Child Custody

When a mother names you the father of her child in California, you should do everything possible to verify it is the truth. Being the legal father of a child means you become responsible for that child. This includes financial support. If you find out later that you...

Domestic violence is about power and control. The children of domestic violence victims are often caught in the middle. That makes it important to understand the links between domestic violence and child custody. Following are some crucial ones: 1. Your abuser may...

What do you do when your child doesn't want to visit your co-parent? Maybe your child simply resents the schedule interruption caused by visitation. Perhaps going to the other parent's house is boring. Maybe your ex-spouse and your child simply aren't getting along....

What do you do when your ex isn't following the court-ordered custody schedule for your children? This is the sort of post-divorce event that nearly every parent dreads. Yet, most parents fail to have a response plan in mind if it does happen. Don't make that mistake....

What are your rights at school when there's a custody dispute going on? You may be afraid of any number of things, but the idea that your child's other parent might try to abduct your child may never be far from your mind. Parental abductions are an unfortunate...

International child abductions happen for a very simple reason. Foreign courts can be very favorable to the estranged spouses of U.S. residents when there's a child involved. If a child's parents can remove the child from the United States and get the court of his or...

It's been three years since the Supreme Court's historic ruling on same-sex marriage rights. Now, the court is being asked to consider the rights of same-sex parents to custody -- or the lack thereof. Attorneys for the biological mother of a child conceived and born...

California has a very broad definition of domestic violence -- and victims' advocates say that it's necessary in order to protect victims from subtle forms of abuse like harassment or stalking. Unfortunately, that also makes the law easy to abuse when someone who...

The old model of custody looked pretty familiar to just about everyone. The mother often had primary physical custody of the kids and the father saw his offspring every other weekend and occasional holidays. The new model of custody tries to divide parenting time...

A search for a missing baby cut a path from Mesa, Arizona, all the way to California. Now, the baby has been returned to his father while the child's mother and her parents are sitting in jail on various charges related to the kidnapping. Child custody disputes are...