When a marriage ends up in a divorce, the split not only has an impact on the couple but also on their children, if any. Child custody and visitation is one of the most important decisions that a couple has to take when they get divorced. Child custody comprises of two parts. There is legal […]
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Ritalin Use Higher in Children of Divorced Parents
According to Dr. Strohschein, a sociologist at the University of Alberta, children whose parents are divorced are at a higher risk of Ritalin use as compared to children whose parents stay together. He found that the risk of Ritalin use is twice as high in children of divorced parents. Dr. Strohschein conducted this analysis because […]
READ MORECalifornia Measure to Extend Statute of Limitations for Sex Abuse Victims Fails in Committee
A proposed bill to extend the statute of limitations for sex abuse victims fell three votes short in an Assembly amid fierce lobbying, including more than $250,000 from the California Catholic Council. The organization has hired five lobbying firms, including heavyweight Lang Hansen O’Malley and Miller Governmental Relations. Other opponents of the bill include the […]
READ MOREFinding Solutions to Orthodox Jewish Divorce Get Problem in New York
Under Jewish Orthodox law, only a husband can grant a divorce document entitled a “get.” Without a get, an orthodox women is unable to remarry and have more children. She is still considered married religiously. Rabbi Mendel Epstein of Brooklyn, an advocate for women in the Orthodox community, was arrested last year in connection with […]
READ MOREJudge upholds Jewish excommunication right
A Johannesburg executive lost his attempt to keep from being excommunicated from the Jewish Orthodox community in the Gauteng capital when the judge dismissed his case. The Jewish ecclesiastical court, Beth Din, had already agreed to shun the man, who was not named, because he did not maintain his agreed upon child support payments. The […]
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