Carlos Acosta

To the Supreme Court of Justice, My name is Carlos Acosta. The purpose of this letter is to report the excesses and abuses committed against me by the Child Support Enforcement system. Scope In 2024, I was detained at Rock Island Prison for one month without having committed a crime or been judged by a superior court. This has happened more than once, often without the opportunity to see a judge for many days, and without being properly served. While there, I became ill and was given medications to treat serious blood-related medical issues. Upon my release, I experienced bleeding from my nose, mouth, and eyes. I was forced to pay approximately $15,000. The court failed to consider the payment receipts made in favor of my children's mother and my children. Child Support Enforcement The mother of my children, Mrs. Espana Aristi, stated that Child Support Enforcement did not give her that money; she claims that Child Support Enforcement took about 75% of the money and she received nothing. That same year, I lost my apartment. The marshal came and evicted me from the apartment. Since 2024, warrants have been issued against me based on an inexistent service of process service, given that I had already lost my home. I was held in a Rock Island jail facility, in the maximum-security unit for dangerous criminals, without ever having been convicted or found guilty of any crime by a superior court. They place us in segregated individual cells within a freezing ward with no heating in winter, and no air conditioning or ventilation during periods of extreme heat in summer. I understand that this specific housing area had previously been ordered closed due to its substandard conditions. I am drafting a formal complaint regarding the violation of my constitutional rights, as well as the ongoing damage that Child Support Enforcement and its branches continue to inflict upon both me and my children. Also, the mother relocated my children to Florida without my authorization, where they are currently enduring severe hardships. Not satisfied with this initial harm, she has also initiated another legal lawsuit in Florida — a state where I do not reside and where my children are being kept against my explicit will, in absolute violation of all legal statutes. The mother only contacts me when demanding money. She claims to the court that I travel to Florida to visit them, which is entirely true, because they are my children. I provide them with every financial resource I possibly can, and I possess definitive proof of this — evidence that the court inexplicably chooses to ignore. I have personally funded private schooling for my children and paid for a nanny who has cared for them far more than their own mother. Yet, the mother firmly opposes allowing the nanny to travel to Florida to care for them under my financial support. The children explicitly complain to me that their mother is frequently absent and that they have gone hungry. Furthermore, the mother has threatened them, and I urgently demand that this matter be investigated. The actions taken by the Family Court in my case are clearly not intended for the well-being of the children, but rather, most likely, to serve their own institutional interests. I formally request an investigation into this matter. I am deeply concerned for the psychological well-being of my children. The Family Court completely fails to safeguard my children's best interests, and they have systematically abused — and continue to abuse — my rights. The court flatly refuses to admit my evidence of payments, including past and present receipts for the nanny and school tuition. They ignore my documented financial contributions for my children's food, clothing, and general welfare — matters a Family Court should be compelled to investigate, rather than actively rejecting evidence that exposes its own administrative failures. I demand a comprehensive investigation. I request that all my past and present financial maintenance payments toward my children be formally recognized and credited. The conditions under which I have been placed in this criminal detention facility represent what is arguably one of the gravest violations of human rights against an individual, and against a father who deeply loves his children and watches over them. I am currently receiving social services assistance while living in shelters (hurt and beaten by thugs). Also, despite my poor health condition, severe financial hardship, and advanced age, I remain present in my children's lives. Even from afar, and though it angers the mother, I visit them as often as I can — and sometimes even when it seems impossible. Many times, I have had to sleep on the streets due to my inability to afford a hotel in Florida. I recently lost my shelter placement, and on multiple occasions, I have had to go hungry and spend nights on the street because of the cruelty and violation of my constitutional rights by the Family Court system and Child Support Enforcement. These institutions appear to safeguard their own interests rather than those of the children, and for that purpose, they seem to find it necessary to attack the father, mistreating him and violating all of his constitutional rights for reasons entirely unrelated to family welfare. I maintain, with pride and firmness, my financial contributions to my children, including payments for healthcare, schooling, karate, and home care provided by a nanny due to the mother's lack of attention. I demand that the receipts and evidentiary documents of my expenditures in favor of my children be formally included, and I formally request an investigation by the Supreme Court of Justice into this case, which is overwhelmingly fraught with abuses and violations against human rights and family well-being itself. I request, and I reiterate to this Supreme Court, an investigation into this case, and that I be permitted to present evidence of everything stated above and more. I declare that everything I have stated is the truth, and I respectfully request that the Supreme Court investigate and acknowledge the abuses reported herein. Carlos Acosta