Child Custody & Visitation

Massachusetts Woman Sues State To Prevent Rapist From Pursuing Visitation Rights With Child

By Jonathan Wolfe, Wed, August 21, 2013 In July, we told you about the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act, or RSCCA. The RSCCA is a bill working its way through the House of Representatives that would forbid convicted rapists of seeking custody rights to a child conceived during their rape. Thirty-one states currently have no…

Paternity Issues in Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, if a child is born out of wedlock, the child’s biological father is not deemed to be the child’s legal father, unless paternity is established. Establishing paternity is important for many reasons, and can be done in multiple ways. The easiest way to establish paternity is when the child is born, the child’s…

Website Helping Parents After Divorce

There is a News Discussion going on within LinkedIn’s Collaborative Family Law Group regarding a site that helps parents manage their families after a divorce. You may find this article to be helpful. How can divorced parents manage their families without Facebook? How can they schedule who has the kids at a particular time? Courts are increasingly ordering…

Parental Alienation

There is an interesting News Discussion going on within LinkedIn’s American Divorce Lawyers Group based on an article from Basil & Spice regarding parental alienation and its influence on the children of a divorcing couple. Parental Alienation – when one or both divorcing parents attempts to negatively influence their children about the other parent — is one of the most…

American Divorce Lawyers Discussion

Here’s a discussion from LinkedIn’s American Divorce Lawyers Group about a mother snatching a child from his grandmother. Parents joint custody. Mother snatched child from paternal grama. I represent dad. Prior joint custody order. Two fight and split last week. Dad had son. Dad had paternal grama watch son during day. Mom comes and snatches…

Children of Divorce

Here’s an interesting blog post from Divorce, it’s just the beginning, about the effects of divorce on children. “Stereotyping Children of Divorce” examines research that found children of divorce are at a disadvantage. Numerous articles have been written about divorce, the effects of divorce, and how children of divorce are at a disadvantage. The problem…

Paternity Fraud

I came across Sam Hasler’s Indiana Divorce & Family Law Blog and found an interesting post about the problems concerning paternity suits. Hasler has some interesting information about this “very large problem” that isn’t talked about too often. He also includes some good articles from the New York Times and Men’s News Daily. Check out…