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In the absence of a successful challenge directed at the paternity acknowledgment, the act had the effect of establishing father's legal paternity even with the negative result in the patern... Read more
In re Mullen: The mother's conduct did not create an agreement to grant former domestic partner permanent shared legal custody of her child. Read more
Father's willful violation of joint custody order and continued deterioration of his relationship with children's mother were a significant change in circumstances warranting modification of... Read more
Italian mother and U.S. citizen father filed divorce and child custody proceedings in each country, starting a jurisdiction problem on both countries, solved by the UCCJEA. Read more
Trial court amended visitation provision in divorce decree to prohibit mother from having “any overnight male guests” while the minor children were present Read more
Alleging that his son had been wrongfully retained in Iowa by mother, father petitioned in the district court under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) for the son's trans... Read more
When divorced parents are unable to agree on such educational choices for their minor children, however, courts are called upon to make these difficult and sensitive decisions, often in a hi... Read more
Substantial evidence supported finding that father engaged in conduct that was contrary to his parental relationship, which supported award of parental interest to child's step‑father after... Read more
This original proceeding concerns an interstate child custody dispute between a divorced mother and father. Mother and two children lived in Colorado. The father then filed a separate action... Read more
