lloyd vassell (lloyd j. vassell) - napa county superior court conservatorship - declaration of nora...
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Lloyd VassellAngelica Hale, mother of Christian Vassell contestingChristian Vassell ConservatorshipLauren Vassell - stepmotherinterested parties:North Bay Regional Center - Deanna KirkpatrickNapa Valley Unified School District - Susan MontoroVintage High School - Lori PaisleyCharles LewisAdell LewisTaylor VassellMildred VassellLauren VassellDeon BookerCristina BautistaJudge Francisca TisherTRANSCRIPT
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Angelica G. Hale3175 S. Sepulveda Blvd. #303Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 503-7717
Angelica G. Hale, In Pro Per ENDORSEDNOV 28 2011
Clerk of the Napa Superior CourtBy: J. OLIVER
Deputy
Conservatorship of Christian Angelo Vassell
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF NAPA
) Case No.: 26-57190
~) DECLARATION OF NORA JENSEN))) Date: December 7, 2011) Time: 8:30 AM) Dept: B
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I, NORA JENSEN, declare that I am over 18 years ofage and am not a party to the above-entitled
action.
1. I am a long standing friend ofAngelica Hale, Melvin Hale and their children Taylor Vassell"and
Christian Vassell.
2. My home is in the city ofFair Oaks California.
3. The following facts are within my personal knowledge and if sworn as a witness I can and will '
truthfully and competently testify thereto.
4. On or about April 16 of2010, I my son Ryan and I planned a surprise PartY upon Angelica's
request for Christian's brother Taylor. Angelica had been attempting to contact Lloyd to see ifhe
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would give her permission to have visitation with Christian. After a series of phoning and
emailing to get an answer from Lloyd, Angelica was finally able to get a definitive answer on
Friday afternoon to pick up Christian. She left my home and picked up Christian in Napa and
brought him back to my residence to spend time with Taylor, his mother, me and my sons. I have
known Christian and his family since he was 2 years old, and we have had many years of good
times together.
My son Ryan decorated the guest house where Angelica has regularly spent time to bring the
boys to spend with my family. As usual, Christian and Taylor had a blast with their mother and
my sons. I took pictures of the festive party on my cell phone and emailed them later to Angelica.
The photos are prima facie evidence of her visit to my home the weekend of April 16, 2010.
The North Bay Regional Center and Lloyd Vassell's claim that Angelica has not seen Christian
since 2008 and has not been actively involved in their lives for the last 12 years IS NOT TRUE.
I was also with Angelica when she needed to attend Taylor's graduation in June, 2009. I was the
person who drove her to the event. She was not allowed to see Christian and was not able to
spend more than 5 minutes with Taylor at the graduation. Lloyd told Angelica that he had other
plans for the boys, so she returned back to my home in Fair Oaks and spent the rest of the
weekend with my family before returning home to Palm Springs. This was not the fust time she
had difficulty keeping a relationship with her sons either by phone or in person.
She also would talk to me about her relationship with her parents. She told me that I was lucky
that I had such wonderful parents who were supportive in my times of need, and to be grateful
that I can come to them for help unconditionally. Contrary to Lloyd Vassell's claim that Angelica
is unable to have family relationships, her parents were upset because, Melvin'asked Mr. Lewis
(Angelica's father) to help them to stand up to Lloyd's threats and his withholding of the ,children
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due to money Lloyd wanted from Angelica for child support. I know that the Hales had recently
lost their retail store and their home was in foreclosure during the economic downturn that started
occurring in 2008.
9. Angelica told me that Mr. Lewis sent an email to her stating that he was upset at the fact that
Melvin asked him to stand up for Angelica to Lloyd and his harassment for money. Angelica
shared with me that Lloyd owed her parents ten thousand dollars for a loan they gave him to buy
their first home in Sacramento. She told me that Lloyd never paid any of the loan back, and over
the years, she was left paying back her parents whenever she could.
10. At the same time, Angelica was involved in a car accident when she was hit by another driver and
she told me she was also asking her parents for help. Angelica told me multiple times that she
was no longer talking to her parents because in the email, her father told her that he was going to
send her money to go see a doctor, but he changed his mind and told her that he would not help
her. She said that the fact that she had a serious medical need and was turned away from getting
help from her parents to see a doctor was the final straw. Angelica said that she told her parents
that she would no longer be in contact with them.
11. Angelica is a wonderful mother and advocate and she should be able to have. her relationship with
Christian protected and enforced by the courts against continued interference with Mr. Vassell.
12. Angelica represented my family as a special education advocate and won services on behalf of
my son Eyan Jensen who has a disability. She was known in the Sacramento area by
professionals, organizations (such as FEAT - Families for Early Autism Treatment) and families
as a pioneering parent working on behalf of children with autism spectrum'disorders, including
her own children.
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1 I declare under penalty ofperjury under the laws of the State of California that the forgoing is true
2 and correct, executed at Fair Oaks, CA.
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5 DATED: November 22,2011
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