In short, you are likely eligible to join as a Member of this "primary" Subclass (and also qualify for TexasPRA membership) if you: (1) have LESS THAN equal 50/50 parenting time with your child/ren; (2) because of a TEXAS court; (3) have no CPS history, or at least nothing "substantiated" by CPS; and (4) were ordered to pay at least $1/month in child support.  Further details below.

The five (5) main arguments of the class action lawsuit - the reasons why every Parent-v-Parent custody case is void - are available on the TexasPRA website.

INSTRUCTIONS / PRIVACY NOTICE:  This form requires that you must answer each eligibility question below, and then asks statistical questions that you don't have to answer.  Your own personal information will never be seen by the general public, however the same for all registered co-plaintiffs will be filed "under seal" (private/hidden) with the federal court as a (lengthy) printed Excel worksheet in order to (1) prove sufficient "numerosity" as an actual Class under federal law, and (2) formally enter you as a bona fide co-plaintiff also entitled to legal relief.

AGAIN, THIS WILL BE USED FOR LEGAL RELIEF PURPOSES, SO BE CORRECT WITH YOUR ANSWERS.  YOU DON'T WANT TYPOS TO BLOCK YOUR RELIEF!!

BASIC PERSONAL INFORMATION

Enter your first + last name in the next pair of boxes, which should be your legal name and also match your party name within your Texas child custody case (if your case doesn't spell your name correctly, then stick to using your legal name),

Note that personal details like your phone number and your street address are NOT required, but only your basic geographic data is needed via the following.

In the next box, please input the official name of the court of your child custody case, without including the County name just answered above.  In other words, you will input something like... "123rd District Court" or "County Court at Law No. 2" or "Title IV-D Court No. 4" but using the actual named type (and numbered, if numbered) court that is your child custody case court. If you have any separate related case(s), like a protective order case or pure child support case, make sure you enter the name of your main child custody case below.  Rephrased, whichever TX court case has been controlling your child custody rights, that's the court name you should enter below.  Look at your case online and/or some of your case paperwork as needed to make sure you are correct.

In the next box, please input the official case number of your child custody case.  The above court name answer and this case number answer will be used for your legal relief, so do be correct.  Look at your case online and/or some of your case paperwork as needed to make sure you are correct.  Don't worry too hard about dashes, slashes, or other punctuation used within a case number - include if you know, but it's the alphanumerics (letters and numbers) that are the most critical.

THE SEVEN (7) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

You must be able to answer "Yes" to each and all of the following seven (7) questions in order to be eligible.  If you cannot, you are not eligible to join.

Question #1:  Are you an adult U.S. resident within any of the 50 States (i.e., you do not live in DC, Puerto Rico, etc., or in any foreign nation)?

Question #2:  Are you a natural (biological) parent of one (1) or more children?

Question #3:  Is each said child of #2 above also a U.S. resident within any of the 50 States (just like #1 above)?

Question #4:  By a state court of TEXAS, have you been treated as an "NCP" or "non-custodial" parent, i.e., with a lesser share of parenting rights than the other natural (biological) parent, in regards to the same child/ren of #3 above (you have LESS THAN 50/50 EQUAL PARENTING TIME with said child/ren, i.e., your own parenting time share is from 0% to 49%) (regardless whether or not you ostensibly share "joint legal" custody rights, i.e., decision-making rights for medical, etc.), AND have you also ever been ordered, at any time by any TEXAS court, for any length of time, to pay at least $1/month in "child support" to the other parent?

Question #5:  Is there zero history of any CPS case against you, or at least nothing was ever "substantiated" by CPS against you?  Clarification notes:  Even allowing for false allegations against you to prejudice your child custody case, still nothing of abuse or neglect was ever "substantiated" by an official CPS case itself, i.e., either you have never been involved at all with CPS, great, or even if so then it was all just a load of nonsense from the opposition to influence your child custody case which is why it never got substantiated by an official CPS case.  And even if the regular Texas family court case ever restricted you to "supervised" visitation, or no contact, that does *not* disqualify you from this class action case, precisely because that is *not* a constitutionally valid process to restrict parental rights.

Question #6:  Is your same said child custody case either: (1) an active, pending, or otherwise ongoing case that you are still subjected to even now; or (2) now finally over but last active within the past two years?  Clarification notes:  Either your same custody case is still active, or you are no longer subject to any terms of that case, but the last date that you were still under those Texas court case terms was on or after July 21st of 2024, hence you are still within the two-year personal injury statute of limitations via Texas state law, which is what federal courts use for Section 1983 causes of action (even though there are other causes of action in the class action complaint, all bases are still covered for Section 1983 needs).

For further clarification of Criteria #6 just above, even if your youngest (or only) child is now an adult of 18+ years of age, if you were still being impacted on July 21st of 2024, or at anytime thereafter, including even now presently if applicable, by being still subjected to any child support payment(s), or any college-related responsibilities upon you for your child/ren, and/or similar court-ordered terms, because of said Texas court case orders, then you are still eligible to join and be a Member of the Class, entitled to full relief, as long as you meet all other criteria.

Question #7:  And finally, just answer "Yes" to acknowledge the following Notice.  This class action lawsuit must be strictly limited only to facts and legal issues that are uniformly common to each "Subclass" co-plaintiffs (Members) within the entire general Class of noncustodial parents.  The goal of relief in this class action is to have the federal court declare (1) that all such Texas family court cases covered by the Class Members are void for lack of fundamental due process, and (2) therefore that each Member is restored to his or her rightful equal share of true 50/50 child custody rights in all respects, with (3) adding enforcement rights language in the same federal court order to enable each Member to immediately file for automatic follow-up in their own custody case, hence securing your rock-solid legal position to seek any and/or all further appropriate relief within your personal situation.  For further information, please also see the FAQs page.

SWORN DECLARATION

Federal law, 28 USC § 1746, provides for you to legally self-swear to all of your above answers given under penalty of perjury, just like you had taken a legal paper to your bank or wherever to get it notarized by a notary public.

In the below, you will legally confirm all of the above as true by affixing your "digital signature" in the blank provided.  This means that you will input "/s/" followed by your typed out name.  For example, if your name was John Q. Public, then you would enter "/s/ John Q. Public" or simply "/s/ John Public" into the blank text box to self-swear.  Or, if your name was Mary J. Smith, then you would enter "/s/ Mary J. Smith" or simply "/s/ Mary Smith" into the blank text box to self-swear.

STATISTICAL QUESTIONS

The above questions concern legality and eligibility.  All of the below are statistical questions that you do not have to answer.  However, the more responses we get, the better overall picture of the true reality, and hence the better we can formulate realistic and reasonable policies and practices for courts to handle all new and future situations of separated parents and their children.  NONE of the below will be included in the "under seal" filing of your eligible co-plaintiff information above.  However, we will use all responses to create "general statistics" available for media and the public to consider, i.e., how many total registered co-plaintiffs overall, how many of a given County, average ages, and just those kind of aggregate statistics for available review.  Please help by answering all questions below to the best of your ability.

If applicable, have you ever had "difficulty" on a motion to transfer venue under "six months home rule" criteria to the proper other State and/or proper other Texas county, i.e., after 6 months residency of the child/ren in a new State (even Texas) under the UCCJEA, and/or after 6 months of no longer residency by either parent or the child/ren in the prior TX county of "continuing exclusive jurisdiction" when the case should therefore be moved to the proper Texas county?

CONFIRM AND SUBMIT

Double-check your answers, then click and submit to register below.  You should automatically receive an emailed copy of your completed form within minutes.