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A Georgia couple who traveled to India to adopt a child have had to delay bringing their new daughter back to the United States after ...
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US couple, adopted daughter caught in India coronavirus lockdown
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Co-parenting in the coronavirus pandemic: A family law scholar’s advice
As millions of people around the world practice social distancing and self-quarantine, they are separating themselves from everyone but their immediate family members. However, for ...
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‘It’s not about us’: Foster parents say it’s about the kids
ABERDEEN, South Dakota — Debra and Brian La Croix have heard all the arguments against being a foster parent more than once, and they dismiss ...
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Baton Rouge lawyer disbarred, ordered to reimburse clients
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana — The Louisiana Supreme Court has permanently disbarred a Baton Rouge attorney for professional misconduct. The state’s high court also ordered J. ...
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Recruitment director: Utah foster care system faces a shortage of parents
PROVO, Utah — The Utah foster care system is facing a shortage of foster parents statewide, with about 2,700 children currently in foster care and ...
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Montana couple sentenced to 13 years in prison for abusing adopted son
BUTTE, Montana — A former Montana couple was sentenced March 10 to 13 years in prison for abusing their 12-year-old adopted son, who prosecutors said ...
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Report on North Dakota juvenile court program notes improvements
BISMARCK, North Dakota — One year into a new North Dakota court program, collaborators say its areas of focus have become clearer for better serving ...
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Safe injection sites: A discussion
The opioid crisis has left a stunning amount of devastation throughout our country. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports from 1999 to ...
Read More »Parent and child – ‘Grave risk’ defense – ‘Well settled’ defense
BOSTON, MA — Where a mother who wrongfully removed her daughter from Brazil has challenged a U.S. District Court judgment ordering the return of the ...
Read More »Record, findings incomplete in complex divorce
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — On Feb. 18, 2020, the Minnesota Court of Appeals issued an unpublished decision in In re the Marriage of Suhsen and Suhsen. ...
Read More »Remembering Eileen O. Franch, champion of individual rights
On Jan. 2, 2020, Maryland lost a dedicated legal advocate for Maryland’s most vulnerable citizens, Eileen O. Franch. Eileen began her career representing disabled individuals ...
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