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25-6792 Daniel Smalls v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, et al. South Carolina 2026-02-12 Pending IFP child-support due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction paternity personal-service 1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permits a state court to assert jurisdiction and impose child support obligations on a nonres…
25-175 In Re Andy Desty 2025-08-13 Denied Relisted (2) administrative-law child-support constitutional-rights due-process judicial-power separation-of-powers 1. Has the authority and ruling of the Supreme Court case between Holmberg v. Holmberg, 588 N.W.2d 720 (Minn. 1999), to stop Corporation 's child supp…
25-5209 Andrea Nicole Weetly v. Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, et al. California 2025-07-28 Denied IFP child-support due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-delay modification-motions procedural-compliance 1. Whether a state court's prolonged failure to rule on timely filed child support modification and enforcement motions —despite irrefutable financia…
24-6901 Junior-Tony Dieujuste v. Jessica Sin, Judge, Family Court of New York, Queens County, et al. Second Circuit 2025-03-31 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-action child-support court-proceedings judicial-immunity servicemark trademark-law Whether judicial immunity extends to administrative actions taken by court officials in child support proceedings involving unauthorized use of a regi…
24-6631 Charles Lord v. Heather Lord New York 2025-02-24 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-support constitutional-rights due-process family-court judicial-procedure proof-of-service Whether an unsigned and undated child support order can be used to make another child support order without a hearing or proper service
24-6076 Reginald Wright v. Virginia Department of Child Support Enforcement, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-12-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction legal-proceedings Did the false information and improper jurisdiction in a child support case violate the petitioner's constitutional due process and civil rights?
24-5649 Deandre Arnold v. Tyarielle Patterson Eleventh Circuit 2024-09-27 Denied IFP child-support diversity-jurisdiction emotional-distress fiduciary-duty state-court-order tort-law Whether a tort suit for intentional infliction of emotional distress based on alleged extortionate usage of a child support order and breach of fiduci…
24-5334 Russell G. Conlon v. Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Child Support Services, et al. Oklahoma 2024-08-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support constitutional-challenges criminal-procedure due-process judicial-recusal state-taxation Whether a court can convict an American citizen without trial after pleading not guilty, whether a judge can rule on matters during a recusal action, …
24-5084 Terrence E. Gilchrist v. Simone Craig Ohio 2024-07-16 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-support due-process equal-protection equitable-relief fourteenth-amendment fundamental-rights privileges-and-immunities procedural-protections social-security-act takings-clause turner-v-rogers Whether non-adherence to Turner procedural protections violates substantive-due-process-and-privileges-and-immunities,takings-clause,due-process-and-e…
23-6828 Warren J. Levering v. Nebraska Nebraska 2024-02-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP chevron-deference child-support economic-impact-payments federal-statutory-construction statutory-interpretation tax-law tax-refund treasury-offset-program Did the Nebraska Supreme Court violate the U.S. Supreme Court's rules of Federal statutory construction?
23-6813 Niki Hamidi v. Ike M. Iqbal California 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-concealment child-support child-support-modification creditor-rights creditors-rights estate-planning fiduciary-duty fraudulent-conveyance uniform-voidable-transactions-act voidable-transactions Whether the creation of a will and trust during child support modification proceedings, with the intent to hide income and assets and fraudulently con…
23A768 Terrence E. Gilchrist v. Simone Craig Ohio 2024-02-22 Presumed Complete child-support due-process equal-protection full-faith-and-credit interstate-enforcement turner-v-rogers Whether the Full Faith and Credit Clause requires interstate recognition of child support payments and procedural protections when a state court fails…
23-6581 Eric Adam Grueninger v. Chadwick Dotson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections Fourth Circuit 2024-01-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP assets-liabilities child-support disability employment-history financial-disclosure income-sources prisoner-filing retirement spouse-employment support-expenses unemployment What legal issues are being raised?
23A587 Russell G. Conlon v. Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Child Support Services, et al. Oklahoma 2023-12-27 Presumed Complete child-support commerce-clause due-process equal-protection health-insurance origination-clause Whether Oklahoma's state statutes governing child support, health insurance, and medical benefits for divorced or separated parents violate the Origin…
22-7835 Francisco Antonio Cordova v. Maria Luisa Camacho California 2023-06-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP bankruptcy-discharge child-support civil-procedure civil-rights creditor-harassment due-process judicial-misconduct notice property property-rights right-to-be-heard Can the Los Angeles Superior Court deny an American Citizen their Due Process rights to adequate notice and the right to be heard when depriving them …
22-1094 Mandy Mobley Li v. Chao Li Georgia 2023-05-10 Denied Response Waived child-support child-support-modification due-process equal-protection exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption fourteenth-amendment full-faith-and-credit jurisdiction preemption Whether Georgia law has been pre-empted by the FFCCSOA
22-6979 Ivey McCray v. William D. Jones, et al. Third Circuit 2023-03-10 Denied IFP administrative-offset administrative-offsets child-support comity-clause constitutional-due-process interstate-enforcement non-alienation-clause retirement-benefits social-security social-security-benefits title-ivd Whether Petitioner has right of action to recover Social Security Retirement Benefits
22-6582 In Re Elaine Mickman 2023-01-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-support constitutional-rights due-process judicial-authority jurisdiction legal-procedure legislated-law state-constitution state-court-jurisdiction usurpation Whether the state Court violated due-process,constitutional-rights,jurisdiction,legislated-law,state-constitution,usurpation
22-6294 Keith Strom v. Douglas Mitchell, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-12-13 Denied IFP child-support due-process family-law parent-child-relationships parental-rights poverty state-intervention state-involvement welfare-interests Should the State be allowed to impose child support payments that result in unavoidable poverty and severely damaged child-parent relationships?
