by Joe
Thursday, Feb. 03, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Orange County Judge allows violent batterer to sell victim''s property out from under her
Orange County seniors think their recorded assets are protected. Judge James L. Waltz of the Lamoreaux Justice Center thinks otherwise. On January 21, 2011, Waltz awarded an ex parte order allowing a violent abuser to undercut the recorded real estate holdings of a disabled 93 year old woman. This was the elderly woman’s life savings. The abuser had no equity in the property. The title search that accompanied the abuser’s clearly perjured declaration showed that the elderly woman owned all the equity in the property. The batterer had been ordered off the property in an earlier matter. The elderly woman was not a party to the ex parte hearing and was never notified that it had taken place.
The batterer had previously permanently disabled the elderly woman. In June, Waltz removed the elderly woman’s information from a domestic violence restraining order. Waltz allowed the abuser to live in the house of his elderly victim. She was later rescued by her family and friends. Her spine had been permanently damaged by the abuser. Later, another judge restrained the batterer from contact with his elderly victim.
Waltz’s ex parte order allows the abuser’s agent to place a lock box on his victim’s property. This endangers the very life of his victim. If the victim dies, will the batterer get away with his felonious actions?
Orange County judges need to be responsible for reviewing the facts of their cases. Allowing violent abuse to occur and allowing abusers to ignore recorded documents to steal the assets of their victims is unacceptable in the 21st century.