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.
"Perhaps it's time to stop forcing kids into broken homes and cutting off a parent. The #1 precursor to teen violence is a missing parent, says Monica Szymonik.
"Keep equal and reasonable access to each fit parent in divorce. Judges need to stop taking fundamental rights away from parents just because they elect to divorce. This solution is free, it's simple, and perhaps so many kids won't be driven to violence when they hit the adolescent years."
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Monica Szymonik is running for State Representative District 31 in Connecticut.
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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