Sadly, Parental Rights Advocate Robert G. Lasheff has Died
Robert G. Lasheff with his daughters
I just received an email with the sad news that Robert G. Lasheff of Illinois has passed away on the evening of July 17th.
Robert was a longstanding and dedicated advocate for Equal Parenting Rights. In his home state of
Illinois, Robert fought the courts for years for access to his daughters often under difficult circumstances while simultaneously working as an organizer for other parents and advocates.
Robert was a member of the Greater Chicago Ron Paul Campaign For Liberty as well as many others fighting for our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and was an active participant in the fight for fathers and mothers to be activity involved in their children’s lives.
Among his writings was a letter to Alren Spector that I found particulary interesting. Here is the complete text of the letter….
Dear Senator Specter;
We are writing you this letter with a matter that not only concerns us as individuals but a matter we feel is of great National Concern and is currently affecting a very large number of Americans negatively that have committed no crime greater then seeking Justice and Redress in our Courts…….”Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks and balances to prevent abuse of power. However, where is the check on the power of the judiciary? If we fail to check the power of the judiciary, I predict that we will eventually live under judicial tyranny.”
- Patrick Henry-
Mr. Henry’s concerns for our future are now prophetically a reality and must be addressed with all due diligence if our Nation is to survive. ” We the People” cannot, will not, must not tolerate the growing assaults on our American Constitution. Courts that run innocent American Families into total ruin with reckless abandon through attorneys that have no ethical values as they are in reality answerable to no one. Judges that have absolutely no respect for Constitutional Law, U.S. Code or even State Statute as they in reality have no one that they are Accountable too other then a group of their peers, and as they often are fond of stating “Well it’s My Court Room” Our courts have no -respect for those that have been driven to act in pro-per because their prior council has striped then financially; Arrogant threat, insult and intimidation have become routine in our family courts.
Many otherwise good parents are being driven to suicide, murder or other acts of violence which is directly incited, induced or even promoted by long term abuses and violations in our Family Courts.
Sir; there is a great deal of pain and suffering here all in the name of Profit.& Power. An extreme measure of Anger, Resentment and Activism is steadily growing toward our Judiciary and the ABA in general and we feel certain that this issue is rapidly becoming one of the greatest single threats to this Nations Security. THEREFORE, it is with the utmost urgency that we request a full Congressional Investigation and Hearing into these matters.
Sincerely;
Robert G. Lasheff Jr I.F.A. N.F.R.A. , M.D.M.
“On behalf of all other advocates and parents who like Robert have fought to be meaningfully involved in their children’s lives as an equal parent, we thank you Robert for your friendship and contribution an vow to preserve the memory of your love, actions and efforts on behalf of your daughters,” Dan Diebolt.
You will be missed tremendously Robert.
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Sad news, very sad. What caused his passing?
You know friend , I still yet after a short week and some days , I still go to call you . And I am unable – Robert I am so sorry . I miss you so much . I wish to hear your voice again . I know the pain was huge and I will never forget our friendship – you were an awesome person . I was very grateful to you . I know you were grieving so mcuh . I hope your girls can understand all that you tried to do . All the right things – and yet you were denied any time . So sorry my friend . We too will not have any time . You are on my mind . Be watching over us . We still need your words .
this is my dad . .
You guys dont know , what happened . dont say you knew the story because you dont . i love my dad , and i miss him tons , i wish i couldve spent more time than i even had with him , but it was because of sides .
alasheff – if there is anything you want to say about your Dad we welcome you to write it here.
I miss my brother and he fought the courts too long. Some ppl were very selfish I feel so bad that he had to go through what he did. Thirteen years of fighting took its toll and all some ppl thought of was how much money they could get from him,when he did not have enough to live on as it was All he wanted was to be a good father since he did not have the greatest father but his daughters and mother just fought for money thats all they wanted. I think he realized that. Thanks alot for helping my brother to end his life Katherine.
I wish to take out daughters on this, i am still very angry at how long my brother went to court and lived, but I must ask to take out any blame to daughters Abbey and Elizabeth, I apolojize extremely to them both, you girls are not at any fault and I am so sorry to have implicated that. Please forgive me I was very wrong to have said that.
I am sorry for the loss of your brother. I see this story and the only difference is my name, and my 2 innocent girls. All I can say is this, I read this and it’s my obituary too. I’m just not dead yet.
I don’t know how your brother passed away. I can only assume it was either a stress related illness or the overwhelming loss of contact with his girls driving him over the edge. This I know all too well as I try to forgive those who have, and continue to wrong my girls and deny them the love I have for them.
This hits me so hard between the eyes. I live in the same area, same court, and in some cases the same lawyers. Why should I expect any different outcome than Robert had. I’m sure he was a decent man who loved his girls with every beat of his heart. I know I do too. My girls love me. They miss me.
Going through this, I just want my girls to know that when I’m not here anymore, That someone who knows me will speak to them. I hope they will tell them how much I loved and missed them. I don’t need the people responsible for this to speak to my character as a broken hearted man and father. She knows who she is, I know who she is, and GOD knows who she is. She may not have used a gun but, She’s every bit guilty of murder when it kills me.
I am sorry for your loss. I know, I will be in good company when I see him, and I will give him a big hug and shake his hand.
M