Customer Reviews

Profane Justice: A Comprehensive Guide to Asserting Your Parental Rights. Second Edition

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Buyers of this book should be aware that the author, Suzanne Shell, has been convicted of the unauthorized practice of law. Two courts in Colorado have found that her advice has been CONTRARY to the best interests of her supposed clients, and the Supreme Court of Colorado has ordered her to stop practicing law.

Suzanne Shell is not an attorney. Her advice can hurt her "clients" and could lead to the termination of their parental rights. Do yourself a favor, and DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!

A woman who's been convicted for giving false legal advice decides to write a book to share her advice with YOU.

She was a bad mommy and the government decided to protect her kids, and now she's got a vendetta.

Though others have mixed feelings about the content of this book, rest assured that this is truly the best novel of the early part of the 21st century.

Young Reginald "P" Linux is stuck in a house with a strange figurine that he cannot get rid of. He seems destined to be stuck in a house that is a "doom" house, until Child Protective Services arrives at the door. They attempt to extract the figurine time and time again, only to fail as well when the figurine tells them she is happy with her current living conditions.

The 400 page monologue of Reginald at this point, some feel is a tad excessive, but it just goes to show how much the author truly cares about the emotional development of their character.

Finally, Suzanne Shell shows up and beats the figurine within an inch of its life with a cat of nine tails until Child Protective Services arrives yet again. This time, the figurine is more than happy to leave.

Reginald is grateful! But now... she is in his BASEMENT and in his MIND.

Overall, some folks would have a problem with this book and its seeming advocacy of severe child abuse, but I personally found that to be the only comic relief after a rather tense and nail-biting drama. If I could rate it 5 AND A HALF stars, I would.

I can easily explain the sharp division between the reviewers of this book - those who claim that the author's advice is absurd and cite her being accused of giving legal advice without a license obviously read this book in theory only. For those of us who have been falsely accused and had to spend years clawing our way out of CPS and Family Court's clutches, despite the fact that there isn't a shred of evidence except for a vague, anonymous phone call to a hotline, this book reads like a script of the exact harrassment, bullying and abuse techniques used in our own case and is a disturbing harbinger of how widespread this audacious abuse of power has become. My family is well out of the demographic that most people, correctly or not, would assume to be fodder for CPS and Family Court misdeeds, but our 6-year-old son made a single off-color remark in front of the school guidance counselor and by the end of the next day he was forced into foster care over the objections of my husband and me, and as CPS disregarded both sets of grandparents' offers to take temporary custody.

Trust me, it behooves every parent of a child in public school to take the information and advice in this book, and others like it, VERY seriously...

This book is an excellant resource for those who have been falsely accused of child abuse. In this modern day society , we would like to belive that this does not happen but it does. There are many people who have had to deal with this intrusive system. In fact in LaMonte McNeese's book "How to be Strong when falsely accused" , has gone through some of the similiar horrors that Ms. Suell shared in her book. Is it a coincidence? I don't think so. I would like to peronally praise Ms Shell for this book because I followed her advice step by step and I was able to get my son . I give this book five stars.

Out of more than a dozen books I'd bought, this was one of the most helpful. I've bought more than one copy, and shared them with others. Ms. Shell knows what she's talking about. Unfortunately, I know firsthand. This book was helpful to me and would have been more helpful if I'd been able to read it before I came under attack from CPS. I knew what CPS could be like, but I never expected to be such an easy target. Even if one has a 'founded or substantiated case' against them, it doesn't make the allegations of CPS true, and it doesn't mean they are a bad parent. I'd like to see Ms. Shell write another book. I'd be one of the first to buy it.
I stumbled on this page of reviews and I'm disappointed that here, as well, I see the hand of Ms. Shell's detractors. Not because it's a bad book, but because they have to take cheap shots whenever and wherever they can. Where else but here would be an outstanding place to leave their mark and convince unaware people that Ms. Shell should be ignored. She shouldn't.
Some of these reviews contain outright lies, and I'm disappointed that they exist on this page. But you can always do what I did after reading Ms. Shell's book. Sometime after I bought the second copy, I did a search on the internet for Suzanne Shell. Anyone reading these reviews might want to try the same thing.

This book is like a torah (bible) to me. I recommend it often everytime anyone asks me what they need to know or what to expect. Suzanne has given so much knowledge and research to us all at our finger tips. Those that say ill things of her just are not capable of following the book and her directions and she does not sugar coat anything for anyone she is very factual and an awesome person in general. Thank you Suzanne for sharing your knowledge with all of us.

The author of this book offers some truly absurd advice. I stopped reading this book about 1/3 of the way in, when it was clear how harmful this book could be to your actual kids. It reads more like a militant anarchist bible than something designed to protect your rights. I did some research on this lady afterwards and she seems completely insane.

This book seems like it's more helpful to people who neglect and abuse their kids than to protect parents' rights.

While this book is one of the first of its kind, buyers and readers must be aware that the author does not speak with complete truths. The CPS system varies State by State what works in one area may not work in another. For instance using FOIA to get records from CPS..... So while this is a plethora of helpful information..... most of which was stolen from others and written in this book as her own ideas... especially the Document Document Document phrase which was actually developed and taught at Yale Law as early as the mid 1900's. Also be aware the author has been charged by Colorado State Prosecutors for Unlicensed Practice of Law and subsequently was again charged in 2004 for Contempt of Court..... she is appealing the guilty charges and may face some actual jail time soon. Is she a Martyr maybe..... so let the buyer beware.

This is one of the best books I have read on the subject. The author is well-informed and provides tons of information and sound advice. This book is not about protecting child abusers, it is about protecting innocent children from being abused by the agency who claims to protect them. You owe it to yourself and your children to have this book on hand before you need it...