22-5861 Brent Evan Webster v. Oregon Division of Child Support Ninth Circuit 2022-10-18 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-closure bankruptcy bankruptcy-dismissal child-support civil-procedure civil-rights covid-19-impact due-process standing trafficking trafficking-allegations Did the United States Bankruptcy Court error in dismissing the bankruptcy case of Brent Evan Webster?
22-5654 Elaine Mickman v. Richard Mickman Pennsylvania 2022-09-23 Denied IFP age-discrimination child-support constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection minor-children second-class-siblings state-court-jurisdiction Does the state court violate federal law and the Constitution by depriving Equal Protection of the Law when it terminates child support by arbitrarily…
22-5652 G. T. v. C. S. Ohio 2022-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support civil-procedure due-process jurisdiction jurisdictional-principles service-of-process social-security-act title-iv-d uniform-interstate-family-support-act Does the construction of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act allow raising 'any matters' after the registration of a support order has confirmation …
22-5130 Timothy J. Mazique v. Louisiana Louisiana 2022-07-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP arrears child-support civil-procedure due-process equal-protection incarceration judicial-review obligor-rights statutory-interpretation Whether the district court, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Louisiana Supreme Court erred in finding the petitioner responsible for paying arrears…
21-804 Philippe Zogbe Zatta v. Steven Charles Eldred, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-11-30 Denied Response Waived child-support civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fraud immunity parental-rights rooker-feldman-doctrine state-jurisdiction Whether Petitioner can be prosecuted for not providing support to his child
21-5195 M. T. Q. v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas, et al. Texas 2021-07-26 Denied IFP child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-benefits state-court-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits Whether state courts may order the inclusion of veterans' disability benefits as income for purposes of calculating child support obligations, despite…
20-1721 James Sawyer v. Rosemary Sawyer, et al. California 2021-06-11 Denied Response Waived child-support civil-rights conflict-of-laws due-process full-faith-and-credit modification state-sovereignty uifsa Is the right to Due Process as vested in a citizen of the United States durable, transportable, and enforceable in and between the originating and for…
20-1521 Yann Iannucci v. Macomb County Friend of the Court Michigan 2021-04-30 Denied child-support disability-compensation due-process federal-preemption military-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction supremacy-clause veterans-benefits Whether state courts may order the inclusion of a non-retired, disabled veteran's disability benefits as income for child support purposes
20-1511 Dax Elliot Carpenter v. Julie Elizabeth Carpenter Michigan 2021-04-28 Denied child-support disability-benefits federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction supremacy-clause va-benefits veterans-benefits Congress's-military-powers-preempt-state-law-on-veterans-benefits
20-7854 David Olson v. Stephanie Olson New York 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-division child-support civil-contempt conflicting-rulings downward-modification due-process incarceration legal-procedure Did the New York Appellate Division, First Department err in upholding the Trial Court for adjudging Petitioner in civil contempt and ordering incarce…
20-300 James Alan Clark v. Wendy Kristine Clark Washington 2020-09-08 Denied Response Waived child-support due-process equal-custody equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fundamental-liberty-interests residential-credit shared-custody strict-scrutiny Whether strict scrutiny protections apply to child-support-orders
20-267 Sean Braunstein v. Jericka Braunstein New Hampshire 2020-09-02 Denied Relisted (2) child-support disability-benefits federal-preemption judicial-jurisdiction military-compensation military-powers supremacy-clause veterans-benefits veterans-judicial-review-act Where Congress's enumerated military powers preempt all state law concerning disposition of military benefits, and Congress has not affirmatively gran…
20-168 Paul W. Nusbaum, Jr. v. Marsha R. Nusbaum, et al. Maryland 2020-08-18 Denied Response Waived agency-determination arrearages child-support federal-regulations judicial-review public-assistance separation-of-powers spousal-support Whether the federal and state governments have a direct interest in how child support payments are applied when the obligee is not receiving public as…
20-5305 Ronnie Smith v. New York State Child Support Processing Center, et al. Second Circuit 2020-08-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-support child-support-garnishment erisa erisa-exemption federal-pension federal-pension-funds garnishment income-protection intergovernmental-tax-immunity statutory-interpretation supremacy-clause veterans-benefits Whether federal pension funds are exempt from child support garnishment
19-8236 Iva Brooks v. Aaron Foster Illinois 2020-04-10 Denied IFP child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-discretion parental-rights pro-se procedural-violations standing state-attorney What are the issues being raised in the SCOTUS petition for writ of certiorari?
