As a vulnerable subset of the population, the legal rights of children with incarcerated parents are often bypassed or actively withheld from them. Already majorly disadvantaged by default, the government owes this demographic a more stable form of support. The exception in California Family Code § 4007.5(a) is massively under-utilized due to the currently unworkable nature of the prison labor system. By reshaping our priorities to include the children of incarcerated parents’ needs, we can balance the scales to benefit all stakeholders involved.