Petition For Dissolution of Marriage: Duckett vs Duckett

The previous blog article was the Paternity Settlement Agreement.  The following is the 42 pages of the petition for dissolution of marriage, Lake County Clerk of Courts Case N0.2006-DR-1178. I am including the docket for the case as of 3/12/2013.

As you read the foregoing documents look at the dates that the documents originated as well as the dates recorded in the courts. The activity is from June 14, 2006 until the dismissal on September 14, 2006 because of Melinda Duckett's death.

Melinda was granted sole custody of Trenton Duckett on May 26, 2006. She was awarded child support which commenced on February 15, 2006 until such time that Trenton reached the age of 18.
She filed for divorce on June 14, 2006 which included the Paternity Settlement Agreement. Parenting courses for both Melinda and Josh were ordered on June 14th with copies sent to Josh's attorney Mary Hatcher. Service was attempted numerous times on Josh Duckett without success. Then the divorce papers were successfully served on Carla Massero at 4:55 PM on July 3, 2006.  That night at 8:15 PM the threatening email was sent to Melinda's Myspace account. 

Melinda filed a restraining order on July 5, 2006 after filing a police report on July 4. On July 7th, the attorney filed for motion to compel Josh to pay child support, owing for May, June and July at $403 each month and to be held in contempt of  court for non payment.

There was a court hearing held on July 13, 2006 and Melinda was successful regarding the restraining order against Josh on both hers and Trenton's behalf.

With the case at issue Melinda filed a request for a pretrial conference and non-jury trial and was granted a two hour trial to be held in Judge Lawrence Semento's chambers in Taveres, Florida on October 9, 2006 at 1:30 PM. This order was signed by the judge on August 23, 2006 4 days before Trenton was abducted. A copy of said order was mailed to Josh's attorney Mary Hatcher on August 24, 2006.

Then on August 25, 2006 Melinda's attorney filed a motion to consolidate Petition for Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence with Minor Child into the Dissolution of Marriage also sent to Josh Duckett's attorney. The Notice of Hearing was to be held before Judge Semento on September 13, 2006 at 10 AM in Tavares.

August 27, 2006 Trenton Duckett was abducted...not hidden from his father...not killed. Abducted.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The Paternity Settlement Agreement for Trenton Duckett

The investigators, the media, and the public contend that Melinda Duckett and Josh Duckett were fighting over custody of Trenton Duckett at the time of his disappearance. The consensus was that this was the motive for Melinda to hide Trenton away from Josh.

I knew that Melinda's attorney had filed a paternity settlement agreement as attachment B when Melinda filed for divorce. What I didn't know until last month was the actual date the agreement was signed...July 6, 2005.  Here is the divorce papers page 2 which was filed in Lake County.

And here is the Paternity Settlement Agreement which was filed in Sumter County on July 24, 2006:

 And here is the entire Paternity Settlement Agreement signed by Josh Duckett July 6, 2005, one year before Trenton Duckett went missing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

So if Melinda had a Paternity Settlement Agreement filed with the court, her child support filed with the court, WHAT would be HER motive?  It would be more logical for Josh and his mother to abduct Trenton to keep Trenton away from Melinda than for Melinda to have hidden Trenton away from Josh. Melinda had the court on her side. 

Just like in the custody case for Josh's other son. It was Josh and Carla who kept his other son away from the mother.  DESPITE THE COURT ORDER FOR 50% CUSTODY!

AND IT WAS NECESSARY FOR MELINDA DUCKETT TO BE DEAD FOR JOSH TO GET CUSTODY OF TRENTON.

Pamphlet: " Who Took Trenton Duckett?"

 

 



 

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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1qR3xS45h32ak8wdjhJdDBhbDA/edit

 

Manipulation, Retaliation, Deception

A summary of the past and foreshadow of things to come:

 

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1qR3xS45h32SVZlYm04NEI3QW8

 



 

 



History Repeating Itself: New Victims

Dec 12, 2012

 

James A. Duckett #112232

FSP/G- Wing
7819 NW 228 Street
Raiford, FL 32026-1160

 

Hi James,

 

Having not gone to the post office during November, I just picked up your letter over the weekend. Glad you’re writing again as I could use your help as well.
 
I called station 51 Fox News and I could NOT even find the interview on the internet. They didn’t confirm as to which night the interview was aired, or even if there was a new interview at all.  Your letter was dated November 7^th and Tuesday would have been the 6^th which was election night coverage. But bottom line when I called the news office they told me I would need a subpoena for ANY transcript of their news shows. So we are out of luck.

