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Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Dismissal of Prisoner's Divorce Petition Is Abuse of Discretion by Dismissal of Prisoner's Divorce Petition Is Abuse of Discretion A Texas state court of appeals has reversed the dismissal for want of prosecution of a Texas prisoner's divorce action. Joe Lee Buster, a Texas state prisoner, filed a suit for …
Article • December 15, 2003 • from PLN December, 2003
Secret Court Docket Practice Exposed by by David M. Reutter and Paul Wright One of the founding principles of the United States judiciary system is the right of access by the public and press. In their infinite wisdom, the authors of the Bill of Rights placed that principle within the …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Texas Courts Clarify Prisoners' Right to Civil Bench Warrant by by Matthew T. Clarke The mechanism for a Texas pro se prisoner to gain transport to court for a hearing is to file a motion for bench warrant or petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum (WHCAT). Two …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Incarceration Not Grounds for Termination of Parental Rights in Nevada by In two separate parental rights cases, the Nevada Supreme Court held that imprisonment alone is not sufficient grounds for termination of parental rights. In 1997, the minor child Q.L.R. was born to Roger R. and his wife, Dina M. …
No Administrative Exhaustion in Idaho Child Support Modification by The Idaho Court of Appeals ruled that Idaho prisoners may seek judicial review of Magistrate Court orders setting monthly child support obligations, without first exhausting administrative remedies. Charles Smith was a prisoner at the Idaho State Penitentiary from 1995 until 2001. …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
The Parents' Project: Parent-Child Prison Visitation Issues Raised by Bazzetta, et. al. v. McGinnis, et. al. by Denise Johnston by Denise Johnston & Michael Carlin In 1999, the Michigan Department of Corrections [MDOC] imposed a broad set of restrictions upon parent-child prison visitation. These restrictions included prohibition of visits to …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
The Parents' Project Advocacy for Incarcerated Fathers: What's Missing? by Denise Johnston Denise Johnston & Michael Carlin T.L. had a son with a woman who lived in another part of his home state. He had little contact with the woman after the baby's birth, and never met her family. When …
Article • August 15, 2002 • from PLN August, 2002
The Parents' Project by Denise Johnston by Denise Johnston and Michael Carlin According to the U.S. Department of Labor, more than 25% of the nation's adult population lives with a criminal record for a substantial portion of their lives. The majority of these adults are parents. The Center for Children …
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Texas Prisoners Have No Absolute Right to Appear in Civil Cases by by Matthew T. Clarke A court of appeals in Texas has ruled that Texas prisoners have no absolute right to personally appear at legitimation hearings, though they do have the right to appear by affidavit, telephone, or other …
$3.54 Million Paid For Falsely Imprisoning Unconvicted Mentally-Incapacitated California Man For Two Years In New York by John E Dannenberg A mentally incapacitated misdemeanant detainee at the Los Angeles County, California, jail was unlawfully extradited to New York, where he was imprisoned for two years in the Green Haven Correctional …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Texas Prisoners Have Right to Appear at Civil Court Hearings by An appeals court in Texas has held that Texas prisoners have the right to appear-either in person, by affidavit, by depostition, by telephone, or by teleconferencingat court hearings in civil cases. Richard Owen Taylor, a Texas state prisoner, filed …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
Request for Telephonic Appearance Must Be Considered by The Idaho Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's due process rights were violated when a magistrate failed to consider his request to appear telephonically in a child support action. In April, 1997, the Idaho Bureau of Child Support (Bureau) brought an …
Washington Child Support Minimum Struck Down by The Washington state court of appeals, Division I, held that RCW 26.19.065, which requires a statutory minimum child support payment of $25 per month, violates federal law and the supremacy clause. David Gilbert, a Washington state prisoner, was court ordered to pay $25 …
Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998
AZ Prisoners Have Right to Attend Paternity Hearings by An Arizona state court of appeals held that Arizona prisoners have a right to attend paternity hearings in person or telephonically. Lenny Valentine, an Arizona state prisoner, had a paternity judgment entered against him. A hearing to establish a child support …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
Recent US Supreme Court Rulings of Interest: Court Access by The court struck down a Mississippi law that conditioned appeals in parental rights cases to prepayment of record preparation fees, with no provisions for indigents. The case involved a mother who lost parental rights, forever, to her two minor children …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Washington Prisoner May Have Right to Attend Paternity Hearing by The Washington state court of appeals for Division II held that a county trial court erred when it did not consider a prisoner's motion to be allowed to attend a paternity hearing. Argie Dorsey was incarcerated when he was served …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
No Right to Assistance in Family Law by The court of appeals for the sixth circuit held that prison officials are under no obligation to provide prisoners with the assistance of counsel in child custody cases. This is the latest installment in the ongoing saga of Glover v. Johnson, a …
New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest by A federal district court in New York held that prisoners retain a due process liberty interest in remaining in work release. Quentin Hollingsworth, a New York state prisoner, was participating in a work release and home furlough program while nearing the end …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
Prisoners With Children by The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents [CCIP] was created to produce documentation on and demonstrate model services for these special children and their families. CCIP has four components which include 17 individual projects. The Information Component conducts research, provides technical assistance and produces publications. One …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
State Must Provide Assistance for Parental Suits by Women prisoners in Michigan filed a class action suit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) challenging the decision to reduce funding to Prison Legal Services in order to end PLS assistance in parental rights matters. The prisoners argued that the decrease …
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