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What happens when divorced parents disagree on vaccinating their child? – WFAE

December 8, 2021 by Family Law

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

The arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine for children marked the end of a distressed 18 months for some households. However for some parents who are divorced or separated, it’s brought a brand-new type of tension. If they share custody, they need to agree on the vaccine prior to their child can get it. And as Sarah Gibson of New Hampshire Public Radio reports, discovering compromise can be tough.

(SOUNDBITE OF DOORBELL RINGING)

SARAH GIBSON, BYLINE: Hello There, Heather.HEATHER VITALE: Hello.GIBSON:

Heather Vitale deals with her

mommy and child above her household’s modification and outfit shop. When I meet her, they remain in the midst of a painting project.VITALE: Let me go wash my hand and look after my paints.GIBSON: Oh, wow.ARIA: Yeah, she got

paint on them.GIBSON: Five-year-old Aria(ph )is here a lot.

Vitale frets about her catching or passing COVID to their clients

, many of whom are older.VITALE: And I wish to keep them safe. And part of keeping them safe is keeping me and my household safe.GIBSON: The apparent solution for Vitale is to get Aria vaccinated

versus COVID. However Vitale’s ex-husband, Aria’s Father, shares custody. And he thinks the vaccine is dangerous.VITALE: At this point

, he is so scared of the vaccine and what it might do due to the fact that he simply reads too much into alternative news sources(laughter )that it would definitely wind up in court if I was to do

it, like, tomorrow.GIBSON: Household court is a genuine possibility for apart and divorced moms and dads who can’t agree on the vaccine. When they separate, moms and dads prepare what’s called a parenting strategy. And this generally requires them to share decision-making about treatment- whatever from braces to long-lasting medications to vaccines.Amy Connolly practices and teaches household law. She frets that with such heated arguments over the COVID vaccine, some parents will disregard that parenting plan.AMY CONNOLLY: What I’m bracing for is one moms and dad simply taking the kid and getting vaccinated and not telling the other parent or informing

them after it’s done.GIBSON: A moms and dad who does this could be given court and lose their right to make future medical choices for their kid. Connolly states a moms and dad whose former partner will not budge

on the vaccine might defend sole decision-making over vaccines. However that gets expensive.CONNOLLY: If you go to court and you hire attorneys on the issue of vaccinations, it might be quickly over$10,000 a side.GIBSON: These kinds of cases usually take control of a year to deal with, which can seem like an eternity. A faster and more amicable way for moms and dads to figure this out could be mediation, states Connolly. Parents deal with a court-appointed or private mediator and attempt to reach a compromise.CONNOLLY: You have to go with

at least an open mind and attempt to see if there’s some areas of contract. And among them might be, all right, we agree to go fulfill the child’s pediatrician together and reconvene in 4 weeks.GIBSON: Seeking advice from a pediatrician is quite typical when former partners don’t agree on their kid’s health care. When Dr. Danielle Dunetz discovers herself in this position, she speaks with moms and dads individually or together.DANIELLE DUNETZ: I’ve

had both moms and dads in the same space at the same time. It’s uncomfortable, but (laughter )-however it’s providing, at this moment, what is the standard of care, what’s advised for your kid at this time. And they require to work it out?GIBSON: Dunetz says, in some bad blood, it’s not simply moms and dads disagreeing on the COVID vaccine. Their kids have viewpoints, too.DUNETZ: The majority of the kids are like, I desire my COVID vaccine. I wish to return to normal. I don’t want to have to fret about getting sick at school. And it’s the parents that are more

reluctant.GIBSON: Dunetz recently composed a letter for one parent to give household court recommending the vaccine. She says once she’s done that, there is absolutely nothing else she can do. It remains in the parents ‘hands or in the hands of a judge.For NPR news, I’m Sarah Gibson.(SOUNDBITE

OF THIS WILL DESTROY YOU’S “GRANDPA CLOCK” )Transcript offered by NPR, Copyright NPR.

Source: https://www.wfae.org/united-states-world/2021-12-08/what-happens-when-divorced-parents-disagree-on-vaccinating-their-child

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