Divorce, Vaccinations

Religious Institutions Update: October 2023

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/17/2023

Enhanced Airport Screening Did Not Violate Free Exercise Clause In Haidari v. Mayorkas, No. 22-cv-2939 (ECT/ECW), 2023 WL 5487351 (D. Minn. Aug. 24, 2023), the court dismissed the plaintiff's claim that federal agents have...more

Superior Court Takes On Covid Vaccination, Religious & Speech Freedoms All in One Case.

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/10/2023

On March 1, 2023 a precedential panel decision was issued in Rogowski v. Kirven. They are the parents of O.K. who is nine years old. The couple divorced in 2018 and mom remarried. From 2018 until August 2020 they shared week...more

Post-Pandemic Custody Vaccination Disputes Remain a Hot Topic

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 1/25/2023

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, many parents – especially those divorced or separated – found themselves disagreeing about whether their child should receive the Covid vaccine. Parents’ opinions regarding the vaccine are so...more

Is Vaccinating your Children for COVID-19 an Emergency Parenting Decision?

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC on 4/19/2022

If you are divorcing with children, there are two primary issues that the court must decide as it relates to your kids. The first is a residential schedule which addresses when your children will physically be with you and...more

Kelly Clarkson’s Divorce Brings Family Court Battles over Vaccinating Kids against COVID-19 into Spotlight

Blank Rome LLP on 4/14/2022

In March, former American Idol winner turned mega-star and talk show host Kelly Clarkson settled her bitter divorce from Brandon Blackstock. While most details of the agreement, like the parties’ property division, Clarkson’s...more

No Vaccine, No Parenting Time Part II – Vaccination Follow Up

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/20/2022

I previously blogged on parenting time restrictions due to vaccination issues “No Vaccination, No Parenting Time“. The issue hasn’t gone away and it won’t for some time. The reality is that while the COVID-19 pandemic seems...more

Vaccinations and Custody: What happens when divorced, separated or unmarried parents can’t agree?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 11/11/2021

Parents are facing an important health decision for their children. COVID-19 vaccinations have now been approved for children ages 5 and up, which has led to custody disputes emerging between parents as to whether or not a...more

No Vaccination, No Parenting Time

Fox Rothschild LLP on 10/22/2021

As I anticipated in a prior blog about general vaccinations, the hot topic is now how a COVID-19 vaccination status impacts parental rights. I recently gave a lecture about family law topics and COVID-19, during which I...more

VACCINATION WARS GO TO CUSTODY COURT

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/1/2021

Mark R. Ashton (vaccinated)- This week both the Washington Post and the Chicago Sun-Times reported on a case in Chicago where a court decided whether a parent who was unvaccinated against COVID-19 could continue to visit...more

Vaccination Disputes Between Parents With Joint Legal Custody Are Guided By The Best Interests Of The Child

Fox Rothschild LLP on 7/1/2021

Vaccinations will likely become a hot topic in matters of divorced or separated parents in a post-pandemic world with vaccines now available to children ages 12 and up, and possible younger children in the future. Although...more

Can the Court Make Me Vaccinate My Child?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 4/17/2017

Vaccination has become a hot topic amongst parents who are involved in a divorce or child custody dispute. If one parent believes in vaccination and one parent does not, the decision to vaccinate your child may not be your...more

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