Make The Divorce Process Simpler
Facebook rears its head again in a family law matter.We have commented in prior blog posts about the rapidly emerging importance of Facebook and other social media sites in divorce-related matters from Florida to California. In this day and age, an online presence is...
The author of a recent article that discusses smoking makes a comment that only half facetiously suggests adding a warning such as the following to the host of others that already appear on the sides of cigarette packs: Smoking may cause loss of children in a child...
When a couple from South Carolina walked out of a hospital in 2009 with their newly born adopted daughter in their arms, they could scarcely have contemplated that two and a half years later they would be enmeshed in a child custody battle with the Cherokee Nation.In...
Calling it "a unique case," and stating that "the appellate courts in Florida have never before considered a case quite like it," a state appeals court in Daytona Beach ruled last month that a Brevard County judge erred in a child custody case involving a same-sex...
As many family law experts have noted, child custody considerations and arrangements have evolved greatly in recent years in Florida and elsewhere across the United States, as shared custody and time sharing between parents has grown commonplace.In prior times, when...
There are child custody cases, and then there are child custody cases. For sheer drama, those old enough to remember and paying attention were riveted to the news over a several-month period in late 1999 and early 2000 as events unfolded in Miami that gripped the...
We recently informed readers of a topic that is gaining traction in family law matters, even though disputes concerning the subject haven't yet been commonly taken to and resolved in the courts.Please see our November 4 blog post for a brief discussion of child...
Heath and Deborah Campbell of New Jersey first garnered national media attention in 2009 after a grocery store refused to engrave the name of their son on a birthday cake.The boy's name? Adolph Hitler.Two years-plus later, child custody of young Adolph -- along with...
Once again, Facebook strikes in a family law matter.This time it's in a child custody dispute, with a Connecticut judge ordering a couple to exchange the passwords to the social networking sites they visit.The trend is clear, and thoughtful people will note well its...
Divorce-related matters can go smoothly between a parting couple or, as media reports frequently remind us, they can turn acrimonious.One need look no further than child custody disputes to pinpoint a primary source of contention between ex-spouses visiting a court....