The positive impact of mental health counseling is fundamentally dependent on a client’s perceived trust that the information shared will be treated confidentially and will not be shared with others.1 This is especially important for children, whose mental health records …
A recent change in Defense Department policy highlights why servicemembers and deployable civilians, who also are custodial parents, may want to seek legal help in arranging their children’s care during deployment. DoD Instruction 1342.19, “Family Care Plans,” was revised in …
Parties in legal matters ranging from divorce and child custody to business contracts are increasingly opting for alternative dispute resolution to settle their differences. Proponents of this model note that conflicts can be settled more quickly and amicably — especially …
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Six years after two young Reston boys were taken to Germany by their mother, the father of the boys still is fighting to have them returned. Gregory Gardner, 38, who married a German national living in the U.S. only two …
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As more and more grandparents take on some or all of the responsibility of caring for their grandchildren — more than 80,000 in Pennsylvania, according to census data — family and divorce lawyers say they are seeing more grandparents fighting …
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(This article presents a good argument for why litigants should seek mediation over litigation) Billy Williams already had spent $7,000 on attorney fees getting a divorce when he decided to act as his own lawyer for a custody dispute involving …
Susan Van Veen is all for grandparents having the right to see their grandchildren if it is in the best interests of the children. The Chatham woman, who is a mother of four, contacted The Chatham Daily News in response …
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While the Hague Convention Act does provide some assistance in dealing with children wrongfully taken to countries that are signatories, even this recourse (where available) is very cumbersome, costly, and may require litigation in federal court. And the outcomes can …
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According to Dallas Divorce Lawyer Michelle May O’Neil, a Texas board certified family law specialist, "modern technology provides valuable ways for parents to exercise parenting time or visitation, even over the miles." The bad news, of course: There are even …
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When Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren had their divorce approved, few would have been shocked if their children were taken away from Woods. But he's not exactly the normal dad who goes in front of family court. For years, fathers …