The key players

Who did what. Every line below is from a court file, a recording, or a letter from a public office, with the date — and the document is linked.

The family

Vincent Michael Hyler

The putative father. Petitioner in Mendocino No. 25FL01030; defendant in Heller v. Hyler, Nos. 26CV04599 and 26CV04707.

J.J. was made sick before he was born by the man who now holds him; I have sworn to how, in the declaration prepared for the May 26, 2026 hearing.
March 15, 2025, on the living-room camera: “The paperwork’s filed … I’m goin’ full custody.” “My family’s got money too.” “You’re not in this county with any judges.” “I’m not done breaking you yet.” He filed two days later. Part 1 · the transcript
March 16, 2025, 3:01 a.m., the front doorbell camera. The recordings
March 18, 2025: a restraining order lists his firearms — “shot gun and other guns at mother’s house.” April 15, 2025: his surrender receipt lists two rifles and answers “No” to any other firearm. The shotgun is not on it. The gun
July 6, 2026: the Lee County court finds I appear to be a victim of domestic violence by him. The finding
August 12, 2026: without notice to me, he obtains a temporary order in Mendocino that expires by its own terms on September 2, swearing he had surrendered “the firearm referenced in the 2025 directive” and attaching the receipt that shows he had not. The application
August 19, 2026: J.J. is taken from our home in Florida on a paper stamped “Proposed” on every page and released to him. August 26: his own exhibit places J.J. at a Ukiah clinic — a day before any order allowed travel. Part 3

Judith Hyler

His mother. Owner of Stan’s Maple Cafe, Ukiah. Defendant in Nos. 26CV04599 and 26CV04707.

Late 2024: would not open her door when he had locked me out of the house with the baby inside (as alleged, No. 26CV04707).
March 2025: confirmed by text that he had taken the baby to her house at midnight, and declined to return him. March 20, 2025: came into my home and carried him out herself. Part 2
August 2026: hers was the address J.J. was delivered to.
Served in No. 26CV04599 on October 26, 2026.

Michael Hyler

His father. Defendant in Nos. 26CV04599 (named October 27, 2026) and 26CV04707.

J.J. has been kept in his and Judith Hyler’s house in Redwood Valley since August 2026.
From April 2024: asked for help, by call and text, while I was carrying his grandson; none came (as alleged, No. 26CV04707).
Served in No. 26CV04599 on November 10, 2026. The amendment

Their lawyers

Kali S. Perkins, Perkins Family Law

Vincent Hyler’s lawyer in Mendocino, No. 25FL01030.

August 26–28, 2026: obtains an order letting the Lee County deputy who took J.J. appear by video as Vincent Hyler’s witness.
August 31 and October 23, 2026: asked where J.J. is; never gave his location.
September 15, 2026: states in court that the expired orders were “extended” — no motion, no written order, over my objection.
October 14, 2026, under penalty of perjury: the only extension ruling was the oral one on October 6. Her brief the same day: a court “may not create a different judicial decision retroactively.” October 15: the court signs her proposed order doing exactly that. Her declaration · the order
Serves a $36,071.58 fee request against me the day after the civil suit reached her clients; on November 10, 2026, moves to have me declared a vexatious litigant, attaching a chart that counts 2,213 pages of my filings.
November 6, 2026: my motion for sanctions against her is on file. The motion

Carrington Mead

Vincent Hyler’s lawyer in Lee County, Florida, No. 26-DR-005826 — the case the August 19 paper issued in.

August 21, 2026: files a proposed order asking that Vincent Hyler be “AUTHORIZED to leave Florida and travel to California with the Child.”
August 21–22, 2026: asked in writing where J.J. is; never answered.
November 6, 2026: my motion for sanctions against him is on file. The motion

Colin Morrow, Vannucci Momsen Morrow

Wrote on November 9, 2026 that he represents Judith, Michael and Vincent Hyler in No. 26CV04599.

The courts

Mendocino County Superior Court, family division

August 12, 2026: the temporary order, “NOTICE NOT GIVEN,” expiring September 2. The register
September 2, 2026: my request to be told where my son is — denied, “no actual exigency shown.” The minutes record no extension. The denial
September 28, 2026 → my verified petition to enforce my order, which calls for a hearing the next judicial day — never heard.
Judge FredRicco McCurry: struck my verified statements of disqualification of himself (September 10 and November 9, 2026); on October 6 extended the expired order “nunc pro tunc” on the record; on October 15 signed counsel’s order declaring it had never lapsed and directing that the minutes be “corrected”; on November 4 vacated the only evidentiary hearing ever set.

Lee County Circuit Court, Florida

August 19, 2026: the paper J.J. was taken on — “Proposed” on every page, executed at an address the same court had sealed. The paper
August 27, 2026, 1:11 p.m.: travel to California “authorized,” a day after J.J. was already at a Ukiah clinic. The order
Judge Adams: assigned my enforcement case to herself on September 23, 2026 and held it in abeyance the next afternoon. My order was registered and confirmed October 16, 2026, uncontested.

California Court of Appeal, First District

September 23, 2026: asks in writing which custody orders govern. The order
Then denies relief in one sentence — August 31 (A177424), October 6 (A177556), October 14 (A177795) — and on November 2 denies habeas corpus for J.J. (A177840), a 385-page record, no opposition filed. The first three denials

Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal

November 6, 2026: denied (No. 6D2026-2448).

The offices

Mendocino County District Attorney

September 8, 2026: the investigator called Vincent Hyler’s lawyer before speaking to me, then told me: “All you’re doing is every day writing stuff to file in court.” September 28: my sworn felony complaint; no charges. The call

Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office

September 28, 2026: declined a welfare check, “taking the DA’s position.” November 7 and 8: my faxed welfare-check requests, unanswered. J.J. has never been entered in the state or national missing-person systems. The refusal

Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Florida

September 11, 2026: “unable to enter your son as a missing person”; “civil in nature.” September 29: the deputy who carried J.J. out of my house came back and arrested me — the day after I reported the taking to the Mendocino DA and the ATF. The State never filed charges and dismissed the case on October 26. The letter · Part 4

State Attorney, 20th Circuit, Florida

September 15, 2026: prosecutes only cases “brought to us by our local police agencies.” The letter

California Department of Justice, Missing Persons

September 8, 2026: the matter “does not pertain to missing or unidentified persons.” The email

He did it, and everyone who could have stopped it let him.

Allegations marked “as alleged” are from the verified complaint in Heller v. Hyler, No. 26CV04707, and are cited by the court paper. Every other line is from a filed court record, a recording, or an office’s own letter. J.J. is referred to by his initials. The filings · The record, by the numbers · The Timeline