Rand v. Rand

I am in accord with the majority. I write separately, however, to emphasize that the decree was valid irrespective of the parties’ agreement. This is so because judicial enforcement of a divorce decree requiring a noncustodial parent to pay support for a child’s religious education neither violates the Establishment or Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, nor does it contravene the comparable provisions of Section 7, Article I of the Ohio Constitution. In re Landis (1982), 5 Ohio App. 3d 22.

It is settled that the custodial parent of a minor child has…