Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Todd Humes. He was last on the podcast Season 6, Episode 341. Today Todd gave updates regarding his case involving fraud, no Due Process, and how he has STILL been paying Alimony (while NOT divorced) for the last 5 YEARS at $360.00 per week. Today we discussed the corruption in the Domestic Relations Units and how a second Protection of Abuse Order has been signed with NO EVIDENCE by Judge Kurtz. Todd still hasn't been to court for the ...

Slam The Gavel Podcast welcomes back Ellie who was last on the podcast Season 6, Episode 324. Today Ellie discussed updates discussing how her daughter became confused in school and suddenly wanted to be called by a "male" name. An inept caseworker, Attorney Annika Stokes, GAL Michael Horan and Judge Molly Bigelow in Shasta California have an agenda of their own: to put Ellie's daughter in foster care and eventually adopt her out. Ellie still doesn't know if her daughter was giv...

Slam the Gavel welcomes Heather Bendl and Pete Arnold to the podcast. Heather was last on Season 5, Episode 262. Today Heather is currently juggling active appeals in both Florida and Illinois, effectively schooling the courts on why they can't just ignore the rulebook, specifically regarding jurisdiction and the UCCJEA. She is challenging a legal nightmare where Florida is trying to enforce a Void Ab Initio Illinois order that was issued without notice and without authori...

Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes new guest Justin McPhail. Justin McPhail is a father living in Mississippi and is a business owner. Justin went through a divorce in 2012 and had joint legal custody at that time. However, three years into the case, in April of 2015, He was incarcerated for six years trying to exercise his Constitutional Rights all for being in the arrears $1,400.00, refusing a Drug Test and a Psychological Evaluation. Simultaneou...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Investigative Journalist, Richard Luthmann. Richard was last on the podcast Season 5, Episode 228. When he was last on, we discussed Family Court cases and Cancel Culture. Today, we discussed Title IV-E funding and children lost and missing in the foster care system in several states, including the 30 children missing in Minnesota. We also talked about how there are no consequences for false claims. Richard also brought up the Pau...

Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes back Julie M. Anderson Holburn. Julie was last on Season 6, Episode 319 and February 6th, 2023. Today we discussed how family court is treated like a "Kangaroo Court," and makes it appear to be "an excuse," for its BAD BEHAVIOR. We talked about several cases, one of them being the Taran Nolan case in Orange County, CA and how that was mishandled. The judiciary has gone rogue long enough, and this has been an ongoing problem nat...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Marc Fishman with updates to his case and how Marc was last on the YouTube podcast, "We're Not Stumped," with Mike Bolland. Marc discussed how he is speaking out on ADA rights and how New York State has ignored S 5533B, ESPECIALLY in his case. Marc also announced that Judge Schauer will be off the bench as of 12-31-2025 and this is a victory. We also discussed police pattern misconduct and how that is being handled in his case. Not a podcast to be mi...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Connie Reguli to the podcast. Connie was last on Season 2, Episode 98, Season 3, Episode 63, 70, 77 and 89, Season 5, Episode 85. We discussed the recent ruling in New Jersey on November 20th, 2025, regarding "Shaken Baby Syndrome." Abusive Head Trauma was discussed and the question of, can CPS use Munchausen By Proxy (facticious disorder by proxy) with NO evidence and how that could be impacted by the SBS ruling. The financial in...

Slam The Gavel welcomes new guest, Todd Humes from Pennsylvania. He has been driving tractor trailer for 38 years. He had purchased a bar back in 2019 and getting through the pandemic was challenging. However, his ESTRANGED WIFE was managing the bar when Todd noticed LARGE amounts of money going missing. She put him out on a false PFA and from there he began paying alimony and is trying to get into court to obtain a divorce. To Reach Todd Humes: thumes42@gmail.com Supports...

