This via Baptist e-news sweep is interesting.  It sounds to me as if the father, the local church and the judge have been incredibly sensible, sensitive and pastoral in their responses.  However, it did make me wonder what might have been the response had it been a Baptist(ic) church where there is no equivalent to Confirmation, and Baptism is a rite expressing a personal profession of faith.  How does our understanding of Baptism inform our response?  What might you have done had it been a ten year-old in your church...?