Legal Opinion
BK v. Toumpas
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided November 14, 2012No. Civil No. 09-cv-94-JLPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
JOSEPH N. LAPLANTE, District Judge.
This case raises the important, and potentially difficult, issue of whether state authorities violate parents’ free exercise rights by placing their children with foster families who subject children to practices at odds with their religious upbringing. Through the sole remaining claim, “BK,” proceeding pro se as well as pseudonymously, seeks to recover monetary damages against the defendants (the director and several employees of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and its Division for Children, Youth, and Families) under…
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