Case FLMSD96-00974 - J. WILLIAMS VS J. WILLIAMS

Case FLMSD96-00974 - J. WILLIAMS VS J. WILLIAMS  

This divorce like many others ended with a Murder Suicide on Lookout Point Mt. Diablo 

Case FLMSD96-00974 - J. WILLIAMS VS J. WILLIAMS


Case FLMSD96-00974 - Complaints/Parties

Complaint Number: 1 Complaint Type: Pre-JBSIS Complaint/Petition Filing Date: 03/15/1996 Complaint Status: ACTIVE
Party Number	Party Type	Party Name	Attorney	Party Status
1	PLAINTIFF	JUDITH E. WILLIAMS	Pro Per
2	DEFENDANT	JAMES R. WILLIAMS	Unrepresented	Serve Required (WaitS)

Case FLMSD96-00974 - Actions/Minutes

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	08/28/2008	COPIES	Not Applicable
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	08/21/2008	COPIES	Not Applicable
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	07/27/2001	STIPULATION & ORDER AFTER 8/21/00 HEARING	Not Applicable
	07/27/2001	STIPULATION & ORDER TO/FOR APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTER FILED	Not Applicable
	10/10/2000	ORDER AFTER 082100 HEARING RE: RESERVED ISSUES FILED	Not Applicable
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	08/21/2000	ORDER AFTER 082100 HEARING RE: ARREARS/REIMBURSEMENT OF FEES FILED	Not Applicable
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	08/21/2000 8:30 AM DEPT. 05	F/L FURTHER HRG/REVIEW RE: CUSTODY & VISITATION	COMPLETED
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	08/21/2000 8:30 AM DEPT. 05	HEARING ON F/L MTN/OSC TO/FOR EATABLISH ARREARAGE ( JAMES R. WILLIAMS) (PRO PER)	COMPLETED
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	07/14/2000	ORDER AFTER 051600 HEARING RE: MEDIATION, CUSTODY, ETC FILED	Not Applicable
	07/06/2000	HEARING ON F/L MTN/OSC WAS SET FOR 8/21/00 AT 8:30 IN DEPT. 05
	07/06/2000	FAMILY LAW OSC/MOTION RE: ESTABLISH ARREARAGE FILED BY JAMES R. WILLIAMS
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	05/16/2000	HEARING ON F/L REVIEW WAS SET FOR 8/21/00 AT 8:30 IN DEPT. 05
	05/16/2000 8:30 AM DEPT. 05	HEARING ON F/L MTN/OSC TO/FOR MODIFICATION OF CHILD VISITATION/INJUNCTIVE ORDER ( JUDITH E. WILLIAMS) (PRO PER)	COMPLETED
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	05/08/2000	RESPONSIVE DECLARATION OF JAMES R. WILLIAMS TO OSC OR NOTICE OF MOTION FIELD; HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 05/16/00 AT 08:30 IN 05	Not Applicable
	04/21/2000	HEARING ON F/L MTN/OSC WAS SET FOR 5/16/00 AT 8:30 IN DEPT. 05
	04/21/2000	INCOME & EXPENSE DECLARATION FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS	Not Applicable
	04/21/2000	OSC (CUSTODY AND/OR VISITATION RE: MODIFICATION OF VISITATION/INJUNCTIVE ORDER FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS	Not Applicable
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	03/07/2000	FINDINGS & ORDER AFTER 03/07/00 HEARING RE: CLARIFYING SUPPORT, ADD-ONS AND ARREARS FILED.	Not Applicable
	03/07/2000 1:30 PM DEPT. 05	HEARING ON F/L MTN/OSC TO/FOR CLARIFICATION OF SUPPT,ARREARS,FEES,ETC *OST* ( JUDITH E. WILLIAMS) (PRO PER)	COMPLETED
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	03/06/2000	RESPONSIVE DECLARATION OF JAMES R. WILLIAMS TO OSC OR NOTICE OF MOTION FIELD; HEARING SCHEDULED FOR 03/07/00 AT 01:30 IN 05	Not Applicable
	02/25/2000	HEARING ON F/L MTN/OSC WAS SET FOR 3/07/00 AT 13:30 IN DEPT. 05
	02/25/2000	EX-PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORD SH TIME (P) FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS
	02/25/2000	FAMILY LAW OSC/MOTION RE: CLARIFICATION OF SUPPT;ARREARS;FEES FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS
