Leo Atreides
Albuquerque, NM

Born August 7th, 1968 with the given name of Alvin Larry Padilla .......

The middle of five siblings. An older brother (Wayne),and sister (Delma), and two
younger sisters (Donna and Marisa). The names have changed over the years.......

But of them all, Larry was the only one to make it legal with documents changing his entire name to Leo Atreides changing his daughters name to Kendra Renee Atreides as well. His son came after the name change and was born Alec August Atreides.

It is during this time, before the birth of his son, that Larry went to court to legally change his name to Leo Atreides. He described it as starting at ground zero, with a whole new name and a new path as well. A time to remove the old dead wood and begin with new growth. A time to be the father he never had. A chance to give to his children all the things he dreamt a father should do and be. But in all his wildest nighmares he never dreamt he would marry his mother. His sisters tried to tell him but by then it was already too late....

Leo never actually married the mother, Joyce Miller, but they lived together for the first formative years of the children and then for many years after maintained equal custody of the children with them staying in the same school and staying with each parent for 2 weeks out of the month. This continued on for many years with Leo describing his refrigerator to be like the moon. Stocked and full the day before the kids arrived And when the kids left there were leftovers that got slowly eaten away til there was just beer and baking soda left.

Now Leo has been taken to court by Joyce Miller stating that he owes for nonpayment for over 9 years. Leo was able to proof in court numerous various lies and won the battle and still lost the war. Today Leo has been unable to see the children in over 2 years as one is now (Kendra) is an adult and the other is 2 years shy. CYFD and the courts claim he owes thousands of dollars in back support and has taken custoday and visitation away. Why would a system take a special child who needs both parents away just because the mother makes false unjustified claims that non the less still get more support then all the papers and witnesses the father has.

And I continue to hear stories. Good fathers being accused of this and that. One was accused of being too good of a father and was accused of grooming his daugther for sex. How sad when CYFD cannot see even one good father....

 

what's the point of running for governor.....