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25-889 G. G. v. Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families Pennsylvania 2026-01-29 Pending administrative-law constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-review statutory-interpretation 1. Did the court exceed their authority by affirming the concerning practice of agencies and courts acting outside their own statutory laws, when dete…
25A829 Albert Whitney Coburn v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families Washington 2026-01-21 Application child-protective-services constitutional-violations family-law negligence parental-rights statute-of-limitations Question not identified.
25-6011 John De Light v. Laura De Light, et al. California 2025-10-31 Denied IFP appellate-review due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment jurisdictional-transfer 1. Automatic Preemptive Rulings and Judicial Overreach Whether a state court violates basic principles of due process by issuing preemptive rulings —s…
25-5798 Mikhael Y. Lerman v. Celine E. Lerman California 2025-10-03 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment thirteenth-amendment 1. Whether California Family Code § 2550, as applied in this case, violates my Equal Protection and Due Process rights. 2. Whether rigid equal divisi…
25-11 Margaret M. FitzGerald v. Michael Alan Knaub, et al. Pennsylvania 2025-07-02 Denied Response Waived abuse-prevention child-custody constitutional-rights domestic-violence family-law judicial-malfeasance 1. How is it possible in the most revered judicial system in the world-the United States of America-that a woman/mother/primary caregiver of the marri…
24-1119 Andrew Charles Nisbet v. Spirit Rose Bridger Ninth Circuit 2025-04-29 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (2) child-abduction custody-determination family-law habitual-residence hague-convention international-law Whether the Convention authorizes a determination that children who have lived for several years in the same residence in the same country have no hab…
24A756 Elizabeth Anne Fitzgibbon v. Adam Paul Fitzgibbon Wisconsin 2025-02-04 Presumed Complete child-custody constitutional-rights due-process family-law jurisdictional-boundaries pro-se Question not identified.
24-6440 Jondrew LaChaux v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Clark County, et al. Nevada 2025-01-31 Denied IFP child-custody due-process family-law guardianship procedural-fairness right-to-counsel Question not identified.
24A377 Grace Wilson Marshall v. Benjamin Ryan Caudill Kentucky 2024-10-21 Presumed Complete constitutional-violations due-process family-law judicial-bias parental-rights racial-discrimination Question not identified.
24-441 A. M. B., et al. v. Kelly J. McKnight, Presiding Judge, Circuit Court of Wisconsin, Ashland County Wisconsin 2024-10-21 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) adoption-rights constitutional-rights equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment second-parent-adoption Petitioners A.M.B. and T.G. have been in a committed relationship for over a decade. Together, they have raised M.M.C, A.M.B.'s biological daughter, a…
24-5669 Becky M. Peterson v. Nebraska Nebraska 2024-10-02 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-welfare court-procedure due-process family-law parental-rights reunification-services The trial court erred in determining that it was in the best interest to terminate Becky's parental rights to J C.C, J.D.C, S A P, DHHS Failed to pro…
24A188 Troy A. Minter v. Alexander Falconi, et al. Nevada 2024-08-21 Presumed Complete closure-rules constitutional-right court-proceedings family-law judicial-discretion public-access Question not identified.
24-141 S. M. v. R. R. C. New Jersey 2024-08-07 Denied child-custody family-law judicial-review parental-fitness strict-scrutiny visitation-rights 1. Whether the "fitness of the parent " is the appropriate test in determining child custody and reasonable visitation. 2. Whether "strict scrutiny…
24-5035 In Re Lionel Bailey 2024-07-10 Denied IFP adoption adoption-rights child-custody civil-rights court-procedure due-process family-law illegitimate-child parental-notice parental-rights putative-father standing WHETHER THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BROOKS COUNTY LIMITED THE SCOPE OF THE PUTATIVE FATHER'S RIGHT TO NOTICE, HEARING, AND CONSENT IN THE ADOPTION OF HIS IL…
24-5025 Delbert W. Hargis, Jr. v. Victoria A. Pritty-Pitcher New York 2024-07-09 Denied IFP constitutional-law constitutional-rights custody custody-determination due-process due-process-clause-14th-amendment family-law non-parent-custody parental-rights standing 1. Whether the decision of the lower courts, which awarded full custody of a child to a nonparent due to the existence of a strong bond, violates the …
24-5005 Daniel Scott Robinson v. Supreme Court of Hawaii Hawaii 2024-07-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP age-of-majority best-interest best-interests burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge due-process family-law federal-funding state-sovereignty 1. The State of Hawai 'i abandoned its jurisdiction and state sovereignty in Domestic Relations and family court law when it willingly accepted federa…
23A1172 Ran Li v. Yaxin Li Texas 2024-07-01 Presumed Complete custody-dispute due-process family-law judicial-discretion pro-se texas-supreme-court Question not identified.
