Afraid to Immunize? Judges May View Your Reluctance Sternly
With so many COVID-related deaths, should the aim of our judiciary--particularly in the domestic relations and criminal courts--be, in part, to require COVID vaccines to preserve life and liberty?
August 31, 2021 at 12:42 PM
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Cases and CourtsDuring a recent hearing in Cook County, Illinois, a judge inquired if the child's mother was vaccinated for COVID. The mother apparently responded that she had not been vaccinated, proffering the explanation that she had allegedly had adverse reactions to vaccines in the past. The hearing was ostensibly to focus on child support and related financial issues. The parents, Rebecca Firlit and Matthew Duiven, divorced seven years ago, and have had shared custody of their 11-year-old son since June, 2014. The mother's attorney is appealing the order, arguing that the judge's reach exceeded his grasp in that neither party had pleaded for orders to mandate that the parties obtain inoculations against COVID. The judge has since reversed portions of his ruling, to allow Ms. Firlit access to her son:
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