Attorney Connie Reguli’s Clash with Tenessee DCS Child ‘Removal’ System Leads to Suspended Law License
Here is a woman who deserves support.
Brentwood, Tennessee – On June 24, 2022, attorney Connie Reguli was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years probation by Judge Bill Acree. This sentencing results from Reguli’s battle with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS), which involved securing the return of two children for her client, Wendy Hancock, in June 2019.
Reguli and Hancock were charged with felony custodial interference.
Judge Acree runs a courtroom that some have called a bit marsupial.
Dismissal of Testimonies
Despite testimonies in support of Reguli, Judge Acree dismissed them, emphasizing that the DCS was not on trial.
Due to the conviction, Reguli’s law license was suspended.
Reguli, who maintained her innocence, pledged to continue her advocacy to end funding under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act. The program, administered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), provides financial assistance to states to support the removal of children from their parents for placement into foster care.
Defending Families for Over Two Decades:
Reguli spent over 20 years defending parents, families, and children against government intrusion.
Reguli’s work includes the case of Andrews v. Hickman County, frequently cited by the Sixth Circuit, and affirmed that social workers are subject to the Fourth Amendment.
Or in short, CPS, DCS workers can’t merely come in your house and take you children.
Reguli represented children in Tennessee’s first case against parents for damages resulting from years of abuse.
Reguli created a social media network called the Family Forward Project on Facebook, which has over 5,000 members.
Connie Reguli
This platform is a hub for sharing news, legislative updates, personal stories, and legal training, highlighting the widespread public concern about child welfare issues.
Reguli’s awareness of the legislative history, including the Mondale Act of 1974, underscores her criticism of the federal funding system, which incentivizes the ‘re-homing’ of children in America.
She explains how the system financially encourages child removals for “neglect,” rather than providing the necessary services to support struggling families.
Labeling this practice as “generational genocide,” she points out that 85% of child removals from parents are for “neglect,” not “abuse.”
The custodial interference case where Reguli was convicted had all the legal hopping of a kangaroo court.
Connie Reguli fought too hard to stop the child snatching DCS workers, who needed to make their foster care quotas.
The prosecutor and judge manipulated the custodial interference statute to fit their case by leaving out certain parts and misrepresenting the law.
If the judge and court officials were any more biased in favor of the Department of Child Services (DCS), they would have called the DCS officials and had them sit on their laps before the jury
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The animosity was palpable. Anyone who knows how the family court RICO enterprise operates might guess this was in retaliation for Reguli successfully challenging the DCS in previous cases.
They needed to get rid of her; this prosecution was the low road. Her license was suspended, causing her to lose her career. But Reguli is not yet finished.
Her ongoing advocacy shows the need for a thorough investigation into the practices of the DCS and its impact on the welfare of children and families in the state.
