On Facebook, Patrice Comey, in 2014, wrote: “I am a foster parent, have served as a guardian ad litem for foster kids and work with aging out foster kids in my community.”
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Connecticut Advocate Patrice Comey, and Husband FBI Director James Comey Support State CASA Legislation
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FBI Director Supports Wife’s Effort in Counseling Juveniles
James B. Comey Jr., the director of the FBI, added some powerful support for his wife on Friday when she testified in favor of a bill that would allow unpaid volunteers to counsel kids through the juvenile-justice system.
Comey, his wife Patrice, and an FBI security detail were high-profile VIPs in the Capitol complex for a morning hearing before the legislative Judiciary Committee.
Comey, his wife Patrice, and an FBI security detail were high-profile VIPs in the Capitol complex for a morning hearing before the legislative Judiciary Committee.
“Every foster child in this great state gets a lawyer,” said Patrice Comey, a former volunteer at Bridgeport Superior Court. “These lawyers each has up to 100 cases, but once they have a case they’re to express the best interests of the child in court. And if the lawyer or the judge or anyone feels that what the child wants is in conflict with their best...then he can ask for an advocate for the child separate.”
The bill, modeled after a New Jersey law, would create a program for court-appointed special advocates for juvenile court matters, at the discretion of judges. James Comey sat by, quietly, during her testimony. The former general counsel for the Westport-based hedge fund giant Bridgewater Associates, he became FBI director in 2013.
“It could include advocacy for the foster child in the judicial system,” said Rep. William Tong, D-Stamford, co-chairman of the committee. “It sends a message that the community cares and we’re willing to pay for it and we’re willing to do this for you,” Patrice Comey said.
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