Hold Family Courts Accountable: Jury trials for TPR Hearings


Hold Family Courts Accountable: Jury trials for TPR Hearings
The Issue
The amount of unquestioned power in the family court system is a breeding ground for corruption and unchecked biases. The matter of a parents and childs future as a family and legal forced adoption is one that should be taken with extreme consideration. We the undersigned ask that the option to choose a jury trial over the sole discretion of one Judge, be implemented. When the State terminates and adopts out a parents child there is financial incentive for the counties DSS that creates a huge door for corrupt practices and abuse of power in an effort to secure funding. The act of terminating a parents rights not only strips a child of an entire family and identity, but causes the parent years of grief and uncertainty. To lose one's child is a loss so terrible in it's torment of a parents heart. This is a matter that is more then just a 'civil' matter which can be handled lightly. We want accountability. We want fair and just trials by a group of our peers.
The Issue
The amount of unquestioned power in the family court system is a breeding ground for corruption and unchecked biases. The matter of a parents and childs future as a family and legal forced adoption is one that should be taken with extreme consideration. We the undersigned ask that the option to choose a jury trial over the sole discretion of one Judge, be implemented. When the State terminates and adopts out a parents child there is financial incentive for the counties DSS that creates a huge door for corrupt practices and abuse of power in an effort to secure funding. The act of terminating a parents rights not only strips a child of an entire family and identity, but causes the parent years of grief and uncertainty. To lose one's child is a loss so terrible in it's torment of a parents heart. This is a matter that is more then just a 'civil' matter which can be handled lightly. We want accountability. We want fair and just trials by a group of our peers.
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Petition created on December 14, 2015