Judge Ramirez continues to ignore the Wisconsin Court of Appeals order to remand and reverse the illegal decision by former Judge Aprahamian in the case to prevent divorced mother Valadez from seeing her own four kids.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
Match 25, 2022
Waukesha, Wisconsin - On Friday, Waukesha County family court Judge Ralph Ramirez continued to refuse to vacate the illegal act by former Judge Michael J. Aprahamian to prevent Julie Valadez from seeing her four kids in the Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case. Her ex-husband, Ricardo was awarded placement and custody of the four children after he lied in family court that he had completed a program mandated by state law, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals found. Ricardo had failed to complete a state certified batterer's treatment program as required by law. He was was found to be an alcoholic and had a history of domestic abuse, according to the Waukesha Police Department records and Julie had a restraining order against him who he also violated.
Judge Ramirez should have immediately vacated former Judge Aprahamian's decision and should have allowed Julie to have custody of her children, but instead Judge Ramirez continues to apply cruel and unusual punishment against Julie who hasn't been able to see or spend time with her kids due to the erroneous act by the inept Judge Aprahamian.
Judge Ramirez is now prolonging the irreparable harm against Julie and her four children until June, which Ramirez has set hearings and a trial to determine what to do, but it doesn't guarantee that Julie will actually have her children returned, since Judge Ramirez has kept Judge Aprahamian's illegal decision to keep Julie from her children.
Julies current attorney Peter Ramirez gave notice to the court on Friday that he will no longer continue with the case and is removing his services from representing Julie.
Also on Friday, during a press conference, Julie Valadez announced that she will now ask the Wisconsin State Supreme Court to enforce the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruling in her favor to vacate former Waukesha County family court Judge Aprahamian's erroneous decision to prevent her from getting full custody of her children, which the current presiding Judge Ramirez in her divorce case continues to keep Aprahamian's illegal decision and won't vacate Aprahamian's illegal placement and custody to her ex-husband.
Just because the Wisconsin Court of Appeals didn't grant a Supervisory Writ to Julie Valadez, on March 25, 2022 during the case hearing, Judge Ramirez was quoted that he believes he didn't do anything wrong by letting Aprahamian's illegal displacement order of the four Valadez's children continue. Ramirez stated on the record, "I don't mean any disrespect, and you asked the Court of Appeals to review what I had decided. They did so and they declined to issue a supervisory writ, which clearly means to me, Judge, we are not telling you that you did anything wrong. All right." On the contrary, Judge Ramirez has ignore the Court of Appeals order that says, former Judge Aprahamian's decision to award Julie's ex-husband sole custody and placement of her four children was illegal. Since the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruling, Judge Ramirez has kept Judge Aprahamian's illegal acts and hasn't vacated Aprahamian's erroneous decision concerning custody and placement of the Valadez's children. (Page 13, court transcript dated March 25, 2022)
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Shelley A. Crogan in the dissenting opinion wrote, "It is undisputed that Ricardo Valadez engaged in a pattern of domestic abuse. The first circuit court made that finding. Despite that finding, the first circuit court gave Ricardo sole custody of all four of the Valadez children. In other words, the first circuit court did exactly what the law said it could not do. The first circuit court also failed to make the safety of Julie and the children the paramount concern in determining custody and placement, which the law required it to do. Julie then waited from May 2020 until December 29, 2021 for this court to recognize that her family was subjected to an unlawful judgment—a judgment that WIS. STAT.
§ 767.41(2)(d)1 says was contrary to the best interest of these children and that likewise did not comply with WIS. STAT. § 767.41(5)(bm)."
"When this court said that the judgment was unlawful and reversed it—a decision we based on statutes that say the circuit court cannot give custody to the abuser because doing so is contrary to the best interest of the children and that the safety of Julie and the children must be the paramount concern regarding custody and placement under these circumstances—the new circuit court should have vacated that judgment and returned to the custody and placement order that was in place before the unlawful judgment was entered. The majority says our December 2021 decision reversing the judgment was not specific enough for us to now conclude that the new circuit court violated a plain legal duty. The majority says our decision did not specifically direct the new circuit court to vacate the judgment and return to the prior order. I disagree. We reversed the judgment because the first circuit court granted custody and physical placement in clear violation of the law. There is no other option except to vacate that judgment and return the parties to the position they were in before the first circuit court acted unlawfully. By failing to do so, the new circuit court keeps in place a judgment that this court said violates the law. It keeps in place a reversed judgment that, according to WIS. STAT. § 767.41(2)(d)1, is contrary to the best interest of the children. It likewise keeps in place a reversed judgment that was entered without making Julie and the children's safety and well-being the most important factor in determining custody and placement as required by WIS. STAT. § 767.41(5)(bm).
"Julie suffered injustice when the first circuit court failed to follow the law. She suffers again here not only because of the length of time it took for her June 2020 appeal but also because the new circuit court (and now the majority) determined that our December 2021 decision—reversing a judgment that violated the law—somehow did not sufficiently explain to the new circuit court that it should not allow a judgment that violated the law to remain in effect upon remand. Now, Julie must wait again and hope that the new circuit court properly applies
the domestic abuse custody and placement statutes, which exist to protect her and her children. And, if the new circuit court, like the first circuit court, fails to do so, she will likely have to wait
at least another year to receive a second appellate decision."
The Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case has shown how Waukesha County family court judges are so inept and don't follow state law to protect a domestic abuse mother and her children from a known alcoholic and domestic abuser.
A lack of judicial accountability for inept judges in family court in Waukesha County including Wisconsin just prolongs the irreparable hardship and life long psychological emotional scars and damage for domestic abuse victims and their children.
Update:
Julie Valadez posted on her Facebook account on April 3, 2022, the following post about how corrupt is the Waukesha County Court and family divorce judges.
Julie wrote, I want to point out something else:
I have been called back to just family court with the domestic abuser 26 times since they entered the unlawful final ruling.
Think about that for a moment- think about what that would do to your life.
Since the final ruling was entered on April 9, 2020 to March 2022 in those 23 months I have been called back to court 32 times.
If that is not court abuse and literal harassment what is?
None of these hearings have been lawful or in accordance with Wisconsin statutes.
That does not even include the criminal hearings for the violations of restraining order that had a hearing 8/11/20, 10/07/20, 1/27/21, 5/14/21.
*I did not start any litigation while my appeal was pending obviously, I knew there was misconduct in the circuit court so I was addressing it with the higher court.
I did file for stay of the final order pending appeal. Everything else was my ex and the gals misconduct and harassment.
For example Katherine Delorenzo was confronted by the Waukesha Sheriffs detective for harassing me and retaliating against me in the family case after she was referred criminal charges and then she was removed. Susan Opper, the Waukesha County District Attorney should be addressing Molly Jasmer but Susan Opper has done NOTHING about the misconduct going on in the courthouse.
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