Please sign and share the petition to remove Judge Wells from family law. The latest comments on gavelbangers have been included below and Judge Wells is rated as one of the worst judicial officers in the Riverside Superior Court. Reviews 1 835. party to case (with attorney) stay away if you are a mom needed help. this judge is out of control! He said we'd have therepeutic counseling visits to introduce dad at counselor's discretion and now he says that i have to tell counselor to speed it up! since when is that my job? since when is that the judge's job? should that be left up to the mental health practitioner??? He is not looking out for the mental health of my child! Only what dad wants-which is everything right NOW! Friday, February 15, 2013 - 18:19 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 1039. party to case (pro se) Pray to God you don't get Wells if you need a DVRO. The temporary order was granted by a different judge, but even though I had pictures, declarations, sheriff's reports and "i(s) dotted and t(s) crossed" & Wells read the case, Wells DENIED the Restraining Order at hearing. I was told we were family (siblings) and needed to get along. The other party never denied any of the violence including the use of a firearm. He was represented by an out of town attorney. Thank God for Judge Olsen, I asked again and I received a 5 year DVRO. When the other party tried to get it dismissed (by telling the court it was my request for dismissal) I was horrified that I might have to appear before Wells again. Judge Olsen denied the request for dismissal. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 21:44 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 4 1233. party to case (with attorney) I am thankful everyday judge wells was able to read between the lines. He does not take every filing at face value and he was able to see through my ex husbands lies and nonsense. My ex was using my son as a pawn to hurt me and for his own financial gain and judge wells corrected the situation. He did care about my sons best interest and I am sorry he no longer is in family law. Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 16:58 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 1319. party to case (pro se) I agree. "Happy Mom" is a fake poster. There is no way that Judge Wells took you at face value. He called me a "gold digger" and yet I never got one penny of child support. He said that dad was like King Solomon in splitting the child with a sword. How wonderful DAD was! Disgusting! Judge Wells didn't listen to the facts of the case and misapplied the statue of the law. He brings his religion into the court room-what about separation of Church and State?! Monday, August 5, 2013 - 15:25 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 0 1327. party to case (pro se) This judge stole my child from his home, the only home my son knew for the last 4 years of his life, I was never given a reason as to why, no best interest of the child, nothing.when I attempted to fight it, he wouldnt even hear what I had to say. Thankful he left family law, but he deserves to be in jail, and rot in the hell he created. Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 04:18 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 0 1890. party to case (with attorney) This incompetent, civil miscreant should never have been seated as a commissioner, let alone assume the position of a judge. He continuously references his faith, and his personal beliefs. Which he hold above and beyond the law. How he remains as he has is incomprehensible and inconceivable to human comprehension. He should be disbarred for what he has done, and he should be seated in a small, simple 9' X 6' Cell for the reminder of his pathetic life. Saturday, November 2, 2013 - 18:58 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 1900. party to case (with attorney) Judge Wells should be removed from the bench. Would someone please run against him? Or if you've had issues with him-file a complaint to the Judicial Council of CA? This man will continue to ruin lives without either being removed from the bench due to a challenger or by the Judicial Council. Isn't it against his Cannons (ethics set by the State) to site religious passages in his courtroom? I believe its also against his Cannons to yell, dehumanize, and degrade litigants like he does! Tuesday, November 5, 2013 - 12:11 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 2065. party to case (pro se) When a board member, John Weiser in my HOA hit me with a car while I was on foot Cathedral City Police, Laura Hanlon refused to arrest him. I had burses and was very shaken Judge Wells refused to give me a restraining order -- guess not enough "blood on the floor!" Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 13:03 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 2066. party to case (pro se) When a board member, John Weiser in my HOA hit me with a car while I was on foot Cathedral City Police, Laura Hanlon refused to arrest him. I had burses and was very shaken Judge Wells refused to give me a restraining order -- guess not enough "blood on the floor!" Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 13:03 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 2298. party to case (with attorney) Please...someone run against this Judge. He needs to be removed from the bench. I have court transcripts where he discusses "splitting the child with the sword of Soloman" after domestic violence was discussed. It was sick. Plus, Judge Wells' should check his religion at the door and stop stating that he is making decisions like GOD. This man is pure EVIL! Saturday, February 1, 2014 - 19:14 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 0 2880. party to case (with attorney) Judge Dale R. Wells has been playing God on the bench since the first day he sat. The fact that he preaches in a Church sends chills through my heart. He has spent many years granting orders in favor of his Good ole boys (attorney's) clients. The Mediators, 730 Evaluators, the minor's counsel, the Private Detectives and the threat assessment team are all there rolling in your dough. This Evil group deals in court corruption daily without regard to the children involved. I prayed for it to end and still do. This group makes a farce out of the Justice system. Monday, July 28, 2014 - 17:36 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 3491. party to case (with attorney) Judge Wells is a pompous jerk that believes that he is God. He makes religious remarks in his court room and feels that he knows best. He does not show litigants respect as his position and Cannons require of him. He spits and turns red in the face during trial--how is that showing impartiality? Or temperance? He