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D. R. S. v. D. P. H. L., et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC21-102 · judgment February 3, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Should the Government, with assistance of family courts, have the sole and final say on the Frankensteining of the American Family? Does this deny basic human rights set forth in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

  2. At what stage of termination of parental rights, do parents actually lose their parental rights? Removal of children, trial to terminate parental rights, during search for appropriate adoptive families or a year(or set time) after adoption has commenced?

  3. Did Florida fail in its difference in treatment, between the petitioner (and her family) and its similarly situated comparators and does it conflict with the Court’s well-established standards which are applicable to equal protection claims? The state is required to demonstrate a rational basis when it’s treating similarly situated persons differently.

  4. When a parent retains legal rights, even if children are not in their care is their consent for adoption still valid. Can a judge revoke for other reasons than duress or fraud?

  5. Should a government employee be granted leave to ignore criminality of another to perpetuate their end game?

  6. Should AFSA be legal and allowable to sell children by putting a ransom on every American and foreign child’s head. Rewards are given to adopt but not keep intact. Should ASFA be found unconstitutional against basic human rights?

  7. Should our states be allowed to monetize our most vulnerable citizens, children, and elderly, by judges and their crony lawyers and legal guardians?

  8. Did Florida violate and discriminate in equal rights in interstate commerce.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Dora Renee Shean

For respondent
Sarah J. Rumph
Florida Department of Children & Families

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Aug 25 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jul 22 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Florida Department of Children and Families to respond filed.
  4. Jul 01 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 13, 2021)