But if the family's divided, the last thing the poor kid needs is two hot-headed parents fighting it out in court. The child's needs quickly become secondary to either parents need to use legislation to assert their "rights" over religion. Look, to a kid it doesn't matter what the religion is provided his parents are civil to each other and able to put his priorities first.
The kid is already in turmoil, because his jw mother makes him feel guilty for doing normal childhood things with his non-jw father and stepmother. And his mother went ape shit, because they wanted to sign him up for soccer. Going to court to have the right to make educational and medical decisions for a kid who has a jw parent is not being hot headed. It is being responsible. If a child is lucky enough to have a non-jw parent who has those rights, medical emergencies will never be put on hold to wait for a court order on the use of blood, and he or she has a shot at normalcy in school. Chances are slim that either parent will be able to assert their rights over the rights of the child if a guardian ad litem and counselor are appointed to the case.