If you have any assumptions about family court, throw them out.  There is no due process, there is no transparency and there is no external accountability.  Take the story of Sarah Leyva. She had an irrevocable mediated agreement recorded with Tarrant County TX that allowed her to move with her children anywhere including back home to Virginia.  The children enjoyed regular visits with their dad and other family members in Texas and their dad and family were welcome guests here in Virginia. There were concerns from time to time as dad had a knack for not sticking to the agreed visitation periods, showing up at random times and involving police using an outdated court order. But life went on.

Then dad took mom back to court in Texas.  Mom falsely believed she was secure in her irrevocable mediated agreement, she was not.  As is often the case in family court, parties discuss a situation and what they feel is best before the parent or their representative ever steps foot in court. In this instance, during proceedings, mom was not allowed to speak even as unsubstantiated allegations were presented in lieu of evidence.

What does this have to do with Virginia?  After this court proceeding, Dad raced back to Virginia in an attempt to pick up the children before Mom got home. He did this with an UNSIGNED court order - no signature, no stamp, just a piece of paper.  Again, dad involved police, this time Chesterfield.  Dad left without the children and did not attempt to collect them again.

It took Tarrant County a significant amount of time to get around to having a different judge sign the document.  During that time, seems dad hired our own M’ Brooke Teefey to fix things for him here in Virginia.  Apparently,  Teefey arranged an ex-parte hearing with Judge Southhall Jr.  Mom was not informed nor did she have any representation.  Teefey also took it upon herself to be GAL for the children. According to vacourts.gov it is the responsibility of the GAL to provide INDEPENDENT recommendations to the court.  She did not.  Her report read as grossly inaccurate, one sided, and frankly lazy. Seems Teefey also failed to provide all parties a copy as required by law even though she listed valid contact information for Mom within the document itself. Mom only has a copy of this report now, years later, because it was mailed to her anonymously by a third party.

Mom did not know this ex-parte hearing had occurred when she hired a lawyer in Texas and filed an appeal.  When she arrived to Court in Texas she was arrested and Amelia Sheriff’s department was dispatched to grandma and grandpa’s house to confiscate the children and transport them to Texas.  Teefey was the liaison with Tarrant County, Texas and made sure everything was arranged according to their wishes.

Mom never saw her God-given children again. She received reports of changes in affect and behavior in her boys, especially the youngest.  People sent her pictures from her ex’s social media showing her boys being framed in trans and sexualized frames and paraphernalia. Her children had always been very masculine, rough and tumble boys but something was happening and she could not help.

Mom tried desperately to get someone to listen.  She knew what happened to her was not right.  She talked to Sherriff Walker, her mom talked to Lee Harrison, they closed ranks.  Mom took to social media.  Someone, somewhere would help.  They did not.  She was crushed, destroyed, but then she noticed she was not alone.  Her story parallels thousands of people whose lives have been destroyed by the very system that is supposed to protect them. 

Mom has been a loud and sometimes desperate voice for mothers and fathers who have been destroyed by a system that should not exist. Mom now advocates for the abolishment of family court and default 50/50 custody of any children.  There are some who would like to silence her.  I don’t think that is possible.  She has inspired so many others.

We have elected officials who we assume protect our rights and due process. What they actually do is protect each other and a hopelessly flawed system. 

That Lee Harrison, Commonwealth Attorney,  would turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to a false and misleading GAL report written by M. Brooke Teefey is unconscionable.  That he would go to great lengths to silence someone speaking up for children being hurt by the system is unconscionable. According to wric.com,  Lee’s own 38 year old son, employee at Amelia County Public Schools was arrested January 23 of this year for having sex with a 14 year old. Why would we want to elect someone who searches a mom’s social media for a gotcha, a mom who has a long history of outing people like Lee’s son for preying on children.

And, why is there apparently no recourse for those harmed by local law enforcement acting on the slanderous, unsubstantiated accusations of individuals contacting them from other states?  We expect our elected officials to be smarter and more discerning than that, but sadly they are not. We need and deserve better. 

Sarah faces serious orchestrated charges by Lee Harrison using the Amelia County Sherriff's department to troll her social media accounts and bait her with false offers of lawful help.  These trumped-up charges include solicitation for murder based on a post showing children and officials, saying we need to remember their names and faces.  Being as many of these people are elected, I think we should.  A picture of judges in front of a bon-fire, has become an indictment through Lee Harrison's efforts of a bomb-burn threat.  I say, family court is a metaphoric dumpster fire, that burns almost everyone it touches.  Then there is the public picture of the Teefey family and their pride in their son's military accomplishments being held in severe contrast to the ruined lives and destroyed families' in Teefey's wake.  The cognitive dissonance is alarming.  

I say these posts are not crimes, but retaliatory arrest and prosecution is. 

Please sign this petition to immediately drop all charges against Sarah Leyva and to unseal, release, and review Case No. JJ006960-02-00 and Case No. JJ006959-02-00 cases which were decided and sealed based on M.Brooke Teefey's inaccurate, perhaps fraudulent,  & incomplete GAL report AND request an investigation into the actions of M. Brooke Teefey, Lee Harrison, and the Amelia County Sherrif's department regarding Sarah Leyva and ALL child removal cases.

Thank you!  

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