 There was a mention of an interview of Josh on a forum in the first few days of November. But again, no link to the item.  My guess is that it was a clip from a previous interview. The only police officer from Leesburg that would have been making a comment would be Brian Cash.

 

 

There has been a lot going on in Bushnell.  As you know, Carla was super mad at you about the card you mailed her and she returned to you with “Go to hell and give this to your friend Liz Lennon”. Well she is going to be mad again but at a different ex-husband, but too bad.  I am meeting up with and have been talking to her third husband Kevin Massero. (They are NOT divorced). He left in December 2005 because he was on drugs, but Carla was trying to get him out of the house because she had Jason Fort waiting in the wings.  Just like she had Brian Lee Boggs waiting in the wings.

 We all know that Carla Massero and Josh Duckett lie. In fact, they lie all the time almost to the point of being pathological liars.  At the least, they are habitual liars, and here’s why.

Kevin Massero told me that he was present when Carla and Josh had then police chief Joyce Wells (Bushnell police department was disbanded due to many improprieties in April 2012) come to their house on Friday night with Josh putting his cell phone on speaker phone calling and calling Melinda. They had their court case coming up on Monday and they wanted to get Melinda baker acted so she couldn’t attend and they would get full custody of Trenton.  When Melinda was not saying anything they could use against her, they left together and went to the Bushnell Police Station still trying to bait Melinda. When she finally said “I want to end this” they used  those words to baker act her pretending she wanted to end her life and Trenton’s. It was a set up just like I said and Melinda’s grandparents said, confirmed by Kevin Massero an eye witness and married to Carla.

 Now we have history repeating itself. Only the victims have changed.

 
The new victims are Josh’s other son Ryder and Ryder’s mother Stephani.  Josh and Carla prevented Stephani from seeing her own son Ryder even though she is the court named custodial parent with 50% time sharing. They didn’t even allow her to talk to Ryder on the phone (he just turned 5 November 18 2012}.  When Josh married Debi Doster March 3, 2012, they all lived with Carla and Jason Fort along with Debi’s daughter Courtney and Ryder. But Carla took care of Ryder all the time.

 When Josh and Debi moved into their own home in Inverness in July they did not keep Ryder at all.  As I wrote to you before, I helped Stephani file an emergency pick up order and now the case is open since the end of June. During the last 5 months, Josh and Carla have been causing a lot of grief for Stephani.

 1)      They have been bad mouthing her all over town.

2)      They have called the police numerous times

3)      They have called DCF (dept. of children and families) 3 times accusing Stephani of

1.       Being on drugs (meth)

2.       Being a stripper in a club and prostitute

3.       Holding a knife to Ryder’s throat

 

They changed the daycare where Ryder was enrolled to a different one without telling Stephani because the previous daycare favored Stephani.  At the second childcare facility Debi changed all the pertinent information and emergency contacts. Debi crossed out Stephani’s name as mother and wrote in her own name. Debi crossed out Stephani’s father as the contact and wrote in Jason Forts name as grandfather. The daycare gave the papers to Stephani to bring to court with her. The judge was livid.

The judge was also livid about Josh calling DCF on Stephani 3 times, all unfounded.

 I called DCF and reported that Josh and Carla had made numerous false allegations against Melinda Duckett, all to get Trenton away from her, just like they are doing to Stephani.

 Since Josh moved, Ryder has NOT stayed with him. He goes to Carla’s during the 50% times. When the judge asked Josh about it, he stated that it’s because his mother Carla loves Ryder so much. The judge ordered that Ryder be with Josh and Debi during their time with him and NOT with Carla. She also ordered Josh to retake the parenting class and this time WITH Stephani like he was ordered to in July.

 Josh has been writing Stephani notes on his phone (texting) saying that he wants to get with her sexually. He sends her pictures of his boxer shorts and says she really wants it.  He grabbed her ass when they were alone during a child exchange and a neighbor came over and asked what was going on. And Josh has been married now for 8 months. I guess the “honeymoon” is over.

 Kevin has told me that Carla has many issues. And that she is a screaming bitch behind closed doors. Carla is very controlling and if things don’t go her way, look out.

