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In Houston’s federal court, Brian R. Martin is claiming his ex-wife, Allison L. Markoski, was secretly listening to conversations with their 9-year-old son. The recording device was allegedly planted inside the son’s clothing by the ex-wife, who is a private investigator with knowledge of such devices. If proven true, the mother would have violated federal [...]

The South Carolina Supreme Court will make a ruling on a child custody battle between the girl’s adoptive and biological parents. A lower court recently ordered the girl returned to the biological father based on a federal law passed in 1978 intending to keep American Indian families together. The adoptive parents, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, [...]

The former Alaska governor’s daughter is suing Mr. Johnston for the $39,000 he owes for nearly 22 months of child support he has failed to pay. After the couple split up, Levi Johnston was ordered to pay $1,750 per month in child support but has since ignored the financial responsibility. The Palin family and Levi [...]

A Utah man, Wallace Jeffs, withdrew his child custody case in favor of combining the proceeding with the divorce case. By filing for divorce in juvenile court, Mr. Jeffs hopes to have a better chance of gaining child custody from the mother. The nine children are currently living with the mother in the polygamous sect [...]

Two Maryland women are attempting to file for divorce in the state but have been denied since the state does not recognize same-sex marriages from other states. The gay couple were married in California and now currently reside in Maryland. Rulings on same-sex divorces have been widely inconsistent amongst the state’s judges. The Maryland same-sex [...]

In the past, surveys of divorced couples trended to the conclusion that divorce was more likely for couples who lived together before marriage. Between the late 1960′s to the present, the percent of couples who lived together prior to marrying has increased from 10 percent to 60 percent. The practice is so common that it [...]

A Ohio judge granted the divorce of a same-sex couple in one of the first successful cases of its kind. Since Ohio voters banned gay marriage in 2004, state judges have been reluctant to hear cases where an out-of-state gay marriage is petitioned for divorce within Ohio. Opponents of same-sex marriages argue that the Ohio [...]

Same-sex couples seeking a divorce are often left in legal limbo if they reside in a state that does not recognize same-sex marriages. Since Maryland is one of 40 states where only civil unions and domestic partnerships are legal, courts are refusing to hear divorce petitions from gay couples. The divorce conundrum has frustrated couples [...]

Two years ago, Torry Hansen created controversy when she sent her adopted 7-year-old boy back to his home country of Russia by himself on a plane. At the time, she claimed the boy was too difficult to care for due to psychological issues that led to violent acts. Now, Tennessee Judge Lee Russell has ordered [...]

In 2004, Ohioans overwhelmingly voted to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage, but the pro-gay marriage group Freedom to Marry Ohio has launched a campaign to put the issue up for vote again. The group feels same-sex marriage has gained momentum within Ohio, and the voters will now vote in favor of a measure placed on the [...]