23-7815 Jesus M. Romero, Sr. v. BronxCare HealthCare System, et al. Second Circuit 2024-06-27 Denied IFP administrative-law agency-action child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law free-speech standing statutory-interpretation the Icmter fed&al court ftrwr\ <\s, 0<5 P/Sfncf 06</ / l ( oift 6*0 Ci/ZJjit Court in ]0)tv) fot'K fhtei fo f£C°c^\>?-£ f^otfcill Could'-l*i products…
23-7598 Arnaud Paris v. Heidi M. Brown Oregon 2024-05-31 Denied IFP custody-dispute due-process equal-protection family-law federal-statutes fourteenth-amendment international-custody international-law national-origin state-statutes uccjea Does a state court's decisions and actions violating both Federal Statutes (UCCJEA) and State Statues in a custody dispute, which appears to favor an …
23-1244 Samuel Collin Robinson v. Katherine Lyman Freeman, fka Katherine Lyman Robinson Colorado 2024-05-28 Denied Relisted (2) best-interest-of-the-child best-interest-standard child-custody constitutional-rights divorce-law due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights parenting-time Parenting time scarcity wreaks havoc on relationships between children of divorce and a parent on whom minority time is imposed by court order. Where …
23-7551 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed IFP best-interests child-custody constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-discretion Question not identified.
23-7548 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-05-23 Dismissed IFP child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law hearsay hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge parental-rights state-statute 1) Can a trial Court open and remove children in a "pre-adjudicative Custody" case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by State Statute and…
23-1170 Franck William Yao v. Tamara Yao Missouri 2024-04-30 Denied best-interest-of-child best-interest-standard child-custody civil-procedure dual-citizenship expert-witness family-law judicial-consideration state-court testimony Whether the state courts erred in using Petitioner's dual citizenship status as consideration in their final judgment. Whether the state courts prope…
23-7092 Kinley MacDonald v. Michael Duddy, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-03-28 Dismissed IFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law foster-care hearsay parental-rights state-agency Question not identified.
23-964 Filip Hanik v. Teresa Hanik Washington 2024-03-05 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment child-custody constitutional-rights due-process family-law parental-rights vitek-v-jones youngberg-v-romeo 1. May a state court, or an arbitrator, order a transfer of child custody in violation of the applicable legal standards for a modification of custody…
23-6792 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-21 Denied IFP abstention child-abuse child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-court-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-6782 R. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Protective Services, et al. West Virginia 2024-02-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3)IFP adoption-rights child-abuse child-neglect child-welfare constitutional-rights due-process expedient-measures family-disintegration family-law grandparental-standing state-legislation 1) Has disintegration of the traditional family leading to substantial increases in child neglect and abuse cases caused agencies dealing with these …
23-6762 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP abuse-neglect child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-intervention Question not identified.
23-6760 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2024-02-15 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP child-custody child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law judicial-procedure jurisdiction parental-rights standing state-intervention Question not identified.
23-6646 Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht New Hampshire 2024-02-01 Denied IFP child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights domestic-violence due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights A recent New Hampshire Supreme Court precedential Opinion (July 25, 2023) addressed the enforcement of a valid child custody decree in a multi-state d…
23-6216 Daniel E. Hall v. Devon Brochu-Reynolds New Hampshire 2023-12-11 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law standing 1. Did the NHSC apply Rule 20(2) unconstitutionally and violate Father's due process rights to a meaningful appeal? 2. Did the NHSC violate the Due P…
23-581 Joey D. Thompson v. Asia Thompson Tennessee 2023-11-30 Denied child-custody family-law interstate-jurisdiction jurisdiction minor minor-rights parens-patriae parental-rights state-authority Does the State of Tennessee have jurisdiction over the minor child "A. T."?
23-6035 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2023-11-16 Dismissed Relisted (2)IFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process equal-protection family-law hearsay parental-rights standing state-federal-relations Question not identified.
23A415 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2023-11-08 Presumed Complete court-discretion family-law legal-interpretation legislative-intent statutory-construction statutory-interpretation Question not identified.
23-451 Geoffrey Hamilton Woodward v. Sarah Edge Woodward Tennessee 2023-10-30 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) can condition a fit parent's ability to have any consistent with the Due Process Clause child-custody compelling-interest due-process family-court family-law medical-treatment mental-health parental-rights state-interest state-intervention Whether a court, consistent with the Due Process Clause, can condition a fit parent's ability to have any contact with his child on unwanted medical t…
23-5831 Roberto Carlos Mendives, Individually and On Behalf of His Four Minor Children, R. C. M., II, M. A. M., G. L. M., and E. F. M. v. Bexar County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2023-10-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-custody civil-rights due-process family-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment parens-patriae parental-rights standing strict-scrutiny 1. Whether this court should overrule the fact that the state court has separated a fit parent from his/her minor children without an adjudication hea…
23-358 Keith Andrews v. Jarred Brandon Kinnett, et al. Louisiana 2023-10-04 Denied biological-paternity deception due-process family-law filiation-petition fundamental-rights marital-presumption notice parental-rights paternity 1. Does a biological father of the child of a married woman have a right to notice of his paternity before any prescription or peremption can extingui…
23-5536 Kinley MacDonald v. Maine First Circuit 2023-09-07 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-protection child-welfare civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process family-law hearsay-evidence judicial-discretion standing Before the Court is a matter involving court-based Children, Placed into "ostern Care by mere hearsay) Causing: Itrepoir—adle harm. Th mother suffered…
23-5508 In Re Kinley MacDonald 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct post-conviction-relief standing state-court-review systemic-judicial-misconduct 1. Can a state court open and remove children in a "protective custody" case based solely on hearsay accusations prohibited by state statute, in secre…
23-161 Megan Kathryn Sullivan v. Amanda Marie Seaton Georgia 2023-08-18 Denied 14th-amendment adoption child-custody due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment judicial-review parental-rights step-parent-adoption termination-of-rights Question not identified.
