Constitutional Due Process Protections in Child Custody Proceedings: Under the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, the fundamental liberty interest of fit parents to the care, custody, and companionship of their children is constitutionally protected against state infringement (Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57). Family courts cannot curtail parental authority, award unequal time, or impose state supervision without satisfying strict scrutiny and proving parental unfitness by clear and convincing evidence.
Divorce courts are treating children as second-class persons – Bubbles of Love Day Austin Texas 2015
Ron B Palmer speaks at Bubbles of Love, 2015.
Ron's comments begin at 11:42.
Fix Family Courts provides parents, attorneys, and family advocates with rigorous constitutional frameworks to safeguard fundamental parental rights. Under binding Supreme Court precedents including Troxel v. Granville, Santosky v. Kramer, and Pierce v. Society of Sisters, fit parents are constitutionally presumed to act in their children's best interests. State courts lack constitutional authority to abridge custody, parenting time, or parental decision-making without strict scrutiny and clear and convincing evidence.
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