Scott Johnson and Tanner McMullen with his request for your Assistance to protect his kids

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Scott Johnson interviews a guest, Tanner McMullen, who has been on the Stop The Amway Tool Scam Radio show with Peter Mingils.

You can see more of what Scott Johnson has on https://www.facebook.com/stoptheamwaytoolscam

On this episode Scott Johnson talks with Tanner McMullen. Tanner was a guest host with Peter Mingils and Scott Johnson on The Building Fortunes Radio. The bottom line is Tanner would like your help with a challenge he is having with a challenging divorce and the help he needs for his kids.

Please sign the petition:
https://www.change.org/p/protect-parental-rights-in-wayne-county-wv-let-this-father-be-heard

Tanner's message on this:
The Issue

To Whom It May Concern,

My name is Tanner McMullen, a veteran who honorably served in the United States Air Force for five years. I'm writing to urgently request public assistance, legal intervention, and national attention to help protect my two children, who are only six and nine years old, from the systematic abuse, emotional manipulation, and complete parental alienation they are experiencing in Wayne County, West Virginia. This corrupt court system has enabled the mother of my kids to hide and alienate them for 3 years. It's gone on for too long, and the time has come for justice and fairness to be served for my kids, who don't get to speak for themselves.
BACKGROUND
In 2021, I separated from the military and offered to support my ex-wife, Nora McMullen, and our children during our divorce. I secured a job in Charleston, SC, and offered to move Nora and the kids there, paying three months' rent in advance to help her get settled. Instead, she moved eight hours away to live with my mother, Laurie Wooten, in Huntington, West Virginia, despite having no prior ties to the state or the city.

What began as a co-parenting & visitation transition quickly evolved into a calculated campaign of alienation, aided by my mother, Laurie Wooten, and supported by the Wayne County Family Court system, particularly Judge Sean Maynard, who has presided over every family court case in the county since January 2017 and has remained in that public authority ever since.

EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND ISOLATION
My children are being emotionally and psychologically abused through extreme control and isolation:

They are not allowed to watch television, have privacy or bedrooms of their own, & they've never been able to enjoy age-appropriate activities. Their mom demands that they stay under her watchful eye 24/7.

Although they deeply desire it, they have no meaningful relationship with extended family members, including those who love and miss them dearly. In 2023, my terminally ill father, Deron McMullen, and my 92-year-old grandmother had to spend $3,000 in legal fees to gain minimal court-ordered visitation—just four hours every other Thursday. Nora made sure to alienate them both, other than this court-ordered time she was mandated to give them. This is while she lived 20 minutes away from them in Wayne County, WV.

My children were never given the humanity or empathy from their mom to ever say goodbye to their beloved "Pop Pop” before he died on January 23, 2025—a trauma they are still not allowed to grieve openly to this day, being their mother doesn't allow open conversation regarding my dad or myself. By now, Brynlee and Bodhi are emotionally exhausted, voiceless, and trapped, with no control over their lives, needs, or emotional well-being. Their childhood is being controlled and directed by adults who have made them pawns in a power struggle instead of protecting their happiness and development.

ABUSE OF RELIGION AND CULT-LIKE ENVIRONMENT
As if the legal and psychological abuse weren't enough, Nora has taken the alienation a step further by embedding herself and the children into a cult-like environment at New Life Church in Cabell County, WV. Her interpretation of the Bible and Christianity is not rooted in compassion, forgiveness, or truth, but in manipulation, submission, and religious extremism. She falsely backs her abusive actions with her skewed religious views, presenting them as "God's will" or "divine instruction."

She uses this religious narrative to justify the alienation, teaching the children that their father and paternal family are "bad influences,” or "ungodly,” instead of allowing them to form their own individual bonds and perspectives. This religious manipulation is a form of spiritual abuse that only deepens the emotional damage and enforces fear, shame, and confusion in my children.

CORRUPTION AND RETALIATION BY WAYNE COUNTY FAMILY/JUDICIAL COURT
When I tried to defend my rights and challenge the court's unfair demands, such as a biased $3,000 Parental Fitness Exam by a court-appointed evaluator 8 hours away, the Wayne County judicial system retaliated:

Nora obtained a "No Contact Order" in 2023 based on completely false claims aided by the Wayne County, WV Magistrate Court and Sheriff's Dept. This "Mayberry" esque court system then required me to appear in person to defend myself against this bogus court order, unlike all previous hearings held via phone.

I genuinely have always tried to do the right thing with good intentions, so I complied and drove 8 hours overnight to physically appear at this hearing, only to be ambushed and arrested by Wayne County Sheriff Deputies on three baseless arrest warrants written up the same hour I appeared for court that day. I was then jailed for 21 days on a $15,000 cash-only bond, despite there being no actual basis for the charges. One of the unlawful warrants they executed was "Intimidating a Public Official.” That charge was soon dismissed with the reason being "Judge did not feel threatened.” This was a bait-and-switch arrest meant to punish me for defending myself and the morality of the Wayne County Courts, in turn exposing me to public shame and legal trauma.
CONTINUED SCHOOL-BASED ABUSE/ALIENATION
The alienation campaign continues at Lavalette Elementary School, where my very own mother, Laurie Wooten, is the school secretary and works hand in hand with the school principal, who supports and enables this pattern of abuse. Nora, who lacked any college degree or credentials, was inexplicably hired as the Autism Teacher's Aid at the school, despite not having proper qualifications, and likely due to nepotism and informal influence. This has given her institutional control over my children's education, enabling further alienation and indoctrination.

Legal Precedents and Violations
The actions taken by the Wayne County Family Court appear to contravene established legal standards and precedents:

Parental Alienation: In Megan W. v. Robert R., the court recognized that a parent's actions to alienate children from the other parent, such as interfering with visitation and disparaging the other parent, are detrimental to the child's well-being and can warrant changes in custody arrangements.

Parental Fitness Evaluations: According to West Virginia guidelines, such evaluations should be ordered when there are substantiated concerns about a parent's ability to care for their child. The requirement for me to undergo an expensive PFE evaluation without similar scrutiny applied to Nora raises questions about fairness and adherence to due process.

Best Interests of the Child: West Virginia Code §48-9-101 emphasizes that the child's best interests are the primary concern in custody decisions. The current situation, where my children are subjected to emotional abuse and isolation, is very clearly not in their best interests.

A CALL FOR PUBLIC INTERVENTION
This is not just a custody or family dispute. This is state-supported abuse & alienation, religious manipulation, and a miscarriage of justice that has robbed innocent children of their father, their family, their voice, and their right to a normal, joyful childhood.

I am pleading for help from:

• Child advocacy organizations
• Veterans' legal and family support networks
• Civil liberties and parental rights groups
• The media and public citizens who believe in justice and the protection of children

Help me stop this systemic abuse. Help me bring my kids back to a life where they are loved, respected, and free to be children again.

Sign and share this petition. Together, we can bring justice to young lives being shaped by the wrong hands.

With urgency and hope,
Tanner McMullen

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