Note: "The following template pleadings packages are provided for informational purposes only. We are not attorneys, and cannot legally advise you. If you do not understand what you are doing, you should first seek the advice of competent professional legal counsel. Blah, blah, blah, and more blah..." WHO WRITES THIS KIND OF STUFF WHEN THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SAYS THAT WE **CAN** ADVISE EACH OTHER? SEE HERE.

To all PARENTS who wish to MOVE their corrupted/wrong/bad/etc STATE case to FEDERAL court:
Note: you must be listed in the state court case as the DEFENDANT ("Respondent" is ok, too) to use these... and a federal removal can usually only be done within 30 days of receiving a "bad" order, or some other judicial event wherein you "first" learn that your federal rights [like basic due process, equal protection, etc., etc.] are/were violated. Been longer than 30 days since the last court violation against you? No problem. Simply file something - almost anything - in the state court, and when the crooked judge denies you again, presto - your 30 day clock just started all over...

Due to overwhelming demand, the following GENERIC FEDERAL PETITION FOR REMOVAL Packages are hereby made available to all. Inside the pleadings themselves are various RED NOTES to pay serious attention to, in modifying as necessary for your particular situation...

PLEASE DO **NOT** ASK US TO HELP YOU MODIFY OR FILE THESE INDIVIDUAL REMOVALS - FIND SOMEBODY IF YOU NEED TO !!!
WE JUST DO **NOT** HAVE THE TIME TO LITIGATE EVERYONE'S CASES INDIVIDUALLY!!!

These packages can be slightly modified for use as EITHER:

After downloading, you will have to FIX all of the currently combined singular/plural NOUNS and VERBS, such as:
he/she/they                   (pick one)
his/hers/theirs               (pick one)
Petitioner(s)                   (pick one)
Plaintiff(s)                       (pick singular or plural)
Defendant(s)                   (pick singular or plural)
Respondent(s)                (pick singular or plural)
"move(s) the court"          (singular or plural form of verbs)
ETC                                ETC

You will ALSO see where YOU must replace YOURNAME, YOURADDRESS, MONTH, and all etc.

For making the CORRECT modifications per your situation, you MUST look up the law yourself, and see if each citation applies to YOUR situation... or else your filings might be partially wrong, and inapplicable. Use the following resources to check:
http://www.law.cornell.edu
http:///www.findlaw.com
on both sites above, there are links to state AND federal (US) Constitutions, laws/statutes/rules of civil procedure that are cited within the various pleadings you will download below.

Download the following ZIP package that is right for you:
Federal Petition for Removal package (Microsoft Word97 - filenames.DOC)
Federal Petition for Removal package (rich text format - filenames.RTF)
Federal Petition for Removal package (WordPerfect 5.x for Windows format - filenames (WP).DOC)

HOW TO FILE:
 
When done modifying all information for you and your situation, print it out, sign and date it, and go make copies:
MAKE ONE EXTRA COPY FOR YOURSELF - the federal court gets the originally-signed papers
and, either:
MAKE ONE EXTRA COPY FOR THE OTHER PARENT/ATTORNEY - if noncustodial fighting for equal custody
or:
MAKE ONE EXTRA COPY IF FIGHTING CPS/DSS/ETC - one to serve on CPS/DSS/SRSS/etc
    and, **maybe** (check it out **yourself**) an extra copy if needed to serve on Governor and/or Attorney General
AND:
MAKE **ANOTHER** TWO COPIES - because the "circle of removal" is NOT complete UNTIL you attach a filestamped copy of the Petition for Removal that you filed in FEDERAL court, unto and as an Exhibit for the Notice of Removal that you have to file with the Clerk of the STATE court. At the very instant you file this <Notice with Petition (Exhibit)> in the STATE court, the STATE proceedings are **AUTOMATICALLY** STAYED pursuant to federal law, and the STATE court may NOT do **ANYTHING** else, unless and until the federal judge might REMAND back to the state court. And, of course, YOU will want a full copy of this STATE filing to keep as well (with the attached exhibit addt'l copy of the federal petition - that's why you need TWO more copies)...
 
WHY IT IS AUTOMATIC:
the stay of the state proceedings is an automatic judicial event, and immediate by strict operation of federal law; 28 USC § 1446(d) is provided here in its entirety:

 "Promptly after the filing of such notice of removal of a civil action the defendant or defendants shall give written notice thereof to all adverse parties and shall file a copy of the notice with the clerk of such State court, which shall effect the removal and the State court shall proceed no further unless and until the case is remanded."

Put another way, the United States Supreme Court clarified and established, clear back in 1966: "The petition is now filed in the first instance in the federal court. After notice is given to all adverse parties and a copy of the petition is filed with the state court, removal is effected and state court proceedings cease unless the case is remanded. 28 U. S. C. § 1446 (1964 ed.). See generally, American Law Institute, Study of the Division of Jurisdiction Between State and Federal Courts, Tentative Draft No. 4, p. 153 et seq. (April 25, 1966)." Georgia v. Rachel, 384 U.S. 780, 809 n27, 86 S. Ct. 1783, 16 L. Ed. 2d 925 (1966).

You might want to include the above authority somewhere in your Notice that you will file in the state court case... hint, hint.

BEFORE ACTUALLY FILING, you should mark the first pages of each original (the ones that you actually signed with blue or black pen) as, of course: "ORIGINAL" (preferably in red letters, about 1/4" high, at or near the top of each cover (1st) page)
And, also, you should (in most state's federal courts) use a 2-3/4" center-to-center hole puncher to make the 2-hole punches through the tops of the originals (all pages together), but NOT any of the copies you made for yourself, and for the other side, or etc.
 
AFTER you take your $150.00 and your finished pleadings down to file your Petition for Removal in the local federal court, then you take the two extra copies of THAT petition, attach them to the two Notice of Removal filings and file THOSE in your "friendly" state court. Presto - you have removed the case to federal court, and await fairness (maybe?? hopefully!!) there...

PLEASE DO **NOT** ASK US TO HELP YOU MODIFY OR FILE THESE INDIVIDUAL REMOVALS
WE JUST DO **NOT** HAVE THE TIME TO LITIGATE EVERYONE'S CASES INDIVIDUALLY!!!
THANK YOU, AND BEST WISHES