Summertime Custody Chaos

I read an interesting article this morning on Divorce Without Dishonor. The article is found here. The article talks about how parents play games to gain extra time with their children during the summer. The author of the article talks about a personal child custody battle which occurred shortly after the ink was barely dry [...]

Feels Like an Eternity

I came across an article at the Huffington Post today about Kids Write The Darndest Things in their test answers. Some were cute, some were funny and some were a little to adult to put here. I shared this one because I thought how some kids might think watching their parents argue and fight constantly [...]

Children’s Tylenol and Other Drugs Recalled

Image via Wikipedia A voluntary recall has begun by Johnson and Johnson on certain children’s over-the-counter medicines because of manufacture deficiencies. The deficiencies may affect the potency, purity or quality of the products. The recall involves all unexpired lots of seven products in 43 different flavors and sizes. These include Tylenol Infants’ Drops, Children’s Tylenol [...]

What Does a Family Law Paralegal Do?

Maybe some of you don’t know what a Family Law Paralegal does. Did you know that a paralegal can do everything an attorney can do, except give legal advice and represent you in court? The following is just a bit of what a paralegal does in a Family Law office. Client Intake – The paralegal [...]

Is Sexting Child Pornography?

Image via Wikipedia After trying to crack down on teenage sexting by charging offenders with felony child-porn offenses, states are rethinking their approach. Perhaps, some argue, a split-second decision made by an impulsive teen mind should not carry the risk of decades on a sex-offender registry. Nebraska, Utah, and Vermont all changed their laws last [...]

Baby Starves to Death While Parents Raise Virtual Child

A South Korean couple have been arrested for starving their baby to death. The couple, the father is 41 and the mother is 25, allegedly neglected their three-month-old daughter, who was born premature. It was also reported that both parents lost their jobs about the same time their daughter was born prematurely which may have [...]

Long Island Mom Hires Hit Man to Kill Husband in Divorce

An upper-crust Long Island housewife accused of hiring a hit man to off her hubby lamented she could only afford to maim him — but then was thrilled to learn she could whack him at a bargain-basement price of just $20,000, authorities said yesterday. That’s the stone-cold, cost-calculating mentality of sick soccer mom Susan Williams, [...]

$19 Million in Attorney Fees So Far in Dodger Owner’s Divorce

You thought your attorney fees were high! Frank and Jamie McCourt‘s divorce could become one of the costliest splits in California history, with attorneys and accountants commanding as much as $19 million in fees — more than the Dodgers will spend on their starting infield this season. Frank McCourt has estimated his “divorce-related expenses” at [...]

Are You the Parent of a Child with Learning Disabilities?

If you are the parent of a child with a learning disability and need more information on how you can help them, I came across a great article in the New York Times which may help you. According to the article, parents should do their homework so they can contribute to an individualized learning plan [...]

15 Million Children Home Alone After School

Every afternoon 15 million U.S. children, more than a ¼ of our kids, are left alone after school. Among them are more than 40,000 kindergarteners. This huge and heartbreaking number isn’t because of parent neglect, it reflects a simple fact: Afterschool programs are unavailable or too expensive for millions of families across this country. In [...]