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These advocates include non-custodial mothers and fathers; grandparents, step-parents and other family members of non-custodial parents; [36] children's rights advocates; [37] family court reform advocates who see sole custody as a disruptive practice pitting one parent against the other; [38] mental health professionals who consider joint ...
Jennifer Heath Box and her legal representative, the Institute for Justice, filed a civil lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale federal court on Sept. 19 against Broward County and deputies with the ...
In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father.
The Family Court was created by Part 2 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, merging the family law functions of the county courts and magistrates' courts into one. Two scenarios are covered by the Children Act of 1989: private law cases, where the applicant and respondent are usually the child's parents ; and public law cases, where the applicant ...
The first year after the divorce, I felt extremely out of touch with my children when they were at the other parent's home. Giving my kids phones was a great decision as a divorced parent ...
At the hearing, his bail was set for $1 million. He later attempted again to injure himself and was taken to a hospital for a CT scan, then returned to jail and placed in the mental health unit. [31] Carmen Barahona filed for divorce from Jorge in late February, [26] but was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on March 5. She was held ...
Families of inmates who have died while being held in Broward jails joined together at the courthouse Thursday, conveying pain and bewilderment as they called for oversight due to decrepit ...
Caroline Norton, the person who initiated the tender years doctrine. The tender years doctrine is a legal principle in family law since the late 19th century. In common law, it presumes that during a child's "tender" years (generally regarded as the age of four and under), the mother should have custody of the child.