To: Jeff Stark, Attorney at Law

20355 Hawthorne Blvd.

Torrance Ca. 90503

Fr: Dianne Romo & Kevin Powell

02/26.2002
Re: Letter Dated February 21, 2002
Dear Jeff :

We would like to first express our gratitude for representing us on our court day. We would like
to also like to say that we enjoyed meeting your wife and your adorable kids. They were very
personable and we had a great time talking to them. Also what I talked to you about helping you
with computers stills stands as discussed. If you need any help at home or at the office I will gladly
help.
We would like to also address the letter that you sent. Please take some time to understand
where we are coming from. We know that you say for us to let the past go and we have accepted
that the money that she lost she will never recover. We came to you because you were described
as being a very aggressive lawyer. After what we have observed about Grainne Ward and the way
Dianne has been treated by the court we felt that she would continue to get screwed by the system
without representation. She patronizes Dianne when she talks to her and she is able to talk to
the judge without Dianne being able to represent herself. We tried to explain what an
manipulative lawyer Ms. Ward is and that she does anything to manipulate the system. We
never had any idea that she would stoop so low as to say Dianne was calling her to threaten her.

I tried to prepare you with documentation showing how Perry has used anything to change the
calculator including stating that he pays from $768/mo to about $150/mo for insurance, yet we
have never seen documentation. He now states it is $250/mo yet his employment letter says they
cover his insurance and he has yet to submit anything to show this figure. His lawyer submitted
paperwork to the court saying that Perry makes +/- $70,000/ year for his income yet he
admitted his base salary was $77,000. This does not include any bonuses. We have sent
them her paystubs and her social security statements and have asked for a fair Dissomaster
and have told them that she would agree to this whatever figure it was as long as it was
verified by paperwork. We have received nothing. Dianne has one child and Perry has the other.
We agreed to pay for Elle's child care and were already paying for Wendy to watch Elle before
Granny decided to send a dissomaster that showed the amount of support to be within $10 of our
figure and changed it by adding childcare to only Perry's side. This is why we delivered the
letter from Wendy regarding childcare to you before we went to court. We knew she was
going to manipulate the figures before we went to court.
We had no idea that she would be able to have our own lawyer question us and obviously
wonder if this has been done. We told you and this we swear we have never called her and
threatened her. That is not Dianne's personality and is not mine either.

Domestic Violence and Bullying

Press to hear what abuse created through Family Law Judge/

Pro-Tem Attorneys relationships destroying any trust in the system
and encouraging this as the desired (self-feeding) behavior

You made a statement that that day when you returned that has us concerned. You
stated that The Court isnt going to Tar & Feather Perry like you two want it to indicating
that YOU believe that we asked for Perry to be " Tarred and Feathered " in front of the
court house. What we asked for was for Perry to be made responsible for what the law says and
for once in his life to pay only what he is supposed to. This is called the justice system yet
there has been no Justice
Please remember that Dianne was emotionally abused in that relationship. She finally had the
courage to leave. She does the right thing hires a lawyer. The Lawyer charges her about
$10,000. Her share of retirement settlement is about $14,000. She then has to pay income tax
on the money because the lawyer wants to get paid out of it immediately. Her net is almost
nothing. Perry's cost=$1200 CONTRIBUTIVE SHARE and earning 3 times The Money.
He doesn't pay his ordered support she has to pay the attorney to get it garnished. he pay's
nothing and the arrears are given to her at $78/ mo over 10 mo. He leaves his job arrears stop
after 5 mo. She has never gotten the rest. She paid her lawyer about $300 for 1/2 of the $780
in small monthly payments. Perry has not met his responsibility to the I.R.S. Dianne has
paid off $4100 to the State Board of Equalization for their debt. Because he has not been
made responsible for what they agreed to and she cannot file for the last two years her
taxes. She has $6000 in refunds she is entitled to that she can't get because of Perry.
Please understand we are talking about someone who only makes about $24,000/ year. If
someone was holding you up for two years 1/4 of your yearly income I believe it would upset you
also. The only reason they ended up in court was because Perry refused to give her any
information after changing jobs. There has never been any offer or request from Dianne
that was either unfair or not in the best interest of the children. She has only asked for
guidelines. She has been flexible with the custody arrangements and has made adjustments based
on the current needs of the children. She has been evaluated by the court and custody was ordered
to remain unchanged by the people that evaluated the situation. She agreed to change custody
only when she believed it was in the best interest of the Blair.
We have no intention of "Tar and feathering " Perry however we would like to make
sure that our attorney and us are on the same page and have a full understanding of what is really
going on and will aggressively pursue fair compensation and punitive actions to prevent this from
reoccurring. We need to believe in our attorney and we need him to believe in us. We believe
you are a good attorney, however we also believe that you were not properly prepared to deal
with her and she was able to walk all over you in the beginning.