23-5184 Kinley MacDonald v. Lea-Anne Sutton, Judge, District Court of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2023-07-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP appellate-review child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law family-rights hearsay-evidence judicial-misconduct jurisdiction standing 1) Can a trial court open and remove children in protective custody case based solely on hearsay (because prohibited by State Statute) in secrete and …
23-5186 Kinley MacDonald v. Jeanne Lambrew, et al. Maine 2023-07-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-removal civil-rights due-process evidentiary-ruling family-law federal-review habeas-corpus standing state-court state-court-jurisdiction transcript-accuracy 1) Can a trial court open and remove children in a protective custody case based solely on hearsay circumstances prohibited by State Statute in secret…
23-16 Axel Rietschin v. Dominika Rietschin Washington 2023-07-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (3) civil-court civil-procedure due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction immigration-law immigration-status marriage-proceedings non-immigrant-aliens state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation Can a State civil Court assert jurisdiction in private matters over non-immigrant aliens admitted temporarily under 8 U.S.C. § 1184?
22-1205 Brian D. Skattum v. Devan Collomy Maine 2023-06-13 Denied 14th-amendment 5th-amendment child-custody civil-rights criminal-case criminal-procedure divorce-proceeding due-process family-law fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment self-incrimination Question I: Can the Maine courts penalize a father in a divorce and child custody proceeding, while he is also a defendant in a Criminal case, for e…
22-7643 Nathaniel R. Webb v. Director Butler, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights communication-monitoring constitutional-rights due-process family-law fourth-amendment incarceration marriage privacy-violation spousal-communication unauthorized-access 1. Did the deferdants vote the US. Constitutional proections afforded to marital relationships by imposing a blanket loan of all forms oon onit ? 2. …
22-1119 M. B. v. D. L. New Jersey 2023-05-16 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment constitutional-interpretation due-process family-law grandparent-visitation judicial-precedent legislative-authority parental-rights state-sovereignty troxel-v-granville Should this Court's decision in Troxel et vir v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000) be reversed and the issue of grandparent visitation be returned to the …
22-1012 Janet Austen v. Franklin Herman Maryland 2023-04-18 Denied alimony alimony-calculation appeals appellate-review family-law income-calculation income-determination judicial-discretion marital-dissolution permanent-alimony trial-court Most importantly, if the trial Judge miscalculated the alimony recipient's monthly income (or pay) was it right for the appeals court to uphold her de…
22-7163 In Re Marcus Marko Bachmayer 2023-03-30 Denied IFP bill-of-rights civil-rights constitutional-protections due-process familial-rights family-law federal-common-law habeas-corpus standing state-applicability Whether a child's familial relationships are protected. Whether the Bill of Rights is applicable to the States. Whether the district court engaged i…
22-7011 Charles Matthew Waters v. Anita Marie Waters Minnesota 2023-03-14 Denied IFP biological-offspring civil-procedure consent consent-withdrawal due-process family-law order-for-protection order-of-protection standing statutory-interpretation withdrawal Whether Petitioner was deprived of due process when the trial court would not allow Petitioner's withdrawal of consent to an Order for Protection, pri…
22-6944 Paige C. Sullivan, nka Paige C. Auer v. Jacob James Culwell Florida 2023-03-06 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP constitutional-law constitutional-protection custody custody-dispute de-facto-parenthood due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment liberty-interest parental-rights standing Whether a natural parent has a fundamental liberty interest, guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, in the care, custody, and management of her child…
22-702 Joseph D. Rued v. Catrina M. Rued Minnesota 2023-01-27 Denied child-abuse child-custody due-process evidence family-law judicial-discretion sexual-abuse standard-of-review therapist-testimony Without a full presentation of the facts, did the District Court's affirmative conclusion that sexual abuse had not occurred deny due process to both …
22-6559 Yan Minkovitch v. Ticor Title Company of California, et al. California 2023-01-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights community-property consumer-protection due-process family-law legal-standing marital-rights real-estate real-estate-transaction standing title-insurance Despite the fact that there are approximately 100 title insurers in the United States, the majority of the title insurance market in the country is co…
22-6441 James D. Dayvault v. Kansas Kansas 2023-01-03 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights consensual-encounter custody detention due-process family-law fourth-amendment law-enforcement photography reasonable-person reasonable-person-standard seizure 1. Did the Kansas Court of Appeals err when it affirmed the trial court's decision regarding custody for the purposes of Miranda, and does the court e…
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 1. Should the State via the district attorney, courts, or child support agencies be allowed to force child support payments so high that the resulting…
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.
22-421 D. A.. v. Portage County, Wisconsin Wisconsin 2022-11-04 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment 6th-amendment children-in-need-of-protection civil-rights cross-examination due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment sixth-amendment standing witness-testimony Whether a natural father is entitled to basic Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment Due Process during Wisconsin Children in Need of Protection or Services p…
22-5622 Todd Matthew Phillips v. Amber Phillips, nka Amber Korpark Nevada 2022-09-20 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-statute due-process evidentiary-standard family-court family-law parental-rights standing subject-matter-jurisdiction In the midst of a routine divorce saga, Wife alleged that Husband, during the marriage, had committed violent crimes against her. But Wife never conta…
22-5114 Jasmaine H. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona 2022-07-15 Denied IFP child-welfare civil-rights clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process fair-trial family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights Did the Arizona Department of Child Safety violate Mother's Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process and deprive her of her fundamental right to pare…
21-8169 Ghassan Hage v. Fida Mhanna California 2022-06-17 Denied IFP civil-rights default-judgment due-process due-process-violation family-law fraud fraud-upon-court judicial-abuse-of-discretion judicial-misconduct legal-ethics (l) Where Fraud upon the Court became normal in Family Justice Center in Santa Clara county, Department 76 when a lawyer committed numerous count of F…
21-1549 Isaac D. Koch v. Andela S. Koch, et al. Nebraska 2022-06-10 Denied civil-procedure civil-protection-order civil-rights communication-restriction constitutional-rights due-process family-law free-speech injunction standing state-court-jurisdiction Shall any State, by her Legislature, heedlessly dictate with equity's injunction — that any one person is not protected by state and federal Constitut…
21-7474 Jessie D. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona 2022-03-28 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP administrative-law civil-rights due-process family-law notice-and-hearing standing Question not identified.