	02/25/2000	FEE RECEIVED FOR OSC W/ORD SH TIME (P)	Not Applicable
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	10/15/1999	SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEY FILED. SCHLEGEL, LEANNE SUBSTITUTES OUT AS ATTORNEY FOR JUDITH E. WILLIAMS AND IS REPLACED BY PRO/PER	Not Applicable
	09/02/1999	NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY OF ATTORNEY SCHLEGEL, LEANNE FOR JUDITH E. WILLIAMS FOR PERIOD 9/10/99 THROUGH 9/20/99 FILED	Not Applicable
	03/30/1999	JUDGMENT ON RESERVED ISSUES FILED	Not Applicable
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	03/22/1999	ORDER (AFT TRIAL) ON RESERVED ISSUES OF BANK ONE DEBT; VALUE OF FORD TAURUS AUTO & CHILD SUPPORT	Not Applicable
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	02/17/1999 1:30 PM DEPT. 07	F/L SPECIAL SET HEARING ON: BANK ONE DEBT (JUDGE JOEL H.GOLUB TO HEAR)	COMPLETED
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	01/28/1999	WE CANNOT FILE/ISSUE YOUR JMT ON RSVD ISSUES FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON:	Not Applicable
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	01/28/1999	FINDINGS & ORDER AFTER 12/16/98 HEARING RE: ALLOCATION OF DEBT, ATTENDANCE AT ELEM SCHOOL FILED.	Not Applicable
	12/16/1998	DECLARATION OF RESPONDENT FILED RE: BANK ONE CREDIT CARD	Not Applicable
	12/16/1998	DECLARATION OF COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT FILED RE: BANK ONE CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS	Not Applicable
	12/16/1998	F/L SPECIAL SET HEARING WAS SET FOR 2/17/99 AT 13:30 IN DEPT. 07
	12/16/1998 1:30 PM DEPT. 07	F/L SPECIAL SET HEARING ON: ARREARS,R/C,BONUS ISSUE,FEES	COMPLETED
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	12/07/1998	INCOME & EXPENSE DECLARATION FILED BY JAMES R. WILLIAMS	Not Applicable
	11/05/1998	PROOF OF SERVICE ON ATTY, RONALD WAGNER RE P&AS;I&E & DECL RE FEES SERVICE DATE OF 11/04/98 FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS; METHOD OF SERVICE: PERSONAL DELIVERY	Not Applicable
	11/05/1998	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER	Not Applicable
	11/04/1998	F/L SPECIAL SET HEARING WAS SET FOR 12/16/98 AT 13:30 IN DEPT. 07
	11/04/1998	STIP TO PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB	Not Applicable
	11/04/1998	STIP FOR JUDGE PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB	Not Applicable
	11/04/1998 1:30 PM DEPT. 07	F/L SPECIAL SET HEARING ON: TRIAL (JOEL GOLUB TO HEAR)	COMPLETED
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	11/04/1998	DECLARATION OF LEANNE SCHLEGEL FILED RE: ATTORNEYS FEES	Not Applicable
	11/04/1998	POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF CUSTODY DESIGNATION FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS	Not Applicable
	11/04/1998	INCOME & EXPENSE DECLARATION FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS	Not Applicable
	11/02/1998	PROOF OF SERVICE ON ATTY RONALD WAGNER RE REBUTTAL TO RSPDTS DECL SERVICE DATE OF 10/29/98 FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS; METHOD OF SERVICE: PERSONAL DELIVERY	Not Applicable
	10/29/1998	PENTRS REBUTTAL TO RESPTS DEC IN LIEU OF TEST	Not Applicable
	10/28/1998	RESPONSE TO DIRECT TESTIMONY OF PETNR (R)	Not Applicable
	10/20/1998	DECLARATION OF RESPT FILED RE: IN LIEU OF DIRECT TESTIMONY	Not Applicable
	10/20/1998	DECLARATION OF COUNSEL FOR RESPT FILED RE: LATE FILING OF DIRECT TESTIMONY OF RESPT	Not Applicable
	10/16/1998	PROOF OF SERVICE ON ATTY R. WAGNER RE PTNRS DECL IN LIEU OF TESTIMONY SERVICE DATE OF 10/14/98 FILED BY JUDITH E. WILLIAMS; METHOD OF SERVICE: PERSONAL DELIVERY	Not Applicable
