Family Law
- Mother blocked from living with lesbian partner over morality clause in divorce papers
May 22, 2013, 05:17 pm CDT
- Suing ex-client for $500K in divorce fees led to disbarment ruling for former bar president
May 22, 2013, 05:58 am CDT
- Convicted of murdering ex-client, lawyer is fighting attorney disciplinary petition
May 21, 2013, 10:55 am CDT
- Suspended and facing ethics case, judge blames president jurist, claims she rebuffed advances
May 21, 2013, 10:18 am CDT
- Suspended judge expected to testify about relationship with child-support case witness
May 20, 2013, 06:20 am CDT
- Sex-reassignment surgery of infant in state’s care violated due process, adoptive parents allege
May 15, 2013, 07:39 am CDT
- Unhappy with child-custody award, woman and parents plotted to murder her ex-husband and his mom
May 10, 2013, 10:30 am CDT
- Did Kobe Bryant’s mom get OK to auction items left in his boyhood bedroom? Federal judge grants TRO
May 9, 2013, 01:43 pm CDT
- Daughter of Delaware courthouse shooter seeks custody of slain mom’s 3 kids
May 7, 2013, 12:52 pm CDT
- Chemerinsky: Decoding the gay-marriage oral arguments
May 2, 2013, 08:30 am CDT
- Marriage as a loophole—what’s love got to do with it?
May 1, 2013, 12:50 am CDT
- Domestic violence victims penalized for calling police by eviction ordinance, says ACLU suit
Apr 30, 2013, 11:29 am CDT
- Dozens of ‘well-connected’ people granted secret court cases in Chicago area, including 5 judges
Apr 30, 2013, 10:30 am CDT
- ‘Wicked and selfish’ mom pushed teen daughter to get pregnant so she could raise baby, judge says
Apr 29, 2013, 01:24 pm CDT
- Millionaire who helped son, 16, get married has 180-day contempt term upheld by appeals court
Apr 24, 2013, 05:01 pm CDT
- Son of dead shooter in Del. courthouse slayings gets six months for probation violation
Apr 23, 2013, 06:06 pm CDT
- Breakup sparks legal battle over $105K in parking tickets, a record high amount in Chicago
Apr 11, 2013, 01:35 pm CDT
- Judge accused of signing her own lawyer’s name on divorce filing fights suspension recommendation
Apr 11, 2013, 12:15 pm CDT
- Plan to impress girlfriend with phony divorce decree backfires for man charged with forgery
Apr 8, 2013, 12:33 pm CDT
- ‘Divorce from hell’ began with $5,400 monthly alimony offer, ended with $1,500 installments
Apr 8, 2013, 11:37 am CDT
- Family lawyer gets life in murder of ex-client and baby; judge calls him a ‘facade’ and a ‘fraud’
Apr 4, 2013, 02:10 pm CDT
- ‘Pregnant man’ can’t divorce, judge rules
Apr 4, 2013, 11:40 am CDT
- Would a gay-rights victory on DOMA include a ‘constitutional Trojan horse’?
Apr 4, 2013, 07:53 am CDT
- Capital murder trial begins for man accused of slaying bystander in shooting outside courthouse
Apr 2, 2013, 05:44 pm CDT
- Judge admits sex with witness in chambers, but says it didn’t affect his decision-making
Mar 29, 2013, 10:55 am CDT
- Polo mogul’s adoption of girlfriend, 42, is nixed by appeals court
Mar 28, 2013, 02:30 pm CDT
- GLAD lawyer is credited for legal strategy advancing gay marriage
Mar 27, 2013, 02:09 pm CDT
- Oral arguments suggest DOMA will be overturned, SCOTUSblog’s Goldstein says
Mar 27, 2013, 11:50 am CDT
- Kennedy is considered tie-breaker in DOMA case; is a Roberts ruling possible?
Mar 27, 2013, 08:03 am CDT
- Will the Supreme Court ‘stay its hand’ on gay marriage? SCOTUSblog’s Goldstein thinks so
Mar 26, 2013, 12:15 pm CDT
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