US warns Japan child custody laws could harm ties

2010-02-22T12:44:54Z

<div id="subtitle">US warns Japan to loosen child custody laws or risk hurting relations between the allies</div><div><p>Steve Christie cannot see his son because his Japanese ex-wife has sole custody, a typical arrangement in Japan. He is one of about 70 American parents in that position, and the Japan, US discuss ways to resolve child custody disputes in broken international marriages</div><div><p>The United States urged Japan on Friday to resolve a growing number of child custody disputes between citizens of the two countries, and renewed its demand that Tokyo join an inte...

Legal fight in lesbian custody dispute ratchets up

2010-02-23T01:33:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Vt. woman seeks contempt citation against former partner in bitter custody case</div><div><p>A Vermont woman locked in a child custody battle with a former partner who has since renounced homosexuality asked a judge Monday to hold her ex in contempt and help find her and their 7-year-old daughter.</p><p>A lawyer for Lisa Miller answers questions about her custody battle during a news conference immediately following arguments for her case before the court at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. The birth mother of a 7-year-old Virginia girl...

Custody battle launched over Palin's grandson

2010-02-23T08:38:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Judge denies request from Palin's daughter to keep custody dispute proceedings closed</div><div><p>Sarah Palin's oldest daughter appears to have lost her bid to keep a bitter legal dispute with her 1-year-old son's father confidential.</p><p>An Alaska judge last week denied

Sarah Palin's daughter seeks full custody of baby

2010-02-23T08:39:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Judge denies petition from Sarah Palin's daughter seeking to close custody battle to public</div><div><p>An Alaska judge's ruling has revealed a heated legal custody battle between Sarah Palin's daughter and the father of Palin's grandson.</p><p>A November request by 18-year-old NJ father 'Dad'</div><div><p>A man who brought his son home to the United States from Brazil after winning a bitter custody battle said in an interview aired Monday that he's thrilled they have ...

Clinton 'thrilled' Brazil boy reunited with US dad

2010-02-23T11:33:43Z

<div><p>Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she is "thrilled" that a US father and his young son have been reunited after a five-year custody battle involving Brazil, and sent them warm wishes for the holidays.</p><p>"I am thrilled that nine-year-old Sean Goldman was reunited w...

Brazil US Custody Battle

2009-12-24T04:00:22Z

Police officers guard the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009. David Goldman's bitter five-year battle to regain custody of his son neared conclusion Wednesday, when the child's Brazilian family halted its legal efforts as a court-ordered deadline for delivering the boy loomed. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Ill. judge: Mom's hiding of boy amounts to neglect

2010-02-23T20:38:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Ill. judge: Mother's hiding of her son for nearly 2 years during custody fight is neglect</div><div><p>A judge in southern Illinois says the hiding of a boy for nearly two years in a crawl space in his grandmother's home during a custody fight amounts to neglect.</p><p>Franklin County C...

Las Vegas Child Custody Lawyer

2010-02-23T21:38:45Z

Child custody cases are difficult, expensive and emotional, both for clients and their lawyers. Child custody lawyers should be experienced enough, compassionate enough, and tough enough to either negotiate or litigate the easiest as well as the most complex in contentious custody cases that are pursued in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mullins Law Firm for over twenty (20) years has proven it can efficiently an...

Dads seek US help in custody battles

2010-02-23T21:48:55Z

<div><p>US parents separated from their children by foreign authorities pleaded Wednesday to Congress to make custody battles a diplomatic priority with nations such as Japan and Brazil.</p><p>Japan has come under growing US criticism for its strict rules in custody disputes. Japanese courts generally award children to only one parent, usually the mother, ...

Japan drops child-snatching case against US man

2010-02-24T06:08:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Japan drops case against US father who tried to snatch his children from ex-wife</div><div><p>Japanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against an American man arrested in Japan when he snatched his children from his ex-wife.</p><p>Martez Fitzpatrick figured supporting a third child wouldn't much strain his budget.</p><p>Then the little girl's mother, a woman with whom he had a previous relationship, died days after giving birth....

Divorced fathers in Japan fight to see children

2010-02-24T21:42:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Divorced fathers in Japan, cut off from kids, turning to courts to seek access, change system</div><div><p>On Christmas Eve two years ago, Masahiro Yoshida returned to his home to find it empty. His wife had fled with their 2-year-old daughter, seeking a divorce.</p><p>Since then, he's rare...

What Should be Done About Lack of Fathers' Child Custody Rights?

2010-02-25T07:32:03Z

Wouldn?t it be nice if President Obama spoke up for fathers? child custody rights; those who are being beat down by the family court system instead of the minority who are deadbeats? Where is the conversation and uproar on fathers? child custody rights for them?<br><br>Who is speaking to the massive destruction of the nuclear family and the impact on fathers who are being denied visitation and access, but char...

Missing boy found alive, hidden at grandma's home

2010-02-25T11:27:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Ill. boy abducted in custody dispute found alive, hidden behind wall at grandmother's home</div><div><p>A boy allegedly abducted in a custody dispute nearly two years ago has turned up alive, hiding with his mother in a small, specially built secret room at his grandmother's Illinois home, investigators said.</p><p>Richard Iraq tour</div><div><p>Spc. Leydi Mendoza stood alone among the hugging families in Fort Dix when she and 300 other members of the New Jersey National Guard returned home fro...

More parents seek child-support reduction

2010-02-25T15:07:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Noncustodial parents struggle with child support payments as a result of income loss</div><div><p>As the owner of a successful acupuncture clinic in a wealthy Washington suburb, David Vandenberg never had any problems making a $433 monthly child support payment.</p><p>Un...

How to Get Custody, Part 2

2010-02-25T16:02:18Z

Nothing can describe the pain that comes with a family being torn apart. Often, this pain is inflicted worst of all on the mother of the household. Unfortunately, marriages in this day and age are at their most volatile, and people are constantly finding themselves embroiled in messy divorces and child custody hearings. The bond between a mother and child is said to be the strongest thing in the world, so if you?re a mother going into a custody hearing, then you?re probably looking to gain an...

News on Child Custody