Criminally charged with allowing their disabled 14-year-old daughter to die from neglect, a Pennsylvania couple have sued child welfare agencies and workers for damages over her death.
There may be a trend nationally to establish more self-help centers in courthouses and public spaces to aid those who are choosing the pro se route in court. But not…
Authorities say they may have identified a mysterious man who allegedly abducted his 7-year-old daughter after a divorce from the wealthy socialite to whom he had been married for 12…
On the eve of a scheduled trial next week, a California appeals court has thrown out a palimony suit against director Tim Burton by his former girlfriend, actress Lisa Marie.
Updated: Jailed without bond in Boston on a charge of kidnapping his own daughter last month, a seemingly wealthy socialite with a mysterious background has now become a “person of…
A new bill signed into law today by the governor of Illinois sets the stage for the state’s judges to use GPS satellite tracking to enforce protective orders.
Initially, authorities feared that Clark Rockefeller might be sailing international seas with his 7-year-old daughter in a 72-foot catamaran he reportedly told friends he bought with $300,000 worth of gold…
Reportedly concerned about her ex-husband’s unknown past, socialite Sandra Boss persuaded a judge to require his visits with their 7-year-old daughter to be supervised by a social worker. But when…
Setting the stage for Massachusetts to become the second state in the country to allow out-of-state couples of the same gender to marry, the state’s house of representatives voted today…
RoseMary Shell wasn’t actually left at the altar. Instead, the middle-aged woman came home one day in late 2006, shortly before she was to get married, and discovered a note…
A central California woman who has been without food or water since July 14 is now back on life support again, after a state judge ordered that a feeding tube…
A fed-up judge in New Zealand thought the name “Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii” was an embarrassing name for a 9-year-old girl involved in a custody battle, so he…
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