Bring Them Home

Goal:

 USD $40,000

Raised:

 USD $29,580

Campaign created by JC Cross

Campaign funds will be received by Joseph Cross

Bring Them Home

When this campaign began, it had been 17 weeks (119 days) since I had any contact with my three little girls because of false allegations of abuse. That seemed like an eternity. It has now been over two and a half years since I have seen my oldest daughter.

I have won THREE separate trials in three different courts to prove my innocence of any wrongdoing. Despite winning everything, I have gained very little. Jess Anderson (my daughters' mother) illegally left the state of Minnesota in July 2022. Her manipulation of our three daughters caused them severe psychological distress and put one of them in the hospital for three months. I am doing everything I can to save them through the slow, deficient family court system that perpetuates family turmoil.

Throughout this process, I have amassed a massive amount of legal fees. I have two jobs, one as a personal trainer and the other as a volunteer for the ministry, Jesus Film Project. My income will not cover the mounting costs. To keep fighting this battle and bring my daughters home I need your help. Would you prayerfully consider a donation of $200, $100, or some other amount?

Thank you for your support and prayers for my daughters and me. Please ask the Lord to protect them and restore our relationship. It will take the power of the Holy Spirit to heal them from this psychological poison.

"How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." Psalm 82:2-4

Read more at www.RescueMyChild.org

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Sean Donnelly
$ 100.00 USD
27 days ago

We're praying for you!

Response from Campaign Owner:

"Thank you for your faithful prayer! I know He hears and answers! - JC

Anonymous Giver
$ 100.00 USD
2 months ago

I will be praying. As you know, He can do this!! What state are they in now?

Response from Campaign Owner:

"Thank you for your faithful prayer! I know He hears and answers! The girls are still living in Wisconsin with their mother. - JC

Jamie Shelburne
$ 100.00 USD
5 months ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 5.00 USD
11 months ago

Timothy Barry
$ 200.00 USD
1 year ago

I know what your going through brother stay strong!!

Response from Campaign Owner:

"Timothy, I'm sorry you know this pain. Far too many parents have had their families destroyed by the state. Thank you for your support! - JC

Cayo
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 5.00 USD
1 year ago

Steve Braje
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 20.00 USD
1 year ago

I am on fixed income but I will watch and pray for your family to get together soon. Thank you for your service this is what courts need to get right and CPC is not any child's friend.

Response from Campaign Owner:

"Thank you for your loving support in this fight! - JC

Darren and Inara Slade
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Get those kids back and never stop fighting!

Anonymous Giver
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1 year ago

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Anonymous Giver
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1 year ago

Finch and Kelli Sprouse
$ 100.00 USD
1 year ago

Steve Baumgardner family
$ 200.00 USD
1 year ago

Anonymous Giver
$ 5.00 USD
1 year ago

mindy
$ 50.00 USD
1 year ago

praying

Natalie Nygaard
$ 50.00 USD
1 year ago

Continuing to hope for the best outcome for you and the girls.

Anonymous Giver
$ 5.00 USD
1 year ago

Dan Wegner
$ 50.00 USD
1 year ago

Hi JC, we've met on multiple occasions. I've been in your shoes (to a lesser degree) and it's a living - but it will get better and you can trust God with your daughters' wellbeing. He also is a loving father - and your example to your daughters will pay off. I'll try to reach out.

Updates

Update #9 - Petition to the MN Supreme Court

November 1st, 2024

I filed a petition for review at the Minnesota Supreme Court. The state's highest court must examine the actions of the lower courts in violating the rights of parents and children. Will they accept my petition? Find out here.

Thank you for joining with me financially and prayerfully. I can only continue this fight with your faithful support.

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Update #8 - Court of Appeals Shocking Decision

September 25th, 2024

APPEAL UPDATE: Judge Jon Schmidt of the Minnesota court of appeals filed his opinion on September 23, 2024. Some have called the decision "absurd." Most shocking is Jon Schmidt's history of activism with a fringe legal group. Read about his history and the opinion he filed here.

I would greatly appreciate your help as I take my case to the MN Supreme Court.

Update #7 - Court of Appeals Sets Conference

June 22nd, 2024

This spring, I filed a 25-page formal brief citing multiple violations of the U.S. Constitution and additional violations of Minnesota state statutes after Referee Jason Hutchison ignored numerous laws and manipulated evidence. The Court of Appeals accepted my case and set their conference for August 7, 2024. A three-judge panel will convene to discuss the merits of my case. The Court will then have 90 days to file its decision. I am asking the Court to reverse the Order, effectively allowing my daughters to return home.

