In re Lukas B.

We joined an amicus brief filed by Children’s Rights and Columbia Law School Family Defense Clinic in the Court of Appeals of New York in support of Lukas B. The brief was filed in the appeal of a ruling which found a father neglected his child by failing to prevent the child’s mother from using drugs. The brief emphasizes how rulings like this violate non-birthing parents’ and children’s fundamental right to family integrity and causes tremendous psychological and emotional harm to children. Finally, the brief outlines how this ruling will likely discourage non-birthing parents from being involved in the pregnancy because the ruling ultimately punishes the involvement.