KURT BENSHOOF’S APPEAL WILL BE HEARD SEPTEMBER 9
ROBERT BARNES WILL PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT FOR KURT BENSHOOF

Parental rights. Medical freedom. Constitutional safeguards. Barnes has described Kurt’s case as one of the most extraordinary and consequential he has encountered, with profound implications for all three.

On September 9, 2026, at 9:30 AM Pacific, the Washington Court of Appeals, Division I, hears oral argument in State v. Kurt Alden Benshoof, No. 88078-1-I.

Kurt is a Seattle father, builder, and carpenter. His defense does not hedge: Kurt is innocent, and the record proves it.

His defense contends that after his son repeatedly ran away from his mother’s home to return to Kurt, expressed suicidal distress, and needed contact with his father, Kurt’s text messages with his own son were criminalized. His defense contends that he was prosecuted for answering his own son’s cry for help.

No parent should lose his freedom for answering a child’s cry for help.  And Years of a father’s life on the line.

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