Confederate painting and custody case

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08 May 2021, 1:45 pm

Mom in Custody Fight for Multiracial Child Should Remove Confederate Flag-Painted Rock: Court

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A state appeals court said Thursday an upstate New York woman involved in a custody dispute over her multiracial daughter should remove a small Confederate flag painted on a rock near her driveway in the girl's best interest.

The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court made the comment in a decision allowing continued joint custody of an unidentified Ithaca-area girl born in 2014. If the rock is not removed by June 1, the court said it will “constitute a change in circumstances” that Family Court will factor into any future analysis of the best interests for the child.

“Given that the child is of mixed race, it would seem apparent that the presence of the flag is not in the child’s best interests, as the mother must encourage and teach the child to embrace her mixed race identity, rather than thrust her into a world that only makes sense through the tortured lens of cognitive dissonance,” read the 5-0 decision, first reported on by the Times-Union of Albany.

The mother was not represented by an attorney. She rented the home and it was unclear if it was her rock.

An attorney for the child, Jason Leifer, said he understood the court's concern about Confederate symbols, but said it could lead to political views being litigated more often in Family Court.

“I just think that this thing opens a door to litigating … someone’s perso


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11 May 2021, 2:24 am

Well that's an odd request