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Parental Alienation Syndrome occurs when a child rejects a parent without a reasonable objective basis. Whether it's called interference, manipulation, or parental alienation, it is a seriou... Read more
Family lawyer Maria Cognetti testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about the pitfalls in New Jersey's proposed presumption of shared custody bill. Read more
There is often a presumption that black fathers have little involvement with their children, which directly affects the outcome of many divorce & custody cases. Here's how you can give black... Read more
We must return loving Black dads to their sons to give them a chance to avoid destructive role models and the school-to-prison pipeline. Read more
In Monasky v. Taglieri, SCOTUS defined “habitual residence” and proclaimed a uniform legal standard for the first time – altering the trajectory of U.S. Hague Convention jurisprudence on thi... Read more
Family lawyer Maria Cognetti discusses custody, visitation, & maintaining a family law practice during the pandemic with Editorial Director Diana Shepherd. Read more
Before you can assign appropriate Jewish holiday schedules in custody/visitation matters, you must learn each parent’s mode of holiday observance. Read more
Child Custody Trends in 2020 is the theme of the next issue of Family Lawyer Magazine. Send us an article, or take a short survey; learn more here. Read more
The Custody Committee's judges, family lawyers, and psychologists consider and deal with the all-important issue of child custody during and after divorce. Read more
Our laws must start reflecting the depth of attachment between people & their dogs by treating Fido more like a child than a couch when "pet-parents" divorce. Read more