As part of my appeal, I am challenging the constitutionality of Minnesota's "best interest factors." The law effectively gives sovereign power to the state to decide what is in the best interests of children. Surprisingly, almost every other state employs similar laws. While child advocates want to uphold these laws as essential for protecting children, they do the opposite. Parents lose the right to the care, custody, and control of their children. The state, therefore, assumes that power. By claiming something is "in the best interests of the children," the state grants itself carte blanche authority to remove children and terrorize families.

The U.S. Supreme Court has long held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment "provides heightened protection against government interference with certain fundamental rights and liberty interests." It has also affirmed that "the interest of parents in the care, custody, and control of their children is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognized by this Court." The autocracy of state agencies to dictate the terms of the parent-child relationship must end.

Update #6 - Hunger Strike to Rescue My Children

January 28th, 2023

After the Juvenile Court dismissed the case and restored my custody, I attempted to pick my daughters up from school. This would have marked our first time together in nearly a year. However, Jess Anderson (my daugthers' mother) lied to school officials and withheld them from school. She then refused to allow the girls to return to my home. I filed an emergency motion in family court, citing her in contempt and asking for a change of custody for psychological and emotional abuse of our daughters. She filed a motion right after mine, saying the girls are afraid to come home with me and requesting a change of custody.

Unfortunately, Referee Hutchison suspended my parenting time while the Court investigates. Despite proving I have never harmed my children in three trials, the Courts continue to allow Ms. Anderson to hold our children hostage. Not once have my daughters ever acted afraid in my presence. The girls' fear is a textbook symptom of parental alienation. I intend to prove that to the Court.

On January 26, 2023, I started a nonviolent hunger strike within Hennepin County Government Center, demanding justice for my daughters. I cannot sit idly by while this system annihilates my family like many others. I will not eat until my daughters return home safely.

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Update #5 - Juvenile Court VICTORY

January 28th, 2023

On January 13, 2023, the Juvenile Court finally DISMISSED the Department of Human Services' malicious attempt to terminate my parental rights. After the Department admitted they had no argument as to why my family would need ongoing services, Judge Magill dismissed everything and TERMINATED the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court. Unfortunately, that did not end this painful saga.

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Update #4 - Juvenile Trial

November 28th, 2022

After five days of trial in juvenile court, testimony concluded on November 14, 2022. The parties will submit their summary findings and conclusions of law to the court by the end of this week. Judge Magill will have 15 days to issue his ruling.

No evidence exists to terminate my parental rights. The Department of Human Services also failed to produce evidence related to the sixteen factors defining a child needing protection or services. According to the law, only one option exists: dismissal. Should Judge Magill rule otherwise, we have what we need to file an appeal.

Please pray for my attorneys and Judge Magill. My daughters should not have to suffer this injustice for one more day. Bring them home for Christmas, Lord.

(Picture: The girls and I at church during our first Christmas with just the four of us in 2017.)

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Update #3 - Criminal Trial VICTORY

July 26th, 2022

After five days of a criminal trial, on 7/22/22, it took twelve jurors little time to return a verdict of NOT GUILTY. Praise God for this sliver of justice. This is the second trial victory. Unfortunately, I still do not have my three daughters, and most of the truth remains concealed. I have had contact with them for just seven hours in the past eight months.

Yet again, I must battle Child Protection Services in a juvenile court trial. I need your help to rescue my three little girls from this injustice. Thank you for considering a gift of any amount.

Update Update #3 - Criminal Trial VICTORY Image
Update #2 - Juvenile Trial

June 22nd, 2022

Despite the false allegations of abuse being fully dismissed in family court (which has the lowest burden of proof), Hennepin County CPS decided to file a petition against me for maltreatment of my children. After impeaching the CPS investigator in the civil trial, the next week Hennepin County decided to file criminal charges. (This is the same county in Minnesota already notorious for protecting illegal police activity and not protecting the innocent.)

The number of constitutional violations and abuses of power continue to mount. As such, I have only had contact with my three precious girls for seven hours in the past seven months. I have requested a speedy trial and will have my day in court before a jury in July 2022. Please pray for swift justice and the protection of my three young daughters in the midst of these difficult circumstances.

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Update #1 - Juvenile Trial after Family Court VICTORY

March 27th, 2022

My attorneys have filed two motions for immediate dismissal of the Child in Need of Protection or Services (CHIPS) petition. The false allegations of child abuse have already been adjudicated during the Order for Protection (OFP) trial. The judge DISMISSED the OFP on March 4, 2022.

CPS and Hennepin County's attempt to try it again through the civil court is a violation of res judicata (essentially double jeopardy).

Please pray the judge would see the attempt to manipulate the judicial system and dismiss this petition. Thank you!

Update Update #1 - Juvenile Trial after Family Court VICTORY Image

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