Refusal to Vaccinate Children Can Count Against Parent in Custody Battle,
So held the Colorado Court of Appeals in In re Marriage of Crouch (opinion by Judge Pawar, joined by Judges J. Jones and Berger):
In Colorado, parents can elect not to vaccinate their children. But what happens when parents divorce and one parent later has a change of heart about vaccinating the children, while the other maintains a religious-based objection to vaccination? …
Mother and father divorced in 2017, and their parenting plan was approved by the court and incorporated into the decree. In relevant part, the plan provides for joint medical decision-making authority and that “[a]bsent joint mutual agreement or court order, the children will not be vaccinated.”
In 2018, however, father had a change of heart about the childre
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