Showing posts with label Child custody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Child custody. Show all posts
Friday, April 12, 2024

Florida Appellate Court Disqualifies Trial Judge from Hearing Custody Case Involving Transgender Child

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 In H.S., v. Department of Children and Families ,  (FL App., April 3, 2024), a Florida appellate court in a 2-1 decision ordered a trial ju...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Certiorari Denied in Case of Anorexic Transgender Teen Placed Under State's Care

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in M.C. v. Indiana Department of Child Services , (Docket No. 23-450, certiorari  denied, 3/18/20...
Friday, March 15, 2024

Custody Order Barring Father from Taking Child to His Church Upheld

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In Bardonner v. Bardonner ,  (IN App., March 12, 2024), the Indiana Court of Appeals held that a father's free exercise rights were not ...
Saturday, May 27, 2023

New Florida Law Allows Courts to Take Jurisdiction Over Minors Undergoing Gender Transition Treatment

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On May 17, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 254 ( full text ) which prohibits sex reassignment prescriptions or procedures ...
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Utah Supreme Court Says Order in Divorce Proceeding on Children's Religious Teaching Is Too Broad

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Kingston v. Kingston ,  (UT Sup. Ct., Dec. 22, 2022), is a challenge by Ryan Kingston to a trial court's order in a divorce proceeding t...
Monday, October 24, 2022

State's Removal of 16-Year-Old Transgender Child from Parents' Home Did Not Violate Their Free Exercise Rights

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In In re A.C. (Minor Child) ,  (IN App., Oct. 21, 2022), an Indiana state appeals court upheld a trial court's order removing from the h...
Thursday, March 10, 2022

Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Award Of Vaccination Decision-Making To Father Over Mother's Religious Objections

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 In  Lady Donna Dutchess v. Dutch , (AK, March 9, 2022), the Alaska Supreme Court upheld a trial court's decision awarding sole authorit...
Friday, April 16, 2021

Michigan Statute Protecting Parents' Faith Healing Includes Subjective Religious Interpretations

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Michigan's Child Protection Law ( MCL 722.634 ) provides: A parent or guardian legitimately practicing his religious beliefs who thereby...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Claim of Religious Targeting Against Child Welfare Worker Dismissed

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In  Glasser v. McCumbers , 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7541 (SD WV, Jan 15, 2019), a West Virginia federal district court adopted a magistrate'...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Parents File State Court Suit Alleging Baptism of Their Son Without Their Consent

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As previously reported , last October an Ohio federal district court dismissed a suit by parents of a minor child who contended that the men...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

European Court Upholds Germany's Removal of Children From Religious Sect Parents

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Last week in the cases of  Tlapak and Others v. Germany and   Wetjen and Others v. Germany , (ECHR, March 22, 2018), the European Court of ...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Mother Held In Contempt For Ignoring Custody Order Giving Father Control of Religious Decisions

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The Charlotte Observer last week reported that a North Carolina state Superior Court judge has upheld a contempt conviction of 36-year old ...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Court May Not Automatically Defer To Religious Objections Of One Parent In Deciding Child's Best Interest

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In Arcella v. Arcella ,  (NV Sup. Ct., Dec. 26, 2017), the Nevada Supreme Court held that a trial court was wrong in the manner it resolved ...
Thursday, October 19, 2017

Court Dismisses Parents' Complaint of Coerced Baptism of Son

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In Defibaugh v. Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Northeast Ohio Board of Trustees ,   (ND OH, Oct. 16, 2017), an Ohio federal district court dis...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017

Appeals Court Refuses To Order Recusal of Fundamentalist Christian Judge

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In Ex parte Tiara Brooke Lycans ,  (AL App., July 28, 2017), an Alabama appellate court refused to issue a writ of mandamus ordering a trial...
Saturday, June 04, 2016

Federal Court Dismisses Challenge To State Custody Order

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In Goffstein v. Sieve ,  (SD OH, June 2, 2016), an Ohio federal district court dismissed a suit claiming that an Ohio domestic relations cou...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

Divorce Decree Restrictions Violate Mother's Free Exercise Rights

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In Black v. Black ,  (WA App., March 8, 2016), a Washington state appeals court held that a trial court imposed improper conditions on the n...
Saturday, January 09, 2016

Mother's Move To Eskimo Village Does Not Justify Reduction In Her Child Support Obligations

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In Sharpe v. Sharpe , (AK Sup. Ct., Jan. 8. 2016), the Alaska Supreme Court in a 3-2 decision upheld a trial court's denial of a mother&...
Friday, June 12, 2015

International Travel Limits In Custody Order Did Not Violate Rastafarian Parent's Rights

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In In re the Paternity of Y.K.S .,  (WI Ct. App., June 11, 2015), a Wisconsin appeals court upheld a provision in a joint custody order barr...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

Custody Provisions Did Not Violate Father's Free Exercise Rights

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In Roderick v. Lynn ,  (WA App., Jan 20, 2015), a Washington state appeals court rejected a father's contention that provisions of a par...