Family Reunion

New laws going into effect Aug. 1 Minnesotans should know about

By Kare11 News, 8/1/24 “…Family law court must now consider the opportunity for a minor child to develop a relationship with each parent when determining custody and parenting time. Additionally, when deciding custody, family law courts cannot prefer one parent or the other solely based on the parent’s gender. …” Read the entire article:  https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/new-laws-going-into-effect-aug-1-minnesotans-should-know-about/89-7cbe16db-e30c-49cb-8d84-32950ef0d29d

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Why Does Child Support Go Unpaid?

By The Cato Institute – Summer 2024 “State calculations of child costs overinflate those values, discouraging obligor payments.” “The child support collection process in the United States has largely failed. According to a 2020 Census Bureau report, only 62 percent of the more than $30 billion in authorized support payments for 2017 were actually received.

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Our Safe and Responsible Guide To Co-Parenting

By Cleveland Clinic, 05/01/2024 “…But at the heart of co-parenting, adults on all sides can and should work together as a team to make sure your children know they’re safe, supported, loved and cared for regardless of which household they’re in and whenever they travel from one parental unit to the other…” Read the entire

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Georgia Child Support Law Undergoes Substantial Revision

By PR Web, 06/05/2024 “…This revision accomplishes three main things: it changes the Basic Child Support Obligation (BCSO) table; it changed the formula for the court to use in circumstances where parents have lower incomes; and it establishes a formula and a parenting time adjustment to the child support amount…” Read the entire article: https://www.prweb.com/releases/georgia-child-support-law-undergoes-substantial-revision-302164540.html

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Angelina Jolie’s Former Bodyguard Reveals How She Turned Her Kids Against Ex-Husband Brad Pitt

By InTouch Weekly, 05/22/2024 “…Previous court documents have hinted at Angelina’s control over her kids. In 2018, the judge who was presiding over their divorce declared that “not having a relationship with their father is harmful” to the children and scolded Angelina, 48, for listening to calls and reading texts between him and the kids…”

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Never give up, Dad. Never give up.

By The Guam Daily Post, 06/12/2024 “…I wrote about parental alienation, a type of psychological child abuse. PA usually occurs in the context of a divorce, wherein one parent seeks to turn a child against the other parent and uses all manner of lies, exaggerations and manipulation to do it…” Read the entire article: https://www.postguam.com/forum/featured_columnists/never-give-up-dad-never-give-up/article_e6eefed0-1c7a-11ef-a129-9be2645595bf.html

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Parenting Rights: All or Nothing

By Dentons, 05/17/2024 “…Iowa law clearly states that “parents with joint legal custody” means both parents jointly have legal custodial rights and responsibilities toward their child and neither parent has legal custodial rights superior to those of the other parent. These rights and responsibilities include equal participation in decisions impacting the child’s legal status, medical

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Divorced parents advocate for “equal time” laws

By WNG, 06/03/2024 “…When Rodney Creech and his wife divorced, he spent around $90,000 and six years in court to get joint custody of his children. Fourteen years later, he is an Ohio state representative trying to change the law to make equal custody the default arrangement for separated parents in the state…” Read the

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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt’s daughter Shiloh, 18, files to drop Pitt surname

By NY Daily News, 05/31/2024 “…Jolie-Pitt filed paperwork on Monday, the same day she turned 18, to legally change her name to Shiloh Jolie, according to documents viewed by TMZ. The request has not yet been approved, according to the outlet…” Read the entire article: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/31/shiloh-jolie-pitt-files-remove-pitt-surname/?lctg=65B2641FB49EF451446C741467&utm_email=65B2641FB49EF451446C741467&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.nydailynews.com%2f2024%2f05%2f31%2fshiloh-jolie-pitt-files-remove-pitt-surname%2f&utm_campaign=The-Daily-News-Flash&utm_content=hybrid

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Please don’t use children as weapons

By The News Leaders, 05/17/2024 “…April 25th was Parental Alienation Awareness Day. Parental alienation refers to the alienating behaviors of parents, while parental alienation syndrome refers to the child’s symptoms…” Read the entire article: https://thenewsleaders.com/april-25-was-parental-alienation-awareness-day/

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