Atheists & Agnostics
In reply to the discussion: Atheist Mom Forced Into Court-Ordered Christian Counseling [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)She was the one who BROKE THE LAW by disobeying a Court Order, not the judge. If she believed the court order was illegal or unconstitutional all she had to do was file an appeal, she did not. It does not even looked like she asked the trial court for a new counselor.
Now, she may have a case against her own lawyer, if that lawyer had agreed to this counselor without the mother's agreement, but I suspect this counselor is on a list of approved counselors for that court and is recommended by attorneys to their clients for she is the cheapest on the list. Thus, as far as the court is concerned, this counselor as selected by the Mother and once selected the mother had to finished the sessions OR go to someone else who is court approved. The Mother refused to go and then lost her children, finished the program, had her children returned to her and is now complaining that she had to go to sessions she herself selected. The Court did nothing wrong. Her attorney MAY have done something wrong, but I suspect the Attorney gave her the list of approved counselors and told her the one selected was the chearpest. That is NOT malpractice by the attorney so no action against her attorney.
Thus no harm to the Mother caused by the Courts and thus no one to sue.