Child Custody Law In The News

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OMAHA, Neb. — When Danielle Nitzel found her 3-year-old marriage drawing its last breath in 2004, she couldn't afford the minimum of $1,000 she was told she would need to hire a divorce lawyer.

Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their St. Johns home, court records show.

CANTON Stark County Family Court Judge Jim James has been named "Judge of the Year" by the Ohio Child Support Enforcement Agency Director's Association.

Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their Arizona home, court records show.

Toronto lawyer Zahra Dhanani got a call last week from an abused woman who was forced to cede custody of her 6-month-old baby to her former partner and alleged abuser. Last month, she got a call from a woman who spent all her savings in a child-custody battle.

PHOENIX — Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to an 8-year-old boy charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his father and another man in their home, court records show.

Various stints in jail for theft, criminal trespassing and possession of drug paraphernalia cost Patricia Madden custody of her 15-year-old twins.

Five years ago, Lansing residents Deanna Hurlbert and Julie Larson considered adopting a child. But as a lesbian couple, they knew their chances in Michigan were slim.

Spanish Springs resident James Biela, the suspect in the Brianna Denison kidnapping and murder, has been arraigned and is in custody without bail, Washoe County law enforcement agencies announced at a press conference Wednesday.