Maine court grants father authority over daughter’s church choices

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld a lower court decision granting a father final authority over his daughter's attendance at her mother's evangelical church. The dispute centered on concerns that the church's teachings and messaging, including references to the Rapture and negative characterizations of the father, caused psychological harm to the child. The court emphasized that the order addresses the parents’ inability to co-parent on religious decisions, not the mother's beliefs, and indicated that the child's well-being was at the core of the ruling.

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