was receptive to my
receiving information I had been receiving for
several years prior to the
passage of the Report Card Law. That I
had concocted no evil plans or taken
any improper actions with the report card made
no difference. What the hell
could I have done with it? So I was
denied access by the P&F Court. A law
that was supposed to help me backfired.
I am now in the process of appealing
this denial. The ex’s attorney must
send in his appeal brief response to my
brief in 30 days. Guess what I got
the mail yesterday?
Yes, I got a copy of the mysterious elusive $15,000
REPORT CARD. The boy is passing
and doing OK in his classes.
The $15,000 REPORT CARD could have been
provided without all this
aggravation and hassle. Clearly the ex
would rather exhibit vindictive
behavior and deny this father a little
information about his children. The
cost of her vindictiveness is at least $15,000
in legal fees plus an Appeal
brief to finished.
Now I wonder what the effect of the receipt
of the $15,000 REPORT CARD will
be on the Appeal? The paranoiac in me
thinks there must be a trick in here
somewhere.
Bill from VA
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