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BUTTE, Montana — Butte is taking a new team approach to getting kids who are habitually absent from school back into the classroom, and even ...
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Montana truancy court works to get absent kids back in class
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Termination of mother’s parental rights affirmed in R.I.
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — A Family Court judge did not improperly terminate the parental rights of the mother of a Narragansett Indian child with severe ...
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Missouri Southern District splits in parental-rights case
ST. LOUIS, Missouri — The full Court of Appeals Southern District split on whether a Jasper County judge should have terminated a woman’s parental rights ...
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N.H. to open 3 new family court divisions in January
CONCORD, New Hampshire — New Hampshire’s judicial branch says three new family court divisions will open in January in Milford, Candia and Hampton. Each location ...
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Connecticut court rules that frozen embryos can be destroyed
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s highest court ruled last month that frozen embryos at the center of a divorce case amount to marital property and can ...
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4 W. Va. treatment courts draw more than $900K in grants
CHARLESTON, West Virginia — Two grants totaling more than $900,000 are supporting new West Virginia Family Treatment Courts aimed at helping children and parents affected ...
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Ohio to provide $31M for families with children that have behavioral needs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state of Ohio says it will provide $31 million in new funding to support families of Ohio children with behavioral needs ...
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Disabled foster youth and Social Security benefits: An overview
D. is a youth who, due to his premature birth, requires 24-hour nursing care. He has limited mobility, needs frequent respiratory treatments and requires a ...
Read More »Matrimonial Matters: College expenses and divorce
Among family lawyers there is a saying, “You can’t make your parents pay for your college — unless they are divorced.” For many years, parties ...
Read More »Matrimonial Matters: Judgment creditors and the former spouse
ROCHESTER, New York — The New York Court of Appeals recently took up the question of whether a former spouse’s interest in real property granted ...
Read More »Support for low-income individuals to satisfy child support arrearages
When a non-custodial parent fails to pay child support, he or she accumulates a debt known as an arrearage. Failure to pay child support over ...
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