21-1221 S. U. v. C. J. West Virginia 2022-03-08 Denied Response Waived biological-parenthood civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law family-separation fourteenth-amendment gestational-surrogacy maternity-presumption reproductive-rights standing surrogacy West Virginia identified unmarried biological stranger gestational surrogate C.J. as the legal mother of S.U.'s children against S.U.'s wishes and in …
21-1212 Linsay Lorine Gatsby, nka Linsay Lorine Wallace v. Kylee Diane Gatsby Idaho 2022-03-07 Denied Relisted (2) child-custody civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law fundamental-rights parental-rights same-sex-marriage Whether both members of a same-sex married couple have the same fundamental right as opposite-sex married couples to participate in the care, custody,…
21-1205 Eric E. v. Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services California 2022-03-03 Denied child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law jury-trial mootness-doctrine parental-rights standing state-action 1. Whether, under the incorporation doctrine, the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial should apply to the States for parents in quasi-prosecutoria…
21-7168 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts 2022-02-22 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP care-and-protection civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-procedure jury-trial parental-rights standing I. Whether right to parent of biological parents ' can be terminated by a single judge and statutorily transferred to foster parents when a parent rai…
21-1088 Jose Luis Alvarez v. Gabriel Pinon Washington 2022-02-07 Denied Response Waived best-interest-standard child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights custody-determination due-process family-law family-life fundamental-liberty-interest parental-rights standing Since freedom of personal choice in matters of family life is a fundamental liberty interest protected by the U.S. Constitution, did the state court e…
21-1060 Heath Richard Douglas v. Nancy Summers Douglas Sixth Circuit 2022-01-31 Denied child-abduction family-law habitual-residence hague-convention international-child-abduction international-law settled-purpose wrongful-retention In cases of wrongful retention, must a district court find a settled purpose to abandon a former habitual residence before concluding that a new habit…
21-6943 Ms. T. v. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services Maryland 2022-01-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-separation child-welfare discrimination due-process family-law judicial-discretion mental-health mental-health-discrimination parental-rights It is fair that the Montgomery County and Appeal Courts did not considerate the fact that I had been mentally stable for 4 years? Isn't true that the…
21-6782 A. M., aka A. G. v. Colorado, In the Interest of J. G. and C. G., Children Colorado 2022-01-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP best-interest-of-child best-interest-standard child-custody constitutional-rights due-process family-law fundamental-liberty fundamental-rights non-parent-standing parental-rights standing Whether it infringes on a fit parent's fundamental constitutional rights to, in the absence of clear and convincing evidence of unfitness or harm caus…
21-964 Sherrie Rye v. Lucas County Department of Job and Family Services Ohio 2022-01-04 Denied Response Waived adoption-and-safe-families-act burden-of-proof child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law parental-rights santosky-standard standard-of-proof termination-of-parental-rights In light of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) enacted by Congress in 1997, should this Court expand the minimum burden of proof to terminate p…
21-6699 J. T. v. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services Maryland 2021-12-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP best-interests-of-child child-welfare due-process family-law family-separation mental-health mental-stability parental-rights standing Why the Court of Appeal did not considerate the fact that I have been mentally stable for more than 3 years and am dedicated to maintain this status? …
21-6330 S. B. v. Florida Department of Children and Families, et al. Florida 2021-11-18 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure child-welfare civil-rights custody-requirements department-of-children-services due-process family-law judicial-procedure judicial-review WHAT ARE THE REQUITEMENTS BEFORE PLACING CHILDREN? WAS 2BACKGROUND CHECKS DONE ON ALL PARTIES IN THIS CASE WHY? WHY WASN'T A DNA TEST DONE? WAS THE…
21-525 Hemant Bhimnathwala v. New Jersey State Judiciary, et al. Third Circuit 2021-10-08 Denied Relisted (2) child-custody disparate-impact due-process equal-custody equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment obergefell-v-hodges statute-of-limitations 1. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a presumption of equal, joint custody of children in child custody proceedings? Is this presumption a logical…
