For Our Children & Families

PUBLIC QUESTIONS

25 hard questions before submission

A public pressure test should make the draft safer, clearer, more constitutional, and easier to implement before any broad circulation push.

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  1. Does the draft preserve emergency safety exceptions clearly enough?
  2. Does any language pressure contact restoration before abuse, coercion, fear, or trauma has been screened?
  3. Are good-faith safety reports protected while bad-faith process abuse is still addressable?
  4. Does the draft respect judicial discretion and constitutional separation of powers?
  5. Are notice, evidence, opportunity to be heard, and review pathways clear?
  6. Which duties belong in statute versus court rules, agency procedure, or public guidance?
  7. Can clerks, judges, mediators, GALs, schools, and local agencies implement the text?
  8. What forms or public instructions would ordinary people need?
  9. Does the bill avoid punishing poverty, transportation limits, work schedules, or lack of counsel?
  10. Are fee provisions proportional, reviewable, and unlikely to create perverse incentives?
  11. Does the draft define key terms enough for consistent application?
  12. What data can be reported publicly without identifying children or families?
  13. How should delays and continuances be measured without oversimplifying safety cases?
  14. What training would be required before implementation?
  15. Which parts could create unfunded local burdens?
  16. What language is too vague for enforcement?
  17. What language is too rigid for real child-safety cases?
  18. How should GAL or neutral fact-finding accountability be handled?
  19. What safeguards prevent children from being treated as messengers or evidence carriers?
  20. Does the voter summary fairly describe both purpose and limits?
  21. What objections would responsible critics raise first?
  22. What implementation should be phased rather than immediate?
  23. What official sources should be cited directly?
  24. What public-facing guides would reduce confusion even without statutory change?
  25. What change would make the draft safer and more workable before circulation?

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