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By Laura Morgan: New York, not Florida, was the more appropriate forum for custody proceedings, where mother had moved to Florida with child less than one month before the filing of the cust... Read more
By Laura Morgan: Supreme Court retained exclusive, continuing jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act over a stipulation governing grandparent visitatio... Read more
By Laura Morgan: Alabama Court of Civil Appeals rules that the child's guardian in Jones v. McCoy did not violate the mother's parental rights. Read more
By Laura Morgan: The "now settled" defense under Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is not subject to equitable tolling. Read more
Koch v. Koch: No expert has the right to record the interviews of children available to counsel or a party without the authorization of the court. Read more
In Bryant v. Bryant, the court said the mother who could not quit cocaine after going through rehabilitative treatment can lose custody of her children. Read more
Chafin v. Chafin: Justice agreed with us that the United States does not lose jurisdiction just because a child is taken from our shores. Read more
Former same-sex partner could only attain standing to seek custody or visitation of adopted child if the former partner qualified as a de facto custodian, if the adoptive parent had waived h... Read more
Evidence supported trial court's decision preventing ex-wife from relocating out of state with child and modifying custody. Read more
Walls v. Walls: Where a trial court declines to enter a discretionary deviation in child support, no findings supporting that decision are required. Read more