is supposedly a family law expert? Ha! He didn't know the basics of child abandonment with prima facia evidence. Someone needs to upseat this man from the bench. Monday, February 9, 2015 - 13:07 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 4308. party to case (with attorney) At an exparte hearing, where mom (me) was never served, my attorney of record was not present, Judge (2003 then commissioner Wells) asked if mom had been served. He was told a voice mail was left on my mothers phone(which was not in service at that time). He.asked for my attorney and was told she was down the hall and asked that she be retrieved. A woman (the family law facilitator was brought in (the position commissioner Wells held when my divorce began in 2001.) She stood in front of the court and said she was not representing me but was appearing on my behalf(without my knowledge and without my knowledge of a hearing either). The then commissioner Wells asked her for permission to proceed with the hearing on my behalf, she agreed and then left the courtroom. During this hearing, I was deemed an unfit parent, claiming I abandoned my then 6 and 8yo, that I was bi-polar (they had tried this a year earlier and I had brought a letter(that was on file in our case) from my psychiatrist that treated me for clinical depression, that I did not have bipolar disorder and never have had it, that I took my meds responsibly and that I was never hospitalized as ex husbands attorney claimed)and that the children were in danger. Without my knowledge this all happened and Dad was given immediate temporary full custody and an order was made for the district attorney to retrieve my children. I had been in court for 2 years prior to this hearing being told by opposing counsel that she would draw out this case until I was broke or the children were 18. My youngest is now 18 and the fear of losing my children again has finally ended. It took 3 years to get custody of my kids back and it did not happen through the court. Dad remarried and took new wife and her 3 children out of state without notify the court. Dad had been ordered to pay $20 a month child support which ended before both children were 18 because Riverside county would not respond to requests by child support enforcement in another county. This judge caused my children to be physically and sexually abused by dads attorney and her husband while he lived in his attorneys residence (against a court order, living with your lawyer, a clear conflict of interest). My daughter was raped by this attorneys husband and at 8 years old told her therapist in front of her father that she wanted to go to heaven now. When asked how she planned to do this, she said she was going to run in front of a car. This therapist was so intimidated by this attorney (Carol Adams of Indio law practice) because she was in the process of a divorce and had a 4 yo son) that she would not give her notes to the court. I was in the room also when y daughter said this. My children hav3e been irreconcilably damaged beyond repair and reading about this Judge and that he is still working with attorneys' Jennifer Clark and her mother Carol L. Adams cuts me to my very core. Judge Wells very well knows that the Bible says if anyone should hurt a child would be better off to have a "millstone" tied around his neck and tossed into the depths of the sea because in Gods eyes this is a terrible offense. Harmless, helpless little children, many, many of them by now I am convinced taken a way from loving Mothers(and a few dads in several cases), because dad does not want to pay child support and is angry. I know this because at that time, I was one of more than 10 in a group who had been called horrible names by attorneys while my attorney, well paid I might add sat there and said whoever speaks the least wins, a clear lie, and I lost everything I loved and that was precious to me while dad who never wanted the kids mistreated them and spit on them and called them names and told them he hated them, lied to the court under oath and was believed and given custody. Why this is still going on is beyond me but God is the ultimate judge and he claims "Vengeance is mine". I could never inflict on these people, therapist, commissioners, judges family law facilitators, court ordered psychiatrist, evaluators, what God has in store for them. It is out of my hands. Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 01:11 Flag as: inappropriate spam helpful best of 1 4952. party to case (pro se) HE SUCKED! I was completely unaware of all proceedings that the father was filing. His brother lied and said he served me and that never happened. My child and I moved to florida due to my Husbands job, which I told the father out of courtesy. Not because I was obligated but so he knew. (we were never married) and when I did he said he wanted to proceed with courts. I agreed and so the first case was dismissed because of his lack of responsibility to pay his fees. At which point I said to either refile or I'd be moving because time was of an essence. Nothing! no paper work, nothing was served to myself as they say. When I finally got wind of the court dates by a senior investigator I had court about four days later. Judge Wells was hesitant to even allow a CCRC because the father's attorney said I shouldn't be allowed since I moved and KNEW of all proceedings! At CCRC mediator was Pro Father as well. Mind you CCRC took place ONE day after the first court hearing. 3 hour time difference from FL to CA fathers attorney sent me all filed pleas at 8PM my time! giving me very little time for preparation for the CCRC the following day. CCRC was a waste of my time seeing as how she had seemed to have her mind made up from the beginning. I also felt cheated through it all because I was unable to retain an attorney with such little time! a week later we had court and Judge wells gave father sole custody with visitations on my behalf every few months for two freaking weeks! So now I have my attorney who is costing me an arm and a leg to undo all of this. Judge wells should not be allowed to make rulings in family law. My daughter is 3 years old and has only lived with the father while he and I were together for a year. since our split he has not supported her, has made little effort to spend time with her, on his days he would drop her off at his mother's house, and my daughter would come home complaining how he would not feed her all day, or change her out of her PJ's! When I mentioned all of that to the courts they still ruled over custody to the father. Seriously try your best to switch judges if possible. I have about three weeks to undo all this crap before the father comes and picks up my child who also refuses to speak to him when he calls her.