No. 22-5595

L. B. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2022-09-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: 14th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process parental-rights preponderance-of-evidence preponderance-of-the-evidence santosky-precedent Santosky-v-Kramer
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2023-02-24 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the state of Washington violate Mr. Baker's 14th-amendment-rights by terminating his parental-rights under a preponderance-of-the-evidence-standard not consistent with Santosky-v-Kramer

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Did the state of Washington violate Mr. Baker's 14th amendment rights by terminating his parental rights under a preponderance of the evidence standard not consistent with Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982)? Does RCW 13.34.180(1) Violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution by allowing the court to terminate parental rights under a preponderance of the evidence standard in contradiction to precedent set by Sanfosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982)? Did the state of Washington violate Mr. Baker's 14th amendment rights by terminating his parental rights under a preponderance of the evidence standard not consistent with Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982), when Mr. Baker did all the prerequisites required by the State and complied with each court ordered process?

Docket Entries

2023-02-27
Rehearing DENIED.
2023-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
2022-12-09
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 17, 2022)

Attorneys

L. B.
Larry Baker — Petitioner