This spring, I filed a 25-page formal brief citing multiple violations of the U.S. Constitution and additional violations of Minnesota state statutes. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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!