Steve Tipaldi - Suicide August 30, 2004

After seven years of his children growing up with zero contact, $80,000 in legal fees, an appeal that remanded for more of the same, an order to pay $10,000 in opponents fees on remand, and the continuation of a restraining order with no basis in fact, Steve had enough... If the remand had simply directed all parties (parents and children) into mediation and granted him even supervised contact with his children, Steve would likely be walking the Earth today.

The State had no probable cause to keep Steve away from his kids. The State ordered a psych eval which found in Steve's favor, then the State rejected the finding because the evaluator had not read every page of the 10 inch record. (my recollection of a fact.)

DOCUMENTS

1. Michael Robinson's preliminary account
2. Grace Lusk Psychiatric Evaluation Summary Letter (July 8 2004)

EMAILS BETWEEN STEVE AND KIM BERRY

• Email from Steve wishing me happy father's day - in spite of the fact that his wasn't
• Email from Steve wishing me a happy 46th birthday - in spite of his own problems
• My last email to Steve - advising how to oppose the Restraining Order. Family Court imposed a restraining order anyway. Mother was seeking a 10-year RO, which would have precluded Steve from establishing contact even after his children turned 18. All the while the State forced Steve to fund that unjust litigation against him.