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'''Boldt v. Boldt''', framed as a child-custody case originating in the state of Oregon, actually concerns the proposed non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of a boy, intended to indulge his father's religious urges.

On Sunday, May 30, 2004, the mother, Russian-born Mrs. Lia Nikolaevna Boldt, learned from her son, nine-year-old Mikhail James Boldt, known as Misha/Jimmy, that the custodial father, James Harlan Boldt, was planning on having him circumcised as part of the father's plan to convert the child from the Russian Orthodox faith to the Jewish faith.<ref>{{REFdocument

On Sunday, May 30, 2004, the mother, Russian-born Mrs. Lia Nikolaevna Boldt, learned from her son, nine-year-old Mikhail James Boldt, known as Misha/Jimmy, that the custodial father, James Harlan Boldt, was planning on having him [[circumcised]] as part of the father's plan to convert the child from the Russian Orthodox faith to the Jewish faith.<ref>{{REFdocument

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==Legal proceedings==

The case started in 2004 when James Boldt, a divorced father, who had custody of his nine-year-old son, decided to convert from Russian Orthodox to [[Judaism]] and wanted to have his son circumcised in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]]. The son, however, had not converted and did not want to be [[circumcised]]. He was supported by his mother in his desire for [[genital integrity]].<ref name="svoboda2010">{{REFweb

The case started in 2004 when James Boldt, a divorced father, who had custody of his nine-year-old son, decided to convert from Russian Orthodox to [[Judaism]] and wanted to have his son [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]]. The son, however, had not converted and did not want to be [[circumcised]]. He was supported by his mother in his desire for [[genital integrity]].<ref name="svoboda2010">{{REFweb

|url=https://arclaw.org.customers.tigertech.net/wp-content/uploads/Svoboda-Three-Fourths-Were-Abnormal-Mishas-Case-Sick-Societies-and-the-Law-Denniston-Milos-Hodges-Genital-Autonomy-Protecting-Personal-Choice-2010.pdf

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 '''Boldt v. Boldt''', framed as a child-custody case originating in the state of Oregon, actually concerns the proposed non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of a boy, intended to indulge his father's religious urges.
-On Sunday, May 30, 2004, the mother, Russian-born Mrs. Lia Nikolaevna Boldt, learned from her son, nine-year-old Mikhail James Boldt, known as Misha/Jimmy, that the custodial father, James Harlan Boldt, was planning on having him circumcised as part of the father's plan to convert the child from the Russian Orthodox faith to the Jewish faith.<ref>{{REFdocument
+On Sunday, May 30, 2004, the mother, Russian-born Mrs. Lia Nikolaevna Boldt, learned from her son, nine-year-old Mikhail James Boldt, known as Misha/Jimmy, that the custodial father, James Harlan Boldt, was planning on having him [[circumcised]] as part of the father's plan to convert the child from the Russian Orthodox faith to the Jewish faith.<ref>{{REFdocument
   |title= Appelant's Brief and Excerpt of Record
   |url=
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 ==Legal proceedings==
-The case started in 2004 when James Boldt, a divorced father, who had custody of his nine-year-old son, decided to convert from Russian Orthodox to [[Judaism]] and wanted to have his son circumcised in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]].  The son, however, had not converted and did not want to be [[circumcised]]. He was supported by his mother in his desire for [[genital integrity]].<ref name="svoboda2010">{{REFweb
+The case started in 2004 when James Boldt, a divorced father, who had custody of his nine-year-old son, decided to convert from Russian Orthodox to [[Judaism]] and wanted to have his son [[circumcised]] in accordance with the [[Abrahamic covenant]].  The son, however, had not converted and did not want to be [[circumcised]]. He was supported by his mother in his desire for [[genital integrity]].<ref name="svoboda2010">{{REFweb
   |url=https://arclaw.org.customers.tigertech.net/wp-content/uploads/Svoboda-Three-Fourths-Were-Abnormal-Mishas-Case-Sick-Societies-and-the-Law-Denniston-Milos-Hodges-Genital-Autonomy-Protecting-Personal-Choice-2010.pdf
   |archived=