Heath v. Heath

Opinion

ZELON, J.

In the biblical story of King Solomon, two women, each claiming to be the mother of a baby, asked for a decision. King Solomon threatened to split the child in half, ending its life but allowing each woman to have a piece of the child. The true parent revealed herself by saying no, placing the best interests of her child ahead of her own desire to raise the child. Although the children’s lawyer described the situation in this case as Solomonic, the court did what King Solomon never intended to do: he *447split the family and ended the life together of two young brothers. That the…