tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88417833955531485342024-03-17T07:38:15.547-07:00Stuart Showalter Law BlogStuart Showalter is a child custody policy advisor to Indiana state policy makers as well as attorneys on child custody cases. For parents he offers child custody based life coaching to help them maintain control of their lives, increase their fitness as parents and manage their litigation so they can truly serve the best interest of their children. He provides this Law Blog as free opinion on various issues. Reader submissions of topics are welcomed. Send to Stuart@StuartShowalter.comStuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.comBlogger774125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-86264990066635137472021-03-03T07:15:00.002-08:002021-03-03T07:16:43.626-08:00U.S. Government admissions that face covering or mask mandates do not prevent Novel Coronavirus / SARS CoV-2 contagion
The beauty of truth is that it is derived from evidence or warrants. Likewise, argument, which is based upon evidence or warrants, is such a wonderful medium for attaining knowledge that it should be engaged in frequently and vigorously. For, afterall, knowledge is bliss. Through applying these practices it is easy to see that officials are now declaring that face covering mandates, which Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-14676285191123159582020-11-09T04:12:00.004-08:002020-11-09T04:13:34.247-08:00Implicit biases promoting a more hostile world and political polarism
I often get asked about the underlying causes of certain human interactions. One domain that has been popular this year is political polarization, civil discord, and hostility in general.
The range of responses propounded by many which cite acute conditions, while quite plausible, do not address what I feel are the systemic conditions common to all of these concerns. I propose, instead,Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-82194283733239677552020-11-02T09:56:00.002-08:002020-11-02T09:57:20.766-08:00Face Masks Mandates are not to Protect You - The Mathematical Proof
Let me begin by saying that I strongly support the use of face coverings -- which meet minimum efficacy standards, are properly worn, and are disposed of or disinfected properly -- as a means to mitigate the potential infection of an individual from the spread of a viral contagion for people who feel that they need such assistance. I equally oppose the use of face coverings -- which Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-20144835425322301212020-10-08T07:31:00.004-07:002020-10-08T07:32:42.630-07:00Why the SARS CoV-2 / CoViD-19 Vaccine may not protect you; public health policy and rationality
Since the first time I heard of the SARS CoV-2 virus [early March 2020] I thought the reaction to it was disproportionate to the threat. I especially thought that younger and more healthy people were clearly overreacting. I often referred to vehicle collisions in making this argument. That 16-24 years age group is hit hard vehicularly but not infectiously. So, shortly after I returned Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-70722342277266506032020-08-28T05:55:00.005-07:002020-08-28T05:57:19.792-07:00Riding a bicycle on the road, police officer ignorance and arrogance, and our respect for the law
Any person who performs a job should be competent in his or her respective field. When it comes to armed law enforcement officers interacting with an oftentimes illicit or unsupportive public their competence takes on the level of life and death severity. It is for this reason that we must demand a higher level of competence than we would for a sales clerk or school instructor. Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-1876119892155249262020-08-21T10:33:00.004-07:002020-08-21T10:34:49.447-07:00Avoiding foreclosure, eviction or bankruptcy while profiting from those
This year I have been giving greater attention to macro economic trends. I have observed a sharp change in the way people distribute their money which has a readily predictable outcome. Additionally, it will produce a marked contrast in asset distribution. People are choosing to no longer support an unskilled workforce. Society in large part has ceased to patronize businesses that Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-49104406383741607932020-08-20T08:07:00.008-07:002020-08-20T08:13:46.616-07:00Calculating your risk of death from the SARS CoV-2 virus
Are you making a rational judgment regarding your risk of death from the SARS CoV-2 virus? Read on to find out.
The first thing that you should understand is what I knew back in March after comparing current information about the SARS CoV-2 virus to my knowledge of other viruses. That is when I contacted the Indiana Department of Health and offered to be infected with the SARS CoV-2 Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-10433605757864325922020-08-17T08:37:00.004-07:002020-08-17T08:40:46.222-07:00Harvard, Yale, Racial Privilege, Racial Equity, and Racial Justice; Examining the arguments
As it has for all my life “race” continues to be a hotly debated issue that rises or falls on the social consciousness consistent with the ebbs and flows of events perceived as racially motivated. It seems that the death of George Floyd is making a resurgence in the news. As of yet I have not watched the video nor examined the other evidence. I did write about the issue HERE but am Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-52637956439269807192020-08-14T06:59:00.002-07:002020-08-14T07:00:18.896-07:00A surprising new wave of adherents to a White Supremacy agenda
I was recently asked for my thoughts about the removal of monuments of statues related to historics figures or events related to the existence of black slavery in the United States.
