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“This is the judgment day for your children. It’s not about you.”
Every child custody/access litigant should read these words, from South Carolina family court judge Paul W. Garfinkel: A custody case is much different than any accident case or a criminal trial. In those cases, an attorney is only asked to prove … Continue reading
When Scientologists divorce
ABC News looks at…wait a minute…Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are getting divorced? Why isn’t this getting more media attention?!? The divorce of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, both bold-faced names and members of the Church of Scientology, shines a light on … Continue reading
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“Tennessee Mother Faces Possible Jail Time For Baptizing Children,” reads the headline for this story from Charlotte’s CBS affiliate. The real issue is not baptism, however, but flagrantly breaching a court order: This week the Tennessee Court of Appeals said … Continue reading
Skype access ordered
This is the first time I’ve heard about a judge specifically ordering this, but I doubt it will be the last: A New York judge has ordered that a Long Island mother make her two children available to talk to … Continue reading
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Every Father’s Nightmare
Two B.C. fathers were awarded sole custody of their children in Canada – but the mothers abducted the kids and took them to Europe, and they’re getting away with it: Two Canadian fathers whose children were allegedly abducted by their … Continue reading
If children set the rules for divorce
A must-read list by Kara Bishop at the Huffington Post: In week six of Children of Divorce and Changing Families’ 8-week program, we do an exercise where we ask each child in the 10-12 year old group to create a set of rules … Continue reading
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How to ensure you don’t get custody of your children
Lawyer Jacqueline Harounian makes a list at the Huffington Post. If the children are older it might be too late to make up for not being the primary caregiver, but her instructions should be followed to the letter: 1. Not … Continue reading
When parents abduct children
Kirk Makin of The Globe and Mail notes that people who abduct their own children, for the purpose of denying access to the other parent, face relatively few consequences: The abduction of children by one of their parents is one of … Continue reading
“Surviving the Holidays After Divorce”
Marybeth Sampsel, a family lawyer in Kalispell, Montana, posted some excellent suggestions for getting through Christmas. A sample: Keep your anger, resentment, annoyance, disgust about your ex, his sports car, his/her new love and his family, to yourself. Remember, your kids … Continue reading
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Obesity and custody
When determining the best interests of a child, the number of factors to be considered is almost limitless. And with childhood obesity the health scare of the moment, this doesn’t surprise me: The nation’s waistline is expanding, and so too … Continue reading