 I have hooked up with (redacted) and we are gathering information to STOP Carla and Josh. I have ordered public records from Sumter County Court and the Sheriff’s department. I have interviewed the owner of the building where Carla had her flower shop in Bushnell. Carla owed her a ton of money when she closed her shop. The owners also looked behind the flower shop for Trenton’s body when he went missing. That should say something right there.

 Kevin Massero moved in with Carla (he met her in a bar) when Josh was 4 years old. He bought the mobile home that is on Carla’s property. He provided for them when they were growing up.

When Kevin told Carla that he was on cocaine, and he left, Justin disowned him and has not talked to him since 2006. (Kevin married Carla when Josh turned 18 but lived with her since Josh was 4 years old).

 I would still like to get those copies of the letters Melinda wrote to you; it’s nice to hear her own words.

Let me know, once again how I can get those copies. I never got the form from you for sending money orders so you can make copies.  You could mail them to me one at a time and I would make a copy and send it back, you have my word on that.

 One thing that Kevin was adamant about:  Do NOT allow Carla to get a hold of Ryder.

 Let me know the outcome of your most recent hearing.

 

Liz Lennon

PO Box 88
Reddick, FL 32686

The Ultimate Set Up? - Melinda Duckett's Suicide

Here are two pictures showing the actual crime s cene photos of the closet obtained from the public records of  the Lady Lake Police which I have lovingly doctored for the family's sake.

September 8 marks 6 years that Melinda Duckett was found in her bedroom closet by her grandmother. Everyone believed that Melinda killed herself...everyone, except those that knew the truth.

Here is a post made  by Duckett family friend Laurie Konnerth, the one who set up the Trenton Duckett Family Trust Fund, with her being the lone signatory on the account at SunTrust Bank.

Laurie Konnerth


October 18 2006 10:02 AM

I really want everyone to know that at no time, did any of us involved and mostly Josh and especially Carla, ever hated Melinda. Honestly, it was obvious very soon after Josh and Melinda started dating that she was troubled. Josh loved and wanted to help her and Carla tried her best to befriend her, but it was not to be. The moment we knew that she killed herself, which was just about 5 min. after it happened, we cried. No one, ever wanted that to happen although we knew when NG pressured her that she would feel backed into a corner and when that happened...she was capable of almost anything. I hope she has some peace now because she was not at peace while alive. She was conflicted and was unable to reason out in her mind why she felt like she did. I am heading out soon to the command center opening. I hope I can meet some of you there. If you are comfortable, please let me know who you are, but I promise to respect your animinity.

Can you see through what Laurie Konnerth is alluding to?  Laurie is the one who set things up with Nancy Grace. Laurie used Nancy Grace to accomplish the idea that Melinda was so distraught about being in the public eye that she killed herself.  I believe Melinda had a little help that fateful day. I believe she grabbed her grandfather's gun to protect herself, not kill herself.

October 20, 2006 4:41 PM (Laurie Konnerth)


Also, I didn't mean to be rude the other night when I didn't answer this..... without looking back and reading, I know someone asked me about the porno thing. The answer to that is yes, I do know all about it. I actually provided that information (print out of site with photo) to the FDLE at the end of August. I swear....the investigator practically skipped into the PD he was so happy to get it. At that time they were finding out more and more about Melinda and were still amazed with her multi-faceted abilities!! Also, just about everything that you see on NG, is info that I have given her... so with that in mind, she hasn't had a chance to do anything on the porn yet, so I would like to wait until this evening to see if she is able to get it into the show tonight. Don't want to upstage her, she has been so good to us! Also, I have not given any of the porn stuff to the local media ---although I was tempted at times!!
From FDLE public records:

And of Course Lauri Konnerth failed to mention that Josh Duckett was ALSO in those porn pictures:

But then if she had mentioned that piece of information it would have ruined the picture she was painting of Melinda Duckett...the troubled crazy person who invaded Josh Duckett's life. The person who was fingered as the only suspect in the abduction of Trenton. This expose to the police (and even Nancy Grace) was all behind Melinda's back.  You can see this in the Myspace post Melinda wrote to her friend (not boyfriend) Chen.

On September 4, 2006  Melinda wrote to her friend Chai Chen (Where is my brown eye Girl?) on myspace:

Melinda seems hopeful here that things will work out even though the "media has made things worse".


Here is the post from Melinda on her myspace that she made to the media which I have taken from the public records sent to me from FDLE dated September 6, 2006:

There is a lot of "fight" in this message to the media.  How does one person go from taking on the world on one day and then to giving up completely two days later ? 

