Issues involving child custody will dominate family-law legislation in Maryland’s 2016 General Assembly session, which begins Jan. 13. Many of the bills will reflect measures that failed in the 2015 session but remain high priorities for the legislators who introduced ...

PITTSBURGH — It is not uncommon for married couples to take their children on vacation over Christmas, stay in the same hotel rooms and behave as though everything were normal— only to announce at the beginning of the new year ...

TRENTON, N.J. — An Orthodox Jewish rabbi was sentenced Tuesday to a decade in prison after admitting to a judge he got caught up in his tough-guy image while leading a ring that coerced religious divorces from recalcitrant men. Rabbi ...

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 ...

Even if a divorcing couple consists of two able-bodied individuals with no signs of disability, it may be a good idea to put that fact in writing as a result of a recent Court of Special Appeals decision. The case ...

LONDON — Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of two women who argued their husbands misled judges about their wealth during divorce proceedings — a landmark decision that may reopen other settlements. The ruling involves the cases of ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Alabama first lady Dianne Bentley told a judge that she and her husband’s “likes, dislikes and lifestyles” have become so different that it caused discord and arguments in their home. Her sworn testimony was unsealed Tuesday ...

VATICAN CITY — An adviser to the Vatican’s high court has warned that Pope Francis’ new reform of the church’s marriage annulment process raises serious legal questions and could lead to “crises of conscience” for even happily-married Catholics. Canon lawyer ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A judge ordered Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s divorce case to be sealed from public view Monday. Tuscaloosa Circuit Judge Elizabeth Hamner issued the order after the couple’s attorneys filed a motion jointly requesting that the records be ...

A father who attempted to deny legal responsibility for a child conceived through in vitro fertilization during a since-ended marriage is responsible for providing support to the child even though they are not biologically related, the Court of Special Appeals ...