Child Custody

By ST. Louis Post Dispatch on 05/10/2018 “… I’m actually a mother and grandmother, my 94-year-old mother is still living, and I have a daughter who I want to be happy and healthy. Motherhood is a blessing to me, and I will readily admit that the challenges of work and nurturing children at home are hard […]

By The Guardian 05/07/2018 “… There is cross-party support for an amendment to the Children Act, which would refer to a youngster’s right to have a relationship with close members of their extended family, it has been reported. This would include aunts and uncles having access to their nephews and nieces. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/may/07/mps-seek-to-guarantee-grandparents-rights-to-see-children

By Wealthy Single Mommy on 4/30/2018 “… Shared parenting isn’t right for families where one parent struggles with addiction, there is a history of violence or abuse, or severe mental illness. As of Friday April 27, Kentucky became the first state in the country with a “legal presumption” for joint custody in divorce proceedings. …” Read the entire article: https://www.wealthysinglemommy.com/shared-parenting-research/

By WKMS on 04/29/2018 “… A judge can still deny joint custody if one parent has committed domestic violence against the child or other parent, but critics of the measure argue that it unravels protections against abusive parents and makes it much harder for a judge to give one parent more time with children than the

By Wealth Single Mommy on 04/30/2018 “… As of Friday April 27, Kentucky became the first state in the country with a “legal presumption” for joint custody in divorce proceedings. Other states including Arizona, Missouri and South Dakota also have very progressive and strong shared-custody laws, and 25 states are debating legislation that would do the same. …” Read the

By Straits Times on 04/02/2018 “… But the idea that balancing a child’s time more evenly between parents subjects the child to additional stress if parents do not put their personal conflicts aside does not stand the test of science. …” Read the entire article: http://www.straitstimes.com/forum/letters-in-print/shared-parenting-beneficial-for-children-despite-conflict

By IL News on 04/05/2018 “… A number of states are either considering or enacting divorce laws that would move away from one-parent guardianship to a kind of co-parenting model with more flexibility. Kentucky enacted a law last year allowing a court to give both parents equal footing during the divorce proceedings. Supporters of equal parenting laws say the flexibility

By National Post on 03/20/2018 “… Legal academics are openly reinterpreting their mission. Historically teachers of legal principles and law codes, they now see themselves as social-justice warriors called upon to right historical wrongs for members of designated victim groups. …” Read the entire article: http://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-if-ideologues-are-teaching-our-judges-the-public-has-a-need-to-know

By Des Moines Register on 03/09/2018 “… Former Judge Edward Jacobson’s admission prompted a sharp rebuke from the counsel to the chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, who issued a statement Thursday saying Jacobson’s conduct could undermine “public confidence in our system of justice.” …” Read the entire article: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/investigations/2018/03/09/iowa-judge-admits-hundreds-his-rulings-were-ghost-written-attorneys-potentially-and-raising-question/406448002/

By Townhall on 03/06/2018 “… Dr. Warren Farrell, who has written extensively on men and family, just released a book with co-author John Gray, the bestselling author of Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus. The Boy Crisis goes over a long list of afflictions plaguing boys, affecting their development into men, and offers solutions to turn the