Make The Divorce Process Simpler
When an American marries a person from another country, and the couple decides to divorce, child custody can become sticky. Often, that other parent still has family outside the United States. When matters surrounding custody are acrimonious, he or she might abscond...
In today's high-tech world, it might be prudent to think of others -- literally, the billions of people you don't even know who constitute an undifferentiated mass on the periphery of your world -- as potential voyeurs who might conceivably gain access to your online...
Child custody law and related judicial determinations have historically been underscored in the United States by this one centrally perceived truism, as expressed by a family law researcher and sociology processor: "Unless the mother was dead or in jail or mentally...
The long saga of a child custody battle pitting the state of Pennsylvania and an economically challenged and deported Mexican couple concluded last week with the couple's two children -- girls aged 4 and 8 -- being reunited with their parents in Mexico City.Both...
We referred to the "bedrock standard" of the best interests of the child in discussing Florida child custody law in a recent blog post (July 15). In doing so, we were taking into account the many factors that together help define what those best interests are. We...
The best interests of the child.That is the fundamental force and underpinning motivation -- the bedrock standard -- that drives child custody laws in every American state, including Florida. And although the goal is uniformly the same, the permutations and details...
Country singer Mindy McCready is involved in a long-term child custody dispute with her mother, Gayle Inge, concerning McCready's five-year-old son Zander. The matter is contentious and, says McCready, marked by a public portrayal of her that is inaccurate and driven...
A recent article in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper tells the stories of and quotes liberally from several Florida fathers chronicling their experiences following divorce, most centrally with child custody matters.The consensus quite clearly seems to be that...
The maternal grandparents of two young children were awarded temporary child custody over them in 2004, when a Florida court deemed that outcome to be in their best interests after both parents had abandoned them.According to Florida court documents, the children's...
Two nights ago, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat won the first game of their professional basketball final series, hoping to repeat as champions for the second time in franchise history.Owing to a turbulent and often uncertain past year, Wade perhaps relishes the...