Last week we spoke about how Arnold Schwarzenegger had declined his estranged wife Maria Shriver's request for spousal support. The former governor and film star has changed his mind though it is not completely clear why. In last week's legal documents, Schwarzenegger...
Month: July 2011
Schwarzenegger tells Shriver no spousal support
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California and blockbuster film star, has declined his estranged wife Maria Shriver's request for spousal support. This past May, it was revealed that Arnold had secretly fathered a child with the couple's housekeeper....
Another Dallas officer accused of domestic violence, not indicted
A Dallas police officer who was recently accused of domestic violence will not be charged. A grand jury has decided not to indict the officer, who was arrested for felony assault family violence after being involved in an allegedly violent argument with his girlfriend...
Mother loses child custody after testing positive for opiates
Have you ever wondered whether the urban legend that eating poppy seeds can make a person test positive for a drug test? At least one mother believes in the assertion that poppy seeds turn up as opiates on drug tests. The mother lost child custody of her newborn son...
Two doctors argue parents of extremely obese children should lose child custody
Two million children in the United States are considered to be severely obese. Their weights put them at risk to Type 2 diabetes, liver problems and breathing problems that could shorten their lives. Two doctors recently argued in an editorial that parents of...
Dallas police officer faces family violence charges
A 26-year-old Dallas police officer has been arrested on domestic violence charges after allegedly hitting his girlfriend while she was holding the couple's child. The man was charged with family violence assault and family violence endangering a child. While the...
Growing number of parental child abductions
Last year there were at least 1,500 children who were unlawfully abducted by a parent and taken to a foreign country. As many as one-third of the children were taken to Mexico because of family connections there. Tragically only 578 of the children abducted in 2010...
Parents lose child custody after they move in self-storage unit
Two parents from Houston, Texas who have fallen on hard economic times have lost child custody of their six children. After going through dire financial straits the parents decided to move their family to a self-storage unit. The parents believed the self-storage unit...
Texas man seeks divorce from wife on death row
The husband of a Texas death row inmate has announced plans to divorce his incarcerated wife, who was arrested and convicted for killing one of the couple's sons. He explained that the decision was difficult to reach, but mutual. The man told reporters that while he...
Mother adopts children she previously lost child custody to
One woman who legally lost the right to be the mother of her children is gaining the legal right to be her childrens' mother again. Because of drug addiction the woman lost child custody to ten of her children and custody was given to the woman's mother. After getting...