Staff reviewed
EMILY A. BICKFORD V. MATTHEW A. BRADEEN
— STAFF
We instead conclude that courts may always use the best-interest standard to allocate parental rights between two parents, and that the Constitution protects the religious rights of parents by prohibiting religious bias or hostility from influencing a court’s best-interest analysis.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · affirmed
Whether strict scrutiny, not the best-interest standard, governs allocating religious decision-making between parents.