There have been 65 victories for the freedom to marry since June 2013, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the core of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in Windsor v. United States. Forty-one pro-marriage rulings have been issued in federal court, eighteen have been issued in state court, and five have been issued by a […]
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Establishing Habitual Residency Child Custody Cases
When you marry a person from another country and then have children, establishing habitual residence may become an issue if one parent want custody of the child later and resides in a country outside the United States. Under the Hague Convention, a child can only be returned to the child’s habitual place of residence. In […]
READ MOREParent Fails to Pay Child Support
When a non-custodial parent fails to pay child support, this can create financial and emotional stress on the custodial parent who is relying on that financial support to take care of the child’s needs. While the custodial parent has the right to go to court to obtain an enforcement order, there are also several administrative […]
READ MOREMinimizing the Trauma of Divorce for Children
Approximately one million children go through a parental divorce every year. But for these children, the trauma of the divorce begins way before the actual divorce takes place. These children have to live through parental disagreements and anger before the divorce process is initiated and in many cases, throughout the divorce process. The aggressive and […]
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