The Issue
I told Judge Hall that my daughter could end up the next Harmony Montgomery and she responded “I don’t care!” This was on March 20, 2024 — she gave my/our abuser sole custody. A “fair trial” is laughable.
Circuit Court Judge Polly Hall in presiding over my pending divorce and parenting proceeding, and many others across Southern NH. Judge Hall has continually failed to uphold the law, specifically RSA 461-A:5, III and RSA 173-B (in addition to the federal Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA”)), and failed to consider my child’s best interests altogether. At a hearing this April 2024, Judge Hall blatantly disregarded the testimony provided by the witnesses, and seemingly conflated Father’s statements with the legal testimonial evidence proffered by Father’s well-known, and well-accomplished, Attorney, despite exceptions. As a result, my child and I continue to be exposed to domestic and legal abuse by my ex-partner.
However, Judge Hall’s rulings in my case, as I speak with those in the southern counties, seem to be consistent with her rulings in many other cases of domestic abuse. My case is not unique, and that is a failure upon the judicial system that I once dedicated myself to.
Meaning, Judge Hall’s disregard for established legal standards is not only detrimental to my daughter, my family, and myself, but her position poses a deadly threat to women and children across Southern New Hampshire who rely on our judicial system for protection. In 2019, after the events described in this article: www.nhbr.com/new-hampshire-domestic-violence-task-force-prepares-for-march-1-report/, the New Hampshire Judicial Branch’s Internal
Domestic Violence Committee conducted an investigation and established formal domestic violence protocols, found here: www.courts.nh.gov/our-courts/circuit-court/district-division/protocols/domestic-violence-protocols
Yet, Judge Hall is not following any of the protocols. With blatant disregard for RSA173-B, Judge Hall is not only failing to consider the findings and established mandates from established legal professionals, she clearly misunderstands that she cannot sua sponte assume personal knowledge of professional medical information. Her willful ignorance deprives vulnerable individuals of the physical and emotional safety that NH residents are entitled to under state and federal law.
As individuals and past/prior/future parties to district and family court proceedings, we each have a duty to bring judicial misconduct to the attention of their supervisory body (i.e. Judicial Conduct Committee; Gov. Sununu), despite fear of retaliation in our individual cases, to see judges held accountable when they continually and knowingly disregard state and federal law. Please support this demand immediate action be taken against Judge Polly Hall for her patterns of conduct as a presiding family court judge and sign this petition.
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