Mr. Ray... Since you're not working, how DO you spend your time?

Do you find yourself with lots of idle time on your hands because you've chosen not to work like responsible parents tend to?

In January, 2000, Jack Ray was 30 years old and was living with his mother Sherry Ray (who was a disgraced officer with the Los Angeles Police Department after she admitted her involvement in the 1993 Child Abduction).

Jack realized early in his son's life that if he refused to work for a living the Court couldn't force him to support the child he claimed he loved unconditionally.

Since he presented himself as being unemployed Orange County Child Support Services set Jack's Court-ordered Child Support obligations at the California minimum of $152 per month.  Shouldn't be too hard to pony up that amount, right?  Assuming you really do love a child and want what is in his best interests?  Certainly McDonald's HAD to be hiring at some point, right?

Why bother with inconvenient personal responsibilities when you can instead engage in perpetual harassment of the victim and her family.  That's what the Family Court system is there for, isn't it Jack?  Spend the days when you don't have visitation crying about losing visitation due to your violent criminal history.

January 21, 2000:

January 21, 2000 - Jack Ray in court once again to harass the woman he assaulted and whose child he abducted.  The transcripts make it clear Jack was returning the matter frequently without cause.

January 21, 2000 - Page 2

January 21, 2000 - The Court's disapproval for Jack Ray is unmistakably clear in lines 8 through 10.

So...  What is this 'Vexatious Litigant' term, and is it a good thing that Jack was "perilously close" to the Court declaring him to be one?

To answer this question I direct the reader's attention to the California Code of Civil Procedure, Section 391(b)(3) a vexatious litigant is defined as:

"In any litigation while acting in propria persona, repeatedly

files unmeritorious motions, pleadings, or other papers, conducts
unnecessary discovery, or engages in other tactics that are frivolous 

or solely intended to cause unnecessary delay."

Nothing in there about it implying Jack was a good parent.

Follow up letter to Jack Ray from the victim's attorney pointing out that not only does Jack not provide necessary financial support for his son, but he also doesn't pay court-ordered penalties for his ongoing harassment.  It becomes more and more unclear why Donah Freeman and others in Riverside County thought so highly of Mr. Ray.