Joy Henley said: January 24, 2009 8:14 pm PST
Hi Glen, Thank you to you and your family for sharing your story with the world. It gives such hope. You and I went through our ordeals at approximately the same time. I lost my son at age 3 by default- when my attorney did not show up at court. The morning of the default, my mother received a call from the father of my son. He was screaming that he "got" our son and that we would never see him again. It would be a long 14 years.... Prior to this, I was the recipient of too many false allegations to list- some were just unthinkable. CPS continuously harrassed my children and I with their visits- only to find the false allegations "unsubstantiated." I will never forget the one CPS character who appeared at my door late one Sunday night. He ordered my two sons to strip. He sat on the bed, gazing at their buttocks, on a hunt to find bruises. I thought he was a pervert. Non-custodial parents and their children who survive these nightmares are my heroes. Thank you for your book and for all of your hard work.
Joy Henley
Founder/Executive Director of the Juliette Gilbert Association for the Prevention of the Parental Abduction of Children www.thejuliettegilbertassociation.com
Former Commissioner,
Washington State Child Support Schedule Commission