PressRelease
Contact: Sylvia Montoya
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Email: montoya1s@hotmail.com
10 A.M. PST, August 11, 2009
Phone: 619-980-3801
Child custody evaluator's credentials under fire by lawsuit
San Diego, CA / AUGUST 11, 2009 – California family courts frequently order parents with children to endure child
custody evaluations which can cost tens of thousands of dollars and devastate the lives of many of those involved, yet
unconscionably some courts do not rigorously check the credentials of the child custody evaluators to whom they refer
the parents! Stephen Doyne, Ph.D., a prominent San Diego child custody evaluator has been involved in hundreds if not
thousands of custody cases. A lawsuit was filed against Doyne by a prominent California psychiatrist after he became
suspicious of Doyne’s credentials. Doyne was the child custody evaluator in the psychiatrist's case.
Consequently, Doyne has recently been the subject of several news stories. The news stories reported that the lawsuit
alleges some of Doyne’s credentials were obtained from a sham credentialing organization, the "American College of
Forensic Examiners," which has issued credentials to a convicted murderer and a cat. The Wall Street Journal and several
media and professional journals exposed the organization as a certification-mill, which sells impressive looking
credentials for roughly $350.
The media stories also mention allegations that universities, including University of San Diego School of Law, have denied
in writing any record of Doyne being an instructor or professor at those universities, despite his claim to the contrary on
his curriculum vitae.
KUSI Channel 10 News San Diego ran an expose on July 7 and 8, 2009, Custody Evaluator’s Credentials Questioned In
Lawsuit, http://www.10news.com/video/19987712/index.html & http://10newsblogs.com/iteam/?p=657. The San Diego
Reader ran a similar story on July 1, 2009, The American Board of Nonexistence,
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/jul/01/city-light-2/.
The media attention spawned the creation of a San Diego parents’ rights group called “The Doyned.” Group members
who appeared in the Channel 10 story all said that Doyne came highly recommended by their attorneys and/or the family
court.
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Given that the courts require litigants to rigidly adhere to court policies and procedures, the undersigned firmly believe
family courts should be audited to see how child custody evaluators are evaluated, that is, if they are evaluated at all.
To do otherwise is a travesty of justice and clearly not in the best interests of the children who may have wrongfully been
denied one of their parents.
Please attend the case management hearing on August 14, 2009 that begins at 9:40am at the San Diego Hall of Justice,
330 West Broadway, Fifth floor, Dept. 70.
Due to combined efforts of the “Doyne” and exposure by the Media, Judge Joan Lewis, who was sitting on this case was
replaced by the Honorable Judge Jay M Bloom the day after 10News aired their story July 7, 2009. Dr. Tadros seeks to
move the case out of San Diego County over general conflict of interest with Stephen Doyne and San Diego Superior
Court. Showing their support of Dr. Tadros, the “Doyned” will stand for him in the courtroom when he approaches the
table. They will also be available for questions outside.
Maureen Miller, RN
University of California at Los Angeles
CA Hospital School of Nursing, Los Angeles
Mother of three: 18 yrs, 16yrs, and 14 yrs
Phone: 760-845-3665
John Van Doorn
Candidate, County Supervisor, San Diego
County, 2008
University of California - Irvine
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Father of six children
858-449-4492
Emad Tadros, M.D.
Diplomate American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology
Vice Chief, Scripps Mercy Behavioral
Health Services
Father of one boy
858-775-2122
Jennifer De Marco, M.S.
Professor, Health Education
Mother of one boy, one girl
619-405-9966
Paul Salerni
Career Naval Officer & Civil Servant
Father of two daughters
619-972-6710
Sylvia Montoya
Loan Consultant
Mother of three (Niki 11) (Daniel 10)
(Isabella 7)
619-980-3801
Rosie Jimenez(Aunt)
Teacher
909-319-9509
Ruben Montoya (Uncle)
Paralegal
626-536-9267
Rosa Montoya (Grandmother)
562-942-2479
Imelda Montoya (Aunt)
562-942-2479
Arturo Montoya (Uncle)
951-689-0520
Armida Montoya (Aunt)
323-828-4912
Sharon L. Brown
Doctor of Chiropractics
Santa Monica College
Southern California University of Health
Sciences
Mother of Four children
858-775-2107
Colbern C. Stuart, III, Esq. | CEO
Lexevia
Enlightened. Law.
http://www.lexevia.com
D: 310.746.6112
F: 424.228.5272
877-LEXEVIA
Harold Rose
Sr. Customer Support Engineer –
PerkinElmer Life and Analytical
Sciences Inc.
U.S. Armed Forces Reservist Ret.
U.S. Coast Guard and Air National
Guard Ret.
Father of one son
760-274-5203
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Heather Hughes
Aeronautics Major
Air Traffic Control Candidate
Mother of one son, one daughter
858-472-2826
Sean Kelly
Musician
The Samples
858-213-1162
Erin Blanchard
University of Connecticut
Real Estate Sales Agent
Mother of two boys, one girl
760-274-6061
Hebe Bridges
Part time student at Mesa College
Homemaker
Mother of three daughters
858-453-0538
Chris Finseth
University of Texas, B.A.
Father of one son
619-818-5478
Anna Wozniak
University of Gdansk, M.A.
Real Estate Agent
Mother of son and two daughters
619-994-8065
Stephen E. Lockwood, DMD
UC Irvine- BS Biology
Oral Roberts University- School of Dentistry,
DMD
Father of three children
Business Owner, Dentist, La Jolla, CA
(858) 558-3050 www.drstevelockwood.com
George Kenner
Licensed California Real Estate Broker
United States Border Patrol Agent, Retired
Graduate Gemologist, Gemological Institute
of America
619-723-5714
Neal McBurnett
University of Texas, Arlington, BBA
Personal Investment
Father of Two Sons and One Daughter
Frisco, TX (Formerly of Rancho Santa
Fe, CA)
858-776-6308
Eileen Theofanous-Lasher
Associates Degree from St. John's University
Medical Office Manager
Mother of one girl, one boy
619-847-8094
Ben Siegfried
University of California, San Diego, B.A.
Emergency Medical Technician
Father of one daughter
858-945-0760
Doug & Joann Siegfried (Grandparents)
USN Retired Commander of 26 years
Editor/Writer Tailhook Association
Interior Designer
USC, National Univ., Design Inst. of San
Diego
619-435-2978
Cheryl McManus
Manager – McManus Valley Estate LLC
Mother of one son
619-466-6633
Brad Johnson
Attorney at Law
Father of two one boy, one girl
858-201-8356
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