A Simplified Path to Equal Parental Rights & Holding Your Judge to the Rules
For a loving parent, a child custody suit can be a time of terror. The most important thing in your life is at stake and it doesn’t take long to figure out that the system is rigged against you. This book empowers you to assert yourself with straightforward, easy-to-state arguments so you know exactly what to say, when to object, and how to protect your child from judicial overreach.
Nonfiction • Constitutional Law • Family Care & Parenting • Self-Advocacy • Practical How-To
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Practical guidance to help you make your judge follow the rules. When you know the rules, you hold both the judge and opposing counsel accountable on the record.
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Taking Control of How Your Case Is Framed
Your judge presides over an ecosystem that generates tens of billions each year directly from the misery of separated families. Combined, billions of this comes from federal Title IV-D financial incentives for awarding and enforcing child support under arbitrary “best interest” guidelines.
This book introduces you to the path we at Fix Family Courts are creating that leads to automatic 50/50 parenting plans where neither parent loses rights and where the child doesn't lose a parent. This contrasts directly with the current system which deprives both parents of fundamental constitutional rights by default.
The judges and their system will try to block you with customary tricks. You can avoid or overcome these roadblocks by laying down a proper constitutional foundation. You must force your case out of the default “business-as-usual” path. We show you how to give family court the memo that in the 21st Century, the Constitution applies to protect parent-child relationships equally.
Inside the Book: What You'll Learn Across 18 Chapters
Each chapter provides concrete legal principles, trap-setting questions, and practical objections you can use immediately in court.
Limitations on Judicial Power
Proceedings are only fair if everyone knows the rules beforehand. Learn how to get your judge on the record agreeing to the rules, forcing reversible errors when they deviate.
Fair Process & Standard of Review
Why the bare minimum standard of notice and a hearing is legally insufficient in custody cases, and how judges intimidate attorneys into waiving fair process rights.
What Process Is Due & Troxel v. Granville
How to invoke mandatory federal due process protections, fight for the clear and convincing evidentiary standard, and use written post-hearing objections effectively.
The Supremacy Clause
The federal Constitution is the supreme law of your state. State family codes cannot contradict it, and a judge who rejects supremacy cannot form a legitimate court.
State Action Doctrine
Your judge is a state actor taking state action under color of law. If they claim not to be a state actor, they surrender immunity; if they are, they are strictly limited by the 14th Amendment.
The Right to Adjudication
A “best interest” determination is NOT an adjudication of rights. You are entitled to an adjudication of fitness before any state infringement can occur.
Substantive Due Process & Privacy
Care, custody, and control are constitutionally protected privacy rights. The Least Restrictive Means Test commands equal 50/50 time between two fit parents.
Advisory Opinions & Lack of Standing
Without an actual injury between fit parents, no lawful standing exists under traditional civil jurisprudence. Skipping adjudication turns court orders into unconstitutional advisory opinions.
Duty to Pay & Unlawful Seizures
How compelled child support schedules operate as unlawful financial seizures unless the state has proven a fit parent has failed to support their minor child.
Family Studies & Fourth Amendment Searches
Why broad exploratory GAL home searches invade your Fourth Amendment privacy rights, and how GALs can be held accountable for civil rights violations in federal court.
Censorship & Compelled Speech
Unequal parenting plans enhance the speech of one parent while silencing the other. Learn how spending on children constitutes First Amendment protected speech.
Equal Protection, Bias, & Children's Rights
Challenging judicial bias under judicial conduct codes, establishing your child's independent constitutional rights, and exploding the unconstitutional “best interest” doctrine.
What Parents Say About Our Books & Guidance
Real results from fathers, mothers, and pro-se parents who took control of their child custody cases.
Confidence and a Path Forward
“The knowledge that there is a path forward gave me the confidence to go there calm. Sherry and Ron’s material helps you shift to a more favorable arena. It has shifted my entire outlook and perspective.”
Fired My Attorney & Won
“I read your book, fired my attorney, and won my custody case against a corrupt judicial district. Nobody believed in me except me. Your book is worth hundreds of dollars!”
Won a 2-Day Hearing Pro-Se
“A must read. And I bought the motions package. I 'won' a two-day hearing as a pro-se against an experienced family law attorney.”
A New Voice and a Strategy
“I felt like I had a voice and I could choose to say no if needed. Now I feel like we have a much better position to work on our new strategy.”
Forever Grateful
“Your help in court gained me the right to see all of my children. You gave me the strength and knowledge to fight for our rights. For that, I will forever be grateful.”
I'm Grateful
“I’m grateful for the guidance of Ron and Sherry Palmer for giving me the push. Many of us would not be where we are if it were not for them.”
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