In Divorce Cases, Which Parent Decides Childs Religion?
Chicago – A nasty Cook County divorce case has turned into a bitter struggle over religion, and could involve jail time. At issue? How much influence divorced parents should have over their child’s religion. It was photos of his baby daughter’s baptism that landed Joseph Reyes in hot water with his estranged wife, Rebecca, and could now lead to jail time, or a fine, for criminal contempt. “It doesn’t feel good, that’s for certain,” said Reyes. “I’m really doing nothing more than being the best dad that I can to my daughter.” Reyes grew up a Catholic then converted to Judaism before marriage. They had an agreement, his wife said, to raise their daughter in the Jewish faith. But when the marriage fell apart, Reyes, during a visitation, had his daughter baptized, and sent the pictures to his wife. “If he did this, what was he going to do next,” said Steven Lake, of the law firm of Lake, Toback, which represents Rebecca Reyes. “So we went to court basically to put a Band-Aid on the situati
