{"id":8127,"date":"2010-03-20T06:10:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T11:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=8127"},"modified":"2016-03-20T09:38:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T14:38:35","slug":"dont-represent-yourself-in-court-if-you-dont-know-the-law-especially-when-your-home-is-on-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-represent-yourself-in-court-if-you-dont-know-the-law-especially-when-your-home-is-on-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t represent yourself in Court if you don&#8217;t know the law &#8211; especially when your home is on the line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/blindfolded.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44128\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-44128\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/blindfolded-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"blindfolded\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>A friend has let a lawsuit get out of hand without legal representation and he&#8217;s about to lose his house because of it. He thinks it&#8217;s not fair, and has sent long, long letters to the Court. I told him what he sent is not a legal response. He got advice online on what to send the Court.\u00a0 I read his formal response and he doesn&#8217;t cite relevant case law. I told him to go to the law library. He said finding info online is &#8220;easier&#8221;.\u00a0 I told him what he finds online includes people&#8217;s opinions of what they think the law is and someone else takes it as gospel and loses in court.\u00a0 PEOPLE: Don&#8217;t let that be you.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I WROTE TO RON: <em>I just read your latest article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metagroups.info\/Ron%27sArticles.htm#LICENSETOSTEAL\" target=\"_blank\">A License To Steal<\/a>. Please don&#8217;t think what you&#8217;re doing is a legal response to the lawsuit, no matter what someone else tells you. Don&#8217;t jeopardize yourself this way. The law is clear &#8211; whether it&#8217;s unconstitutional is a fight for another place, another time. Please talk to an attorney now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RON:\u00a0 I have zero confidence in lawyers; and I must follow my own heart.<\/p>\n<p>ANDREA: <em>Then at least go to the law library and read the applicable statutes and form a response in accord with them if you want to be taken seriously. Please.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RON: My response is literally loaded with case law at all levels of court decisions. It is mind boggling. Thank God for the Internet&#8230;much easier than law libraries, though still cumbersome.\u00a0 The system itself, however is very corrupt.<\/p>\n<p>ANDREA: <em>I read your formal response and with all due respect, you do not cite relevant case law. That&#8217;s why the internet is &#8220;easier&#8221; &#8211; it includes people&#8217;s opinions of what they think the law is and someone else takes it as gospel and loses in court. Don&#8217;t let that be you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And Ron is no stranger to misinformation. Before she died, Ron helped Dr. Mary create a Trust using a paralegal to prepare the documents.\u00a0 Technical errors in the trust document gave lawyers a loophole to challenge the trust.\u00a0 That was the first red flag that he should have an attorney involved in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of consulting with an attorney over what his rights were, since his home is at stake, he got all sidetracked\u00a0 with &#8220;the myriad of statutes and codes within the Uniform Commercial Code that makes up the admiralty court system,&#8221; <em>laws, <\/em>which he says,<em> effectively undermine and overrule our human rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WTF?\u00a0 So instead of responding in a legal manner to the lawsuit, he instead floods the Court with long <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metagroups.info\/Lawsuit-2010.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Notices of Understanding<\/a> about Constitutionality and <em>injustice of the system<\/em>.\u00a0 In these Notices, he also educates the Court about <em>freeman societies, strawmen, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act\" target=\"_blank\">Religious Freedom and Restoration Act<\/a>, <em>Cosmic Justice<\/em>, and his <em>work to awaken the entire human society<\/em>.\u00a0 But he does not file a legal response to the complaint at law.<\/p>\n<p>Now he has another post at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metagroups.info\/Ron%27sArticles.htm#GOTCHA\" target=\"_blank\">To Officers of the Court: Gotcha<\/a>.\u00a0 I understand wanting to buck an unjust system.<\/p>\n<p>I just believe in legally protecting myself in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>As they say: trust in God, but tether your camel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=2136\" target=\"_blank\">Donate $1 for good luck &amp; karma <\/a><\/p>\n<p>LISTEN FREE:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/CD_Page\/index.html\">MP3 Samples: Re-Program Your Eating Habits, Sleepytime Recharge, You Are Not The Body; Connecting with Your Angels, Guides &amp; Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-represent-yourself-in-court-if-you-dont-know-the-law-especially-when-your-home-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Don&#8217;t represent yourself in Court if you don&#8217;t know the law &#8211; especially when your home is on the line&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-represent-yourself-in-court-if-you-dont-know-the-law-especially-when-your-home-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-represent-yourself-in-court-if-you-dont-know-the-law-especially-when-your-home-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-represent-yourself-in-court-if-you-dont-know-the-law-especially-when-your-home-is-on-the-line\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Don&#8217;t%20represent%20yourself%20in%20Court%20if%20you%20don&#8217;t%20know%20the%20law%20&#8211;%20especially%20when%20your%20home%20is%20on%20the%20line&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/dont-represent-yourself-in-court-if-you-dont-know-the-law-especially-when-your-home-is-on-the-line\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend has let a lawsuit get out of hand without legal representation and he&#8217;s about to lose his house because of it. He thinks it&#8217;s not fair, and has sent long, long letters to the Court. I told him what he sent is not a legal response. 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