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Fundamental Parental Rights
View the model as adopted by the American Legislative Exchange Council. The United States Supreme Court has long held that parental rights are “among those fundamental liberty interests protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.” Yet, the level of respect these rights should receive, especially at the state level, has been left a little…
Read MoreConfidential Reporting
View the model as adopted by the American Legislative Exchange Council. “Weaponizing the system:” That’s what we call it when someone places an anonymous call to a child abuse hotline to gain some personal advantage. It may be a parent in a nasty divorce situation trying to gain custody or more parenting time by making…
Read MoreDees v San Diego
Read the brief. A 9-year-old girl with special needs was taken from class to be interviewed by a child welfare investigator without a warrant, a judicial order, parental consent, emergency circumstances, or even probable cause. The mother sued for a violation of her parental rights, but the defense argued that the child wasn’t taken from…
Read MoreThe Babysitter Case
Read the Complaint In 2021 the Virginia legislature passed a bill amending the Virginia Civil Rights Act to make it illegal for parents to consider religion when hiring a babysitter. That’s a problem for devoutly religious parents who want to hire someone who shares their worldview and can help pass it on to the parents’…
Read MoreIn Re: CJC, Relator
Read the brief. He was all she had left in the world. But a judge removed her from his care and gave custody to her late mother’s fiancé. Could the court elevate the authority of this unrelated male to equal the role of the girl’s own father in her life? We argued in an amicus…
Read MoreDoe v Woodard
Read the brief. Child welfare investigations inflict harm on children. That’s the emphasis of our brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Doe v. Woodard, a case in which a three-year-old girl was strip-searched by a welfare investigator at her preschool without her parent’s knowledge or consent. The mother…
Read MoreState Registration Disclosures
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Read MoreMeet the New President
ParentalRights.org president, Will Estrada (right), with former ParentalRights.org president, Jim Mason (left). Happy new year! I wanted to take a moment to introduce our new president, Will Estrada, now that he has been leading ParentalRights.org and the Parental Rights Foundation for the last month. As we approach the fifteen-year anniversary of PRO, both Will and I thank you for…
Read MoreKeeping Children with Their Parents, with Shanta Trivedi
Our child welfare system exists to protect children from harm. Yet, in most jurisdictions in America, courts fail to consider the trauma that children will suffer if they are removed from their parents. The best way to protect most children is to support their parents and families. This week, Michael talks with Shanta Trivedi, an Assistant…
Read MoreNew President: “Last week was very successful!”
Dear Parental Rights friends, Last week was a great week for Parental Rights across the nation, and this is just the beginning. It started off on Giving Tuesday, when, because of your generosity, we raised over $60,000 in just 24 hours. And a few hours later, I took off for my first trip representing parents…
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