Kendra Stocks got her daughter baptized. Now she\u2019s in the Mecklenburg jail.<\/p>\n
In a head-on collision between matters of church and state, the Charlotte woman began serving a week behind bars Friday after being found in contempt of court.<\/p>\n
Her punishment stems from the clandestine christening of her child in August 2016 \u2013 one day after a Mecklenburg judge gave full custody to the girl\u2019s father, \u201cspecifically including decisions concerning religion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul Schaaf learned of the baptism of his daughter when Stocks posted photographs of the ceremony on Facebook, court records indicate. He then complained to the courts.<\/p>\n
Last March, District Court Judge Sean Smith found Stocks guilty of contempt. Smith wrote that the mother had acted in \u201cbad-faith disregard\u201d by not telling Schaaf about the ceremony and refusing to give him any role in how and where and it would take place \u2013 despite the importance Schaaf placed on the event.<\/p>\n
Stocks appealed. Smith\u2019s ruling was upheld Monday in Superior Court. The original 10-day jail stay, however, was cut to seven.<\/p>\n
\u2026Stocks said both she and Schaaf, an insurance broker, are practicing Catholics and wanted the child baptized and raised in the church. Yet the court files speak of a prolonged disagreement over spiritual matters between the parents that had delayed the girl\u2019s baptism. Asked what the argument was about, Stocks said, \u201cI would like to know that myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith\u2019s contempt order says Stocks demonstrated \u201cvery erratic, bizarre conduct\u201d during her relationship with Schaaf and after the birth of her daughter, \u201cincluding poor decision-making and an inability to cooperate.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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