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| The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling Basics Getting Started Homeschooling, Divorce, and Custody Issues: by Julie Shepherd Knapp, copyright 2006 What to do when homeschooling becomes a divorce or custody issue... Homeschooling and Custody Issues: Compromise and Education are the Keys to Success by Linda J. Conrad Jansen, Esq. Homeschooling After a Divorce -- by Debbie Schwarzer, Esq., Linda J. Conrad, Esq., and Elizabeth Bryant, Esq. How Rulings in Homeschooling Custody Cases Affect Us All by Larry and Susan Kaseman -- explores options, offers tips on choosing an attorney and for developing a strong case Fathers and Homeschooling: A List of 10 Issues from The Thinking Mother blog (scroll down to Tuesday, November 14, 2006) -- 10 spousal problems related to homeschooling (this article assumes that it is the husband who is against homeschooling, but in some families the situation is reversed...) Group Asks Court to Reconsider Removing Girl from Home School by Joshua Rhett Miller -- The court recognizes a 10-year-old girl is performing well, academically, but rules she must return to school because father wants her to have exposure to different religious beliefs. Home Schooling and Child Custody Determinations in Oklahoma by Grant Griffiths -- an anti-homeschool ruling in Oklahoma overturned on appeal (details of Stephen v. Stephen 1997 ), In another case (Brown v. Brown 1999), a pro-homeschooling ruling, the right of the custodial father to homeschool was not over-turned in appeal. In another case, custody was taken from the homeschooling mother because the child could receive help for special needs in the public school district where the dad lived (Metz v. Metz 2000). In another case (Macfarlane v. Macfarlane 2006), a homeschool mom's appeal is not over-turned after losing custody, even though "the trial court noted that it was well aware that Husband “is autocratic, egotistical, narcissistic and manipulative.” It continues that "The needs of her children were not the driving force; rather it was her anger at Mr. Macfarlane and her home schooling crusade that were the compelling forces of her actions". Here is a blog by Mamahadeen -- one Christian mom's opinion, discusses how divorce has impacted homeschool moms she knows AHSA-USA Homeschooling and Custody -- an online support group for homeschoolers involved in custody issues |
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