Category Archives: Child Custody

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 ...

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...

In-vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive techniques give couples the opportunity to overcome their struggles with infertility or other hurdles, and create a loving family. However, it can sometimes present unique legal issues, particula...

For many parents, one of the most difficult aspects of a divorce settlement is deciding who will get the kids on certain holidays and other special occasions. Unfortunately, this sometimes results in a standoff that has to be resolved through the cou...

If you don't watch much television and were asked to scan a list of the most popular shows on cable, there would likely be more than a few surprises. One such surprise would be the popularity of TLC's reality show "Toddlers & Tiaras," which profi...

Last month, a child custody-related story out of Ohio involving a sick child, a trip sponsored by the Make-A-Wish foundation and a father's refusal to authorize the trip, generated an ongoing dialogue in both legal and non-legal circles. For those...

Over the last ten years, hundreds of thousands of armed forces personnel stationed here in the United States have been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other military installations around the globe. However, many of these brave men and women dedica...

Earlier this week, gossip magazines and websites were abuzz over news that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had already reached a mutually acceptable divorce settlement -- presumably addressing such issues as child custody and child support -- and that th...

Necessity, as the old saying goes, is the mother of invention. This was certainly true in the case of one divorced mom who was stressed out by trying to keep track of the visitation dates, appointments and many other daily details that are a part of ...

Many people think of their pets as members of the family, but a New York man has gone further than most people might by engaging in an expensive legal battle to gain custody of his dog, who is now living thousands of miles away with his ex-girlfriend...