Right after the domestic altercation happened Anthony received a letter that he has abused a child and will be put on
a list in New York that shows he neglects children. Well, his no-good attorney said he would win and not be put on that list
because the family court will clearly see that he is not guilty and that would keep his name off the list. Anthony wrote a
letter to ask that the findings be "unfounded" but they wrote back and said the findings are not unfounded and he would be
on the list. We contested it, there was a hearing March 10, 2008 in which Anthony's attorney went in his place but screwed
up everything. He didn't tell them that the fact finding hearing was being appealed on. He didn't show them DSS's own investigations
showing that Anthony was the one caring for his daughter that night and he was not intoxicated. He did not show them any evidence.
Then he wrote a letter and gave Anthony a form to dismiss his appeal on this central registry. He told Anthony that his name
on that list would not affect anything with his daughter. When we told him that Anthony is still going to that hearing, he
said "You are going to lose" So we went to New York for that hearing anyway on June 25, 2008. Before the
hearing we sent a letter to everyone in the Office of Children and Family Services, Bureau of Special Hearings in the Albany
office, the Commissioner of OCFS, the CPS officials and the judge for the Warren County Department of Social Services.
The letter we sent was an "Exceptions to the Determination of Fact Finding" and a "Memorandum of Law". The Exceptions
to the Determination is where Anthony is bringing up his evidence that his no-good attorney did not present. The Memorandum
of law states the NY laws and how the family courts, DSS, and CPS has gone against it. We also sent the proof that this Fact-Finding
order is being appealed on which DSS and CPS has managed to hide from them.
We accomplished what we wanted! They decided that they would not put his name on the registry until after the decision
on the appeal and set up a hearing for January 2009. (Subject to change depending on when the appeal takes place.)