Slam The Gavel welcomes new guest, Patrick Petrillo from Illinois along with Theo Chino. Patrick is a 58 year-old survivor from a brush with death involving serial-killer, John Wayne Gacy. Patrick is the oldest of six brothers, growing up in the town of Glenview, Illinois in 1976. He was just nine years old at the time and explained how Gacy lured Patrick and his younger brother behind a school and what happened next. Patrick explains that he would have been one of Gacy's last v...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back RJ Kolar who was last on Season 5, Episodes 218, 219 and 220. Today he is explaining that his documentary is 85% finished, but would like PARENT'S STORIES involving FAMILY COURT. Please COPY and PASTE the LINK for DIRECTIONS. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xY2EmSCYFD_cQiC15oUD9OCfdGgeiVF7/view?usp=sharing To Reach RJ Kolar: project@ariise.com Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri) Maryann Petri: dismantlingfamilycourtco...

Slam The Gavel welcomes new guest, Anthony Perez. Anthony was raised in a small town in Idaho by his Aunt and Uncle and then joined the military from 1995-1998 and received an Honorable Discharge. From there he received a Paralegal Degree from an American Bar accredited school. Anthony had been fighting with two different states, Idaho and California, on Child Support involving the SAME child and the excuse was that,"we didn't have JURISDICTION." ...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Jackie Sample, Season 5, Episode 307, Michael Sobota, September 7th, 2025 on YouTube Slam The Gavel, and Courtney Vann to the podcast. The Good Ole' Boys Club and their collusion has gone on decades in the making in each of their tales of court fraud involving their companies, divorces, millions of dollars and financial assets in these three cases. To Reach Michael Sobota: Michael sobota@mac.com To Reach Jackie Sample: ...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Nicole Amill to the podcast. Nicole was last on Season 6, Episode 325. Nicole came back to give an update and brought recordings on her case involving a Magistrate and GAL in the state of Ohio. It was noted that the courts are allegedly turning Guardian Ad Litem fees into Child Support payments. Her nine year-old son sees a Trauma Based Counselor and for good reason. The Courts. Nicole hasn't seen her son in 20 months. Her son is even be...

Slam The Gavel podcast welcomes Nick Andersen from Florida to the podcast. Nick is an adult child of alienation and talked about what happened to him as a child being alienated from his father. Nick is also in family court with litigation and ongoing court matters. We also discussed two of his court cases involving financial and legal abuse within the family court system. Nick talked about Title IV-D and HB 1301. To Reach Nick Andersen: nick...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Carl Roberts to the podcast. Carl was last on Season 5, Episodes 12, 39 and 80. Today Carl discussed a march he has put together that will take place November 19th at 12:00 noon at the Capitol of Colorado. There will be speakers there such as Robert Garza, Erin Lee, Steve McKenna and others. Carl discussed the core issues of the march such as Protecting the Well-Being of the Child, Prevention and System Avoidance and Equal Sh...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Attorney Brendan Burns and Theo Chino to the podcast. Attorney Burns was last on Season 6, Episode 317. Mr. Theo Chino, Attorney Burns and myself discussed what it is to be grateful for during the Thanksgiving holiday peppered with sarcasm, humor and wit. We have a lot to be thankful for, as we have met each other through others who are suffering the horrors of the same system. We have met so many wonderful people with the same is...

Slam the Gavel welcomes back Dave Weigel to the podcast. Dave was last on Season 5, Episodes 230 and 278. The last time he was on we discussed how the system is 100% of the problem and solutions. Today we discussed advocacy and when people should begin to advocate. Through trauma to self-care, healing oneself is the answer, then advocacy should follow. Mother's rights, father's rights were discussed and how there should be unity and not di...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Mark Ludwig from St. Louis, Missouri to the podcast. Mark was last on the podcast Season 3, Episode 50 where we talked about Americans For Equal Shared Parenting on April 20th, 2022. Title IV-D Reform was discussed while on the Washington D.C. trip this past week. We also discussed the Bradley Amendment (where in U.S. law the amendment is intended to improve the effectiveness of child support enforcement), and where so...

Slam The Gavel welcomes back Mark Andrews. Mark was last on the podcast Season 3, Episodes 13 and 23, Season 4, Episodes 116 and 138, Season 5, Episodes 29 and 289. Today we discussed the Judicial Coverup taking place in California with the judiciary falsifying court documents and altering transcripts. To Reach Mark Andrews: nottobetakenaway@live.com Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri) Maryann Petri: dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com https://www.tikt...