The Respondent

Exposing the Cartel of Family Law

By: Greg Ellis

Narrated by: Andrea Romano, Kevin Michael Richardson

With The Respondent: Exposing the Cartel of Family Law, Hollywood veteran Greg Ellis delivers a gripping, unvarnished first-person account of family breakdown and the social, political, and legal forces that are fueling this national health emergency. It further exposes and condemns a gender bias that presumes that fathers are less effective caregivers.

Family breakdown is the single greatest threat to American society. Every day, more than four thousand children lose a parent because of our archaic and inhumane family-court system. Every day, ten divorced men commit suicide. And now, one in three children in our country are without their father.

The Respondent is Ellis’s personal story about a Hollywood dream razed by internal and external forces. Part memoir, part meditation, and part manifesto, it’s a timely and heartrending portrait of perhaps the most misunderstood aspect of the American legal system. Through its candor and moral strength, The Respondent offers guidance and hope. As such, it’s an indispensable listen for not only parents enduring the grief of child separation, but all interested in learning about the gross overreach and unrelenting brutality of family law.

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Must read for anyone who is thinking about a divorce

This is an amazing journey of a stronger man than I that can give everyone hope in the world of divorce and family.

Shame on Women

If you read this wondering how this could be possible, wonder no further. I know several men who have been in similar situations. It embarrasses me as a woman to know that we are capable of destroying men at the same time that we fight for equal rights and birth sons. Men are not our enemies, we are. The children suffer. The very precious that we are attesting to “protect”.

Astounding, Terrifying, Brilliance, Devastating

This book left me nearly speechless. Everyone will benefit in their own unique way listening to Greg's story. A masterpiece in story telling and perfection in delivery. To have someone confirm what I suspected is happening in family court is liberating, but it does not undo what has already been stolen from so many respondents and their little boys and girls who love them. Shame on all who abuse the system. Peace to all those who have endured it's evils.

I’m still shocked that this could happen in America.

At this point in time, I think we all know at least one person who has been through the absolute hellscape of the family law system. We know all about the emotional/psychological trauma and financial ruin that results from these situations. I chalked it up to be the tragic result of common human failings as intimate relationships dissolve. The Respondent reveals that the family law system can be an indifferent, incompetent bureaucracy and at worst, a malicious and unaccountable agent of greed and destruction. My jaw dropped to the floor countless times in incredulity as Greg Ellis told his story. Who knew that the presumption of innocence and due process do not apply in family law?! This is not “a cautionary tale.” It is an outrageous and terrifying one. All American adults should be familiar with Greg’s story so that we know what we could be up against should we be unfortunate enough to be thrust into the system. The medical records at the end of the book corroborate his story. Through this book, Greg has displayed his honesty, humility and enormous strength of character. I sincerely hope, in the not so distant future, that his sons come running back to him.

-Noelle

Rose can be reversed.

as a woman who wanted to peaceably divorce, my ex-husband and simply co-parent and take care of our children together. everything that you experienced Mr. Ellis, I am now experiencing with an animal-possessed man who drinks alcohol a lot and I've had people in the community say to me you're getting divorced over alcoholism. I've been in the family cartel law since 2020 and he's still taking me back to court. he's vindictive. he has done everything in his power to flip the script and has been successful with individuals who were our friends, teachers and counselors of my kids. honestly I'm just sitting back and going well. I didn't cause this, I cannot control this, and I cannot change it. is simply and calmly tell the truth. What other people do with that truth is their business. I have a clear conscience. I have four friends who are all female going through the exact same thing in Family Court and all they're doing is fighting for the Integrity, sanity, love of their children.