Usually, child custody determinations are a matter for state family courts, but a recent international child custody dispute had made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court - and falls well beyond the normal "best interests of the child" analysis.Case BackgroundThe case,...
Under Texas law, child custody determinations cannot be made solely on the gender of the parents. For example, mothers should not automatically get custody just because they are the mothers. However, when it comes to parents in the military - which is often the father...
A Dallas mom was recently arrested following allegations that she attempted to sell her newborn son for $4,000 in a classified advertisement.Unfortunately, accusations such as these may only hinder the adoption process for well-intentioned prospective parents The...
Currently, six states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex couples to marry - and none of these locations require the couple to be residents prior to marriage. This means that same-sex couples from all over the country, including Texas, travel to these states...
The Texas Supreme Court is currently considering a case that will likely have an impact on child custody disputes in Texas. Specifically, the Texas high court will determine if two lower court judges made a mistake when they rejected an agreed-upon child-custody...
