MINNEAPOLIS, MN — In In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of J.H., Parent, the Minnesota Court of Appeals, in an opinion filed Nov. 1, affirmed the Cass County District Court’s termination of father’s rights. While many of ...
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Parents sue school district over transition policy 
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Some parents are suing the Kettle Moraine School District over a policy that allows minor students to change their names and gender pronouns at school without parental consent. The lawsuit by two sets of parents was filed ...
Read More »Company sues mom of dead boys over husband’s life insurance 
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An insurance company is suing the mother of two boys killed by her estranged husband over a $4 million life insurance payout which claims she may not have been legally entitled to receive. Meanwhile, she is trying ...
Read More »Missouri appeals court awards non-biological mother joint custody 
ST. LOUIS, MO — In Nov. 2 divorce proceedings for a same-sex couple, the Eastern District of Missouri awarded custody to the non-biological mother who had never formally filed to adopt their child. After the Schabergs’ 2017 marriage, the subsequent ...
Read More »Judge orders mother to send daughters to public school 
ROCHESTER, NY — A judge has ordered a woman who is getting divorced, to enroll her two children in public schools after she decided to home school the children, against the wishes of her husband — the children’s father. State ...
Read More »Tampa-area child welfare agency under criminal investigation 
CLEARWATER, Fla. — A facility that the state paid $80 million to provide safe foster homes for children is under a criminal investigation after children were found living in “disgusting and deplorable” conditions, a Florida sheriff said. Pinellas County Sheriff ...
Read More »Court records: Woman denied restraining order before murder 
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver, Washington woman who was stabbed to death Sunday was denied a permanent restraining order against her estranged husband before he was charged with her murder, according to court records. Monica Murrah received a temporary restraining ...
Read More »Divorce attorneys tested by changing COVID dynamics 
PROVIDENCE, RI — Since the onset of the COVID crisis, the state’s divorce attorneys have been challenged to employ their problem-solving skills in new ways, tackling issues such as how to best handle visitation conflicts between parents who have opposing ...
Read More »Missouri divorce lawyer disbarred for abandoning six clients 
ST. LOUIS, MO — The Missouri Supreme Court on Oct. 26 disbarred a southeastern Missouri attorney who shut down his practice two years ago. In an order, the court said Jonathan James Lintner of Jackson violated a series of rules ...
Read More »Argument ordered in attorney lien for Michigan divorce case 
DETROIT, MI — Oral argument before the Michigan Supreme Court has been ordered in a case where a woman who owed more than $50,000 in attorneys’ fees to a law firm for her divorce ended up owing more than $367,000. ...
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