It is said that every ending is a new beginning. Although last year's tax deadline has passed, it is not too soon to start thinking about mitigating this year's tax liability. If you are going through a divorce or even …

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From Paris to Albany, Washington to Sacramento, Masters golf courses to backstage after-parties, the world is abuzz with the shocking echoes of men in power behaving with recklessness, selfishness and disrespect, not to mention outright violence. The list is long …

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Websites help divorced couples manage child custody and communication — minus the animosity. Scheduling meltdowns. Missed appointments. Custody hand-offs. Nasty texts and emails. Unexplained dental and doctor bills. For years, these kinds of disputes often led divorced parents into costly …

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Japan's Cabinet approved a plan to join a global child custody treaty Friday, amid foreign pressure on Tokyo to revise policies some say allow Japanese mothers to too easily take their children away from foreign fathers. Prime Minister Naoto Kan's …

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Jackson County’s Friend of the Court is giving parents who neglect to pay child support the boot. Friend of the Court, which enforces court orders regarding custody, parenting time and child support, will start putting a wheel boot on vehicles …

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If you and your child's mother are not married when the child is born, you may feel like a second-class citizen. You probably think that your rights are completely contingent upon the whims of your child's mother. You may be …

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The extraordinary fight over "parental alienation syndrome" and what it means for divorce cases. The competition to get your favorite disease recognized in the bible of mental health, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, can be as fierce …

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Being a divorced parent means being a single parent. One of the most fundamental reasons for the breakdown of a marriage is loss of empathy for a spouse. It can therefore come as quite a shock to newly single dads …

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Balancing eldercare and work situations vary tremendously and no single action plan works for everyone. Developing your own customized strategy can lighten your load and reduce stress. It’s also important to think about caregiving as an important role in your …

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Mediators can resolve disputes among family members, even in regards to senior care decisions. The disputes may start quietly, but they can and do brew into hot and heated arguments and, believe it or not, they have split families apart. …

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