21-5628 Danny W. Alcoser v. Court of Appeals of Texas, Tenth District Texas 2021-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law judicial-procedure procedural-rights standing supreme-court-review texas-family-code texas-supreme-court Did the Texas Supreme Court deprive the petitioner from obtaining the Equal Protection of a procedural right under the Due Process of law, specificall…
21-5621 In Re Patrick Disanto 2021-09-08 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse-allegations child-custody civil-rights conflict-of-interest disability-rights due-process family-law judicial-bias judicial-hearing-officer parental-rights standing I. DOES THE JUDICIAL HEARING OFFICER POSSESS THE ABILITY TO VIEW THE COMPLICATED CASE FROM A NON BIASED PERSPECTIVE, WITHOUT EXPRESSING HIS OWN MISOGY…
21-87 Jeffrey Angelo Campbell v. Sylvia Betta-Cole, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-07-22 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment child-custody civil-rights due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction parental-rights section-1983 state-court-jurisdiction state-courts 1. Kelson v. Springfield, 767 F 2d 651, HN2, HN3, A child cannot be removed unless the child's life is in danger. If there is no proof of any life-thr…
21-50 D. R. S. v. D. P. H. L., et al. Florida 2021-07-14 Denied Response Waived child-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment government-overreach interstate-commerce parental-rights Should the Government, with assistance of family courts, have the sole and final say on the Frankensteining of the American Family? Does this deny bas…
21-5059 Gregory A. Austin v. Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-07-09 Denied IFP 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights divorce-industry due-process family-law free-speech marriage-licensing standing state-authority takings My case challenges the authority and practices of California's divorce industry, and hence, collectivism in general, by virtue of posing the question,…
20-1516 Veronica V. Badescu v. Catalin S. Badescu Ohio 2021-04-29 Denied best-interest-standard child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-interest vagueness 1. Precisely what constitutes a compelling state interest justifying deprivation of a fit parent's—and primary caregiver's—constitutional right to leg…
20-7860 Alicia Marie Richards v. Ryal W. Richards California 2021-04-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law pro-se-litigant property-rights sanctions statutory-interpretation Is the statutory law taking of a person's property arbitrary, too broad and discriminatory under Dusenbery v. United States, 534 U.S. 161 (2002) and v…
20-7799 Susan W. Vaughan v. Shannon Foltz, et al. Fourth Circuit 2021-04-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process familial-association family-law fourth-amendment liberty-deprivation qualified-immunity standing state-statute Is Troxel v Granville correctly applied to a case that has nothing to do with grandparents' visitation requests, but is used, nevertheless, as grounds…
20-6955 Theresa Skillings v. City of New York, New York New York 2021-01-27 Denied Relisted (2)IFP administrative-law agency-discretion americans-with-disabilities-act child-services civil-rights due-process equal-protection family-law immigration-law social-services-law statutory-interpretation Whether the respondent, in denying the petitioner's request for services by occupation at the petitioner's home in accordance with New York State Law,…
20-1005 Sara Dees v. San Diego County, California Ninth Circuit 2021-01-26 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 child-seizure civil-rights due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty-interest parental-rights section-1983 Is it necessary, in order to prove a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of the Fourteenth Amendment concerning a parent's liberty interest in …
20-6602 Wayne Boucher v. Deanne Lyons New Hampshire 2020-12-10 Denied Relisted (2)IFP abuse child-custody domestic-dispute due-process equal-protection evidence-exclusion family-law guardian-ad-litem judicial-bias parental-rights 14. What is best for E.B.. 15. Why the courts refuse to hear the wishes of E.B. a 13 year old child that is fully aware of the situation and knows wh…
20-614 Thomas D. Kerr v. Heidi L. Kerr Montana 2020-11-06 Denied child-rearing constitutional-guarantees constitutional-law due-process equal-protection family-law gender-discrimination parental-rights parenting supreme-court-review Can the Montana Supreme Court ignore the unjustifiable and inexplicable decisions of the lower court discriminate against a father for no other discer…
20-618 Kelly Georgene Routten v. John Tyler Routten North Carolina 2020-11-06 Denied Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-courts state-intervention Does due process require a finding that a parent is unfit before a State denies that parent all visitation with their child?
20-6128 Ilya Liviz v. Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Massachusetts 2020-10-26 Dismissed IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law jury-trial parental-rights patent-claims state-procedure Does Attachment G grant a right to a jury trial when the state seeks to confiscate property for the crimes?
