Foster Parents; Did you know?

Your rght to appeal?

Part 1 of 4

  You have a right to appeal court decisons, did you know that foster parents? We recently finished a six part series in which we were talking about placing foster parents on the Child Abuse Registry without Due Process.  Becuase this is directly connected to the appeal process let us look at states that have challenged the legality of placing foster parents upon this in other words without giving them the opportunity to appeal which is our right as United States Citizen’s.

There are many states in the process of challenging this process; declaring it unconstitutional. A few brave industrious attorneys in each of these states having taken on this challenge. We congratulate the caring attorneys as well as the states for clearly seeing the injustices of having foster parents listed on the same registry with convicted child molesters, pornographers etc. It is an insult for this to continue taking place, especially since foster parents have not had a trial and so not having received due process. Just because CPS say’s they are guilty in a kangaroo court does not prove them guilty of any wrongdoing.

Here is the process for which we continue up the line to obtain justice;

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Federal Court of Appeals

State Supreme Court

                    Highest State Court of Appeals (then up to the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals

State Superior Court

Local Trial Courts (Then up to State Appeals Court

State Family Courts handles matter concerning divorce, adoption, child support etc. Probate Court

                    District, Magistrate, county court system

Some states have two appellate levels, and others have only a single appellate court. States vary in the way they organize and name their courts, but they usually give some lower courts specialized titles and jurisdictions. Family courts settle such issues as divorce and child-custody disputes, and probate courts handle the settlement of the estates of deceased persons. The specialized trial courts are less formal trial courts, such as magistrate courts and justice of the peace courts. These handle a variety of minor cases, such as traffic offenses, and usually do not use a jury.

In 1990 there were over 88 million cases heard at the state trial courts throughout the U.S. One hundred and sixty seven thousand cases were appealed at the next level, while sixty two thousand made it to the state courts of last resort.

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