Family Justice & Accountability Act (with Francesca Amato)

🔓 Public family-court proceedings (including virtual access).
🎥  All child interviews (GAL, therapists, in-chambers) are audio/video recorded and preserved long-term.
⚡️ Free, immediate access to your own records and audio/transcripts; device recording for effective communication under the ADA.

⚖️  Restores the right to jury trials when custody, removal, or placement is at issue..
🧑‍⚖️❌  No permanent removal based on a single judge without a full evidentiary hearing and jury review (true emergencies must be documented).

🦻🖥️ Remote participation with no penalty; real accommodations (captioning, devices, recordings, plain-language notices).
📝 Effective communication rights enforced at every stage.

🧩 On-scene ADA: interpreters, support person, and effective-communication tools provided.

🛑🛡️ Ends immunity shields when officials violate constitutional/ADA rights.
📛 Liability and penalties can reach judges, GALs, CPS workers, contracted providers, and participating law-enforcement.
📵❗️ False allegations face criminal exposure; missing/withheld recordings trigger consequences.

 👮‍♀️✅  Before removals: verify warrant, due process, ADA and a clear, present danger standard.
🎥  Body-worn cameras during child-welfare actions; footage preserved and accessible.
📝  Exigency report required if no warrant; give parents an incident packet (order/warrant copy, probable-cause note, officer IDs).
🧭 Chain-of-custody for kids + 24-hour notification to the protective parent.

💸🏛️ Ties federal child-welfare funds to recordings, transparency, ADA, due process.
🧮  Independent audits & public dashboards on removals, recordings, ADA accommodations.
🕒⚖️ DOJ review timelines for civil-rights complaints; noncompliance penalties (withheld funds, oversight orders, sanctions).
🧵  Whistleblower protections for staff/providers/foster parents who report violations.