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    Rights During Divorce

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    current divorce rights for involved children consider many aspects to provide families with the superlative remedy. The sole concern of the justice system, in terms of children’s rights during divorce proceedings, is to consider the best interest of the child. The Bill of Rights for children of divorce states the rights for children to have their age appropriate wishes and preferences made known to any court of law listened to by legal authorities. When making a decision, factors…

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    Reasons For Divorce

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    is licensed to practice in the state and court in which you are filing. 3. Laws change. Think about how many times the speed limits have changed. Divorce laws change even more frequently. For example, starting this year (2016) in Illinois, child custody is no longer going to be part of a divorce. Under the new law, parents will have to come up with a shared parenting plan and must work through the medical, religious, educational, and other details of raising their children. Even more…

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    Beverley Becker is her foster mother. She’s caring and absolutely loves Tonya and wants to adopt her. Tonya mother hasn’t been seen and her father Terence Calvert is getting out of jail. Terence wants full custody of Tonya. The dilemma of the case study 1.4 is the best interest of the child versus parental rights. The case involves both legal and ethical issues. It’s an ethical issue because as a human service professional, you are here to provide the best for your clients and keep…

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    for our community. Furthermore, people were less respect for children from single mother family. For example, I still remembered that my elementary school teacher asked the student who want to receive government financial support for single mother child should stand up in front of people and let teacher wrote done the name. I was the only one student to stand in front of people even though I did not like the embarrassing feeling, but the money was beneficial for the whole family, so I had to do…

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    Restraining Order

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    affect your chances of getting custody of a child. One of those could be a restraining order that was filed against you as a result of a violent or aggressive confrontation. If you are seeking custody of any children the best plan of all would be to keep as clean as possible and stay out of trouble. Whatever the circumstances, it is never acceptable to be physically abusive with another person or a child. Physical confrontations with a spouse and/or child will be looked at very…

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    Child Separation Essay

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    40% of teens will push the limits to see if the parents still care about what they do and don 't do (computer source.) Child support due to these measures are: Married couples with children $41,260, Female-headed families with kids $13,092, Married males working full time $31,714, Males working full time $29,172. (Blankenhorn, pg. 138.) 20% of young people have parents who…

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    Divorce: A Formal Analysis

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    still learning about themselves and their place in the world and it has been proven that they can suffer from long-term mental impairments. Oklahoma courts are required to adhere to statute 43 OK Stat § 43-112 (2016) when determining the custody and care of the child; however, there is room for improvement among these laws. It is essential that we explore…

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    Essay On Child Support

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    Parents that fail to pay child support is a serious problem that our society faces everyday, yet it’s gone under the radar for numerous occasions. Parents are irresponsible, unable to afford it, or are forgetful or unaware that they need to be paying child support in the first place. It is difficult for a family to live off of one paycheck and support a teen or child. Child support not getting paid can hinder the relationship between families, and there are consequences if child support is not…

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    Antiquated Gender Roles

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    fight for custody of their children. Statistically speaking, in the event of a divorce, the mother is more likely to get custody of the child unless she has substance abuse problems or other issues that might affect her own health. This is unfair because a father who could be a better parent to his child is often passed over in order to act upon the “best interests of the child.” Both fathers and mothers can be good parents, but why is the mother automatically assumed to be a better to the…

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    Best Interest Definition

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    The concept of best interest of the child was at one time not even a question, it was automatically a consensual decision that a young child; especially a girl remain in the care of the mother in a divorce or custody battle under what was known as the, “tender years doctrine”. The best interest of the child has now-a-day taken on a totally different meaning. Neither parent is thought to have any innate right to the child. Many factors are taken into consideration before making a decision, such…

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