Too Religious to Keep Her Daughter: Are you next?

[James Griffin]

The rest of the story:

The father has had primary custody since the girl was 6, part of the reason given was the amount of time the mom and step-dad would have her on the mission field.

It is the MOM suing to get back primary custody because the DAD isn't holy enough.

The mom's family sides with the dad that mom's religion does not expose the girl to enough "real" life.

The girls prefers being with the mom (who still has custody approximately 40% of the time).

Her quote:

“I’m more of my mom’s religion, and my dad sometimes talks bad about my mom,” she said. “He called it a cult, and it’s definitely not a cult. It kind of makes me mad sometimes. Maybe he thinks her religion may be bad for me, but I think mainly he doesn’t like my mom and is using that as an excuse.”

Mrs. Snider (the mom) said she understood that Libby might wear pants at her father’s home or go to the movies. But she insisted that Mr. Mashburn not swear or drink in front of Libby or expose her to inappropriate movies and music, which, she said, he has repeatedly done.

Bottom line, it is NOT an activist judge in this case. The courtroom is being placed in a position which it should be, and is not equipped for handling.

My prediction. Girl has a level head. If Alabama has laws like Texas the older she gets the more say she shall have. Neither parent is abusive and although most on this forum would be more sympathetic to the mom, the dad has done nothing (legally) worthy of curtailing his rights. Girl will probably be in primary custody of mom within a couple more years.

Hope that helps.