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Reform + initiativeReading timeV46R1 · Aug. 23, 2026
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Proposed reforms - not current law

Five Operational Court-Reform Demands

Five changes small enough to carry, concrete enough to sponsor, and measurable enough to audit.

ONE PUBLIC JOURNEY / THREE DISTINCT JOBS

RISE → REVIEW → REFORM

The inspiration. The statewide evidence. The plan. Start where you are—and carry the work forward.

JTforME is the origin and the author’s story. The initiative remains the concrete proposal: read the bill in full.

1

Implementation-ready orders

Child-contact, therapy, transportation, information-sharing, and records-access orders should identify the platform, time window, responsible adult, transportation method, access method, deadline, and fallback.

2

Prompt implementation review

Documented nonimplementation should trigger a defined, expedited status process rather than another cycle of motion, rejection, correction, and delay.

3

Prehearing evidentiary rulings

Witness availability, privilege, remote testimony, and documentary-foundation issues should be decided in writing before a short merits hearing whenever reasonably practicable.

4

One consolidated eFile rejection

One envelope should receive one authoritative rejection record with stable reason codes, all known defects, the corrective path, and deadline or relation-back protection where applicable.

5

Quarterly public performance reporting

Publish filing-rejection rates, repeat-rejection rates, median acceptance time, time to hearing, time to order, continuance reasons, pending-age measures, and implementation-review timing.

Measurement standard

For every adopted reform, publish the baseline, target, responsible office, implementation date, current result, known limitation, corrective action, and next review date.

CONTINUE THE PUBLIC WORK

Keep the public work moving.

The initiative stays first. The evidence stays visible. REFORM is one direct link away.

Open REFORM reform.jtforme.com

Public boundary: JTforME separates public records, official data, party positions, public-policy argument, allegations, inferences, corrections, and adverse material by type. A complaint, referral, review, or public statement is not an adjudicated finding. Do not send child names, sealed records, medical details, private allegations, or confidential files through public campaign links. Do not contact, threaten, shame, surveil, pressure, or review-bomb a private person.