	10/14/1998	PETNRS DECL IN LIEU OF DIRECT TESTIMONY	Not Applicable
	10/07/1998	F/L SPECIAL SET HEARING WAS SET FOR 11/04/98 AT 13:30 IN DEPT. 07
	08/12/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	MAND SETTLEMENT CONF JUDGE PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB TO HEAR	COMPLETED
	08/04/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	MAND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE JUDGE PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB	CONTINUED
	06/26/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	MAND SETTLEMENT CONF JUDGE PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB TO HEAR
	06/17/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	MAND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE JUDGE PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB
	06/17/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	NON-JURY TRIAL - F/L SHORT CAUSE JUDGE PRO TEM JO EL H. GOLUB
	06/16/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	MAND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE JUDGE PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB	COMPLETED
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	04/23/1998	** END OF RECONSTRUCTED FILE
	04/20/1998	STIP & ORDER RE TEMP FAMILY SUPT ENTERED ON MICR OFILM: 9/20/96
	04/17/1998	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER
	04/17/1998	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER RETIREMENT IN COME GUARANTEE PLAN
	04/08/1998	STIP & ORDER RE PENDENTE LITE CUSTODT & VISIT- A TION ISSUES (R)
	04/08/1998	STIP & ORDER FOR PRIVATE CH CUST, NON-CONF RECOM MENDING MEDIATION & EVALUATION (P)
	04/08/1998	FEE COLLECTED FOR (2) EX PARTE ORDERS
	04/08/1998	STIP & ORDER RE PENDENTE LITE CUST & VISIT ISSUE S
	04/08/1998	STIP & ORDER RE PRIVATE CH CUST, NON CONFIDEN- T IAL RECOMMENDING MEDIATION, & EVAL, IF >>>
	04/08/1998	** <<< RECOMMENDED
	03/27/1998	** RETD STIP & ORDER - CHECK NOT SIGNED
	02/25/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	FAMILY LAW TELEPHONE CONFERENCE	COMPLETED
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	02/25/1998 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	MAND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE JUDGE PRO TEM JOEL H. GOLUB
	02/05/1998	SUBST OF ATTY FOR RESPT (OLD:HARDIN ET AL (NEW:W AGNEER & WAGNER
	12/03/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 07	FAMILY LAW TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
	12/03/1997	NOTICE OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE D-7, 2-25-98 AT 1 :50PM
	12/01/1997	> AT-ISSUE MEMORANDUM OF PETNR -JUDITH WILLIAMS B Y: LEANNE SCHLEGEL/NJT/4 HOURS
	12/01/1997	> AT-ISSUE MEMORANDUM OF PETNR (JUDITH WILLIAMS B Y: (SCHLEGEL - NJT 4 HRS
	11/25/1997	** RTRND RS AT-ISSUE - MUST BE ON PINK PAPER PER LOCAL RULES OF COURT
	07/31/1997	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER
	07/31/1997	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER
	07/31/1997	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER
	07/31/1997	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER RE CASH BA- L ANCE RETIREMENT ACCT (R)
	07/31/1997	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER RE XEROX STOC K FUND BEFORE TAX PLAN & BALANCE FUND..
	07/31/1997	... OPTIONAL PROFIT SHARING PLAN (R)
	07/31/1997	QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER RE EMPLOYEE S TOCK OWNERSHIP OLAN (R)
	07/28/1997	FEE COLLECTED FOR EX PARTE QDRO RE EMPLOYEE STOC K OWNERSHIP PLAN (R)
