Attorney Diana Fenton has been nominated to be New Hampshire’s new Child Advocate.
If confirmed by the Executive Council on March 2nd, she would be in charge of independent oversight of all child-serving systems in the state, with particular focus on DCYF.
Her ties to the family court, the attorney general’s office, and DCYF, as well as her actions as a foster mother, present a frightening prospect for the safety and care of children by the State of New Hampshire.
On February 3, 2026, Sherly Harianto testified before the House Children and Family Law Committee that the foster mother of her four-year-old son is making him wear dresses, despite her requests to stop.
That foster mother is Diana E. Fenton.
The previous Child Advocate was criticized and basically forced to resign for her social justice and LGBTQ-focused agenda. So why would Governor Ayotte appoint someone just as extreme, if not more?
Who is Diana Fenton?
In addition to being an attorney for the New Hampshire Department of Education, Fenton served time as an Assistant Attorney General.
Fenton is also the wife of disgraced family court judge Todd H. Prevett, who received an official reprimand in 2024 for attempting to use his position as a Judge to access a closed courthouse in order to enter pleadings in a minor guardianship matter of which he was a co-petitioner. Was this matter related to a foster child in Prevett and Fenton’s custody?
As the wife of a family court judge, Diana Fenton has a pecuniary interest in the family court.
As a foster mother, she has a personal interest in maintaining a friendly relationship with DCYF officials.
As a former Assistant Attorney General, her interest was to defend the State, including DCYF and the family court, from lawsuits.
How can someone so deeply embedded in the family justice system provide independent oversight of it?
How can an ideologue who makes a 4-year-old boy wear dresses provide balanced oversight of cases involving children?
If Diana Fenton is confirmed, we might as well defund the Office of the Child Advocate because it will be a body of oversight in name only, like so many others in the tangle of bureaucracies meant to protect children.
In keeping with tradition, the State of New Hampshire seems to be prioritizing making sure abuses are covered up rather than providing oversight and accountability.
Please contact the Governor and Executive Council and tell them to Vote Against the Nomination of Diana Fenton for the position of New Hampshire Child Advocate.
- ????Governor Kelly Ayotte: ????(603) 271-2121
- ????GovernorAyotte@governor.nh.gov
- ????Executive Council: ????(603) 271-3632
- ????Councilor Joseph Kenney: ????Joseph.D.Kenney@nh.gov
- ????Councilor Karen Liot Hill: ????Karen.Liothill@nh.gov
- ????Councilor Janet Stevens: ????Janet.L.Stevens@nh.gov
- ????Councilor John Stephen: ????John.A.Stephen@nh.gov
- ????Councilor David Wheeler: ????David.K.Wheeler@nh.gov
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