American family in exile desires to return home.
Holly Collins fled from the United States with her 3 young children to protect them from abuse and the injustice of the American family court system.
Holly and her children are the first known Americans citizens to receive asylum in another country. They lived in secrecy for 14 years until they were discovered by the FBI in 2007. In 2008 all criminal kidnapping charges against Holly were dismissed. Holly pled guilty to one count of contempt of court to which she replied “I admit to having contempt for the court which failed to protect my children.”
In March 2011 Holly Collins youngest American born child will be turning 18 years old! When he graduates from high school in June 2011 Holly and her children will return home to Marblehead Massachusetts.
Donations can be made out to CPPA with "Collins Fund" in the subject line. Checks can be sent to CPPA, POB 15284, Sacramento, CA 95851.
Donation can also be submitted through PayPal hollycollinshomecomingfund@hotmail.com
Showing posts with label American Refugee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Refugee. Show all posts
Holly Collins – Released from the Jurisdiction of the Hennepin County Family Court
Happy 18th Birthday Baby Brother!My younger brother turned 18 today! Unlike most kids eager to break free from parents who just don’t ‘get it’ my brother is relieved that this means that our mother has regained control. We are officially free from the Hennepin County Family Court System! Woooo Hooo!
Judge Charles A. Porter can no longer threaten my mother with incarceration or keeping her from her children if she doesn’t remain silent. For the first time, probably in her whole life, our mother, Holly Collins is finally free to speak from the heart. “I can’t believe it!’ She weeps “It’s over! I did it! I kept my children safe! It’s really over!”
For those of you who do not know our story, Holly Collins is the first American citizen (to our knowledge) who has ever been granted official asylum by another country. She has been hiding in silence in the Netherlands for 13 years until she was discovered by the FBI in 2007. Add another 4 years of living in exile waiting for her youngest American born child to age out of the American family court system. 17 years later and Holly Collins is a free woman! All kidnapping charges against her were dismissed and she is free to return home to the United States of America!
We are coming home!
~Jennifer
How did an American Battered Woman Holly Collins Receive Asylum in the Netherlands?
How did an American citizen receive Asylum in the Netherlands?
So many people have recently asked us how were we granted asylum in the Netherlands.
To explain this we need to understand the basic Dutch premise that “Child abuse is every form of violent interaction of a physical, psychological or sexual nature either directly or indirectly forced upon a minor aged child by the parent(s) or any person with whom the minor child has a dependent relationship with or is not freely impendent from which serious damage is or could be inflicted to the minor child in the form of physical or psychological injury.”
There is a further assumption that “Pertaining to domestic violence, child abuse is including the witnessing of domestic violence.” There was supporting evidence of physical injuries to my mother’s nose and my fathers sworn testimony that he injured (perhaps even broke) her nose on several different occasions. The family court evaluator in the United States testified that in her professional opinion she believed that these injuries were the result of domestic violence. The American judge in our case found that my father committed domestic violence. Our father even testified that he dislocated our mothers shoulder in front of us children, therefore meeting the requirements of the Dutch definition of child abuse.
In addition The Hague Convention clearly states that the “Court's may refuse to return a child to a Petitioning parent and that child's home country under the Hague Convention if it finds that ‘there is a grave risk that if returned child would be expose to physical and psychological harm or otherwise placed in to an intolerable situation.” The Dutch Ministries thoroughly investigated our case for 3 years. My brother and I made it clear that we were very afraid of our father because “he hit, punched, strangled and threatened to kill us and our mother.” My brother remembered my father slamming him into a wall and then having to go to the hospital and the doctors telling our mother that his skull was broken. Because of our American nationality even the Dutch National Health Inspector general reviewed all the evidence as well. It was also remarkable that the Dutch Ministries believed that we would be in physical and psychological danger if we were returned to our father’s care.
As far as certain skeptics who have claimed that my brother and I may have been brain washed by our mother, it is remarkable that for over 18 months my father had sole custody of me and my brother. We had severely restricted contact with our mother that was limited to a few hours court supervised visitation per week. If there was any brainwashing or alienation it was done solely at the hands of our abusive father and yet we still ran away from him.
I am 25 years old now and my brother is 27. We have been living on our own since we were each 18 years old. We are capable of articulating how we remember our childhood and we should be believed at our own word!
~Jennifer Collins
So many people have recently asked us how were we granted asylum in the Netherlands.