	07/28/1997	FEE COLLECTED FOR EX PARTE QDRI RE XEROX STOCK F UND BEFORE TAX PLAN & BALANCED FUND
	07/28/1997	FEE COLLECTED FOR EX PARTE QDRO CASH BALANCE RET IREMENT ACCOUNT
	06/17/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	TELEPHONE CONFERENCE	COMPLETED
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	05/28/1997	NTC OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
	05/28/1997	NTC OF ENTRY OF JUDGMENT WITH CERT OF MAILING
	05/21/1997	APPEARANCE, STIP. & WAIVERS
	05/21/1997	STIP & ORDER FOR BIFURCATION OF ISSUES TO OBTAIN JDGMENT OF DISSO - STATUS ONLY
	05/21/1997	DECL FOR DEFAULT OR UNCONTESTED DISSOLUTION FC 2 336
	05/21/1997	JUDGMENT - STATUS ONLY ENDS 5/21/97 (MICROFILMED 05/21/97)
	05/21/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	MTN: COMPEL BIFURCATION OF MARITAL STATUS, ATTY F EES (R)	COMPLETED
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	05/21/1997	APPEARANCE, STIP. & WAIVERS
	05/21/1997	STIP.& ORDER TO BIFURCATE-STATUS ONLY
	05/21/1997	DECL FOR DEFAULT OR UNCONTESTED DISSOLUTION FC 2 336
	05/21/1997	JUDGMENT - MARITAL STATUS ONLY ENDS 5-21-97 (MIC ROFILMED 5-21-97)
	05/20/1997	NTC OF UNAVAILABILITY OF COUNSEL (PETN)
	05/15/1997	SUBST OF ATTY FOR PETNR (OLD: IN PRO PER) (NEW: LEANNE SCHLEGEL)
	05/14/1997	SUBST OF ATTY FOR PETNR(OLD:ROSEMARY MATOSSIAN ( NEW:PRO PER
	04/28/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	MTN: COMPEL BIFURCATION OF MARITAL STATUS, ATTY F EES (R)
	04/25/1997	NTC OF MTN RE ATTY FEES & COMPEL BIFURCATION OFM ARTIAL STATUS (R) 5-21-97 D8 8:29AM
	04/17/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	TELEPHONE CONFERENCE	COMPLETED
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	04/17/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
	03/25/1997	** (LETTER RE REGISTRATION OF OUR JUDGMENT IN CIR CUIT CT OF MISSOURI THEIR # 973-00928
	02/25/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	FURTHER SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE	COMPLETED
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	02/25/1997 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
	02/24/1997	RESPT SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE STATEMENT
	11/27/1996 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	FURTHER SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
	11/25/1996 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	MAND SETLMT CONF - FAM.LAW	COMPLETED
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	11/04/1996 8:00 AM DEPT. 31	MTN FOR CH/SP SUPPORT, FEES (P)	COMPLETED
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	09/27/1996 8:00 AM DEPT. 08	MAND SETLMT CONF - FAM.LAW
	09/27/1996	NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE
	09/20/1996	FEE COLLECTED FOR STIP ORDER RE: TEMP FAMILY SUP PORT MICRO 9-20-96
	09/20/1996	COPY & CERTIFICATIONS
	09/19/1996	> AT-ISSUE MEMORANDUM OF PLTF- JUDITH E. WILLIAMS BY: ROSEMARY MATOSSIAN/NJT/4 HOURS
	09/19/1996	> AT-ISSUE MEMORANDUM OF RESP- (JAMES BY:MATOSSIA N NJ/4HRS.
	09/16/1996	>> RESPONSE FILED FEE PD
	09/16/1996 8:00 AM DEPT. 31	MTN FOR CH/SP SUPPORT, FEES (P)
	09/16/1996	NTC/MTN RE CH SUPPT, SP SUPPT & ATTY FEES/COSTS( P) 11/4/96 1:30PM D41
	09/16/1996	>> RESPONSE FILED
	04/02/1996	SUMMONS W/PRF OF SVC BY MAIL & ACKN SIGNED 3/25/ 96
	04/02/1996	SUMMONS W/NTC OF ACKNOW OF SUM & PETN RE: JAMESR . WILLIAMS W/PRF OF MLG SIGNED ON 03-25-96
	03/15/1996	PETN FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE - SUMMONS ISSUE D FEE PD
	03/15/1996	PETN FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE - SUMMONS ISSUE D

