The Supreme Court is siding with a man's children over his ex-wife in a dispute about who should get more than $180,000 in life insurance proceeds.
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Brokerage manager Glen Wood was still negotiating with his bosses to take three or four weeks of paternity leave when his son was born six weeks premature.
Read More »Detroit-area couple in court over control of frozen embryos
A Detroit-area woman seeking custody of as many as 10 frozen embryos is asking a judge to appoint a guardian over them while she clashes with her former partner for control.
Read More »Ill. program teaches inmates to be better fathers
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — Male inmates at a suburban Chicago jail have completed a program to help them be better fathers once they’re released. Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said Tuesday the eight men are the first to graduate from the ...
Read More »Tennessee court dismisses lawsuit to null marriage laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate all of the state’s marriage laws. The Tennessean reports the lawsuit was filed by a group of conservative Williamson County residents. They argued the U.S. ...
Read More »Dutch court says time ripe for law to recognize 3rd gender
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A court in the Netherlands said Monday that lawmakers should recognize a neutral, third gender, in a groundbreaking ruling for a person who does not identify as male or female. The court in the southern city ...
Read More »Parents convicted in attempt to force teen daughter to wed
LONDON — A British jury has convicted a couple of attempting to force their teenage daughter to marry her first cousin in Bangladesh. The 19-year-old from Leeds in northern England said her parents used verbal and physical abuse to try ...
Read More »Another judge blocks feds from ending teen pregnancy grant
A federal judge in Seattle became the latest to block President Donald Trump's administration from prematurely cutting off funding for science-based programs aimed at reducing teen pregnancy.
Read More »Kansas sees dozens of births by jailed women last 4 years
Kansas jails face a rising likelihood of births behind bars amid a nationwide increase in women's incarceration.
Read More »Oklahoma governor signs adoption law opposed by LGBT groups
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill late Friday that gay rights advocates say would allow religious-based adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples, single people and non-Christians in placing children.
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