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If marriage is an intimate and expressive close family association protected by the First Amendment, then the Right to Divorce is the right NOT to Associate as a core element of the right. It is undeniable that the Right to Associate also contains the Right NOT to Associate.
Marital Status is a concept created by American governments to separate their regulation of marriage as a civil institution from the historical religious justification for its regulation under English law.
Hope for parents has arrived in the book Not in the Child's Best Interest
Divorce is scary business, especially when there is a child involved. Parents are hiring attorneys with the belief that the attorney is going to protect them. Your attorney will NOT protect your rights the way you think they will. You think you can just pay them a retainer and forget about your case, that the
"No you can't take the kids from me" says Brandi Worley in divorce tragedy just after she stabbed her two young boys.
You can use this defense against best interest determinations and against being forced to subsidize your ex's religous speech used to teach your child their own beliefs.
Compensatory Damages: $10,000, declaration of unconstitutionality, injunction against violating rights, and reasonable attorney's fees are all included.
If you prevail on this claim, you can receive damages relief from the state for the state actor's violation of your Religious Freedom and your child's Religious Freedom.
Free exercise of religion includes teaching you religious beliefs to your child which child custody orders substantially burden through prior restraint on speech and association.
Seeking relief under the code? This section of Chapter 110 is vital. You cannot delay. You cannot wait around and say "I will do it tomorrow or next week."
You must notifiy the judge of your court that they are violating TRFRA through child custody and support orders that substantially infringe your and your child's Religous Exercise.
Texas Courts are government agencies that grant benefits to parents in child custody which is NOT excluded, so this chapter applies to them.