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> Comments: To whom it may concern;
> My name is Jeena Kester I am the mother of four children.
> Shayla 14 yrs, Shelton 9yrs, Mattea 5yrs, Baylee 3 yrs. My two
> older children are from my first marriage and my two baby girls are
> from my current husband today. My husband and I have been married
> for seven years. He has always had an alcohol problem and can be
> very verbally abuse when he is drunk and has a temper when not. He
> has had numerous alcohol tickets in the past because of his
> problems. He also has had other addictions as well, cocaine,
> methaphines, loretab.
>
> In February or March of last year, My husband and myself both
> started to use Methaphines and put a huge strain on our marriage
> which lead to an altercation on August 17,2003. At this time we
> both were under the impression that we both had quit using. My
> husband started to drink when he come home from work. This lead to
> a huge fight, he was accusing me of still using and started to
> scream and yell and call me every name he could. All the children
> were in the house and were in their beds asleep. My sister Lisa and
> her fiancé Jeff came over to our house to see if they could help
> matters and to calm my husband down. Jeff usually could calm him
> down when he gets this way. He becomes completely irrational.
> About midnight my husband passed out for short time, when he woke
> up about 2:00 a.m. The fight was on again, I was asking for the
> keys to one of our vehicles. I wanted to leave with the children
> and go to my sisters until he was sober as I did numerous times in
> the past. He would not give me the keys; instead he climbed in the
> master bedroom closet and got bullets out. I asked what he planed
> to do with them and he said he was going to blow me away and have
> shoot out with the cops. I was afraid ran out of the house and told
> Lisa and Jeff what he said. Jeff went into the house and some how
> got into the bedroom. He had loaded three guns, a high powered
> rifle, a shotgun, and a twenty-two rifle. My nine-year-old son was
> across the hall from this bedroom and my three daughters were in the
> bedroom below. Jeff convinced him to unload the guns and helped him
> and put them back in the gun safe. Jeff told Lisa and I to get all
> the children in his truck. We struggled with my husband with the
> two babies; he was trying to pull them from our arms. We finally
> got all the children and left. I never pressed charges on him for
> fear of what he would do.
>
> However I did file for a protective order in the court and
> received one for about two weeks. I did not have money for attorney
> and had to seek council through legal aid. I have not worked
> outside the home for over ten years and have been the sole caregiver
> of all the children. When it was time to go to court my husband had
> hired a well-known attorney through his uncles firm. His uncle is
> very powerful and well-known attorney around here. His attorney
> convinced my attorney to agree to mutual restraining orders, which
> has not been filed with the court to this day. He also served me
> with divorce papers and custody papers. I had stopped using Meth
> for about month at this point. And after this I began to use again.
> I used for a while and was arrested for numerous charges of Meth.
> I spent one night in jail and the day I was released was served
> with a protective order. He now had temporary custody of my two
> little girls. I still had custody of my two older children. I was
> very concerned at this point for all my children and myself. I went
> to the county and asked for help for my drug addiction. They
> assessed me and have tried to find me a bed in facility that would
> meet my needs. It has been over 100 days I have been clean and free
> of drugs and I well aware of what this drug has done to my life and
> the life of my children. I have attended NA meetings and now
> employed with school district in the lunch program.
>
> His protective order against me was served September 25, 2003.
> It was transferred from the fourth district court to the Juvenile
> court, which lead to a huge delay in the legal process. I not only
> had major concerns for my children not knowing if he had quit using
> and his alcohol problems. But he was leaving our two little girls
> in the care of his mother and father while he worked ten to twelve
> hour days. His father is a convicted child molester and is
> registered with sex offenders. He was charged tried and convicted
> of count 1 Forcible Sex Abuse of Female minor and Count 1Attempted
> Forcible Sex Abuse of Female Minor. Very concerned for the well
> being of my two little girls I went to the Division of Child and
> Family services. I told them everything from our drug use to what I
> was concerned about with his father. They told me that there was
> nothing they could do for the children or me at this point. They
> said that my father in law had completed his adult protection and
> parole and that he had no sanctions on him. That when he finished
> his probation he was given a clean bill of health so to speak. I
> left their office frustrated and not sure of what to do. DCFS in
> turn opened a case against me for child endangerment. They did an
> investigation and found that the children were in no danger when in
> my care even when I was using. The drugs were always under lock and
> key and I still maintained a normal life. I still took care of my
> responsibilities and the children. Please know I know now there is
> no excuse for what I have done. I take full responsibility for my
> actions and mistakes and I have taken the proper steps for my
> recovery and to gain some control and stability and structure for my
> family.
>
> It has now been well over three months since I was served with
> the protective order, I was granted supervised visitation through
> facility that is affiliated with the courts. On January 7, 2004 the
> Juvenile courts found that I was no danger to my children and
> dismissed his protective order. As it stands today neither one of
> us has been granted custody of these two little girls. He refuses
> me any visitation as well as my whole entire family. My mother and
> sisters have played a huge role in these girls life and now have had
> no contact with them over three months. My two older children are
> confused to why this has happened, they are angry at the court
> system as well. They don’t understand why it took so long for the
> right jurastication finally hear this case. They both have told
> everyone who will listen of the verbal and emotional abuse we all
> endured when we lived with my husband. They want their sister’s
> back in their lives. I am very concerned for the well being of my
> two little girls. They not only have had there lives ripped out
> from underneath them and there father refuses any contact with me or
> there siblings. They are left in the care of a Convicted Child
> Molester and his wife. And let it be known that the little girl he
> molested was a little girl him and his wife adopted when I believe
> she was between the ages of two and four. And now is an adult, It
> wasn’t until she was an adult that she came forward with these
> accusations. She claimed that he molested her for many years before
> she finally left to live with her real mother. My husband claims
> his father is never left alone with my girls and that his mother is
> always there. Let it be know that his mother was there when he
> molested the other girl. It’s a chance I don’t want to take. I
> believe that my girls are in grave danger and I can’t seem to find
> the right people to voice my concerns to.
>
> Every agency I thought would listen to me has not. DCFS told
> me there was nothing they could do until something happened to my
> girls. My girls have told me that grandma and grandpa are mean to
> them and they cry that they do not want to be with them and there
> dad is always at work and that they are always with grandma and
> grandpa. All of what they have said has been documented by the
> facility that conducted my supervised visits. There father had only
> dropped them off for these visit approximatly four time the rest of
> the time in three months has been his mother and father. Both of my
> husbands younger brothers have told the DCFS that these girls should
> not be left in the care of there parents and that there brother is
> no better parent for these children. They have seen first hand his
> alcohol problem and drug use and what it does to him and the people
> around him. They have seen the holes he has left in walls of their
> parent’s home and have had to pick him up from the bars. He has
> came abusive to them and he has loaded the guns in fit of rage on
> more than one occasion.
>
> I believe my husband needs help for his alcohol and drug
> addictions and also some kind of treatment for his anger. He has
> not been held accountable for any of his actions. He has not taken
> responsibility for his mistakes and denies he has any problems.
> When there is long line of evidence to support my allegations. He
> continues to let his father care for our children regardless to
> their safety. In conclusion if there is any advice or any thing you
> can do for my children please contact me at 801-798-6015. I
> appreciate your time and concern on this matter.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Jeena I Kester
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