A 33-year-old Michigan man faces up to five years in prison for logging into his wife's email account. The man said he had suspicions that his wife was cheating on him with her previous husband. The man is the woman's third husband. The emails then became a part of an...
Month: December 2010
Casinos and Racetracks Obtain Back Child Support From Gamblers
Parents who are behind on their child support payments and win big at casinos and racetracks in Colorado will have their winnings diverted to the state. That is because a two year old state law requires racetracks and casinos in Colorado to check whether any winner of...
Texas Teens Get the Straight Talk on Teenage Pregnancy – Part 2
In our last post we talked about the two Texas high school programs created by state child support officials that are designed to educate teenagers on the financial and legal responsibilities of teen parenthood. The two programs, Parenting and Paternity Awareness and...
Texas Teens Get the Straight Talk on Teenage Pregnancy – Part 1
Texas child support officials have recently put together two new programs called Parenting and Paternity Awareness and No Kidding that teach high school students about the consequences of irresponsible sexual behavior. Both of the programs' focus is to show how real...
Good Planning Key to Enjoyable Holiday for Divorced Families
As the holidays inch their way closer and closer, the season can become stressful for all families including families that have experienced divorce. The time of year can be the most challenging for divorced parents who have young children. While scheduling...
Divorced Mother Tapes Conversation of Child and Father for Child Custody Purposes
Can one parent secretly listen and tape a telephone conversation between their child and the child's other parent for the purposes of a child custody suit? That is the issue that the Tennessee Court of Appeals had to rule on recently. The Tennessee court's decision on...
U.S. Parents Upset Over Japan and India’s Noncompliance with Child Custody Orders – Part 2
In our last post we introduced the issue of international parental child abductions and how many parents who violate U.S. child custody orders take their children to their home countries of India or Japan. In this post we will talk about the issue in the context of...
U.S. Parents Upset Over Japan and India’s Noncompliance with Child Custody Orders – Part 1
United States parents whose children are the subject of an international parental child abduction are deeply frustrated with the noncompliance and disregard of U.S. child custody orders by Japan and India. Japan and India have refused to sign the Hague Convention on...
Father Says He Lost Child Custody Because He is Agnostic
A father from Indiana claims that he recently lost joint child custody of his three children because of his agnostic religious beliefs. The divorced father says that he formerly practiced Christianity but then became an Agnostic. The man is seeking to enforce his...
McCourts Reach Another Impasse Over Ownership of Dodgers
Frank and Jamie McCourt have reached another impasse in their series of mediation efforts over who owns the Los Angeles Dodgers. The couple purchased the Major League Baseball team six years ago and the lengthy disagreement over property division is the...