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                                                                From the February 29th 2000 transcript Page 64:

Ms. Penz:   Were there any family members or friends that she could have stayed with other than foster care?

Ms. Brookbank:   There was one family, the Wards, who were the friends that she stayed with the night that her father was in jail.
                               When Oregon State Trooper Pat Montgomery and I went back and met with her and her father, we were talking
                               about the possibility of creating a safety plan where Stephanie would go to that home and we were having that
                               conversation with Mr. Bare and Mrs. Ward came into the house at that time and began talking about how
                               Stephanie's father was the only person who'd ever cared for her, and when we knew the whole story we would have
                               a different perspective on what had occurred in late November. Detective Montgomery and I stepped outside and
                               made a ---

Although this portion of her testimony was interrupted by the Judge, the statement is reiterated in the 147B Substitute Care Review
Narrative dated 8/18/2000 which states:

                    "After Mrs. Ward left, Detective Montgomery and this worker consulted outside and concluded that Stephanie's
                    need for a neutral placement and, thus, removal form the dynamics surrounding domestic violence could not be
                    immediately met at the Ward home."

When Detective Montgomery and Jean Brookbank left our home with Stephanie, they went to the SCF office where she was
interviewed with Jean and Sargent Washbond UCSO. I was sent to an emergency mental health evaluation with the head of CHD
Jeff Callison. Ms. Brookbank left that interview to take a telephone call from Mr. Callison that I was present for and failed to return to
the interview. In that telephone call Mr. Callison, after having read Barbara's psychological evaluations said the following:

                    "I contacted SCF, Jean Brookbank, and told her I see no danger for daughter as long as client & ex-wife have
                     no contact and recommended he get a restraining order against wife which he is willing to do."

Ms. Brookbank also testifies regarding the interview:

                    "I actually had to leave the interview that Detective Washbond was conducting with Stephanie at that point so I
                    wasn't there for that part of the discussion."

From Barbara Bare's diary dated the same day:

                    "Cell phone call-Jean Brookbank-963-8571. Talked to her at length one hour. Asked about the Wards as
                    possible placement. Also wanted Monica's phone #'s. They want to meet with me at the ranch with an officer to
                    discuss what happened and make an assessment of Larry. Stephanie placed in foster care."

When Jean receives the call from Jeff Callison recommending that I get a restraining order against
Barbara, she then calls Barbara and talks "at length one hour" neglecting to finish her interview with
Stephanie. In our first Court appearance after taking Stephanie Jean and I had conflicting documents
for the Court shown below. She would later change her version as she often did.