Arizona Supreme Court· 12/28/1961

Smith v. Smith

Citations

367 P.2d 230
90 Ariz. 190
1961 Ariz. LEXIS 161

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not-ing a value in letting a child see the religious models between which a choice will likely be made later in life, and that a diversity of religious experience could be beneficial to the child
Jehovah’s Witness mother; no showing of “circumstances materially affecting” welfare of child; order changing custody reversed
“[A] parent may not be deprived of the custody of a child because of the court’s disagreement with such parent as to religious beliefs.”
\A judgment supported only by the tenuous threads of a possible neuroses [sic] derived from deviation in normal activities will not withstand the thrust of constitutional guarantees.\
“[I]f a teaching does not conflict with the fundamental law of the land a parent may not be deprived of the custody of a child because of the court’s disagreement with such parent as to religious beliefs.”

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Judges: Struckmeyer, Bernstein, Udall, Jennings, Lockwood

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