NC judge orders homeschooled kids to public school

[Aaron]

I am glad that your issue was worked out Thinkingstuff, but that was a complete stranger, not a parent.

What if you disagreed with the way your spouse wanted to educate your children?

That is the issue here, when the parents disagree about the education plan, then what.

IMHO, and I know I am biased because I am a man, but IMHO, too many times the parental rights of the father are trampled in favor of those of the mother. A father can be forced to pay child support, but can be denied visitation. Other than giving them his money does the father have any say so in his children's upbringing. The article does not even say what the custody status is. If it is joint or shared custody does the Father get any say so?

I think the Judge is right and I hope this sets a precedent that when the parents are in disagreement and the choice is forced to the court that the court conforms to what we consider the norm of our society.

I know we all feel for the woman because she is, according to the article, a Christian trying to educate her children. But what if she were Muslim or Hindu, or pagan. Would you still support her choice to educate her children in complete exclusion of the father's wishes? No one is denying the mother's right to teach her religion to her children, they are just requiring a "more rounded" education than the Mother's religion alone.

I'm told by those I know who are married by common law, that this court would have no standing in a common law marriage and could not issue such an order. The husband's will concerning the children would be enforced.

The marriage license is a contract that makes the state a third party in the marriage. (I know that to be true. Any probate lawyer will tell you that.)

I'm told that by extension, a third party to a marriage is a third parent. (I brought this up because of the recent thread on common law marriages.)