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Mr. Niznick and Ms. Schmidt were formerly married. They had a son. They divorced and the former Mrs. Niznick received custody of the boy. The divorce agreement required her to consult with Mr. Niznick regarding any non-emergency health care services for the child.
Ms. Schmidt remarriedto a Jewish man. <ref name="bernaerts2014">{{REFdocument |title=The Cologne Judgment: a curiosity or the start sign for condemning circumcision of male children without their consent as a human rights violation? |url=https://repository.gchumanrights.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11825/161/Bernaerts_2012%EF%80%A213.pdf |contribution= |last=Bernaerts |first=Jonothan Alfons J |publisher=European Commission |format=PDF |date=2014 |accessdate=2020-05-04}}</ref> Her new husband thought that his step-son should be circumcised so that he would match his circumcised step-brother. The 31-year-old Slovakian-born mother,<ref name="johnson2006">{{REFnews
|title=Judge takes father's side in circumcision feud
|url=http://www.cirp.org/news/chicagosun-times2006-10-24/
[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision]], cited this case as a precedent in an [https://pool.intactiwiki.org/images/2007-04_BoldtReviewBrief.pdf| ''amicus curiae'' brief] filed with the Oregon Supreme Count in the case of [[Boldt v. Boldt]] in 2007.
Jonathon Bernaerts (2014) commented on this case on page 83 of his thesis.<ref name="bernaerts2014" />
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