Having a child placed in foster care can be an alarming, embarrassing and painful experience to parents who've lost custody. While this is done as a means of protecting the best interests of the child, it still creates a difficult situation for both ...
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Federally funded study hopes to make child custody less of a battle
Parents who divorce often fight their most emotional battle over child custody issues. Who gets to spend the weekends with children? Who should serve as the primary caregiver? Who gets the children over the holidays? These are all difficult questi...
Read MoreStudy reveals the true impact of the recent recession on marriages
From high unemployment rates and record foreclosures to poor returns in the stock market and decreased consumer spending, there was virtually no aspect of people's financial lives that went untouched by the Great Recession. However, what about their ...
Read MoreRolling Stones guitarist sells band memorabilia in divorce settlement
A rolling stone may gather no moss -- but a Rolling Stone gathers plenty of memorabilia as the years go by. Now, as part of a divorce settlement between Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood and his ex-wife Jo, much of that memorabilia was recently so...
Read MoreIs a pizza box the newest weapon in child support enforcement?
In our last post, we discussed how Russia is officially taking a more stringent approach toward the adoption of children by U.S. parents. It appears, however, that is not the only area of family law in which Russian officials are cracking down. Ba...
Read MoreAgreement regulating adoption of Russian children by US parents now in effect
There has long been tension between the United States and Russia over issues related to the adoption of Russian children by U.S. parents. This tension came to a head two years ago, when a U.S. woman decided she could no longer deal with her adopted s...
Read MoreMother who left family to join Occupy Wall Street settles divorce
Last fall, thousands of people took to the heart of New York City's financial district as part of Occupy Wall Street. While the movement -- dedicated to promoting economic equality and protesting the growing influence of corporations -- has consisten...
Read MoreMore people using inexpensive high-tech gadgets to spy on spouses
Over the last few years, the price of high-tech spyware gadgets has come way down. That's enabled suspicious spouses who are getting a divorce to spy on their partners in ways that would have been hard to imagine 20 years ago. For example, a primi...
Read MoreAs negotiations deteriorate, celebrity couple could be headed for divorce court
When it comes to Hollywood, it often seems that the one thing that manages to generate more headlines than movie premieres, high ratings or casting decisions is celebrity divorce. For some reason, entertainment websites and gossip magazines just can'...
Read MoreDivorce and the splitting of digital assets
Property division has always been one of the more contentious aspects of a divorce, but the digital age is introducing new sticking points and potential headaches for many couples seeking a clean split from their spouse. Specifically, digital assets ...
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