NH Law Enforcement:
Struggles to Protect Family Court Victims
Law Enforcement: Hurdles to Protecting Parents and Children from Family Court
The State has Legislated Away Due Process, Evidence and Other Protections
The strongest indicators of fraud and waste are found in patterns from complaints and harm. When parents seek law enforcement help, the common response across NH counties is, "You need to go back to family court." Consequently, the family court cycle continues unabated, only to restart again, further enriching the system of providers while perpetuating years of manipulation and fabrication in family law cases. Why? The answer is simple: legislated laws have been designed to protect the system, not the children and parents. Survivors have been sounding the alarm for years, ignored by stakeholders who prefer the status quo, only to be joined year after year by more victims who are in the process of spending years in the same broken system.
Legal barriers have intentionally been lobbied into NH law to stifle normal investigation or prosecute misconduct associated with the family courts. Confidentiality clauses, immunity protections for contractors, and statutes limiting external oversight, all effectively shield industry insiders from accountability. As a result, allegations of harm are difficult to pursue, trapping parents and children in a system that prioritizes profit over their safety and well-being. Despite two decades of parental advocacy, legislative efforts by the House and Senate have largely been unremarkable word salad, consistently voting to protect the system and increase vagueness, while neglecting to ensure justice, fairness, and family welfare.
Since 2005, the legislature has consistently prioritized the continuation of New Hampshire’s family court system. Parents’ complaints are undermined amid blame-shifting among seasoned legislators familiar with the profit-oriented family court model—ignoring the expense of parents and children who suffer harm without assured due process or protections. Concerns from parents regarding harm, fraud, and injustice persist. However, state law enforcement faces significant limitations imposed by state statutes, restricting their authority. Their duty is to enforce existing state laws and thereby impedes their capacity to effectively address family-related issues.
Parents and children are unknowingly betrayed by family court providers empowered by statutes that prioritize profit over justice. These laws favor systemic profits while bypassing the NH Constitution. Legal protections and restrictions have hamstrung authorities, including law enforcement and the Attorney General, preventing them from effectively addressing ongoing complaints and harm, exposing serious systemic flaws. Ultimately, the state’s laws continue to protect the family court ecosystem, but widespread concerns about harm and due process are ignored amid relentless lobbying efforts. After all, it’s only thousands of NH parents and children harmed each year, while our law enforcement faces insurmountable barriers to justice.
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Focus
STOP Legislative Support for the Family Court Industry
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Since 2005, laws establishing and regulating family courts have increasingly favored the industry's relevance and growth.
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Family Court Operations includes provisions such as confidentiality, immunity for court personnel, and restrictions on external scrutiny; canceling all accountability.
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The provisions create significant legal barriers for law enforcement attempting to investigate or prosecute misconduct or crime from within family courts.
STOP Immunity and Industry Protections
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Laws and practices grant significant immunity to judges, attorneys, and court staff involved in family court proceedings.
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Such immunity shields individuals from accountability, hindering law enforcement investigations into any family court issues.
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It limits the ability of agencies to gather evidence or pursue criminal prosecutions against industry insiders.
STOP Legislative Legal Framework That Prevent Due Process
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Amendments and new laws have entrenched the power of the family court system.
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These laws do override constitutional protections like due process, equal protection, and the right to a fair trial.[ i.e. NH Rules 2.1 and 2.2]
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Courts and government agencies can make determinations without evidentiary standards, complicating law enforcement efforts to combat corruption.
STOP Limitations on the Attorney General’s Enforcement Authority
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Since 2005, legislated state statutes have restricted the state Attorney General’s ability to intervene or investigate corruption in family courts whereby it is there jurisdiction to assure their state government is not corrupted.
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Laws prioritize family court confidentiality and immunity, further hampering enforcement initiatives against corrupt activities.
STOP Suppression of Constitutional Rights by State Laws
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NH state statutes bypass constitutional guarantees such as due process, evidence rights, and protections against unwarranted investigation.
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These laws enable the administrative family court and associated agencies to act without standard procedural safeguards, obstructing evidence, witnesses, or civil and criminal prosecution -all remain under the control and preferred opinion of the family court agencies and family legal services businesses.
STOP Impeding on Citizens Federal and State Constitutional Protections
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The cumulative legal landscape undermines fundamental rights like the presumption of innocence, right to a fair trial, and protections against unreasonable searches.
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This environment hampers law enforcement efforts to root out corruption within the family court system.
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Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions—Loper Bright v. Raimondo, Corner Post v. Board of Governors, and Jarkesy v. SEC—have underscored significant issues with administrative law courts (ALCs). Originally intended for technical and scientific adjudication, the misuse of ALCs in cases involving parents and children has led to disastrous consequences. Law enforcement is too often unable to intervene effectively due to state laws that shield the administrative family courts from scrutiny and accountability.
VOTER ACTION ITEM:
Our NH Families and Our State Needs HB652 to Pass in 2026 Because...
NH law enforcement can only do what the state law allows. The combination of legislative support for the family court industry, immunity provisions, constitutional overrides, and limitations placed on law enforcement agencies—including the Attorney General—has resulted in a systemic environment where state law enforcement cannot effectively do its job in investigating or prosecuting family court issues. The legal framework has been designed to protect the industry’s interests at the expense of justice and accountability. Every tier of the family court eco system organization pyramid is enriched at the expense of our families, neighbors and communities. Taxpayers should not bear the cost of others' dishonesty or misconduct.