Case FLMSD96-00974 - Pending Hearings

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OBIT: The Judith and Adam Williams Murders or Murder Suicide

Murder-suicide mom wanted to keep boy from dad
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Published 4:00 am, Saturday, July 25, 2009
Reposted for all to ponder

From San Francisco Chronicle

The Walnut Creek woman who killed her teenage son on Mount Diablo before shooting herself was angry that the boy was spending more time with her ex-husband, her brother told The Chronicle after reading her suicide note.

Judith Elizabeth Williams, 51, decided to kill her 16-year-old son, Adam Williams, in part because her ex-husband had recently moved back to California from Missouri and was spending every other weekend with their son, her brother said. On Friday, father and son were to have left on a trip to Southern California.

"She didn't want Adam to go to his dad," Williams' brother, Bill Collins, 55, of Palo Cedro (Shasta County) said Friday. "That was obvious."

On the afternoon of July 17, Williams and Adam drove up to Lookout Point near the top of Mount Diablo. They got out of her Toyota Corolla and enjoyed the view. Williams took a picture of her son and then ambushed him with two shots to his chest and head before killing herself, authorities said.

"I loved my sister," Collins said. "I have to have sympathy for her plight, but I have no sympathy for her taking Adam. Since she shot that beautiful boy, that sympathy goes out the window."

Collins said his sister had made clear in a three-page, typed suicide note found beside her computer that she wanted her and her son's lives to end.

She described taking her cats to a shelter the day before and of taking Zachary, the family dog, to the veterinarian to have it euthanized at 11:45 a.m., only hours before the drive up to Mount Diablo, Collins said.

'Extremely calculating'

She expressed anguish that Adam, the boy she had raised alone since she filed for divorce from Jim Williams in 1996, was spending more time with her ex-husband, Collins said.

"It seemed extremely calculating and deliberate in its purpose," Collins said of his sister's reasoning.

He said his sister had also touched on financial problems she had been having for at least a decade. She wrote something to the effect of, "This was (the) only option because bills are due," Collins said.

Judith Williams filed for bankruptcy protection once, in 1999, and her landlord told The Chronicle that she was behind on the $1,700 monthly rent for her house on Blackwood Drive.

After their five-year marriage dissolved, Jim Williams moved to St. Louis and saw his son only during the holidays. Her former husband, now 45, moved to Roseville (Placer County) a couple of years ago and started seeing Adam every other weekend and a couple of weeks each summer.

"I thought it was the right thing to do," Collins said.

But Judith Williams was "livid," her brother said. She felt that she had done all the work of raising Adam.

"She had a chip on her shoulder that I never really understood," Collins said. "It was kind of strange."

Tension in family

Collins said his sister could be difficult and was "tough as nails" in her dealings with others. She had a falling-out with their younger brother and had only recently made up with her older sister after a dispute, Collins said. "There was a difficult family dynamic," he said.

Despite their problems, he said, the siblings had reached out to Williams, offering her money and support. Collins said he had encouraged his sister and Adam to come live with him in Shasta County.

Why Williams took the path she did will forever haunt her family, Collins said. 'I'm bewildered'

"I wouldn't say I'm angry. I would say I'm ashamed," he said. "I'm bewildered. I'm perplexed. I'm sad she would do something like that" to a son she treated "like solid gold." Dax Harris, head track coach at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, where Adam would have been a junior in the fall, said the boy had been "improving every day" on the field.

"It's a really tragic circumstance. I think it's kind of a selfish act," Harris said Friday as he prepared to attend a memorial for Adam in Fair Oaks (Sacramento County).

"I really don't see the point in something like this," Harris said. "I figure you can set differences aside when it comes to divorce and doing stuff with the kids."

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