GAP: Generic Acquisition Protocol

Title:              GAP: Generic Acquisition Protocol
Author:         Christopher Lee Nordloh
Year:              2019
Publisher:     Book-Art Press Studio
ISBN:             978-1-950024-84-1
Pages:           212

"If a police officer wants to question a child and the parent invokes the child's right to have their legal guardian present, or their right to an attorney, can the State seize custody of the child without the parent's knowledge and proceed with the interview?"

This question caught my attention when I first glanced over the abstract of this highly disturbing revelation of what is happening inside the child protective service system in Colorado, but likely not unique to that state. Can the authorities really remove, unbeknownst to the parents, a child and place the child in a corrupt system?

It seems to be the case, as Christopher Lee Nordloh reveals in his nonfiction book GAP: Generic Acquisition Protocol. I had heard of cases of wrongful removal of children from their parents, but never have I heard of cases so outrageous and grotesque as what Nordloh describes, when a mother in Colorado loses her daughter as her constitutional rights are violated.

Christopher Lee Nordloh examines the case of a minor child, Joy (not her real name), who was removed from her mother through GAP and never returned again. GAP uses a manufactured excuse to take custody of a child. It is a "one-size-fits-all" allegation against the parent, a measure that should leave any parent - good and bad ones - seriously concerned with the system we live in. The corrupt judge uses a fraudulently fabricated excuse for the court to accommodate the needs of the State of Colorado to accomplish this task.

Nordloh describes in detail the GAP process, using a real case, assisted by extensive evidence, as he exposes corruption. This book gives you the chills! I could not put it down. I could not help but think of two cases I personally knew of where the state had removed children, whom they had no reason to remove, of which one was U.S. military family and the other a hard-working, legal immigrant. Nordloh's book is aggravating, scary, and treasured at the same time. Aggravating because we don't want to think that child protective services is corrupt, that it might even be another source of human trafficking. Scary because this story is not fabricated Hollywood garbage but a true story right in our modern day America. And treasured because without courageous individuals, such as Nordloh, we might never know that these horrific cases happen right under our very noses.

I give this book straight A's. It is well-documented, thorough, straightforward, and follows a strategy used in courts but described so that anyone can understand it. Of the 212 pages, 138 pages are supporting exhibits proving Nordloh's arguments, which is greatly appreciated to thoroughly understand what happened in this case. It is not just a story. It is a case, one that is highly recommended to read by any parent but also any family attorney.

Review by Publisher Karina Schmitt of Sophie Publishing House, Inc.
www.SophiePublishing.com