Gina Bloom

Gina Bloom came to the United States from Romania with a dream—to study, build a life, and raise a family in the greatest country in the world. She made that dream happen on her own, moving across the world with English as her third language, and integrating into American culture. She married, eventually became a U.S. citizen, and had two children. She was once seen as a warm, trustworthy mother in her local community, and loved her public-facing retail job where her bubbly energy made clients feel welcomed and accepted.

But behind closed doors, she was being controlled, isolated, and assaulted. One of her children is the product of rape. Gina lived under constant threat of being “deported” by her ex-husband, and was conditioned to fear law enforcement. The abuse became so severe, so inescapable, that she ultimately had her fallopian tubes removed—because she could not make the rapes stop. Even in the operating room, her then-husband tried to assert control, demanding she be denied the right to protect her own body. He had to be removed by hospital staff.

Years later, when she fled with her children to seek protection, she believed she was following the law, doing what any protective mother is told to do. At first, she was granted safety. But everything changed when her ex-husband, after nearly a year of absence, reappeared with a powerful attorney and a playbook built on DARVO tactics. The story flipped. And family court professionals followed the script.

Gina was labeled unstable, despite being cleared by professionals as a fit, attentive, and loving parent. Her abusive ex-husband was awarded full custody, their marital home, which her Romanian grandfather helped them purchase, and even control the financial narrative. Although Gina earned a fraction of what he did, the court imputed her income to match his and ordered her to pay child support on wages she never earned. The more she tried to assert her rights and tell the truth, the more she was punished. She was reduced to supervised visitation, sometimes borrowing money just for the chance to see her children.

Behind the scenes, her ex-husband had secretly opened and maxed out over a dozen credit cards in her name. Her credit was ruined. After the divorce, he filed joint tax returns against her will while a Domestic Violence Protection Order was still in effect. Gina was enrolled in the IRS Innocent Spouse Program, but by then the damage was done. Her credit was destroyed. She couldn’t rent an apartment, couldn’t qualify for a credit card, and the tax refunds owed to her were seized and redirected to him for “back child support."

After repeated stalking, threats, and psychological torment, Gina had to quit her job and go into hiding. She was relocated to a deeply rural area hours from her children—whom she wasn’t allowed to see anyway. She was court ordered to surrender her passport, and unable to return to her home country to be comforted by her family. The isolation was so complete, she sometimes went days without seeing another person. Out of desperation, she called over 30 domestic violence organizations. Only two responded. The rest said she didn’t 'qualify', were “at capacity,” or referred her elsewhere. She became the “hot potato” no one wanted to hold. Later, she learned the truth: in the world of family court, many DV and social service organizations won’t intervene.

This is not just a personal tragedy. It is a systems failure and Gina is not alone.

Gina and her children have lost years of their lives to a court system that operates like a power-and-control wheel. A GAL who helped sever her relationship with her children was later referred for criminal perjury. Sealed hearings, collusion, and unconstitutional rulings were used to silence her. She legally changed her name to survive, and she never gave up.

Now, she is just getting started. Gina is leading multiple lawsuits against the public institutions and court officers that enabled this abuse. Her story is not rare, but her courage to expose it is.

That’s why Bloom Action exists: to reveal the truth, hold power to account, and protect others from the same fate.