Child custody disputes in California may often be resolved through consideration of the best interests of the child standard used in family law. Generally, family law issues are a matter for state courts. However, a recent dispute in the South is being considered in a...
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California lawmakers consider sperm donor paternity issue
Many fathers who have been shut out of a child’s life may turn to family law to assert parental rights. Often, a person may have to first establish paternity of the child in order to assert any parental rights. One issue that has been cropping up in many...
‘Best interests of the child’ applies in custody determinations
Child custody and visitation issues can, at times, lead to contentious disputes in family court. Parents who love their kids may quarrel over how the children should be raised. But, that kind of dispute is not confined to the family court. Certainly, many parents...
Courts consider Facebook, other social media posts in divorce disputes
Social media has become a mainstay in American culture. Most Californians have heard of Facebook, and many people use the site as a place to reconnect with friends. Other Facebook users may tend to report day-to-day events--almost using the site as an online diary....
Court rules in favor of Deion Sanders in divorce issues
In the last post, we discussed the issue of a lack of a prenuptial agreement in a celebrity divorce. When Deion Sanders and Pilar Biggers married, the two entered into a prenuptial agreement that was contested in their divorce. The premarital agreement reportedly...