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"You can have a public defender for murder..." ⚖️ @ShawnLeeisme
but a parent in family court can lose everything just trying to keep their child 👇

⚠️ 🚨 CRIMINAL COURT HAS CAPS. FAMILY COURT HAS NO CLEAR CEILING. 🚨 ⚠️

In Kansas, appointed attorney compensation for certain tried felony cases can be listed with caps like:

• $2,560
• $3,200
• $8,000

Now compare that to family court.

In the Stand With Meg registry data, families have reported more than $228 million in attorney fees alone.

Not GALs.
Not therapists.
Not evaluators.
Not every court-ordered professional.

Attorney fees alone.

These are family-reported submissions - not court findings.

But the contrast matters.

Public systems know how to write caps, schedules, categories, and numbers.

Family court parents are reporting something different:

Bills that keep coming.
Hearings that keep coming.
Motions that keep coming.
And parents running out of money before they run out of evidence.

If attorney fees became part of the pressure in your family court case - mothers and fathers alike - your story belongs on the public record 👇

https://t.co/NQEhsiTFzs

Meg here. https://t.co/NQEhsiTFzs. Share the survey.

FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS.

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Part 8: Soberlink + OurFamilyWizard are on AFCC’s 2025 sponsor list:
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This is why I started Stand with Meg and the Family Rights survey! The government needs to stay out of our children’s lives!!

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Breaking: Mom Muzzles Herself on National TV In Silent Protest of DCF Holding Her Daughter Captive for Close to 2 Years.

Fearing further lawfare retaliation from the State of Massachusetts in the fight to bring her transitioning teenage daughter home, Arlene Kutzko taped her mouth closed during the second live interview with her husband Joseph on @NEWSMAX 11/11/26 with @RobFinnertyUSA shown below.

The distraught but determined mother sat silently as her husband Joseph shared updates on their tireless efforts to protect their child from making irreversible, life-altering decisions, a process from which they have been completely blocked.

Sophie Kutzko went to school one morning nearly two years ago, did not return home and has not been back since. At age 15, she was swept away from school and taken into custody by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families. Her mother, father and brother were blindsided.
None of them had ever heard Sophie so much as mention transitioning.

Arlene remains resolute that Sophie must be returned to her loving family, and she will continue to fight for her in every way she is able, despite looming criminal charges stemming from an earlier TV interview.

During a Fox News interview with Lauren Green that aired on September 14, 2026, in response to a standard hypothetical “if” question, Arlene expressed her love for her daughter and her wishes for her to come home.

According to the well-funded Victim Rights Law Center that is representing the minor, the now 17-year-old was “upset” by the news report. In an obvious stretch to the conditions of the no contact order, a lawyer from the Boston firm and a DCF social worker accompanied Sophie to the Waltham Police Department to file a complaint alleging that her grieving mother violated a no-contact order—despite the fact that Arlene did not initiate contact. Adding to the family’s ever-increasing stress level, Arlene now faces the possibility of up to 2½ years in jail and thousands of dollars in fines.

Think about that. A mother threatened with jail time for expressing love for her own child who was stolen away from her family without warning.

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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Marlo Ross — Pierce County, Georgia — named by 8 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgeMarloRoss #GAFamilyCourt #PierceCountyGA #DueProcess

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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Leah Case — Volusia County, Florida — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgeLeahCase #FLFamilyCourt #VolusiaCountyFL #DueProcess

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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Joan Anthony — Volusia County, Florida — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgeJoanAnthony #FLFamilyCourt #VolusiaCountyFL #CourtTransparency

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⚠️ 🚨 Attorney Katie McClaflin — Johnson County, Kansas — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #AttorneyKatieMcClaflin #KSFamilyCourt #JohnsonCountyKS #LegalAccountability

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⚠️ 🚨 Attorney Maggie Kuhl — Putnam County, West Virginia — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #AttorneyMaggieKuhl #WVFamilyCourt #PutnamCountyWV #DueProcess

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Milfred "Bud" Dale | KS + TX. Named by 6 distinct families in the Stand With Meg registry. Family-reported allegations, not court findings. Add your experience: https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd #StandWithMeg #FamilyCourt

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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Larry Heiser — Marion, Ohio County, Ohio — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgeLarryHeiser #OHFamilyCourt #MarionOhioCountyOH #DueProcess

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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Laura Shaffer — Osceola County, Florida — named by 5 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgeLauraShaffer #FLFamilyCourt #OsceolaCountyFL #DueProcess

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⚠️ 🚨 GAL / Child Representative K. Lee Stribling — Lamar County, Mississippi — named by 9 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/ld7G4kxrmo FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #GALKLeeStribling #MSFamilyCourt #LamarCountyMS #ChildWelfareAccountability

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⚠️ 🚨 GAL / Child Representative Alexis jordan — stone county, Missouri — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/ld7G4kxrmo FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #GALAlexisjordan #MOFamilyCourt #stoneCountyMO #ChildWelfareAccountability

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⚠️ 🚨 Attorney Christi Chesley — Oklahoma — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #AttorneyChristiChesley #OKFamilyCourt #OklahomaOK #LegalAccountability

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Inside the Coalition, Part 7: Who’s speaking at AFCC?

Read the public programs:
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Join us:
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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Rhonda G. Burggraf — Marion County, Ohio — named by 6 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgeRhondaGBurggraf #OHFamilyCourt #MarionCountyOH #CourtTransparency

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⚠️ 🚨 Therapist / Counselor Dan Livingston — JoCo County, Kansas — named by 5 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #TherapistDanLivingston #KSFamilyCourt #JoCoCountyKS #ParentRights

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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Paul Burmaster — Johnson County, Kansas — named by 4 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgePaulBurmaster #KSFamilyCourt #JohnsonCountyKS #CourtTransparency

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⚠️ 🚨 Judge Sean Persin — Indiana — named by 8 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/WZkttTuuEd FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #JudgeSeanPersin #INFamilyCourt #IndianaIN #DueProcess

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⚠️ 🚨 GAL / Child Representative Shannon Prescott — Okmulgee County, Oklahoma — named by 3 families in family-reported submissions. Add your story → https://t.co/ld7G4kxrmo FAMILY-REPORTED SUBMISSIONS. #StandWithMeg #GALShannonPrescott #OKFamilyCourt #OkmulgeeCountyOK #GALAccountability