On September 5, 2006 Leesburg Police did a trash pull behind Melinda's apartment. They never  contacted her about what they "found". If they had,  Melinda would have been furious to find out that things she meticulously packed to retrieve at a later date, were "found" in the trash including a suitcase full of momentoes she took from her nightstand and carefully wrapped to protect them from breakage. Why would she wrap and pack everything to throw in a dumpster?

Do you recognize the items above that were displayed on Melinda's nightstand next to her bed? Doesn't it seem odd to you that these items were "found in the dumpster"?

There are so many questions about how Melinda died that remain unanswered.

There were TWO shots fired from the 50 year old shotgun that was taken out of Billy Eubank's bedroom closet. The magazine taken from the top night stand drawer next to Billy's bed was jammed in backwards and no shell could have been fired. There was a fork found on the floor next to the bed which could have been used to try to unjam the magazine from the shotgun.

 Not being able to unjam the gun, shells had to be taken from the box in the bottom drawer of the nightstand. So here's the questions:

1. Why were only two shells taken?
2. Why didn't Melinda take the whole box with her into the closet?
3. Why would she take two shells - thinking that she would miss? Or need a practice shot?

And questions about the "suicide":

1. Why was there NO gunshot residue on  Melinda's hands or feet?
2. Why were there NO fingerprints on the shotgun?

Here's her grandfather's shotgun:

And then there's conflicting evidence concerning her handwritten notes:

1. Why were they NOT dated?
2. Why were they NOT signed?
3. Why were they in the open on her center console of her car?

And questions about using the 50 year old shotgun:

1. If Melinda was going to kill herself using a shotgun, why didn't she use the brand new shotgun that was loaded and found on the floorboard of her car?
2. Why did she grab in a hurry the one in her grandfather's  closet, leave the case in view on top of the king size bed, when that gun had not been fired in over 20 years?
3. If she walked out to her car to place the "suicide notes" on the center console and load her new shotgun and place that gun that was in her trunk onto the floorboard of her car, why not just take that gun into the house? (She could have in the dark during the night).

And my raise a flag question:

WHY DID MELINDA WRITE A NOTE TO HER GRANDPARENTS WHICH SHE PLACED ON THE KITCHEN  COUNTER THAT STATED SHE WAS LAYING DOWN FOR A QUICK NAP AND WOULD EAT WHEN SHE GOT UP?

And my final question:  Who gained the most by having Melinda Duckett dead by suicide?

November 11 2006 8:12 PM (Laurie Konnerth)

When Josh first started all of this he hired a Mary Hatcher. Cost Carla $8,000 and did nothing. That is one of the reasons why... when Josh said he was going to go back to Melinda, that Carla slapped him. She had been trough so much and was broke. Kevin broke her, Josh broke her and she was struggling to keep the flower shop opened. I know this because I lent her a large sum of money to help. So, when there time to have an attorney represent him again, Josh just thought he could do it on his own. I would go with him, but I wasn't allowed to speak... only sit there and he was pretty stubborn ... being young and thinking he could handle it.. he didn't always listen to my advise. ....

So WHY did Carla close that flower shop?

November 11, 2006 10:14 PM (Laurie Konnerth)

Actually.. to tell the whole story, my daughter and I staked out the apartment where Trenton went missing from for several hours one night waiting for them to come home... I just wanted to see Josh & Trent so I knew they were okay, but they never showed. That's when I called Nancy. And yes, it has been hard for me, but not near as hard as it is for Carla! I feel so bad for her. But she is strong and is hanging in there, just like Josh.

And where did Laurie and her daughter Danae hide to spy on Melinda?  In the driveway next to the firewall like in the article "The Getaway"? http://duckettbucket.blogspot.com/2012/02/august-27-2006the-getaway.html

Laurie Konnerth

November 11, 2006 10:35 PM

All the way to the police station that night, I kept saying to Danae, "What has she done now?" Each and everyone of us that night told LE that we definiately thought it was Melinda. No doubts at all. We just could not let that information out to the media etc. for everyone's protection.


And it always bothers me as to what role Laurie Konnerth has played in all this. I don't know if it is true or not, but someone emailed me that Carla Massero told them that Lauie Konnerth was having an affair with the lead detective of Leesburg Police = Rich Giles. Laurie's husband divorced her. I wonder if that had anything to do with the divorce?  Whether or not that information is true, some other law enforcement agency needs to look at this case.