ORLANDO, Florida — A Florida mother is asking a judge to allow her to keep custody of her 2-year-old son during the pandemic, claiming the boy’s father and his fiancée are at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus since they’re ...

COLUMBIA, SC — When parents decide to divorce, the ensuing child custody negotiations tend to be contentious and it’s easy for emotions to become heated. But many family law attorneys report that, these days, their clients are increasingly seeking to ...

Judges in termination of parental rights cases must make sure their decisions are not clouded by considerations more appropriate for third-party child-custody disputes, such as the certainty of the youngster’s future with adoptive parents, Maryland’s top court has ruled.

The husband of adult film performer Stormy Daniels has filed for divorce in Texas.

RALEIGH, NC — A Lenoir attorney who was suspended for carrying on a sexual relationship with a client while representing her in a divorce proceeding was not cohabitating with her, the North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled. The appeals ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — The 9-year-old Kentucky girl calls the woman “nommy” and bears her middle and last name. They lived in the same household until the girl was 4, and “nommy” once carried the child on her insurance plan. But ...

Legislation designed to add a presumption to custody disputes that joint physical custody with equal parenting time is in the best interest of the child has been introduced in various forms over the years but has never gained much traction ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge who ordered a baby to be taken from her lesbian foster parents and placed with a heterosexual couple for the child’s well-being should follow the law and not inject his personal beliefs into ...

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s top court last week considered whether a parent can be found liable for mentally abusing a child in the absence of any reckless behavior toward the youngster. Attorneys for Lauren McClanahan, who was found liable for abusing ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Middle Tennessee couple who fostered a girl for 8 ½ years until her biological father was released from prison and won custody of her say they are giving up their fight to have her returned to ...