Family law

Are they Brothers? “Are the baby boys brothers in the eyes of the law or just two separated people who just happened to arrive in the world on the same car?” ask the New York Times (Bliss1). One baby white and the other black, both born to one mother but only one is biologically hers. Does she get to keep the black baby or give him up to his real parents? When 2 babies are born from but she is only biologically the mother of one, the question is do she get to keep the baby or give it up.…

children will have a better way of living when they are with their mother. From the public point of view, it is clear that fathers have a harder time getting custody of their child than mothers. It's important that you know the current state of the law and that you hire…

The adoption of children has remained a controversial topic, with multiple inquisitions that require critical thought. Child adoption refers to the permanent transfer of the rights of a child from the biological parent to adopting parents. Various nations have established strict guidelines on the adoption of nationals to ensure that adoptees are placed with foster parents with sufficient qualities and reasons for the adoption (Blotcky 282). As opposed to guardianship, biological parents in an…

Family law traditionally aims for the well-being of the family and pursues outcomes in the “best interest of the children.” The outcome of a family law dispute can change a child’s life forever. Family law has a broad range of topics that include pre-nuptial agreements, post-nuptial agreements, divorce, adoption, and other topics. Family law is governed by each state, but there are some areas of family law that have been federalized. Native Americans have faced adversity throughout history and…

issue to digest. Divorces do happen often and are becoming more common than ever before. Due to this, there are lawyers who specialize in divorce, child support, child visitation rights, alimony and other related cases. These lawyers are called family law attorneys. Anyone seeking a divorce, should contact…

Consider this scenario: Your hometown is in California. Your spouse’s hometown is in Georgia. When you fell in love and got married you were both attending grad school and expecting to move “home” upon completion and getting a few years of experience under your belt in your chosen areas of expertise. Prior to that occurring you had a child together. Then your marriage became turbulent. You had intermittent thoughts of divorce. You started to worry about the burden of proving to the court that…

Melissa Hranicka RDG 029 PAT 10 adoption Controversies May 10, 2015 Jane Nast, President of the American Adoption Congress, wrote an opinion for The CQ Researcher (1999) arguing for the records of adopted children to be unsealed. She supports her opinion using her 20 years of personal experience working with parents and children involved in adoption. Her feelings are that by leaving the records sealed society is denying adoptive children the ability to find out things about themselves that may…

kids miss out on tie spent with one parent or the other, they miss activities and time spent with friends, they may not receive medical care in the most timely fashion, they may not get the necessary psychological care, they lose touch with extended family members, they feel disappointed, sad, and angry because their lives don’t seem to be working, they resent their parents for getting divorced and for putting them in the middle. In conclusion, the Bare Bones parenting agreement is not a good…

above the wants of her heart (2015.)" Birth parents often get curious of how their biological child is doing as he or she grows, and can sometimes even regret the decision of putting the child up for adoption. As for the child who is now in the new family they face many issues themselves. Knowing they are adopted is a very important part of their life, and fitting in can sometimes be an issue for the child, but in most cases the child does fine. Often the child struggles with feeling unwanted.…

getting used to the new being of a child in the house. Under the Federal Family and Medicare Leave Act, passed in 1993, adoptive parents are given unpaid leave for 3 months whilst the average family is given 4 weeks of paid leave then another 8 weeks non-paid leave. If parents are not given the proper time and care to change their lifestyle it will create worse opportunities for the child to be supported, therefore making families across the nation to be broken apart or leaving the child…