A Virginia father’s fight to regain custody of a daughter adopted without his consent highlights Utah’s pro-adoption laws in cases of children born out of wedlock.
Threatened with possible contempt sanctions for taking his young daughter to church, Joseph Reyes as of today has the court’s permission to do so—and he can visit with her annually…
A disastrous series of childbirth issues that left Abbie Dorn in what some describe as a vegetative state with no possibility of recovery has now moved on, legally, from the…
An Arkansas mother is facing a criminal charge of harassment after her son told prosecutors she hacked into his Facebook account, changed his password and posted slanderous things about him.
The aunt of a 3-year-old boy who drowned at an Oleta River State Park beach in Florida has been charged with aggravated manslaughter, apparently because authorities felt she didn’t keep…
Called to a home day care center to deal with an out-of-control 10-year-old who was kicking, screaming and spitting, one Martinsville, Ind., police officer reportedly used a stun gun on…
A Texas judge has nixed the state attorney general’s petition to intervene in a same-sex divorce case, finding that another case already on appeal is positioned to address the legal…
A Maryland judge who dismissed a domestic abuse case after marrying the defendant to the woman he was accused of beating and kicking now says his “Catholic conscience” urged him…
Considered the divorce capital of the world, London poses pitfalls for wealthy spouses who thought their assets were protected in divorce by prenuptial agreements.
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