20-6064 Alan Justin Smith v. Washington Washington 2020-10-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights custodial-rights due-process evidence-procedure family-law hague-convention parental-rights substantive-due-process wrongful-removal 1. Whether the incommunicado detention of my natural Custodial children for over four months at the behest of Bothell Police Department because I was …
20-473 Ammar I. v. Connecticut Connecticut 2020-10-13 Denied Relisted (2) child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law foster-care fourteenth-amendment parental-rights religious-freedom 1- Whether the State's prolonged 'temporary' foster placement (in excess of 40 months) of children on a plan of reunification, violated federal law, i…
20-349 Fred S. Pardes v. Andrew S. Wienick, et al. California 2020-09-15 Denied best-interest-standard constitutional-rights emotional-fitness family-law grandparent-alienation grandparent-visitation parental-rights pre-existing-relationship troxel-v-granville 1- Whether or not there exists a rebuttable presumption as a general rule, that Grandparent visitation is in the best interest of minor grandchildren,…
20-236 Jerry W. Wells v. Robbin Nelson, et al. Kentucky 2020-08-28 Denied Response Waived adoption civil-rights constitutional-rights custody due-process family-law federal-law jurisdiction uccjea 1. Can an original decree state, having lost personal and subject matter jurisdiction for purpose of an adoption pursuant to its own state statute, KR…
20-5231 S. T., et al. v. Vermont Department for Children and Families, et al. Vermont 2020-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP best-interests-of-the-child child-welfare constitutional-error due-process family-law harmless-error parental-rights termination May the State of Vermont, along with a minority of other states, apply the "reasonable probability" harmless error standard in assessing due process e…
20-49 Peter N. Myma v. Wendy A. Wroe Indiana 2020-07-20 Denied child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family family-law liberty-interest parental-rights scrutiny-standard standard-of-review 1. Whether joint child custody is a constitutionally protected, rebuttable presumption of equal rights. 2. Whether a clear and convincing standard is…
19-8854 In Re Reginald Stanly Strother 2020-06-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP administrative-procedure civil-rights due-process family-law government-benefits standing X. Wrtg.TH€!^ Ufvir Iiot-tt? fl-OUJ OM p&riTvDMef-v'nD'TiotJ tot- iu toUXWVCPU SrTvtVpg^ yuOtg, QUgy- , Akjo lAJLgftSDiUA&LE &LA
19-8774 Benjamin J. Gutierrez v. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Texas 2020-06-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-custody constitutional-law constitutional-rights custody-determination due-process family-law government-agency medicaid medicaid-eligibility parental-rights In 2010, Congress enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA legislation that sought to significantly address matters concernin…
19-8729 Maurice Gilbert v. Isabel Barrios-Gilbert California 2020-06-17 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law liberty notice notice-requirements statutory-rights subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Under Family Law & the laws of California is Freedom from Arbitrary Adjudicative Procedures a substantive element of one's Liberty under Federal La…
19-8356 Henry Logan, et ux. v. Peggy Logan Texas 2020-04-27 Denied IFP best-interest-standard child-custody disability-rights due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights third-party-custody l.Do parents have the right to direct the upbringing of there children? 2. Can parents rights over-rule grandparent's rights. . Are grandparents cou…
19-8352 K. S., III v. Dana Price, et al. Pennsylvania 2020-04-24 Denied IFP best-interests-of-child civil-rights due-process family-law involuntary-termination parental-rights standing state-court-deference substantial-contact termination-of-parental-rights Mr. Simmons alleges that the Court of Common Pleas. Superior Court and the Supreme Court erred in that natural father failed to show that he made the …
19-8108 Dana Albrecht v. Katherine Albrecht New Hampshire 2020-03-26 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-procedure appellate-review child-custody due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights uccjea This is a diversity of citizenship family law case. Petitioner is a resident of New Hampshire and Respondent is a resident of California. The care, cu…
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 1. 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…
19-891 John Lehmann v. Nicole Haims New York 2020-01-17 Denied child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights custody due-process family-law fundamental-rights parental-rights standing state-intervention 1. Did the New York courts ' decisions to deprive a child 's only living natural parent of physical and legal custody of his child, while granting s…
19-853 Sandra R., et al. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety Arizona 2020-01-06 Denied Response Waived child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-standard due-process family-law parental-rights state-action state-intervention termination Whether, in order to terminate a parent's parental rights to their child, the due process Clause of the United States constitution requires that a Sta…
19-7157 Mother v. Lorain County Children Services Ohio 2020-01-03 Denied IFP abuse-neglect administrative-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process family-law federalism jurisdiction parental-rights separation-of-powers d;1 U» C»«n^s VioloAt p&^wta ru^WH % c ,4 r r Vv /-\loc>Si PovW"
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, to affirm the Trial Court's decision to make or modify a child support order without a current Income and Expense…
19-729 Scott Howard Meyer v. Emily Peterson Minnesota 2019-12-10 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights custody-dispute due-process family-law first-amendment free-speech harassment-order parental-rights prior-restraint When two parents are involved in an ongoing and contentious custody battle over a minor child, does one parent have a First Amendment right to critici…
19-6734 Arthur Lopez v. Cheryl Lopez California 2019-11-22 Denied IFP appeals appellate-procedure civil-litigation civil-procedure civil-rights court-jurisdiction domestic-relations due-process equal-protection family-law habeas-corpus indigent right-to-counsel standing Question not identified.
19-590 Michael Anthony Deem v. John P. Colangelo, et al. New York 2019-11-06 Denied child-custody child-custody-rights custody-dispute due-process equal-protection family-law first-amendment forensic-evaluator free-speech parental-rights right-to-privacy 1. Whether a court appointed FE's examination of a fit parent's children over that fit parent's objection violates that fit parent's right to control …
19-6507 Kenneth Michael Smith v. Melissa Sue Smith, nka Melissa Sue Graham Montana 2019-11-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights disability-law domestic-relations due-process family-law guardian-ad-litem guardianship mental-capacity standing Question not identified.