To explain this we need to understand the basic Dutch premise that “Child abuse is every form of violent interaction of a physical, psychological or sexual nature either directly or indirectly forced upon a minor aged child by the parent(s) or any person with whom the minor child has a dependent relationship with or is not freely impendent from which serious damage is or could be inflicted to the minor child in the form of physical or psychological injury.”
There is a further assumption that “Pertaining to domestic violence, child abuse is including the witnessing of domestic violence.” There was supporting evidence of physical injuries to my mother’s nose and my fathers sworn testimony that he injured (perhaps even broke) her nose on several different occasions. The family court evaluator in the United States testified that in her professional opinion she believed that these injuries were the result of domestic violence. The American judge in our case found that my father committed domestic violence. Our father even testified that he dislocated our mothers shoulder in front of us children, therefore meeting the requirements of the Dutch definition of child abuse.
In addition The Hague Convention clearly states that the “Court's may refuse to return a child to a Petitioning parent and that child's home country under the Hague Convention if it finds that ‘there is a grave risk that if returned child would be expose to physical and psychological harm or otherwise placed in to an intolerable situation.” The Dutch Ministries thoroughly investigated our case for 3 years. My brother and I made it clear that we were very afraid of our father because “he hit, punched, strangled and threatened to kill us and our mother.” My brother remembered my father slamming him into a wall and then having to go to the hospital and the doctors telling our mother that his skull was broken. Because of our American nationality even the Dutch National Health Inspector general reviewed all the evidence as well. It was also remarkable that the Dutch Ministries believed that we would be in physical and psychological danger if we were returned to our father’s care.
As far as certain skeptics who have claimed that my brother and I may have been brain washed by our mother, it is remarkable that for over 18 months my father had sole custody of me and my brother. We had severely restricted contact with our mother that was limited to a few hours court supervised visitation per week. If there was any brainwashing or alienation it was done solely at the hands of our abusive father and yet we still ran away from him.
I am 25 years old now and my brother is 27. We have been living on our own since we were each 18 years old. We are capable of articulating how we remember our childhood and we should be believed at our own word!
~Jennifer Collins
Holly Collins Fights Family Court Injustices
Battered Mothers Fight Human Rights Injustices
Political initiatives are reflected in the progress of landmark legal cases in human rights; follow the outcome of cases such as Jessica Ruth Gonzales v. USA, as well as other international cases concerning domestic violence under consideration by the Inter America Human Rights Commission. The U. S. Supreme Court upheld the Castle Rock, Colorado Police Department’s refusal to enforce a protective order against Simon Gonzales that resulted in the murder of their three children. Gonzales (now Lanahan) is protesting the violation of her human rights.
As the first U. S. Citizen to receive political asylum from The Netherlands, Holly Collins and her three children fled the United States in 1994 to be free of domestic violence when they could not obtain protection from family courts. Ms. Collins plans to return to live in the U. S., just as her youngest child reaches adulthood. How our country responds to the knowledge that a mother was forced to flee her own country for protection will be an important barometer of progress.
http://nhereyes.blogspot.com/2011/01/author-lundy-bancroft-teaches-battered.html
Political initiatives are reflected in the progress of landmark legal cases in human rights; follow the outcome of cases such as Jessica Ruth Gonzales v. USA, as well as other international cases concerning domestic violence under consideration by the Inter America Human Rights Commission. The U. S. Supreme Court upheld the Castle Rock, Colorado Police Department’s refusal to enforce a protective order against Simon Gonzales that resulted in the murder of their three children. Gonzales (now Lanahan) is protesting the violation of her human rights.
As the first U. S. Citizen to receive political asylum from The Netherlands, Holly Collins and her three children fled the United States in 1994 to be free of domestic violence when they could not obtain protection from family courts. Ms. Collins plans to return to live in the U. S., just as her youngest child reaches adulthood. How our country responds to the knowledge that a mother was forced to flee her own country for protection will be an important barometer of progress.
http://nhereyes.blogspot.com/2011/01/author-lundy-bancroft-teaches-battered.html
Holly Collins Protected her Children by Leaving the Country
Family Court in America:
"Jennifer Collins and her brother were abused by their father and yet the Hennepin County Famiy Court (Minnesota) awarded him custody. Their mother, Holly Collins, fled with them to protect them from further abuse. They were granted asylum in Europe."
"Jennifer Collins and her brother were abused by their father and yet the Hennepin County Famiy Court (Minnesota) awarded him custody. Their mother, Holly Collins, fled with them to protect them from further abuse. They were granted asylum in Europe."
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