Back in my teen years, in an effort to end forced racism, I became aligned with some Skinheads and the larger White Supremacist movement. Within a year I had chapters of my organization in four states. I was Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-16802661176483644972020-08-03T10:51:00.011-07:002021-05-15T03:51:14.356-07:00Face masks, customer service, racism/sexism and putting the pinch on unethical SARS CoV-2 business practices
The principles of ethics are quite simple; be just and honest. Throughout our historical existence businesses, politicians and many people have operated in a manner bereft of ethical foundations. Often covertly and shamefully, but, likely never done so more openly and boastfully than now. This decline in ethics -- the just and honest treatment of people -- threatens our security, financialStuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-79377485939761274312020-08-02T06:43:00.000-07:002020-08-02T06:44:06.948-07:00Will Bill Gates be complicit in criminal activity for encouraging harassment of non mask users?
On Friday 31 July 2020 Microsoft founder Bill Gates told Business Insider that rather than rely upon government mandates people should pressure each other into wearing masks. He said, ”[w]hat you need is that if you’re walking around without a mask, people go, ‘Hey, buddy, that’s inappropriate.”
Accosting someone and telling him or her what to do, in my opinion, is just plain stupid. Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-89446082487467581352020-07-24T06:32:00.004-07:002020-07-24T06:33:52.680-07:00Wearing surgical mask for SARS CoV-2 / COVID 19; Ignorance, Stupidity and Effective Protection
The wise man without knowledge admits his ignorance and seeks to learn, the ignoramus admits to no ignorance and insists on correcting those with knowledge.
Never in my life have I experienced a greater display of measurable differences between wise persons and ignoramuses than the opportunities for such demonstrations provided by the SARS CoV-2 virus / COVID-19 ailment panic. The erudite Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-4772145743608126622020-07-20T07:49:00.000-07:002020-07-20T07:49:38.430-07:00COVID-19 Uncovering Covert Intentions
A more comprehensive title for this rationation would be Uncovering Covert Intentions through voiding false premises by exposing logical contradictions. Essentially, what I intend to do here is show how you can determine whether someone making a claim demonstrates a prima facia showing that the claim is valid. More important is being able to void the claim by demonstrating a logical Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-3937028537926219862020-07-07T10:48:00.000-07:002020-07-07T10:50:01.993-07:00The Effective Weight Loss Diet
The weight loss diet industry has been a thriving business since, well, long before my emergence from the womb. Throughout my corporeal existence I have seen many diet fads come and go. No fat was once all the rage, then there was high protein, various shake concoctions, low carb and numerous other category specific proscriptions. Yet, I look around and still see behemoths on Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-42609009650459159142020-06-05T12:59:00.000-07:002020-06-05T13:01:34.704-07:00Black Lives Matter and perpetuating Racism
With clear intent I have avoided watching a video of the George Floyd homicide. This is to help maintain an objective perspective in addressing the issue of race and particularly the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
First, let me give you some background on me in regards to race. In grade 1 I had a best friend who was from a nearly opposite class background as myself but that didn’t Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-38020551725851474112020-05-19T07:44:00.000-07:002020-05-19T07:45:41.009-07:00I.C. 31-17-4-1(a) Restriction of Parenting Time - Rule 1.1 of the Indiana Code of Judicial Conduct - Is Marion County Superior Court Judge John M.T. Chavis II competent to sit on the bench?
Sometimes the bigger story comes when looking at another issue. Such is the case here. I happened upon this bigger issue when a litigant told me that Marion County Sheriff’s Deputies would not allow him to tender a filing to the Marion County Clerk of the Courts.
