Lamulo la Ohio limapangitsa kusindikiza zolemba zachinyamata kukhala kosavuta kuposa kusindikiza mbiri yakale yaupandu. Komabe, munthu yemwe ali ndi mbiri yaunyamata akhoza kukana ntchito, mapindu kapena kulembetsa kutengera zolembazo.
Zolemba zachinyamata sizingosindikizidwa zokha. Wachinyamata akhoza kupempha kuti zolemba zawo zisindikizidwe patangotha miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pambuyo pomaliza chilango chawo, kapena mwamsanga pamene akwanitsa zaka 18, malinga ngati salinso pansi pa lamulo lochokera ku khoti la achinyamata, monga kuyesedwa. "Zolemba zosindikizidwa" zitha kuwonedwa ndi Khothi. Mbiri ikasindikizidwa, mwana akhoza kupempha khoti kuti lithetse, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti liwonongeratu.
Khoti silimangopereka pempho losindikiza zolemba za ana. Mtolo wotsimikizira zolemba ziyenera kusindikizidwa ukhoza kukhala wovuta kuti wachinyamata akumane, makamaka popanda kuthandizidwa ndi wothandizira kapena kuimiridwa ndi loya. "Kwa achinyamata opanda maukonde, ndi udindo wawo kusonyeza kuti ali ndi vuto lokwanira," akutero Loya Ponce de Leon. Ngati wozenga mlandu akutsutsa kuti wopempha wachinyamata ayenera kusonyeza kukhwima, udindo, ndi ndondomeko zabwino zamtsogolo kuti asindikize bwino.
Njira yofunsira kuti mbiri ya achinyamata isindikizidwe ingakhale yopatsa mphamvu kwa achinyamata, powaphunzitsa za kayendetsedwe ka chilungamo, adalongosola Woyimira milandu wa Legal Aid Society Danielle Gadomski Littleton. Anthu ambiri amakhulupirira molakwika kuti chigamulo cha ana ndi chigamulo. Koma pamene bwana akufunsani ngati muli ndi chigamulo chaupandu, ngati kulakwa kwanu kokha kuli mbiri yaunyamata, mungayankhe moona mtima kuti “ayi.”
Phunziro lina lofunika ndiloti ndalama za khoti zikhoza kuchotsedwa. Bwalo lamilandu lisanasindikize mbiri ya ana, wodandaula ayenera kulipira ndalama zonse zomwe zatsala ndi chindapusa. Woyimira milandu Gadomski Littleton adalangiza kuti odandaula nthawi zonse atha kupempha Khoti kuti lichotse ndalamazi atapempha kuti asindikize zolemba zawo koma zili ku khothi kuti lipereke pempholi.
Zambiri zokhudzana ndi kusindikiza zolemba za ana zitha kupezeka pa kugwirizana. Kuti mupemphe thandizo kuchokera ku Legal Aid ndikusindikiza mbiri ya ana, imbani 1-888-817-3777.
Nkhaniyi inalembedwa ndi Rachel Kalayjian ndipo inafalitsidwa mu nkhani ya Legal Aid "The Alert" Volume 32, Issue 1, mu Fall 2016. Onani nkhani yonse pa linki iyi: "The Alert" Volume 32, Gawo 1