Where a petitioner who left El Salvador in 2017, fleeing years of physical and verbal abuse by his father, applied for asylum and withholding of removal, the denial of his application should be upheld despite his argument that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in upholding an immigration judge's finding that his claims involved a family dispute that did not support his request for relief.
Read More »NY Court of Appeals ends foster care program
New York state’s highest court has ruled that a foster care program was improperly created by the Office of Children and Family Services.
Read More »Father’s military service complicates family court hearing
We held for the first time in North Carolina that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act required a mandatory stay when Father was unavailable due to military service.
Read More »NC appeals court overturns child custody order for failure to resolve issues
The permanent child custody order failed to resolve key disputed issues and did not contain sufficient findings to demonstrate that the decision served the child’s best interests.
Read More »Stepmother awarded custody of stepchildren over father’s objection
Where husband’s years-long affair resulted in two children outside of marriage, and wife thereafter became their primary caregiver after husband gained custody, it was in their stepchildren’s best interests to award her custody rights following their divorce.
Read More »AI divorce is real, but family law can still save itself
In place of traditional divorce, there is an increasing dependence on artificial intelligence and LLM platforms to streamline the legal process and make the administrative aspects of divorce faster and cheaper.
Read More »Michigan court remands order to terminate parental rights
Where a respondent’s parental rights were terminated, a remand must be ordered because the respondent was not served in accordance with the requirements of MCL 712A.12.
Read More »Spouses may seek stalking orders in magistrate courts
The South Carolina Court of Appeals held that magistrate courts retain jurisdiction over stalking and harassment restraining order requests between spouses, even when a divorce action is pending in family court.
Read More »Michigan court uphold parental rights termination
Where a respondent whose parental rights were terminated has challenged the court’s finding that it was in the child’s best interests to terminate the respondent’s parental rights, the termination order should be upheld because the trial court did not fail to explicitly consider the child’s relative placement.
Read More »NC takes statewide approach to domestic violence prevention with new review collective
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and the state Department of Justice are convening a statewide collective of domestic violence fatality review teams to identify ways to prevent domestic abuse-related deaths, according to a May 15 press release from the Attorney General's Office.
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