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Fighting for Families: Legislative Progress on Parental Rights

2025-03-24T00:59:43+00:00

As the Texas legislative session progresses, the Family Freedom Project (FFP) continues to champion critical bills designed to strengthen parental rights and reform flawed child welfare laws. Here’s a look at the key legislation FFP has worked with lawmakers and other like-minded organizations and and update on where these bills currently stand. Parental Rights Amendment Passes Senate Floor (SJR 34/HJR 112) And Is Heard in House Committee The Parental Rights Amendment, SJR 34/HJR 112, is making significant strides, having passed through the Texas Senate. If approved by the House and subsequently ratified, this amendment would enshrine parental rights in the [...]

Fighting for Families: Legislative Progress on Parental Rights2025-03-24T00:59:43+00:00

The Evelyn Boatright Case: A Fight for Justice and Family Preservation

2024-12-19T17:19:19+00:00

Summary: Traumatic Birth: Baby Evelyn’s delivery involved complications, including a vacuum-assisted birth and emergency c-section, which medical experts said could easily explain her brain bleed but was overlooked by hospital staff. Other asymptomatic injuries on her ribs also pointed to birth trauma, but Doctors at Cook Children’s never even investigated it.  Hospital Diagnosis: At six weeks old, Evelyn was admitted to Cook Children’s Hospital for seizures, where a doctor reviewed an MRI of Evelyn’s brain, found a small brain bleed, and diagnosed child abuse just 2 minutes later, without meeting Evelyn or her parents and without evaluating multiple obvious alternative [...]

The Evelyn Boatright Case: A Fight for Justice and Family Preservation2024-12-19T17:19:19+00:00

2024 General Election Wins

2025-03-13T17:53:17+00:00

Now seems like the perfect moment to embrace the saying, “Everything Is Bigger In Texas!” The 2024 Elections certainly lived up to that claim. While these elections made waves nationwide, let’s be clear: The Elections Were Bigger in Texas! Probably now more than ever, parental rights have taken center stage, and the momentum generated during the Primaries and Runoffs set the stage for the results we witnessed last night during the General Election. Journey Back In Time During the Primaries and Runoffs, we witnessed notable changes in the Texas House with the overturning of multiple seats and important wins in [...]

2024 General Election Wins2025-03-13T17:53:17+00:00

#BringEvelynHome

2024-11-15T17:08:58+00:00

On 11/13/2024 the judge ruled in favor of Evelyn’s parents, and on 11/14/2024 Evelyn went home. Evelyn’s homecoming marks a victory not just for her family but for parental rights advocates everywhere. DONATE What Went Wrong in Evelyn's Case? How Medical Misjudgment and CPS Failures Tore Evelyn from Her Parents Evelyn was born on December 24, 2023, via emergency C-section after 12 hours of being stuck in the birth canal. Because of the difficult delivery, she was born with molding of the head and caput succedaneum (swelling and bruising of the head), [...]

#BringEvelynHome2024-11-15T17:08:58+00:00

Online Group Bullied This Family For Years: Then CPS Showed Up

2024-10-04T00:09:24+00:00

Quick Facts: JD and Britney Lott and their eight children were targeted with malicious and false CPS reports by a Reddit group that tracked and berated them online for years. Family Freedom Project mounted a rapid response to defend the family against a CPS-imposed deadline only hours away. Filing a false CPS report is a felony. After intervention from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s office, local police opened a criminal investigation into the Redditor's conduct. Nationally, 1 out of every 3 American children will be investigated by CPS before the age of 18. For black children, the rate is 1 out [...]

Online Group Bullied This Family For Years: Then CPS Showed Up2024-10-04T00:09:24+00:00

FFP Challenges Order Violating Parental Rights

2025-01-30T15:33:55+00:00

Press Release Court Documents Amicus Curiae Brief Family Freedom Project Files Brief Challenging Horrifically Unconstitutional Order Violating Parental Rights 11/1/2024 Update This past Tuesday, the Family Freedom Project’s legal counsel, former Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman, gave powerful arguments before the Texas Supreme Court, advocating for due process and parental rights in this high-stakes case. In Stary v. Ethridge, a Houston court issued a lifetime contact ban between a mother and her children based solely on an accusation—not a conviction—of child abuse. Future parents will be held to the standard outlined by the [...]

FFP Challenges Order Violating Parental Rights2025-01-30T15:33:55+00:00

PRESS RELEASE: FFP Urges Texas Supreme Court to Not Discard Parental Rights in Landmark Case

2024-05-23T20:00:31+00:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2024 Contact: Jeremy Newman Phone: 214-707-8445 Email: Jeremy@FamilyFreedomProject.org Family Freedom Project Urges Texas Supreme Court to Not Discard Parental Rights in Landmark Case LUBBOCK, TX - The Family Freedom Project has filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in the case of Stary v Ethridge before the Supreme Court of Texas, urging the court to uphold fundamental parental rights in the care, custody, and control of their children. Houston attorney Chris Branson and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman filed the brief on behalf of the Family Freedom Project. The rights of all Texas parents are [...]

PRESS RELEASE: FFP Urges Texas Supreme Court to Not Discard Parental Rights in Landmark Case2024-05-23T20:00:31+00:00

How “child endangerment” accusations may not require any actual danger to a child.

2025-01-07T23:00:28+00:00

A Texas father has been experiencing CPS’s (Child Protective Services) attempt to terminate his parental rights even though the courts found that there was never an identifiable moment when his children were placed in actual danger.

How “child endangerment” accusations may not require any actual danger to a child.2025-01-07T23:00:28+00:00

Parental Rights Under Fire: Navigating Legal Battles Unfolding in Montana and Texas

2024-02-27T01:36:22+00:00

Right now, parents in two different states are facing significant legal battles concerning parental rights.  In Montana, the Kolstad family faces a custody battle with the state over their gender-dysphoric daughter, Jennifer. Jennifer struggled with significant mental health issues, and the family sought to get her traditional psychiatric care instead of a case designed to affirm her gender dysphoria. The state had Jennifer removed from her home in response. Criticism has been directed at Montana Governor Greg Gianforte for the state's intervention and a subsequent gag order on the family. In Texas, Senate Bill 14 seeks to prevent the type [...]

Parental Rights Under Fire: Navigating Legal Battles Unfolding in Montana and Texas2024-02-27T01:36:22+00:00

PRESS RELEASE: FFP Submits Brief Urging TX Supreme Court to Not Discard Parental Responsibility

2024-05-20T21:57:59+00:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 12, 2024 Contact: Jeremy Newman Phone: 214-707-8445 Email: Jeremy@FamilyFreedomProject.org FFP Submits Amicus Curiae Brief Urging TX Supreme Court to Not Discard Parental Responsibility in Fallen Officer Case LUBBOCK, TX - Family Freedom Project filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in the Justin G. Dart case before the Supreme Court of Texas, urging the court to uphold the principle of parental responsibility.    At the heart of this case lies a fundamental issue: the potential for technicalities to sever parental responsibility over a deceased parent’s child. Justin Dart, born on September 19, 2000, is currently facing a legal battle [...]

PRESS RELEASE: FFP Submits Brief Urging TX Supreme Court to Not Discard Parental Responsibility2024-05-20T21:57:59+00:00

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