No. 24-5952

M. C. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2024-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: child-welfare constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-rights procedural-deficiencies
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2024-12-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the termination of parental rights without substantial evidence of unfitness violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether the termination of parental rights without substantial evidence of unfitness violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 2. Whether the immediate removal of my daughter from my home without direct proof of abuse or neglect by the parent is in direct violation of several Federal and State Constitutional guaranteed Rights and Statutes, without due process? These include the Fourth, Ninth, Fourteenth Amendment, Article 1 Sec 2, 3, and 7, RCW 13.34.130 and 2013 c 254s 1? 3. Whether DCYF fulfilled its duty to expressly and understandably offer services that were in line with the individual needs of the parent before terminating parental rights? 4. Whether the procedural deficiencies and lack of accommodation for my intellectual disability and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) constituted a violation of my constitutional rights? C1 of C2 UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

Docket Entries

2024-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
2024-11-21
Waiver of right of respondent WA Dept. of Children to respond filed.
2024-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2024)

Attorneys

M.C.
Monica L. Cook — Petitioner
Monica L. Cook — Petitioner
WA Dept. of Children
Noah Guzzo PurcellOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Noah Guzzo PurcellOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent