Susanne M. Fenstermacher

A very lazy judge who seemingly prefers continuances rather than directly addressing the issues. Thank goodness she has retired!

Oh boy, where do I start? A judge should be fair, hear both sides, and consider if someone is lying. I suppose that's due diligence, which she has no concept of. It's been almost a year since Fenstermacher approved to have my husband removed as the trustee of his parent's estate, by his evil brother(who has been suing my husband, his own brother for 10 years) My brother-in-law was able to come to Contra Costa county, on a Friday, with absolute lies. She did not contact our own CC attorney! She granted it, that day. Without questioning anything!! The fact that the mother has dementia, being manipulated by the brother(who's also an attorney, a sleazy one) And we have been in litigation for 10 years since the dad died. My husband has tirelessly been an excellent trustee, always has his mother's best interest. Now we can't see her, she's isolated, all because no one cares. Fenstermacher doesn't care about our 93- year old mother's well-being. Or ours! We've had to pay out of pocket attorney fees all year. We can't do it much longer, ultimately because of her! Our 2 young children will never see their grandmother again. Thank god she's retiring soon, but what a year of hell.

This judge ran unopposed in 2006 for her father's dept. Sound a lot like nepotism and gives credence to the Oligarchy theory. The only traits that proceed her laziness is her incompetence and her inability to listen. I was given the CA Bar Telelphone number for a referral to a lawyer in the area. I called that number and was connected to a personal friend of Fenstermacher's, Ms. Mendes Weed. The amount of money I paid this lawyer only to reschedule a court date and she failed. She acted like her personal relationship would get me a new court date. This lawyer came up with every excuse not to get my hearing date rescheduled. Mendes Weed is also a self-acclaimed power attorney. Good God. What has she done besides being a female attorney. What has she worked on... LOL! Low lives. Seems like today just about everyone is a dirt bag. Northern CA. The shady part of CA. New Windy City.

I'm too upset to even write anything in detail right now. This judge gave away my son. [Redacted by Ed.] Gave away my son with out any DD. Believed my exwife that I was off the grid so I was not made aware of the adoption. Truth I had court in 2 other Depatments during this time: down the hall and went every six months and family court. Sent 35k child support during this time too. Google me I am everywhere on Soc Media. [redacted] My son was my life. This Judge helped the secret adoption take place.

Fraud. No evidence, No record of the hearing Absolute Criminal/Aided and abetted FRAUD ON THE COURT, arbitrary rulings. My father was deprived of Life, Liberty, and Property, held prisoner in a locked facility, with no dementia, 4 family members warned his son would abuse him, but she didn't care. Richard Dale Smith and Janell Armstrong-Smith set him up. Extrinsic

Ruled in favor of an adoption without the need to alert the real father who was in the hospital sick at the time. Legal kidnapping... The adopting party told the Judge the real Dad was nowhere to be found and the Judge believed them and granted the adoption. In addition to being in the hospital, the biological father had an ongoing case down the hall and filed a motion in the same dept to regain custody. How does this even happen? 2 cases, one in the same dept, where is the Due Diligence? Has anyone heard of a company called Google? Apparently not, white pages are preferred. Stripping a man of his parental rights in this case was stripping him of everything. This man was not a deadbeat Dad. Also the biological father paid $30k in past child support while the adoption was taking place. Again how does this happen? When bio father's ex-wife got caught lying to Judge Hiramoto court 10 years ago, the judge threatened to throw her in jail. Honorable Hiramoto saw right through the deception of this awful women and would have not allowed a man to be stripped of his parental rights without being notified or at the very least some DD. I pray that one day I see my boy again. I love my son with all of my heart and after I got out of the hospital, I was counting the days down until I could see him again. When I went to the court date to regain visitation, I learned that my son had been adopted 5 1/2 months ago. This was almost 2 years ago and I still have not seen or spoke to my son in 4 years. His mother and stepdad are awful people. You will never know how strong you really are until your only option is to be strong