NOTE: This piece was first published on TheFamilyCourtCircus.com.
By Richard Luthmann
Connecticut’s family court system has officially lost its mind.
Marine Corps veteran John Conrad is about to be thrown in jail—not for a crime, but for trying to pick up his daughter from school and refusing to pay for unnecessary daycare.
Yes, you read that right. Connecticut has revived Debtor’s Prison.
If Conrad doesn’t cough up nearly $1,500 in two weeks, he will be locked up like a criminal. His offense? Wanting to be a father.
Connecticut Family Court Insanity: “I Want to See My Kid—That’s My Crime”
John Conrad’s nightmare is playing out in the Meriden, Connecticut, family court under the watch of Magistrate Ferguson, the state’s Chief Magistrate.
Ferguson has already made up his mind: Conrad is going to jail in two weeks’ time.
“I want people to know that enough is enough,” Conrad told investigative reporter Richard Luthmann. “I’m gonna be arrested in two weeks for wanting to see my kid after school and save our family some money. Thousands of dollars.”
Conrad, a Marine veteran, never married his child’s mother, but he has been paying child support faithfully while objecting to unnecessary and outlandish charges.
Yet, the court refuses to acknowledge his fundamental rights as a father.
Connecticut’s Kangaroo Court
Conrad’s ordeal started when he asked for a simple, logical solution: Instead of sending his daughter to after-school daycare, he would pick her up himself.
There is no cost, no problem, and no need for financial disputes.
“I want to pick my daughter up after school at 3:30. Have her until her mom gets off work. Go pet puppies, get some ice cream, spend one-on-one time,” Conrad said.
Instead, Connecticut Family Court insanity insists that he keep paying for daycare—a daycare he doesn’t need, for the time he is willing and able to spend with his daughter.
“I’m paying for my ex to alienate my child from me,” he said. “They want me to pay her now to keep my kid away from me. And when I can’t afford it, they’ll put me in jail.”
A Court System That Wants Fathers to Fail
The absurdity doesn’t stop at daycare extortion. Conrad was never even properly served with the contempt order that now threatens to put him behind bars.
“The officer called me on a Sunday to give me service,” Conrad said. “He told me to report to New Britain Courthouse at 9:00 AM to pick up my paperwork. I thought it was a scam.”
Conrad refused to go on a wild goose chase, so the officer retaliated.
“He left a couple of messages, threatened my driver’s license, and told me he was having ex parte communications with the judge,” Conrad recalled.
Illegal? Absolutely. Corrupt? Without a doubt.
The Court’s Solution? More Lawyers, More Money, More Chaos
Conrad asked for ADA accommodations in court because he is dyslexic.
Instead of granting them, Ferguson handed him a court-appointed attorney—just so he could justify jailing him.
“He gave me an attorney instead,” Conrad said. “Now he can arrest me because he ‘gave me an attorney.’”
The court is rigged. Conrad is forced to pay for a daycare he doesn’t need. He’s forced to pay legal fees he can’t afford. He’s forced into a system designed to make him fail.
“They shake you down. They treat you like you’re a deadbeat just for disagreeing,” he said. “Am I not allowed to disagree? No, I’m not.”
Connecticut’s Debtor’s Prison is Back
Magistrate Ferguson has already decided that if Conrad doesn’t come up with the money, he will be jailed for two weeks.
“They’re gonna put me in debtor’s prison,” Conrad said. “Then I’ll lose my job. Then I’ll still owe the money.”
It’s a game fathers can’t win. Even if Conrad pays, the court will still find a way to bleed him dry.
“They want me to pay for reunification later after they’ve alienated my daughter,” he said. “And then they’ll make me pay for college when she doesn’t even talk to me anymore.”
The Family Court Hostage Crisis
John Conrad is just the latest victim of Connecticut’s corrupt family court system.
He’s about to join the long list of fathers treated as criminals for wanting to be parents.
He’s faced the enemy and served his country with distinction — like U.S. Naval Academy Graduate Paul Boyne. Now, the Connecticut Commies won’t honor his service.
“How is this happening in America?” Conrad asked. “They’re oath breakers. There was no due process at all.”
This is not about justice or children. It is about money, power, and control.
Connecticut’s courts are running a taxpayer-funded racket designed to destroy fathers, rob them blind, and throw them in jail when they can’t keep up.
“I took an oath when I joined the Marine Corps,” Conrad said. “And these people break their oaths every day.”
It’s time for Connecticut to answer for this madness. The Constitution State has become the state that forgot the Constitution.
And John Conrad is just the latest casualty.
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