Federal and State Laws
Two Supreme Court explicitly stated, in complete agreement with a federal court decision, that custody of children cannot be decided in a court of equity and must be decided under Common Law. However, some states removed decisions of divorce, child custody and child support from Common Law courts and assigned them to courts of equity. Michael Newdow contended that the best interest of the child standard as currently applied by family courts, violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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