Child Custody

Child Custody Issues
Child custody is one of the most important aspect of the child's life, when the parents decide to split. So when the court is assigned the responsibility to intervene in this matter, it understands the importance of the decision on the child's life and therefore takes the matter quite seriously. Read on, to know more about some of the commonly considered child custody issues during the trial for child custody.

Child Custody Rights for Mothers
Child custody rights for mothers differ from situation to situation and also from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The following article is an elaboration of some of the child custody rights for women. To find out more about child custody rights for women, read on...

Termination of Parental Rights
Termination of parental rights is effected by a court order, which severs every relation between the parent and the child along with the custodian rights. For more information regarding involuntary and voluntary termination of parental rights, read on.

Child Custody Rights for Fathers
Child custody rights for fathers has always been a contested issue in child custody cases. There are many who advocate for it and many who are against it as well. To know more about child custody rights awarded to a father, scroll down...

Parental Alienation Syndrome
Children have a lasting impression of events and things. This makes them more vulnerable to certain forms of behavior which they pick up from their parents. Parental Alienation Syndrome is one such behavioral pattern observed in many children having a ruffled parentage.

David Hasselhoff Wins Full Custody
It has been confirmed that actor David Hasselhoff was awarded primary custody of his two daughters on Friday.

Woman Living as a Man Found Innocent of Taking Her Children
A woman who took her children from Arizona to North Carolina and passed herself off as a man for three years has been found not guilty of violating her custody agreement with her ex-husband.

Explaining Child Custody to Your Kids
When you get a divorce, you don’t want your children to be in limbo over any of the child custody arrangements, so it’s well to find a special place and a special time to explain them to your kids.

Father’s Rights in Child Custody Battles
Why do the courts seem to always favor the mother in a divorce when considering child custody? Will the court system ever join the twenty-first century in regards to child custody?

Child Custody – Joint Custody and the Best Interest of the Child Standard
The law regarding child custody varies from state to state leaving no uniform legal position regarding what is in the best interest of the child. Some states have a preference and presumption towards joint custody while others do not. Some states are amending its law to adopt a preference and presumption for joint custody while others are amending its law to allow joint custody only when the parents agree to it.

California Child Custody - Who Gets Custody?
A common challenge for the court is to decide who will get custody of the child. Child custody may be petitioned by parents, grandparents, stepparents, or any person who believes they can provide suitable care and guidance to the child. So how does the California family court or a California judge handle competing persons seeking custody of the child?

Child Custody - Child Custody Orders and Judicial Authority
Many divorced and separated parents have the child custody arrangement or parenting arrangment they have because the judge chose it based on his/her belief of what was in the best interest of the child.

Move Away Cases - Move Away Madness in Child Custody Proceedings
Move away cases often have an all or nothing feel to them, especially for the left-behind parent. A move away case can change a child’s relationship with the left behind parent and it may never be the same as a result of a move away.

Child Custody Basics – Rights, Residency, and Relationship
When divorced parents are unable to agree on the rights and responsibilities of the parents and their minor children, the residency or placement of the children, and the relationship and/or amount of contact the children have with each parent, the family courts are often left with the difficult task of determining the best custodial arrangement of the children.

DNA Paternity Testing and Child Custody
Part Two of a two-part series about the legal implications of DNA paternity testing.

The Court Determines Child Custody
A difficult child custody case is stressful for the parents and extremely hard on the children. If you are currently in a custody battle, take the time to consider your children’s feelings.

Texas Politician Seeks Custody to 'save' African Child
A white Texan politician is trying to win custody of the 20-month-old son of his African former maid, claiming that he and his wife want to help the boy because of "the terrible problem that black male children have growing into manhood without being in prison". State representative...

Custody - Leveraging the Children
The abuser often recruits his children to do his bidding. He uses them to tempt, convince, communicate, threaten, and otherwise manipulate his target, the children's other parent or a devoted relative.

Dina Rabinovitch: Mothers matter more
At last, a judge in a child custody battle has dared to acknowledge the simple truth.