A decision at the end of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent session interpreted a federal statute with an impact on the child custody of a girl whose birth father is a member of a Native American tribe, but it has turned out to be just the beginning of a complex ongoing battle over the custody… Continue reading Custody battle continues over Indian child
The tragic and premature end of a famous country singer’s life has laid the groundwork for a tug-of-war over her children. Singer Mindy McCready recently committed suicide, leaving her two children in foster care. The children — two boys ages 6 and 10 months — were in foster care initially after child services took them… Continue reading Child custody battle sprouts from singer’s death
Divorce is never easy, and it’s sometimes hard to move on. When children are involved, it can be harder since your ex will continue to be in your life. But parents from Louisiana throughout the U.S. must figure out ways to stay civil with their former partners as issues of child custody or child exchange… Continue reading Learn to work with ex for kids’ sake
When women in Missouri and all around the U.S. marry a man with children, they marry the kids, too. Whether their new husband has full-time custodyor sees his children on a limited basis, new stepmothers need to be prepared to handle the title. There certainly is an adjustment period, but new stepmothers can follow three… Continue reading Stepmothers can ease transition in new family
Divorced couples frequently hold bitterness against each other, making the exchange of children difficult in Louisiana and throughout the U.S. With today’s technology, however, child custody issues don’t have to be tough. Mom and Dad don’t have to fight during the transfer of the kids or receive angry phone calls in front of the kids.… Continue reading Technology makes custody issues less hostile
Parents with disabilities in Louisiana and across the U.S. lose child custody more often than non-disabled parents, according to a new report by an independent federal agency. The National Council on Disability’s 445-page document has been embraced by advocacy groups for the disabled as a call to change the bias they say exists against parents… Continue reading Disabled parents sometimes struggle to retain custody
People in Louisiana have lived through more than their share of natural disasters. Events such as the Gulf Coast’s Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the more recent Hurricane Sandy, underscore the need for parents to be ready for such events. That is especially true when child custody issues are involved. Life-changing events could occur when… Continue reading Exes must forge plan for children in a catastrophe
Frequently, when a relationship sours, the children get stuck in the middle. It isn’t uncommon to find parents in Louisiana or other states who will deny visitation to the other parent, even though a court has issued a divorce and/or custody order providing for it Courts, however, frown upon that and recognize that parents shouldn’t… Continue reading Courts will not hesitate to enforce custody orders
In a decision that could strike fear into Louisiana parents in the midst of a custody battle, a judge has ordered that actress Kelly Rutherford send her two young children to France to live with her ex-husband because he is not welcome in the U.S. Rutherford and her husband divorced in 2009 when she was… Continue reading Judge: Kids must move to France with father
The accepted thought is that family law judges favor mothers when ruling on child custody, but a thorough study of an analysis conducted by national research center shows that it isn’t so. In fact, it appears that mothers gain custody more frequently than fathers do because fathers voluntarily give custody to mothers. There is, it… Continue reading Research doesn’t show anti-father sentiment in court
