DECLARATION OF MY RIGHT TO PARENT
I, _____________________________, declare by this affidavit that I have a
constitutionally protected right to parent my child and I have a constitutional right
of privacy regarding the affairs of my family and the medical treatment for myself
and my children.
The United States Supreme Court has held that parents have a constitutionally
protected liberty interest in the care, custody and management of their children.
See Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745, 758-59, 102 S. Ct. 1388, 1397. "As a
general rule, therefore, before parents may be deprived of the care, custody or
management of their children without their consent, due process—ordinarily a
court proceeding resulting in an order permitting removal—must be accorded to
them." Tenenbaum v. Williams, 193 F.3d 581, 593 (2d Cir. 1999) (citing Stanley v.
Illinois, 405 U.S. 645, 649, 92 S. Ct. 1208, 1212). "At the same time, however, the
State has a profound interest in the welfare of the child, particularly his or her
being sheltered from abuse." Id. at 593-94. Consequently, courts have recognized
that a state may constitutionally remove children threatened with imminent
harm when it is justified by emergency circumstances. See, e.g., Mabe v. San
Bernardino County, Dep't of Pub. Soc. Servs., 237 F.3d 1101, 1106 (9th Cir.
2001); Brokaw v. Mercer County, 235 F.3d 1000, 1020 (7th Cir. 2000);
Tenenbaum, 193 F.3d at 593-94; Hollingsworth v. Hill, 110 F.3d 733, 739 (10th
Cir. 1997); Jordan by Jordan v. Jackson, 15 F.3d 333, 346 (4th Cir. 1994); United
States v. Edmondson, 791 F.2d 1512, 1514 (11th Cir. 1986) (allowing warrantless
search and seizure in criminal cases where exigent circumstances exist).
Parents have a fundamental right to the custody of their children, and the
deprivation of that right effects a cognizable injury. See Santosky v. Kramer, 455
U.S. 745, 758-59, 102 S. Ct. 1388, 1397.
In the protection of this fundamental right to parent, I should be afforded at a
minimum the constitutional protections afforded to a criminal defendant who faces
the loss of his fundamental loss of liberty in a criminal pro
includes, all state employees, all court appointed Guardian ad Litems, volunteer
advocates, and potential witnesses known to the prosecuting agency (or persons).
The right to choose the caretaker for my child, including relatives or friends,
during the pendency of the prosecution.
The right to choose an alternative ‘parent’ for my child, if the state so
decides that that my inability to parents poses an immediate and irreparable risk of
harm.
The right to have competent appointed counsel who will demand due
process and who is trained to protect the rights of parents.
The right to bring an action post termination if I so feel that my counsel has
been so incompetent as my constitutional rights were offended (such as a postconviction
relief petition provided for criminal defendants).
An absolute right to appeal.
The right to rehabilitate any shortcomings that I may have as a parent with
the assistance of professionals of my choosing, with a right to access to the funds
allowed for these services under Federal Funding grants.
The right to have the prosecutors of an action against be compelled to prove
each and every element beyond a reasonable doubt. (and not clear and convincing
evidence)
FURTHER, I declare that these rights are inalienable and endowed by our
Creator. As our Declaration of Independence stated in 1776, “That to secure these
rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and
to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their
Safety and Happiness.
It is my declaration that the reliance and use of publicly funded mechanisms
intended to destroy my family relationships forever can only come from a despotic
government.
I DECLARE THESE RIGHTS.
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Signed
Address:
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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