19-6472 Arthur Lopez v. California California 2019-11-01 Denied IFP child-custody civil-rights criminal-procedure criminal-protective-orders due-process equal-protection family-law latino-fathers parental-rights Latino (nexiem teritae). thould Mabe Fathers, ineledi Q he Protection Catholia-Chistian plovided qual lnde Law guaranteed Due Prozess and a Itates Co…
19-6250 Father v. Maternal Grandparents Ohio 2019-10-10 Denied IFP adoption adoption-consent civil-rights criminal-conviction due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights statutory-interpretation statutory-law Under Ohio law, incarcerated parents who have actively sought to maintain a connection with their children cannot lose their children to adoption with…
19-6083 Michael M. Molinaro v. Bertha A. Molinaro California 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness content-based-restriction domestic-violence-prevention-act due-process family-law first-amendment free-speech overbroad separation-of-powers vagueness void-for-vagueness 1. Is California's Domestic Violence Prevention Act's (DVPA's) severable residual clause defining "abuse" (Family Code (F.C.) § 6203(a)(4)) unconstitu…
19-356 Samuel Collin Robinson v. Katherine Lyman Robinson Colorado 2019-09-17 Denied best-interests-standard child-custody constitutional-law constitutional-rights due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights Where divorce involves children, where shared parenting has been declared to be in the best interests of all, and where criteria for exception have no…
19-85 LC v. MG Hawaii 2019-07-17 Denied Response Waived child-parentage consent-rebuttal due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment marital-status marriage-equality parentage parental-presumption presumption-of-paternity spousal-rights While LC—a U.S. Navy officer —was deployed overseas, her wife MG became pregnant by assisted reproduction . MG had not sought LC's consent to having a…
18-1568 Cheryl Lynn Hager-Reilly v. Thomas Reilly New York 2019-06-24 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights custody custody-proceeding due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment natural-parents parental-rights standard-of-proof supervised-visitation visitation-rights Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require a certain quantum of proof before a state court, in a custody proceeding between the t…
18-1505 C. S. v. L. S. New Jersey 2019-06-03 Denied 14th-amendment child-custody constitutional-rights custody due-process family-court family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights state-court-hearing state-court-procedure visitation Where a state family court finds that the father has violated the mother's constitutional right to the care, custody, and management of her children, …
18-1422 Michael B. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2019-05-14 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment guardian-ad-litem legal-disqualification parental-rights procedural-error witness-disqualification Whether the lower court's denial of the Father's motion to disqualify the Guardian Ad Litem, when her actions clearly indicated she had ceased being a…
18-1354 C. P., et al. v. C. A. California 2019-04-29 Denied child-custody custody custody-rights due-process extramarital-affair family-code family-law family-rights fourteenth-amendment fundamental-parental-rights parental-rights third-parent-law third-party-custody Does California's Family Code section 7612(c), granting third parties legal and physical custody rights to a minor child as a "third parent," regardle…
18-8939 Daisy T. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. Arizona 2019-04-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP best-interests best-interests-of-the-child child-welfare clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights 1. Whether The State Of Arizona Failed To Terminate Mother's Parental Rights By At Least Clear & Convincing Evidence As Required By The Due Process Cl…
18-1300 Nevenka Obuskovic v. Kathleen L. Wood, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-15 Denied civil-rights civil-rights,due-process,equal-protection,family-l color-of-law divorce due-process equal-protection family-court family-law forced-labor fourteenth-amendment involuntary-servitude peonage pro-se-representation Was Federal law violated under color of law, for violations of Fourteenth Amendment substantive and procedural Due Process and Equal Protection Under …
18-8809 B. C. v. Florida Department of Children and Families Florida 2019-04-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP abuse-neglect child-custody child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights due-process family-law law-enforcement parental-rights standing state-intervention THE COURT BELOW COMMIT AN ERROR SO IMPORTANT THAT IT AS LAW AND FACTS SHOULD COMPELL JUDGES. THE DAMAGING ERROK OF THE COURTS DECISION ULTIMATELY HAS …
18-8711 Bjorn Christian Luster v. United States Eighth Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-record due-process family-law parole probation sentencing Cati a CO(Ar -tde~l y ô -fo cahF1& w/#<'Jiis orherd1;/J arid -N,,te, a i R5 o o n rvbJio ri 0 Pacole,,51 'y/Y becau~z Ac,aer farwf h", ior / On y CV/…
18-8640 Safron Huot v. Montana State Department of Child and Family Services, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-04-01 Denied IFP civil-rights custody custody-dispute due-process family-law judicial-review ninth-circuit-court parental-rights reunification standing How long must one take to be Given the Chance to be an Active Parent in the lives of Their Children? What do I need to do to satisfy the courts to Gr…
18-8611 Elicia Bailey v. Jeremy Gasaway Texas 2019-03-28 Denied IFP constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-act criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process family-court family-law harsh-penalties subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Do family courts hold subject-matter jurisdiction to find guilt of a criminal act and subsequently impose harsh penalties without due process in a …
18-1068 Raja Mittal v. County of Clark, Nevada, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-02-14 Denied and in the absence of exigent circumstances violate Fourth-and-Fourteenth-Amendment civil-procedure civil-rights due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment juvenile-court parental-rights rooker-feldman-doctrine standing takings warrantless-removal 1) Whether removal of a child from parent's custody without a judicial order or a warrant, and in the absence of exigent circumstances, violate Fourth…
18-7953 Matthew Peterson, et ux. v. New Hampshire Division of Children, Youth & Families, et al. New Hampshire 2019-02-14 Denied IFP appellate-review child-welfare constitutional-challenge constitutional-law due-process family-law findings-of-fact neglect parental-rights state-intervention termination-of-parental-rights Is it unconstitutional for the State Appellate Court to uphold a trial court's decision that did not find the facts in dispute nor make any findings a…
18-1040 Licong Li v. Sofia Dang Illinois 2019-02-08 Denied Response Waived child-custody crimes-against-humanity divorce divorce-proceedings due-process family-law fundamental-rights human-made-tragedies human-rights parental-rights visitation • How long would crimes against humanity in terms of child custody and visitation in divorce cases be allowed to continue in this country? • How long…
18-7845 Philip Andra Grigsby v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-02-07 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law contact-restrictions court-of-appeals due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment juvenile-justice minor-children parental-rights Has the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution by denying a parent c…
18-1008 In Re Veronica Hollowell and Vivian Epps 2019-02-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) child-custody civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discovery-rule due-process family-law federal-jurisdiction incarceration jurisdiction jury-trial mental-fitness single-parent standing statute-of-limitations 1. Whether the State Court lacked jurisdiction of the child since the unwed, single-parent mother's case was not Jury adjudicated (the ex-boyfriend/fa…
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 Question not identified.
