Maine’s Supreme Court to Decide Case on Religious Liberty and Parental Rights

The custody case of a mother barred from taking her daughter to the Bible-based church of her choice has gone to the Supreme Court of Maine for resolution.

The sign of Calvary Chapel of Portland, Miane. Courtesy of Travis Carey

A dispute over a shared parental custody agreement dealing with the religious training of a minor child has reached the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

The parents, Matthew Bradeen and Emily Bickford, never married and parted ways before their daughter was born in 2013.