Joint custody

predictable patterns necessary for the health of the family as well as the health and wellbeing of children (Kaakinen, Cohelo, Steele, Tabacco, & Harmon Hanson, 2015). S.W. just finalized her divorce with the children’s father last year and has joint custody of the two boys. She remains in her current property while her ex-husband moved out of their home into…

Morality is a very broad and complicated topic due to the fact that it is based primarily on individual opinions. Moral values constantly change with the generations. Judging by current statistics, all that once was immoral in other time is considered moral. It seems as though people have lost their conscience and are controlled by their surroundings. It‘s true that the family structure in twentieth century era, may mostly consist of the same members of previous decades, parents and children,…

for the care, custody, control, and education of an adult or minor. A guardianship or conservatorship will last until the death, resignation, removal, or the court termination of the guardian or conservator. Intestate: If one dies without a will, they have died intestate. Without a will, the court must decide the legal recipient(s) of one's property. Each state has different probate laws. The court uses long-established rules when defining the legal recipients of a will. Joint Ownership can…

Legalization of Marijuana Johnny Smoke asked his mom to pass the ketchup as he applied a final squirt to his hamburger bun before rushing out of the house to attend baseball practice. While finishing his final bite he grabbed his baseball gear and walked toward the front door to leave. His mom yelled, “Johnny don’t forget your greens.” His friend was waiting for him at the door and thought Johnny forgot to eat his broccoli. His friend was puzzled when he saw Mrs. Smoke toss a bag containing what…

Background on Boko Haram The Boko Haram is a terrorist organization whose belief is that the western way of education is a sin. By virtue of this, all of the thirty six states in Nigeria have to shun this ‘sin’, this western education and embrace the Islamic system of education. The Islamic system of education is in such a way that a child is brought up to learn and memorize the entire Quran in Arabic (not their native language), while also learning a few mainstream courses on the side. Now, the…

The world interprets the definition of the family in a variety of ways throughout their cultures. When contemplating the context of a modern household the majority of people would automatically consider family as a bulk of individuals living jointly in a household or multiple members deriving out of the same descent. The vast majority of society was educated assuming heterogeneous monogamy-opposite sex marriage and allows only one spouse- was the only type of marriage accepted. In this society,…

Brock is an African American male of average height and average weight. He has light brown hair and dark brown eyes. During his birth, I had to have an emergency caesarean as he was in fetal distress. When he was born, the Apgar score was between a seven and an eight. My partner and I chose to only breastfeed Brock. We also used disposable diapers. When Brock was three months old, we had to switch him from breast milk to formula due to digestive problems. From the moment Brock was born, I…

mirroring our own society within the book 's ideas. In the novel it made me realise how one decision can change your entire life. How would your life have played out if you hadn’t made that certain decision? In the story Angela finds out she lost custody over Christopher and he is being kept by social services. Angela is seen by the next door neighbour who asks what is wrong “it hurts, Rachel, it hurts all over” Angela says. In this moment of vulnerability she gives in to taking heroin in the…

Taking Sides Paper Laura Stapley Brigham Young University SFL 210, Section 003  Taking Sides: Divorce The world today is filled with so much information, opinions and controversy on endless issues and subjects that it is difficult to differentiate between what is accurate and what is contrived. Therefore, it is important to be able to decipher a credible source of information from a lacking one, especially in published articles. An article written in 1996 by Karl Zinsmeister discusses…

Seeing a gay or lesbian couple has become more common nationwide since gay marriage has been legalized in many countries; however, not only is gay marriage becoming more common but so is gay parenting. In the United States, adoptive applicants have declined, especially since some agencies do not approve a same-sex couple adopting. However, in the United States gay parenting is becoming more common which has led children to become more open and diverse towards groups of people. Same-sex…