Branowski v. Blondin

This report involves the claim of a father, respondent in an interstate child support proceeding under G.L.c. 273A, that the trial judge’s order required him to make support payments that would violate his sincerely-held religious beliefs. We conclude that the judge’s rulings were consistent with prevailing law in that the obligations of parents to provide child support and the state’s interest in seeing that children receive such support transcend any religious tenets adhered to by the appellant.

Summarizing the findings made by the trialjudge, it appears that the parties were married in New…