Family law

There are different factors of a family’s atmosphere and structure that have many effects on a child such as divorce. The debate on how divorce effects children has always been a raging topic. There are numerous reasons why marriages end. Parents sometimes don’t realize often caught in the middle are their children. Some of the most common impact divorce has on children include: children blaming themselves, behavioral issues, and balancing stability of emotions in separate households. Children…

Adopting my granddaughter has changed my life in various positive ways, despite the whirlwind of emotions that I have experienced during the process. Countless thoughts of how I would care for her and raise her ran through my head and I became overwhelmed, I prayed asking God to help guide me, to give me strength, energy and wisdom. The pivotal moment that began the change my life was when my son was sentenced to 4 years in prison and his girlfriend is currently in jail with multiple pending…

2013). Forty four percent of men in the United States took leave (Family Values Work). FMLA or the Family and Medical Leave act protects family leave (Jorgensen, Appelbaum, 2014). However, businesses can offer more than just the FMLA. It is useful to determine whether paternity leave does positively benefit the child. There are many variables that effect paternity leave and the infant’s benefit. There are three broad categories: family characteristics, child…

Society has a clear idea what a traditional family is made up of. This is typically seen as a “family unit of a heterosexual couple and their biological children.” Any other forms of a family unit undergo heavy judgment and are often reported as “second best” (Wegar, 2000). In this paper the stigma of adopted families will be research, as well as, the link between adoption and delinquent, anti-social, behavior of adolescents. Research has noted that many families with adopted children, no…

children. Due to the effects of stress and miscommunication in a divorce, children of younger ages tend to have difficulties developing as they should and can affect their academics, personal relationships, and self-worth. Children from divorced families are at a higher risk of emotional/behavioral concerns that can show as early as one year before the divorce of their parents (Dillman, Purswell, Lindo, Jayne, & Fernando, 2011). Out of 299 million people in the United States, approximately 10.6%…

In the April 26th, 2016 issue of The Good Men Project published an opinion article by Holly Whitman, a piece entitled, “New Dad’s Should Be Able to Take Paternity Leave- Here’s How.” In the article Holly Whitman encourages all fathers of their newborns to take paternity leave because it’s one bond that a dad won’t get back. Holly personally experienced the hard labor of 30 hours while still ending up with a cesarean section. C-sections shouldn’t be the only reason why dads should take paternity…

The Effects of Parental Separation and Divorce on Very Young Children: Rhetorical Analysis Every day, young children are affected by the trauma of their parents separating from one another, or getting divorced. In this day and age, divorce has become quite common, and is becoming an ongoing problem for young children. The psychological effects that come from parental separation can be devastating to these children, not just in their early years, but as they grow into adulthood. The author…

In Canada, as determined by the Divorce Act of 1985, the separation occurs whenever cohabiting decide to live separately and never to return together. For the purpose of separation, the common law does not distinguish between unmarried couples and married couples (the cd. Common-law relationship), and also a couple only "fact" (as we say in Italian) can be separated. Divorce, on the other hand, refers to married couples only, since there is a need to dissolve a marriage bond for a couple who…

A lot of times when someone finds out I have been adopted they apologize, as if they had anything to do with it or that being adopted is such a terrible thing. I was adopted from a family that could not take care of me so I was very thankful for the second chance I was given. Adoption is the act of taking something on as your own and in my case it refers to the legal process of becoming a non-biological parent. Adopting a child is not an easy process and it takes a while to complete. Since my…

driving under the influence of alcohol, and the reckless behaviour of youth people when they abuse alcohol. Some people could say that lower legal drinking age would endanger many lives. I could agree, but we have laws, and drunk driving is a felony. Some people do not respect the law, but no law can be created thinking that people will not obey…