11-1105.3
04/09
PETITION 13
PETITION FOR REDRESS OF GRIEVANCE
TO: The Honorable House of Representatives
FROM: Petitioner Representative Daniel C. Itse, Rockingham 9
DATE: September 20, 2011
SUBJECT: Grievance of Hope Nardone
Your Petitioner Representative Itse on behalf of Hope Nardone hereinafter presents the following summary of her grievance and invokes the constitutional authority and duty of the Honorable House of Representatives pursuant to Articles 31 and 32 to bring about redress:
Grievances involving the members of the Division of Children, Youth, and Families including Kristen Neil and Kate Emerson for the following:
1. Making false statements to the Social Security Administration in order to receive mental illness financial benefits for a minor while refusing mental health services.
2. Alleging abuse/neglect because a parent sought mental health help for a minor.
3. Failing to disclose unsafe/aggressive behaviors including sexual assault to the court and to the parent, including that Derry police were pressing charges.
4. Omission of same from DCYF documentation.
5. Practicing medicine by refusal to comply with physician orders.
6. Refusing to transport and refusing to use Safe Passages transportation to bring a minor to family visits and physician ordered appointments.
7. Violating HIPAA practice of medicine involving slandering of the parent.
8. Withholding exculpatory evidence.
9. Failing to comply with Brentwood Family Court’s court-ordered family visits.
10. Refusing to allow visitation hours during times that would allow the parent to return to work.
Wherefore, your Petitioner prays that the House of Representatives consider this proposed remedy:
Amend the laws of the State as follows:
1. Define the precise guidelines for the following terms for all State and medical/health providers regarding “in the best interest of the child” and “good faith reporting” in order to protect children and families from malicious reporting bias.
2. Remove State agency worker immunity regarding criminal penalties for failing to act in the best interest of the child/family or acting outside the scope of his or her practice to acquire a child into state custody.
3. Modify ex-parte hearings to protect a parent’s/family’s right to speak on a child’s behalf and to defend themselves against allegations of abuse/neglect and to prevent psychological injury to the child.
4. Specify a time frame in which exculpatory evidence must be presented by the State.
5. Create rules of evidence requiring discovery and acceptance of all evidence which may clear a parent/family and return the child.
6. Require documentation beyond reasonable doubt showing attempts to locate and place the child with the grandparents or other family members prior to placing a child into foster care.
Respectfully submitted by Petitioner Representative Itse on Behalf of Hope Nardone.