This post will be a fairly short post & it will be out of sequence from what I initially promised to deliver in my intro post … But this latest ,seemingly trivial, debacle illustrates my point all too well … It serves to illustrate what the common man of little means & few connections to speak of face over & over again in the Family Courts of Delaware … I suspect it’s the same all over but I can only speak from the circle of my own experience …
The best term I can think of to describe a lot of what I experienced is “negligent nonchalance “. Lets unpack the words a little bit …
negligent
“neg·li·gent
/ˈneɡləjənt/
adjective
1. failing to take proper care in doing something.
“directors have been negligent in the performance of their duties”
synonyms for nonchalance :
• apathy
• complacency
• disregard
• indifference
• torpor
• unconcern
•
Now oddly enough , the more we depart from the concrete world & head into the realm of abstracts , the larger the impact of negligent nonchalance can have on your life…
The impact of nonchalance on your life demonstrated by a guy on the boardwalk handing you some delicious Thrasher’s Fries is just about negligible…
The hipster mangling your Verizon bill & giving you some convoluted reasoning on why you’ve run out of data with an unlimited data is another proposition… He can cause you a little bit of sustained grief & cost you some coin if you miss a sweet trade on ROBO… (I’m in ROBO because I believe in the industry, not blazing profits). But it’s not going to be life altering… A failure to follow the evidence , analyze it, & draw reasonable conclusions from it with lines of logic isn’t going to land you in jail, break your bank, make people question your integrity , or impact you on any ongoing sense …
Enter the Family Court System of Delaware… The Family Court can claim jurisdiction over just about every criminal & civil matter … In this magic realm , they become interchangeable & things aren’t always what they seem …
Now, I can understand special provisions being made when children are involved & the Delaware Family Court may well do some meaningful , positive, work in that area … But …….. when it comes to two adults & criminal accusations that put liberty, finances, & livelihoods at stake , I’d like to see some oversight , some accountability , some adherence to rules of logic (like that amazing burden of proof construct we’re taught in 5th grade) , & Great Caesar’s Ghost ,a little adherence to your own rules …
Below is small, seemingly innocuous , of “negligent nonchalance… I recieved this notice on the 3rd of January… You’ll note the trial date is set for January 2nd …
But hey, it says it was sent out on Dec. 23rd !!! No chance … A court appointed attorney acting on my behalf was on vacation … I called his office on New Year’s Eve …The event was still listed as scheduled on VineLink the day of the 2nd… And I was still receiving multiple harassing, calls from VineLink/ DELGIS informing me of “an upcoming court event” on New Year’s Eve …
This letter is a lie conjured after the fact … Now, that’s a claim … It’s a logical conclusion that’s supported by evidence … And I would absolutely be overjoyed if anyone was willing to step forth with a counter argument of the same structure …
So, who covers the $600 in lost wages, wasted time , & travel expenses ??? What if witnesses were called who couldn’t make another date …
And I’m currently tracking an invalid continuance that disappeared from the record from Oct 25th … I was literally 5 minutes away from the courthouse …
The issue here is IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME … When these faux pas begin to multiply it stops looking like negligence & starts looking like malice with intent … Don’t put up with it … Hold them accountable anyway you can …
See ya soon & Shout out to Clarksville…xoxo
T. Jones
“White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I’m gonna wave my freak flag high. “
– Jimi Hendrix
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