No. 21-964
Sherrie Rye v. Lucas County Department of Job and Family Services
Response Waived
Tags: 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
Latest Conference:
2022-02-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
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 parental rights as established in Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982) to a standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt as well as prohibit burden-shifting to a parent in such proceedings?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should the Court expand the minimum burden of proof to terminate parental rights to a standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt and prohibit burden-shifting to a parent in such proceedings?
Docket Entries
2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-01-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Lucas County Ohio Job & Family Services (JFS) to respond filed.
2021-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 3, 2022)
Attorneys
Lucas County Ohio Job & Family Services (JFS)
Kevin Andrew Pituch — Lucas County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Sherrie Rye
William Vincent Stephenson Jr. — Stahl and Stephenson Law Firm, Petitioner