Parental Rights in Idaho

Resolution Supporting the PRA



We did it! Thanks in part to your support, Florida adopted a resolution calling on Congress to pass the Parental Rights Amendment. In 2011, Rep. Coley and Sen. Flores introduced HM 557/SM 954. The memorial passed both houses by an overwhelming majority. (Learn more about state resolutions.)

Idaho Parental Rights News

Reasonable Childhood Independence, with Lenore Skenazy

By N/A N/A • September 29, 2026
Lenore Skenazy, President of Let Grow and founder of the Free-Range Kids movement, joins Michael Ramey to discuss a recent Virginia case involving a mother who was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after allowing her five-year-old son to walk alone in their gated community. She received a six-month jail sentence that was suspended, while the child welfare investigation also resulted in her placement on Virginia’s child abuse and neglect registry.  The conversation examines the case in light of Virginia’s 2023 reasonable childhood independence law, which provides that allowing children to engage in age-appropriate independent activities without adult supervision does not, by itself, constitute abuse or neglect. Lenore and Michael discuss what happened in this case, the questions it raises about the application of the law, and the broader effort to protect families who give children opportunities for independence. They also consider similar laws in other states and the future of reasonable childhood independence protections. The EPPiC Broadcast is hosted by Michael Ramey, President of the Parental Rights Foundation. Stay informed on parental rights news by signing up for email alerts at https://parentalrightsfoundation.org/get-involved/ .

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Idaho State Law

Protected


We did it! Thanks in part to your support, Parental rights are protected as fundamental rights requiring strict scrutiny review under H0113, passed in 2015, which amended several sections of Idaho law to include these rights. Chapter 10, Title 32 of Idaho law was amended to include 32-1013, which provides (in part) that:

"Neither the State of Idaho, nor any political subdivision thereof, may violate a parent's fundamental and established rights protected by this act, and any restriction of or interference with such rights shall not be upheld unless it demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the restriction or interference is both:
"(a) Essential to further a compelling governmental interest; and
"(b) The least restrictive means available for furthering that compelling governmental interest."

In addition, ParentalRights.org helped to pass S 1293, a Senate bill that gives parents whose children attend public schools a meaningful amount of leverage when they ask a public school to treat their child a bit differently than others. The bill was signed by the governor on March 23, 2016.

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Idaho Courts

Affirming, and Protected Under Statute



Leavitt v. Leavitt, 132 P.3d 421, 427 (Idaho 2006):

"This liberty interest, encompassing a parent's right to determine with whom his or her child may associate, is entitled to equally heightened protection in the visitation rights context. Given such a fundamental right, we conclude the clear and convincing standard of proof applies to actions brought under I.C. § 32-719."