She told you and the Judge some bullshit and even had you questioning us. You came out
with an offer that was over $60 less that she offered us two days earlier and told us we
should take it and not upset the judge. She came out before you did and gave us the dirtiest grin
I have ever seen because she had pulled the wool over the judge's and your eyes. You even looked
at the Dissomaster and allowed her to present that with all incorrect figures .
Dianne was put down as having 4 dependants when there is only 3 that is at least a $600
/ year credit. She used child care for Blair and not for Elle, which I had told you she would
do. she used $250 for health insurance which we don't believe as we have never seen it and
he presented a letter stating his benefits are paid for by the company and I doubt that
adding on two kids is costing $250 when his last insurance for him and the kids was
$150/mo. You told us when we initially consulted with you that this is cut and dry and we were
making it into more than it is. You said he would pay a contributive share of your attorney fees
based on his income and he makes three times what she does.

We were informed at court that he would only pay $600. Her pay was set at $29,000/ yr when
her income is $24,500/ yr. We attempted to address this issue with you and you became angry
and said Dianne would be accused of perjury. She filled that paperwork out to the best of her
knowledge. We used a paystub for 1 week and submitted that. However Dianne works for a
Registry. She does not get two weeks paid vacation. when she goes to court she misses 1/3
of her weekly income, she does not have guaranteed work. she averages between 21,000
and 24,500/ yr for the last 3 years.
We have had to borrow money to hire you and based on our conversation we will not address
the I.R.S. situation until June. That means the earliest that she will get her return is in August. The
arrears are being paid @ $100/ mo and that means 15 mo to recoup that money meanwhile
Dianne is going to be forced to return to work earlier than planned and I have to pay back
money I borrowed that I promised to be paid in 2 months. So if it seems as though we were
emotional please understand why. I understand that people cannot predict what is in the
future however we would like to eliminate as many surprises as possible.
The last two lawyers she trusted to make her decisions and went along with what they
said and you know ho that ended. The first one got her nothing out of the divorce and had
her pay income taxes on money she paid to him. He also made calculations on her bill totaling
almost $2000 that I found before she paid him that was corrected. When going over the
paperwork to prepare for you I found an additional $1150 that he made a calculation error that
shorted her from the equalization. When we called him he said we were right but we would have
to attempt to get it from Perry. His error yet he takes no responsibility.

Milo charged her $62.50 every time he changed the court date due to his schedule, He
yelled at her and he refused to look at documentation proving that Perry had been
compensated for the guns that he is still trying to make an issue of and therefore she is still
paying for them. Your lawyer works for you.. and owes you some level of respect and
professionalism This is why she stopped dealing with Milo and Milo has said something to
the judge about her not returning his calls.
We trust you to do your job and this is an emotional case and situation and you are the buffer
between the court and us. However after everything that has happened in the past and what
happened at our last date, all decisions must be discussed and final decisions must lie with us.
After all if I had not demanded to see the dissomaster we would have gotten $473 and even
the $655 given is under what she is entitled to if the true and correct figures were being
used. I know that this can and will be addressed in the future. All she has ever asked for is a
fair Dissomaster and all Perry and his lawyer have done is twist the system and cost Dianne
more money.
At this point we would like to know what our existing bill is so we can figure so far how much
money it is costing to get less than she is supposed to get. Please do not feel as though we are
trying to be unfair to Perry. He makes more money than she does and this is the second time that
he has changed jobs and she has had to chase child support.

He is not the victim, he is the wolf in sheep's clothing. This proceeding and the current issues are
about money, the child custody issue will need to be addressed in June and it is important that the
judge gets a fair view of both sides and understands Perry's true motivation is money and what his
history of custody truly is. Elle is well taken care of here and her education is taken seriously. We
don't believe that changing the custody will be in anybody's best interest.
In closing we would like you look over the enclosed correspondence so you can
understand why that lying b.... went to court and lied to you and the judge. Maybe this needs to
be addressed to the judge. Also, please review our situation and let us know where you think
the right direction is for us to proceed together and what you believe is going to be the way for us
to prepare properly for this conniving lawyer, as she will do anything to win. Also we need a feel
for what our cost are and what they going to be.
Dianne Romo & Kevin Powell