| 23-7712 |
C. B., Father v. Vermont Department for Children and Families |
Vermont |
2024-06-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
balancing-test bright-line-rule constitutional-protection due-process fundamental-right fundamental-rights government-intervention parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights |
In Vermont and a minority of other states, hearsay may be admitted and relied upon in a proceeding to permanently terminate a person's parental rights… |
| 23-7457 |
E. R. v. Colorado, In the Interest of S. M. and E. M., Children |
Colorado |
2024-05-13 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
constitutional-standard due-process equal-protection judicial-bias parent-child-rights racial-bias racial-prejudice standard-of-review termination-of-parental-rights |
Whether this Court's precedents, which apply an objective legal standard to determine whether there is an unconstitutional potential for judicial raci… |
| 23-6604 |
Nicole Johnson v. Massachusetts Department of Children and Families |
Massachusetts |
2024-01-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
7th-amendment best-interests child-custody due-process jury-trial massachusetts-rule-38 parental-rights sua-sponte termination termination-of-parental-rights |
1. Whether the petitioners right to due process and 7th amendment right and Massachusetts ruie 38 Jury Trial of Right was violated when petitioner fil… |
| 22-7002 |
J. T. v. Maryland |
Maryland |
2023-03-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
abandonment-neglect-abuse child-welfare due-process fourteenth-amendment incarceration parental-rights statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights vagueness |
1. Does Maryland's adoption of "the best interest of the child" standard
when adjudicating termination of parental rights cases conflict with the fir… |
| 22-6672 |
J. M. v. Oregon Department of Human Services |
Oregon |
2023-02-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-procedure covid-19-restrictions due-process parental-rights remote-proceedings statutory-rights technical-interference technical-issues termination-of-parental-rights video-trial |
As a matter of state statutory law and federal due process, parents have the right to meaningfully participate in defending against petitions by the s… |
| 22-6481 |
Courtney J. v. Beaufort County Department of Social Services, et al. |
North Carolina |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)IFP |
child-welfare civil-death-penalty due-process equal-protection payment-obligation statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights |
Whether the Supreme Court of North Carolina's interpretation of a termination of parental rights statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111(a)(3), deprives pa… |
| 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… |
| 21-5197 |
T. A. S., Father of R. A. S., a Minor Child v. Florida Department of Children and Families |
Florida |
2021-07-26 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-custody civil-rights due-process ex-parte family-association no-contact-order parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights termination-of-rights |
Question not identified. |
| 21-32 |
Elizabeth C. v. Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services |
California |
2021-07-09 |
Denied |
|
child-custody clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-rights santosky-v-kramer state-intervention termination-of-parental-rights |
1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment due process requirement articulated in Santosky v Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982) that parental rights only be termina… |
| 20-968 |
R. M. S. v. Madison County Department of Human Resources |
Alabama |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
|
child-custody due-process equal-protection federal-statute federal-statutory-notice grandparent-rights social-service-agency state-proceedings termination-of-parental-rights |
First Question Presented : When a State
initiates child custody proceedings, does 28
U.S.C. §1738A(e), the national standard for
custody determinat… |
| 20-5863 |
Andrew Newson v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure court-procedure due-process equal-protection mailing-error parental-rights petition-for-review statutory-interpretation termination-of-parental-rights timeliness |
Question not identified. |
| 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 … |
| 19-7943 |
J. H. v. E. R. S. |
Colorado |
2020-03-11 |
Denied |
IFP |
appellate-review child-custody constitutional-facts constitutional-liberty de-novo-review due-process equal-protection parental-rights plain-error structural-error termination termination-of-parental-rights |
1. Whether, in order to ensure that basic constitutional guarantees define the framework of proceedings to terminate the fundamental constitutional li… |
| 19-7650 |
D. W. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families |
Washington |
2020-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review court-appointed-counsel due-process ex-parte-investigation fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-conduct parental-rights record-on-appeal recusal termination-of-parental-rights |
In a termination of parental rights proceeding in a state that provides appeals as a matter of right from decisions terminating parental rights, does … |
| 19-6959 |
Jasmine F. v. Department of Child Safety, et al. |
Arizona |
2019-12-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure clear-and-convincing-evidence constitutional-deficiency court-appointed-counsel due-process 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… |
| 19-6395 |
V. A. C. v. J. L. W. |
Texas |
2019-10-28 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure confrontation-clause constitutional-challenge direct-appeal due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-assistance parental-rights prejudice termination-of-parental-rights trial-court-discretion |
1) If it can be proven, leaving absolutely 'No-Doubt', that the relied upon convi
ctions, in regard to a Termination of Parental Rights action, is un… |
| 19-436 |
T. R. C. v. Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
due-process familial-integrity fourteenth-amendment guardian-ad-litem parental-rights strict-scrutiny termination-of-parental-rights |
1. Is Wis. Stat. §48.415 unconstitutional as applied when it was used to terminate the Fourteenth Amendment fundamental right of familial integrity of… |
| 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… |
| 18-7953 |
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… |