This article needs to be commented on. These legislators listed need to be made
aware of what's really going on in the Juvenile Courts. They need to be put on
notice about the corruption and illegal activities of the lawyers and judges
involved. Get confirmation of the contacts so that this can be brought up to
them at election time or in impeachment hearings. We had a task force in 2000,
the Juvenile Law Reform Committee, lawsuits, new laws like Kelsey's Law and the
Slate Act, and now the class action fraud and secret hearings hosted by Rep.
Morrissette, (no parents involved from what I hear) This is just more of the
same covering up and diversions to avoid placing any accountability on DHS or
the lawyers and judges responsible. And why will the legislature not have a full
financial audit of DHS and the Juvenile Court? Are they seeking to hide their
own financial interest? What about the judges who do not have to file financial
disclosures? If they
really cared about justice and children being abused and dying I think they
would have made a difference by now, don't you? Things have just gotten worse
since around 1999. All of those involved appear to be either incompetent at
best, and have failed the children and families of Oklahoma.

                                                                             W.
Moore
                                                                                \
  OKFAMRA



JournalRecord
Panel finalizing children’s code overhaul suggestions
by Jeff Packham
The Journal Record September 4, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY – A committee made up of legislators, judges, social program
officials and advocates have set a deadline for the end of September to finalize
recommendations for an overhaul of the children and juvenile codes.

The focus was on the children’s code as members of the Children and Juvenile Law
Reform Committee went through each section of the law and discussed possible
changes to present to the Legislature for next session.
Judge Roger Stuart spoke about the work that had been done in the general
provisions section of the children’s code. He said funding was critical for the
system to work but said difficult situations were always going to occur
regardless of how great the system was crafted.
“The code is not a solution to child abuse and neglect,” Stuart said. “Bad
things can happen.”
Stuart said ultimately the goal of the changes to the code were to “protect
those who cannot protect themselves” by putting in procedures that best
accomplished that end.
State Rep. Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, and chairman of the committee, said the hope
is that the committee could put together five recommendations by the end of
September to present to legislators with an eventual goal of drafting a 800- to
1,000-page bill for next session.
He said it was important the committee proposed a bill that size without giving
legislators plenty of time to review the content.
“I am afraid we would be doomed from the get-go if we did it that way,” Steele
said.
Some of the changes will continue to be discussed by the children’s code
subcommittee for final drafting. The juvenile code will be addressed at the next
meeting on Friday.




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