A woman who is thinking about moving to Washington, D.C. to attend law school soon is already on the forefront of a cutting-edge legislative development. The biological mother of a…
Even though an adoption agency apparently intentionally withheld information about severe mental illness among the parents and grandparents of a child from his adoptive family decades ago, it cannot be…
Tasteful, conservative, low-key law firm advertising it’s not. But a billboard featuring a scantily clad couple along with the line “Life’s Short, Get a Divorce” has indeed apparently met its…
A modern-day need to ascertain assets, rather than a traditional desire to document infidelity, reportedly is a key factor driving a big increase in the use of private investigators in…
A $12 million settlement in a child abuse case and subsequent difficulty getting insurance reportedly is forcing one of the most well-known foster care agencies in the country out of…
Changes in divorce laws that have made it easier to end a marriage have led to lower rates of and domestic violence and suicides by women, according to studies cited…
In a case that pits a parent’s right to decide what is best for a child against the state’s interest in protecting children from harm and the medical profession’s judgment…
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