Supreme Court of the United States &
Right to Jury for Custody
Right now I have completed a "Request for Certiorari" to the
U.S. Supreme Court. This is quite a long shot -- the Court gets many, many requests
and only a few are heard. The document has been posted here, along with any
progress! If you would like to read the document, links are available below:
11/30/98 - Letter from the Court Clerk,
putting the case on the docket on 27 Nov, any reply briefs to be filed in 30 days.
12/15/98 - Father's Rights of New York State (FRANYS) will submit
an Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) brief. While the name says "Fathers", the
group has members of both sexes -- and promotes joint custody for both parents. Some very
talented people spent a lot of their time (with no pay), to help ALL of us! Please let the
following folks know you appreciate their efforts:
- Michael Powers (Michael.Powers2@nypa.gov):
he is the president of the New York City Chapter of FRANYS and coordinated the effort.
- Michael Hizme (children1st@juno.com): a former
candidate for New York State Assembly. He has spent a considerable amount of time
studying the law and helping others.
- Irwin Eisenstein (ironstone@pipeline.com):
also spent considerable time studying the law and promoting counsel for
people facing loss of custody.
For those of you unfamilar with the process. The Supreme Court may look at a hundred of
these petitions in a week!
Only minutes are spent on each one -- the filing by a third party of a Friend of the Court
Brief, highlight the case
to the Court, and can GREATLY improve the chance of it being heard.
1/11/99 - Received letter from Supreme Court Clerk. The petition
was denied.
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