Jordan v. Rea

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• concluding that former, identical version of § 25-403.02(D) authorized the family court to apply best-interests standard to resolve parents' disagreement about which school children should attend
• holding that a court must apply “[t]he best-interests standard” when fit parents “are unable to agree” on “the upbringing of the child”
• father’s religious objection cannot be the basis of precluding the superior court from determining what educational placement is in the child’s best interests
• father’s religious objection cannot be the basis of precluding superior court from determining what educational placement is in the child’s best interest
• “Of course, the ‘best interests of the child’ standard does not and cannot abrogate a fit parent’s constitutional right to direct the upbringing of his or her child.”
• issue of attendance at private religious school could have been addressed in parenting plan

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