The High Conflict Pilot Project, about which we posted in April here, has revised its criteria. Initially there was to be a control group that received lesser services. Now, all families accepted into the program will receive the full benefit of all counseling services. They are accepting families that: (1) Have a divorce action pending,...Read More

The summer 2006 Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 2, released last week, Symposium of Fathers and Family Law, is a must have volume for family law practitioners. $20 plus $3.95 postage will buy you a copy from ABA Service Center, 321 N. Clark St., Chicago, Il 60610.Read More

“What influences women when they are making child custody decisions that will bring them into future contact with a violent or controlling ex-husband? Fear, pragmatism, and the belief–sometimes reinforced in mandated divorce education classes–that their children will suffer if both parents are not in their lives, according to a University of Illinois study in the...Read More

The Relationship of Biology to Legal Fatherhood: Two New Cases Show Courts Struggling to Find a Coherent Approach, As Non-Biological Fathers Fight for Their Rights to ChildrenRead More

Empirical Forensic Model: Conjectures and Refutations by Timothy M. Tippins and Jeffrey P. Wittmann appeared in the New York Law Journal Online yesterday. The issue is not new, with the same authors writing about it last year. What we are not seeing are many Daubert challenges locally nor specific motions to delineate what the task...Read More

As the Michigan legislature considers a bill that would presume equal parenting time of children when both parents reside in the same school district, Jeanne Hannah at Updates In Michigan Family Law posts about the proposed legislation. I like how she links to newspaper coverage, the bill in question, position papers from two Michigan Bar...Read More

The Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed today, in a published opinion, Hinshaw v. Hinshaw, an award of joint custody to a father who was not told until after the divorce petition was filed that he was not the father of his son. Because our office is involved with this case, that’s all we will say...Read More

The Family Law Prof Blog points out “that the debate over how and if race should be considered in custody actions is not settled. A recent Illinois Appeals Court decision affirmed a trial judge’s decision to grant sole custody of a 2-year-old bi-racial child to her African-American mother rather than her Caucasian father. The bitter...Read More

“Inside The Child Recovery Industry – Snatchbacks” is the title of a post by Janet Langjahr at Florida Divorce Law Blog. “Some of the most challenging cases for parents and their attorneys are international kidnapping cases. Unfortunately, it can take months and years to guide these cases through the court system. And ultimate success –...Read More

“The Supreme Court of Massachusetts held that the trial court’s decision was not an abuse of discretion. The court cited a number of authorities from other states, and a number of law review articles on the subject, along with the ALI Principles. The court observed that:Read More