Thursday, February 14, 2008
RELIGION BECOMING MORE OF A CUSTODY ISSUE
The New York Times reports:
The New York Times reports:
Across the country, child-custody disputes in which religion is the flash point are increasing, part of a broader rise in custody conflicts over the last 30 years, lawyers, judges and mediators say.
“There has definitely been an increase in conflict over religious issues,” said Ronald William Nelson, a Kansas family lawyer who is chairman of the custodycommittee of the American Bar Association's family law section.“Part of that is there has been an increase of conflicts between parents across the board, and with parents looking for reasons to justify their own actions.”
Read the entire article at Religion Joins Custody Cases, to Judges’ Unease.
Labels: Religion and Custody
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Religion is important in a child's upbringing. If the parties have agreed that one of the parents make the decisions regarding a child's religious training then the court should enforce that agreement if the other party does not comply with the terms of the agreement. This should be no different from any other term in a custody agreement.
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