Child Custody

By ABC on 01/15/2018 “… When her relationship with her husband broke down five years ago, they agreed splitting the time with their two daughters 50/50 was the best option. Not only does she treasure having both her own space and one-on-one time with the kids, she believes the girls have better relationships with her and […]

By Straits Times on 01/16/2018 “… At her lowest, Ms Amber Li contemplated suicide. Last year, the mother of an autistic child discovered that her husband was having an affair. “I was heartbroken and unsure,” said the 43-year-old, who subsequently fell into depression. “It was the lowest point of my life.” …” Read the entire article: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/programme-for-divorcing-parents-helps-put-children-first-0

By Lifezette on 01/02/2018 “… We are no longer living in our parents’ America. That is easily evidenced by the absence of Mom’s fresh apple pie cooling on the windowsill and the “woman” with the hairy arms and mustache on line to use the ladies’ room with our sisters and daughters. …” Read the entire article: https://www.lifezette.com/momzette/fresh-look-best-interests-of-child/

By Journal Standard on 01/05/2018 “… It was Martin Luther King who said, “We begin to die the day we begin to be silent on issues that matter.” Divorce and separation in this country almost always means that children lose sufficient contact with at least one of their parents and one side of an entire family.

By Washington Post on 01/09/2018 “… It is exceedingly rare to see a bill take a one-size-fits-all approach. Indeed, “shared parenting” is defined as allowing children a minimum of 35 percent time with each parent, with the remainder of the child’s time individualized to each case. I’m unaware of any bill without exceptions for issues such as

By Washington Post on 12/11/2017 “… The every-other-weekend dad, born from two generations of soaring divorce rates, was once a conventional part of American culture. In recent years, more couples have been agreeing to parent after divorce as they did in marriage: collaboratively. …” Read the entire article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/more-than-20-states-in-2017-considered-laws-to-promote-shared-custody-of-children-after-divorce/2017/12/11/d924b938-c4b7-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html?utm_term=.477b38ca579e

By The County Press on 12/27/2017 “… The Lapeer County Prosecuting Attorney has contracted a consultant to perform a security audit of the computer system used to run the county’s child support program. The Lapeer County Board of Commissioners approved a contract for $1,850 with MGT Consulting Group for an “independent security assessment.” …” Read the

By SouthEast Missourian on 10/13/2017 “… While progress may be slow, progress toward ensuring equal parenting rights is moving forward in Missouri, local legislators and state activists said during a meeting Thursday night at the Concourse in Cape Girardeau. …” Read the entire article: http://www.semissourian.com/story/2452060.html

By Mediate on 03/2017 “… Child-custody evaluations have become commonplace in family-law disputes over living arrangements, parental decision-making, and time-sharing with offspring. A quarter century ago, I raised the issue that child-custody evaluations had no scientific validity.1 When I reviewed the literature again a decade ago, the lack of scientific validity remained unchanged, prompting me to