19-8138 Jeanette Woolsey-Ross v. James Woolsey, et al. Virginia 2020-03-30 Denied IFP child-support civil-rights due-process interstate-commerce social-security standing Whether the Due Process Clause is violated when the federal interstate child support enforcement process under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act d…
19-7867 David Leon Mims v. Illinois Health and Family Services Illinois 2020-03-04 Denied IFP child-support civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process freedom jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Whether the payment of child support is mandatory and within the jurisdiction of the court to stop an individual's freedom as a free man
19-7721 Machelle Parsons v. Ashton McDaniel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied IFP Child-protective-services-investigation child-support child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights due-process eleventh-amendment Eleventh-Amendment-immunity family-law guardian-ad-litem Guardian-ad-litem-liability jurisdiction parental-rights Parental-rights-termination social-security-disability standing Termination-order-access Does the court have jurisdiction over the parties in the case to mandate services to families if there were no finding of neglect. No adjudicatory hea…
19-7085 Ratha Oeur v. County of Los Angeles, California California 2019-12-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abuse-of-discretion child-support continuance de-novo de-novo-review due-process family-law income-expense-declaration standard-of-review unexpected-event Does this Court of Appeal's Opinion conflict with the Court of Appeal's decision in In re the Marriage of Tydlaska?
19-7030 Margaret Guevara v. Mark Padin, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-12-20 Denied IFP child-support civil-rights commerce-clause commerce-clause-violation constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction interstate-commerce interstate-dispute judicial-procedure standing Whether the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office is breaching the Commerce Clause by deducting wrongly calculated child support from Guevara's paychecks…
19-6989 George Calvin Belt v. Florida Florida 2019-12-18 Denied IFP administrative-law child-support federal-authority federal-legislation federal-preemption state-authority state-law-conflict state-legislation state-statute supremacy-clause unemployment-benefits How it is possible that the State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Child Support Program (DOR CSP) can enforce Fla. Stat. § 443.051 that became esta…
19-561 Gail Rosier v. Jeffrey Strobel Arizona 2019-10-29 Denied Response Waived child-support contempt contempt-proceedings due-process imprisonment incarcerated-obligors indigent-obligors interstate-enforcement procedural-safeguards uniform-interstate-family-support-act What minimum procedural safeguards are required to ensure due process for incarcerated and indigent obligors who face child support proceedings under …
18A1214 Tracy Nixon v. Texas Texas 2019-05-22 Presumed Complete appellate-remedies child-support constitutional-violation due-process in-forma-pauperis procedural-rights Whether the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments' due process protections preclude enforcement of a child support order that allegedly deprives an indigent…
18-9134 Joe Clopton v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division Fifth Circuit 2019-05-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP amending-indictment brady-violation burden-of-proof child-support cps-records criminal-procedure defense-strategy double-jeopardy due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel exculpatory-evidence false-allegations grand-jury ineffective-assistance lesser-included-offense medical-records nolo-contendere plain-error sixth-amendment social-worker-testimony Whether the medical records were improperly excluded from evidence
18-8918 David Wiley v. Jennifer Wiley Washington 2019-04-19 Denied IFP best-interests-of-child bills-of-attainder child-support due-process judicial-discretion parent-child-relationship Question not identified
18-8554 Wylmina Hettinga v. Timothy P. Loumena California 2019-03-26 Denied IFP child-support civil-procedure court-jurisdiction due-process jurisdiction legal-standing parental-rights standing vexatious-litigant Can Petitioner be brought into a state superior court to be ordered to pay child support for a minor she had no legal rights to and no visitation righ…
18-7671 Ada A. Gonzalez v. Grant Maloy, Clerk Florida 2019-01-30 Denied IFP alimony child-custody child-support civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-relations domestic-violence due-process family-law injunction pro-se standing Whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires a state court to provide a hearing before issuing a domestic violence injunction agains…
18-787 Robert Lee Rhoe, II v. Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement Maryland 2018-12-20 Denied Response Waived 13th-amendment child-support civil-rights dna dna-rights due-process economic-enslavement liberty paternity-testing property takings thirteenth-amendment Whether the Custodial Parent and MCOCSE's actions in economically enslaving the Petitioner through child support and U.S. citizenship claims over his …
18-786 Glenn Blair v. Angela McClinton, et al. Texas 2018-12-20 Denied child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction plenary-powers standing subject-matter subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether Title IV-D Agency Court had jurisdiction over my daughter and I when they issued a child support order
18-6489 Guetatchew Fikrou v. Montgomery County Office of Child Support Enforcement Division, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-10-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-of-discretion bankruptcy bankruptcy-code child-support civil-procedure civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-statute standing state-law supplemental-jurisdiction Whether the abuse of discretion standard applies to review of the issues presented in the petition
18-230 Robert Allen Richards, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles, California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2018-08-22 Denied Response Waived bill-of-attainder canon-law child-support civil-procedure civil-rico civil-rights due-process paternity-fraud rooker-feldman-doctrine standing Whether the district court erred in dismissing petitioner's case under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine in a civil RICO paternity fraud lawsuit involving f…