Declaration of Constitutional Grievances

Submitted by: Dean Allen Cochrun

Preamble

This Declaration sets forth constitutional grievances grounded in established doctrine and lived experience. It addresses systemic violations within child welfare and family court proceedings affecting parents and children as separate constitutional persons.

Grievance I — Procedural Due Process

Dean Allen Cochrun — Parent Perspective

Parents are deprived of liberty in family integrity without timely notice, meaningful hearing, or adversarial process.

Dean Allen Cochrun — Child Perspective

Children are seized and displaced without representation or procedural safeguards.

Legal reasoning: Fundamental liberty interests require due process (Santosky; In re Gault).