In 2020, THSC launched a campaign to bring to the attention of the public a court case in which a judge gave a man who was not related – either by blood or by marriage – joint custody of a 4-year-old child against the wishes of a fit father.
Thankfully, the Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX) rendered a unanimous decision overturning that travesty and clarifying that when a fit parent (defined as a parent that provides for the needs of the child and is not abusive or neglectful), is being challenged in court by a non-parent, the court must presume that decisions the parent makes for the child is in his best interest.
In other words, the judge does not get to make the decision about what he believes would be the best for the child unless the parent is not a fit parent.
However, SCOTX did not decide what standard would be required to determine that a parent was not a fit parent.
There is now a case before SCOTX in which a grandparent is asserting that since a parent had a child temporarily removed by CPS, the parent should be considered unfit. This is in spite of the fact that the parent was found innocent of the charges leveled against him and his child returned.
This is a critical case because if a parent is determined to be unfit simply because of an accusation made against them to CPS, it would all but gut the decision made by the court last year.
Please pray for the court in this case to make the right decision and uphold the God given right of parents to raise their children as they see fit. THSC will be following this case and likely filing a brief in the case in support of the parents should the court decide to take the case.
THSC believes that fit parents should be free from attacks on their character and their good intentions for their children. No one should be able to march into a home armed with legal red tape and try to break up happy families.
THSC is dedicated to Keeping Texas Families Free. Please consider joining as a THSC member or making a donation to THSC today!
In 2020, THSC launched a campaign to bring to the attention of the public a court case in which a judge gave a man who was not related – either by blood or by marriage – joint custody of a 4-year-old child against the wishes of a fit father.
Thankfully, the Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX) rendered a unanimous decision overturning that travesty and clarifying that when a fit parent (defined as a parent that provides for the needs of the child and is not abusive or neglectful), is being challenged in court by a non-parent, the court must presume that decisions the parent makes for the child is in his best interest.
In other words, the judge does not get to make the decision about what he believes would be the best for the child unless the parent is not a fit parent.
However, SCOTX did not decide what standard would be required to determine that a parent was not a fit parent.
There is now a case before SCOTX in which a grandparent is asserting that since a parent had a child temporarily removed by CPS, the parent should be considered unfit. This is in spite of the fact that the parent was found innocent of the charges leveled against him and his child returned.
This is a critical case because if a parent is determined to be unfit simply because of an accusation made against them to CPS, it would all but gut the decision made by the court last year.
Please pray for the court in this case to make the right decision and uphold the God given right of parents to raise their children as they see fit. THSC will be following this case and likely filing a brief in the case in support of the parents should the court decide to take the case.
THSC believes that fit parents should be free from attacks on their character and their good intentions for their children. No one should be able to march into a home armed with legal red tape and try to break up happy families.
THSC is dedicated to Keeping Texas Families Free. Please consider joining as a THSC member or making a donation to THSC today!
