Parents Win Appeal On Exposure of Child To Wicca

In Jones v. Jones yesterday, an Indiana appellate court held that a trial court judge had abused his discretion in entering a divorce decree requiring parents, both of whom were practicing Wiccans, to shelter their child from involvement in and observation of Wicca. (See prior posting.) The appeals court avoided deciding the case on constitutional grounds, finding instead that the trial court had no basis for its order because it had not found any endangerment to the child’s physical health or significant impairment of the child’s emotional health. The Associated Press reported on the appellate decision. The appeal was argued by the Indiana Civil Liberties Union.