Law Office of Pashan Movasseghi, Esq.

01/17/2022

How to protect your kids from being caught in loyalty traps when you divorce.

02/20/2020

"For the past year, The Kansas City Star has examined what happens to kids who age out of foster care and found that, by nearly every measure, states are failing in their role as parents to America’s most vulnerable children."

Star investigation reveals stark outcomes for America’s foster care children.

02/18/2020

"Coerced confessions have merely taken a new form. As state legislatures took over much of judges' sentencing power, they set guidelines for sentencing that constrain judicial discretion. Because prosecutors retain discretion over what charges to file—complete with an expansive list of felony categories that did not exist during the early days of coerced interrogations—district and state attorneys can threaten harsher charges against a defendant in order to convince him to take a plea deal."

In 2010, Chicago police commander Jon Burge was convicted on counts of perjury and obstruction of justice and sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Although he was convicted of lying under oath, his real crime was what he was lying about.

02/17/2020

"Every year, thousands of children are removed from their homes by officials who fear for their safety—only to be returned within days. It “felt like being kidnapped,” one said."

Every year, thousands of children are removed from their homes by officials who fear for their safety—only to be returned within days. It “felt like being kidnapped,” one said.

01/26/2020

“Prepare yourself for what’s coming…the last 3 months were just the beginning,” the message read. “I have bigger plans for you…I love how easily manipulated you can be.”

Over the course of a year, an amateur hacker exacted a wicked revenge on his ex-girlfriend, manipulating the criminal justice system, confounding police, and forcing her into an alternate reality of his own design.

01/15/2020

For part of the two year fight, the father was not allowed any contact with his son.

When psychologist Dr. Cindy Hardy informed a judge that a nine-year-old B.C. boy might deliberately hurt himself if he had to visit his dad in Alberta, she did so without ever speaking to the father.

08/13/2019

Can't imagine how he thought this was going to end well.

Hon. Jonathan D. Katz stepped down on Aug. 8 after tendering his resignation July 16.

05/10/2019

"Children are being illegally taken from their home without judges' proper authority."

04/17/2019

Foster kids filed a class action against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday over the state’s dismal foster care system, which the kids say removes them from their homes at twice the national average and increasingly places them in out-of-state facilities.

03/11/2019

Mark Ciavarella Jr. was convicted of taking bribes from developers of juvenile detention centers. The case, known as "kids for cash" led to the tossing of 4,000 convictions issued by Ciavarella.

09/28/2017

Divorce cakes. Did anyone else know this was a thing?