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Ruling referred to the flag as a ‘symbol inflaming the already strained relationship between the parties’ in custody battle ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A New York district court ruled that a woman must remove a rock with a Confederate flag painted on it from her driveway, or may find it becomes a factor in a custody battle for her mixed-race child.
Justices in an appellate division of the state’s second-highest court in Albany ruled unanimously in a 5-0 decision that a couple would retain joint custody of their child.
However, the woman has until 1 June to remove the rock or, according to the court’s ruling, it could play a role in “any future best interests analysis” regarding the child, who was born in 2014 and attends school in Dryden, east of Ithaca.
New York Court Tells Mother of Multiracial Child to Remove Confederate Flag Imagery from Driveway or Face the Consequences
A judge warned an upstate New York mother that she is at risk of losing custody of her multiracial daughter if she does not remove a rock with a Confederate flag painted on it from her home’s driveway.
On Thursday, May 6, appellate justices in Albany ruled that parents, identified only as Christie BB and Isaiah CC, would retain joint custody of their young daughter, but with terms attached. During a fact-finding hearing, the mother testified that “she had a rock with a Confederate flag painted on it at her home” which Justice Stanley Pritzker took issue with and called out in the decision which he authored, warning that if the rock is not removed by June 1, Family Court will consider “a change in circumstances” for the child, who turns 7 this year.
Court orders CNY woman to remove Confederate flag or risk custody of multiracial child
Updated May 07, 8:45 AM;
Posted May 07, 8:45 AM
This 2020 file photo shows a Confederate flag in Pittsboro, N.C.AP Photo/Gerry Broome
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Robert Gavin, Times Union (TNS)
Albany, N.Y. Appellate justices in Albany on Thursday ordered a woman in Central New York to remove a rock from her driveway that is painted with a Confederate flag or risk a “change of circumstances” in the custody case of her multiracial daughter.
In a unanimous 5-0 ruling, appellate justices allowed the couple to retain joint custody of the child, who was born in 2014 and attends school in the Dryden Central School District in Tompkins County.
Court orders upstate woman to remove Confederate flag or risk custody of child
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Appellate justices in Albany on Thursday ordered a woman in Tompkins County to remove a rock from her driveway that is painted with a Confederate flag or risk it impacting the custody case involving her multi-racial daughter. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN
ALBANY – Appellate justices in Albany on Thursday ordered a woman in Tompkins County to remove a rock from her driveway that is painted with a Confederate flag or risk a change of circumstances in the custody case of her multiracial daughter.
In a unanimous 5-0 ruling, appellate justices allowed the couple to retain joint custody of the child, who was born in 2014 and attends school in the Dryden Central School District, which is east of Ithaca.