IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS
November 20th, 2009 admin

The newspapers were quick today to report two court decisions yesterday where the best interests of children formed the core of the judgments. Both served to demonstrate what a difficult quest it can be for a Judge in determining best interests when sometimes there can be a very fine line between the available options. In the first case the Supreme Court acted to reverse earlier decisions made in the Court of Appeal and High Court thus enabling a 3 year old child to remain in the care of …
Related Posts
Something here that we lawyers might take for granted but seems to elude non-lawyers. Children from an earlier marriage or relationship are not included as children of the present marriage – even if they are living with you and your spouse. Something trickier occurs when a question arises as to whether the husband is the father of the wife’s...
When going through divorce there are many reasons why the vows made on a wedding day can come back to haunt. Take for instance the case yesterday in the Court of Appeal when it upheld the judgment against Mrs Marano made last year, ordering her to pay £5 million towards her ex-husband’s property losses. “For richer or poorer,” has a certain...
Everyone should read Lesson Learned From Case of Child Abducted to Brazil and Retained for Five Years: An International Convention is Only As Good as Its Enforcement Mechanism from Florida Divorce * Child Custody * Domestic Violence Law Lawyer for more than its obvious topic: Yet, in a recent case there, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that an Indian...
In Chicago, an ugly divorce and custody battle has turned into a dispute over a child’s exposure to various religions. Joseph Reyes, a 35-year-old law student, and his estranged wife are in a heated debate about which religious experiences their child can be exposed to, according to the Chicago Sun-Times . On Tuesday, the child custody case...
Indiana Lawyer reported on Mark E. Hicks v. Tammy L. (Hicks) Smith in Dad who took son owes arrearage to mom “If this was a typical case involving an arrearage – that is, if Mark had accrued an arrearage while Tammy had Brandon in her custody until he was emancipated – it would be easy to affirm the trial court’s order awarding...
Reports today suggest that in India too the grounds for divorce are becoming easier. Under the Hindu Marriage Act a couple can be divorced if cruelty can be shown. What constitutes cruelty, however, seems to be becoming more of a subjective test possibly even in line with divorces on unreasonable behaviour in this country. I say that because,...
It has now been two years since 12-year-old Nujood Ali ended her marriage to her husband—a man in his 30s—and now the girl has achieved fame around the globe for her bold actions. The case, heard in a courthouse in Sanaa, Yemen, brought attention to then 10-year-old Ali and the culture of child brides in the country. At the time, the case caused...
This is a bizarre story from Beijing China. It definitely would have been more shocking if it was here in America and I am sure Child Welfare Services would have stepped in and put this child in foster care. But according to the New York Daily News Pedicab driver Chen Chuanliu chained his 2-year-old boy to a lamppost outside a Beijing mall while...
Bird’s Nest Custody is a new concept used by some divorcing parents in the hope of causing as little disruption in their child’s life as possible. It is basically a form of child custody in which the child/children remain in the family residence and the parents spend their visitation time with the children in the children’s home....
Since the high-profile professional golfer was caught cheating on his wife earlier this fall, there has been a question as to whether Tiger Woods will face divorce . According to People Magazine, Woods’ net worth totals more than $600 million. So what, exactly, would a divorce mean for Tiger? Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, have two young...
Related Tweets from Twitter
|
CATtorreon (Colegio Americano) : September 1st, our weight control program started for early childhood. Your children will be measured and weighted every 6 months... Updated : 2010-09-08T17:14:50Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
MrVixio (Juan Carlos Snchez) : Pesadilla - no children x_x.. Updated : 2010-09-08T17:14:42Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
mikegranek (Mike Granek, CSEP) : RT @Andrea__S Help raise pledges 4 @insideride event @AiVancouver EVM put together 4 BC Children's + Coat 2 Coast http://tinyurl.com/26jr4tv.. Updated : 2010-09-08T17:14:40Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
wazz12 (rafa el) : @RAM_TV @Florezita_rock no mas bien es married with children.. Updated : 2010-09-08T17:14:40Z | Reply | View Tweet |
| ximoberna (ximoberna) : Save the Children-?D aqu no pasas?, 1 iniciativa xa q los adolescents aprendn a proteger s privacidad n Internet. http://t.co/SUWcfqw #fb.. Updated : 2010-09-08T17:14:36Z | Reply | View Tweet |
|
Related News from Digg
Leave a comment
| Trackback






















