adoption-law

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-516 R. M. C., III v. J. D. L. Colorado 2022-12-05 Denied Relisted (2) adoption adoption-law child-welfare civil-rights custody custody-order due-process family-law parental-rights state-jurisdiction state-power Whether a state may require an adoptive parent to comply with a custody order issued prior to his adoption of the child without due process
22-5632 Albert Coppedge v. New York, et al. Second Circuit 2022-09-21 Denied IFP 13th-amendment 14th-amendment adoption-law birth-certificate citizenship-status civil-procedure civil-rights due-process identity-documentation international-adoption legal-impediment standing What Branch of Law Purported the States to Apply Abolished Slave Labels (Negro, Black, and Colored) to Any Human of African Descent After 1865?
21-955 Khristy Goins Rismiller, Tutrix for Daniel Edward Goins, et al. v. Gemini Insurance Company, et al. Louisiana 2021-12-30 Denied Response Waived adoption adoption-law biological-classification civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection intermediate-scrutiny levy-v-louisiana wrongful-death Do children given in adoption have a constitutional right to sue for the wrongful death of their biological parent and siblings under the 14th Amendme…
20-1386 Dale Sawyer Eisele v. The Estate of Joseph Brodie Smith New Hampshire 2021-04-02 Denied adoption adoption-law civil-rights dna-paternity due-process exhumation exhumation-request family-rights legal-interpretation pretermitted-heir probate standing Did interpreting this matter by using current adoption laws lead to a comprehension error that was detrimental to this case?
20-849 P. F. v. J. S., et al. Kansas 2020-12-23 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) adoption adoption-law biological-parenthood constitutional-standard due-process evolving-family-landscape family-dynamics family-rights gender-assumptions liberty-rights parental-rights Can the 'biology-plus' standard still be considered constitutional when it can no longer be justly applied?
19-7915 Alan DeAtley v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-09 Denied IFP adoption-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indian-child-welfare-act placement-preference standing state-courts state-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-courts tribal-sovereignty Whether the U.S. District Court and the 10th Circuit must follow federal and tribal law as they have followed in the past, rather than the State of Co…
18-7383 Jennifer Feldman v. Adoption Star Agency, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-01-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP 14th-amendment 6th-amendment adoption adoption-fraud adoption-law adoption-proceedings child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-bonds family-separation jurisdictional-challenge standing Whether the Eleventh Circuit Court erred in denying jurisdiction over the District Court's decision, in light of this Court's precedents recognizing t…
18-5798 C. B. v. Thomas N. Fischgrund Florida 2018-08-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP adoption adoption-law civil-rights civil-rights-deprivation constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection fraud fraud-allegations negligence notary-misconduct notary-public Should the Supreme Court of Florida decline to accept jurisdiction?