18-958 Peter P. Mitrano v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-01-24 Denied Response Waived appeals civil-procedure court-of-appeals custody custody-order due-process family-court family-law federal-courts jurisdiction legal-dismissal new-hampshire ninth-circuit standing 1. Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit err in affirming the dismissal of this action? 2. Did the United States Court of Appe…
18-959 Mandy Rooks v. Drake Rooks Colorado 2019-01-24 Denied classification constitutional-rights due-process embryo-classification embryo-personhood embryo-status family-law family-rights marital-property personhood property-rights religious-freedom religious-rights reproductive-rights Whether extracorporeal embryos created during marriage are persons or a property. Whether classifying extracorporeal embryos as property and permitti…
18-7475 Aldona B. v. Nicholas S. West Virginia 2019-01-17 Denied IFP biological-father child-custody civil-rights custodial-rights custody due-process equal-protection family-law parental-rights standing statutory-interpretation statutory-requirements unwed-parent Whether an unwed biological father who meets none of the statutory requirements of caretaking, providing for, legally acknowledging, and forming a par…
18-7342 Robert Gross v. Jeanine Dannatt Texas 2019-01-09 Denied IFP civil-divorce civil-procedure civil-rights consent-judgment constitutional-rights due-process family-law full-faith-and-credit prenuptial-agreement statute-of-frauds texas-family-code Can a Texas Court refuse to give full faith and credit and not honor a Pennsylvania Court Order? Does an oral consent to judgment waive a Prenuptial …
18-7173 Karen Lofgren v. Todd Hardin Washington 2018-12-26 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-amendment due-process family-law incarceration incarceration-impact parental-rights troxel-v-granville visitation-rights Whether it is First and Fourteenth Constitutional Amendment violations for a Family Court in State to deny a parent visitation with her children becau…
18-7030 S. R. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. West Virginia 2018-12-14 Denied IFP child-custody civil-rights conflict-of-interest due-process family-law judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct judicial-recusal procedural-fairness recusal standing Question not identified.
18-745 Alan Overton v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services Tennessee 2018-12-11 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights due-process family-law fundamental-rights parental-rights state-action strict-scrutiny substantive-due-process Substantive Due Process limits the state's authority to deprive individuals of fundamental rights. The Tennessee courts in this case failed to conduct…
18-6384 Michael A. Lanteri v. Connecticut Second Circuit 2018-10-18 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights divorce divorce-property-division due-process family-law judicial-discretion jurisdiction property-rights state-jurisdiction takings Can the state of Connecticut or any state take all your property from you (marital, premarital and inheritance) once you file for Divorce? Can Connec…
18-6233 Stephan Schuermann v. Jubilie Anqui Florida 2018-10-09 Denied IFP 14th-amendment child-custody civil-procedure due-process equal-protection family-law fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction relocation 1. Whether the Supreme Court of Florida erred in not vacating Judge Michael Flowers Orders Granting the Respondent's Verified Petition to "wrongfully …
18-376 Lisa Partin, et vir v. Michigan Children's Institute Michigan 2018-09-24 Denied administrative-law adoption arbitrary-and-capricious best-interest best-interest-factors child-protective-services civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law michigan-adoption-code parental-rights standing Whether Michigan Adoption Code MCL 710.45 violates Petitioners' Constitutional right to due process when it requires Petitioners to prove too much bur…
18-278 Leon R. Koziol, Individually, as Natural Parent of Child A and Child B, and on Behalf of Parents Similarly Situated v. Janet DiFiore, Chief Judge, New York State Unified Court System, et al. New York 2018-09-05 Denied civil-rights custody-tactics domestic-relations due-process family-law judicial-bias men-discrimination parental-rights whistleblower-protection 1. Are men in America becoming a discriminated class, and if not, are historically prejudiced fathers in domestic relations courts nevertheless entitl…
18-129 W. S. v. S. T., et al. California 2018-07-30 Denied biological-father child-custody custody-determination due-process equal-protection family-law liberty-interest parental-rights paternity standing vagueness 1. Whether California's Family Code § 7611(d) is impermissibly vague, as applied, when the Court of Appeal holds "[t]here are no specific factors that…
18-111 Timothy M. Barrett v. Valerie Jill Minor Virginia 2018-07-24 Denied Response Waived 14th-amendment child-custody civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process family-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment parental-rights standing state-law I. Are Virginia's Child Custody Statutes Facially Unconstitutional? II. Are the Parties' 2006, 2010 and 2012 Child Custody Orders Unconstitutional as…
18-5199 Keith Warren Lewis v. Rachelle Hadari New Jersey 2018-07-11 Denied IFP 14th-amendment civil-rights court-procedure custody custody-evaluation due-process fair-trial family-law medical-expert mental-health partisan-expert trial-fairness Whether in custody cases a court can force one party to be evaluated by the opposing party's private medical expert. Is this an unconstitutional abuse…