The immediate matter for consideration is whether Marion County Superior Court Judge John M.T. Chavis II has violated the Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-61616000593200900552020-05-17T16:12:00.000-07:002020-05-17T16:13:33.824-07:00Time limitations for Indiana court to rule on a motion during a SARS CoV-2 / Covid 19 pandemic - Trial Rule 53.1
During this latest moderate viral outbreak you will be provided with numerous opportunities to judge the various ethical attributes of businesses and people. Menards has been treating their customers [many now former customers] like lepers; requiring them to stand in line to buy a facemask before conducting business. Other businesses and people are not conducting business or not meeting Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-64884573394259191862020-05-16T07:16:00.000-07:002020-05-16T07:16:33.232-07:00Arbitrary Denial of Due Process in Marion County Indiana courts / Judge Chavis and an Open Petition to the U.S. Attorney to enforce Constitutional Rights
The United States Constitution at Article V, VI, and VII of the Bill of Rights provides that citizens are entitled to due process in matters of law. The USSC has interpreted this to mean that litigants are entitled to be heard at a meaningful time and in a meaningful manner. [Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976)]
While some may contend that viral contagions are a recent phenomena, Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-36063889257227165672020-04-19T06:28:00.000-07:002020-04-19T06:29:23.327-07:00SARS CoV-2 / Covid-19 Quarantine Efficacy and Civil Rights
The principle foundation of our constitutional republic is the rule of law. During a time of declared national emergency or otherwise the rule of law must remain immuted. Whether one believes that a viral contagion constitutes an emergency, the individuals’ rights to freedom of speech and free association amongst others shall not be curtailed absent a compelling governmental interest.
In Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-13755107501628686512020-04-06T08:12:00.000-07:002020-04-06T08:13:24.444-07:00Demanding a Speedy Jury Trial during SARS CoV-2 and Covid-19 outbreak
“Courts are not like ordinary businesses, as they must continue operating to maintain the rule of law and ensure an orderly society under any circumstances. Criminal laws must continue to be enforced, personal rights and liberties must continue to be protected, cases must be adjudicated, and controversies resulting from pandemic conditions must be addressed.” [fn1]
In this time when there isStuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-20733388313620501882020-03-30T06:52:00.001-07:002020-03-30T06:53:04.490-07:00Coronaviruses, SARS CoV-2, Covid 19, and a Social Responsibility
The SARS CoV-2 is a recent virus that is making its way through the human population currently. The resulting disease experienced by some people is COVID-19. The underlying family from which SARS CoV-2 emerged is a coronavirus. Contrary to that to which many people refer, coronavirus is not a single virus, nor novel.
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness in Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-44023746248743967642019-09-04T07:14:00.001-07:002019-09-04T07:15:18.265-07:00How Todd Meyer and other public officials escape accountability for Sexual Harassment
Workplace sexual harassment can significantly impair workplace productivity for both victims and bystanders as well as have a devasting impact on the victims. According to the American Psychological Association [APA] “decades of research has documented the extensive damage suffered by victims of sexual harassment, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, job Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-88695832081859948672019-06-25T05:46:00.000-07:002019-06-25T05:47:32.494-07:00Motion to Restrict, Terminate or have Supervised Parenting Time - Indiana Code 31-17-4-1(a)
In my last posting I elucidated formulating a response to a report of child abuse or neglect. Like there, when confronted with a Motion to Restrict, Terminate or have Supervised Parenting Time a response should be formulated while in a calm, rational state of mind.
Step one is to always stay calm. Easier said than done you may think. But think of it this way. Your child has not just Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-90744761990047611242019-06-24T06:10:00.000-07:002019-06-24T06:14:08.261-07:00Responding to a CPS Child Abuse complaint and identifying who reported
Receiving notice from the Department of Child Services [DCS] that a report has been filed alleging that you have abused or neglected your child can evoke anxiety in even the most mentally tough individuals. Knowing the laws and preparing for the interview can reduce this strain and ensure a better outcome for you and your child.
I was contacted recently by a father who had received such aStuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841783395553148534.post-31129658850423454262019-06-11T07:25:00.000-07:002019-06-11T07:25:56.796-07:00Instilling respect in your child and effective discipline
When hearing about respect my thoughts go back to early childhood in which I saw a poster that read, “To get respect, show respect”. Although that advisory axiom is well reasoned I feel it is insufficient or ambiguous. Rather, I would say, “To get respect, show respect for yourself then others”. It is my proposition that the lack of regard for respectful behaviours which proliferate Stuart Showalter - Child Custody Advisorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03266242466024971291noreply@blogger.com0