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Friday, October 10th 2008
...in Family Law
High Court to Hear Arguments on ERISA Beneficiary Designation Law.com (subscription), CA - South Texas College of Law professor James Paulsen, who teaches courses on family law, marital property and federal courts, says Kennedy v. ... |
A Sister in Spirit Law.com (subscription), CA - It's an acumen O'Reilly says comes courtesy of family law. "I spend all day looking at people's assets, participating in discussions about valuation," she ... |
Jackson says she's been a fighter since youth Ventura County Star, CA - She was 48 when elected to the Assembly, shifting careers after practicing law for more than two decades, mostly as a family law attorney in a small firm ... |
![]() Mom Logic | Democrat + Republican = Marital Bliss Mom Logic, CA - Stacy D. Phillips, managing partner at Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon & Jamra, Los Angeles, is a certified family law specialist and author of "Divorce: It's All ... |
Parents and Children: The Family, Law and Society - A ... Business Wire (press release), CA - The volume includes a substantial introduction by the editor. Andrew Bainham is a Reader in Family Law and Policy at the University of Cambridge. |
Candidate's private life becomes very public Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA - Adamson acknowledged being "sick" of the lengthy family law case that has cost her more than $100000 in attorney fees, resulting in financial difficulties. ... |
Bogus divorce attorney convicted of theft and fraud ABC15.com (KNXV-TV), AZ - A jury convicted a bogus divorce attorney Thursday for scamming dozens of victims in the Valley out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. ... Man who impersonated divorce attorney convicted of fraud and theft Bogus divorce attorney found guilty of theft, fraud |
![]() amNewYork | Supermodel Christie Brinkley's restraining order request denied amNewYork, New York - BY NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON | nia.henderson@newsday.com Model Christie Brinkley filed papers Wednesday to get a restraining order against her ex-husband. ... |
Divorce Attorney Offers Healthy Tips to Couples of Differing ... MarketWatch - LOS ANGELES, Oct 03, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Stacy D. Phillips, celebrity divorce attorney, says that many personal relationships suffer during ... |
![]() WiredPRNews.com (press release) | North Carolina Divorce Lawyer Explains Infidelity in Divorce WiredPRNews.com (press release), TX - North Carolina Divorce attorney - Carole Gailor on The Cheating Game. Raleigh, North Carolina (Press Release WiredPRNews.com) An unfortunate fact of ... |
Erin McLean may face jail time Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - Divorce attorney Steve Sharp leveled the contempt allegations in a petition served on Erin McLean Wednesday during her highly anticipated first court ... |
People: Madonna and A-Rod dine in New York Denver Post, CO - Their relationship came to light a week after The Times of London reported that Madonna met with high-powered British divorce attorney Fiona Shackleton, ... |
Judge's secretary paid his gambling debts The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - Porteous signed the final decree in that case, and her divorce attorney, Don Gardner, is a longtime Porteous friend who gave money to the judge at various ... |
Tenn. teacher in Texas after teen lover was slain Elizabethton Star, TN - His divorce attorney, Steve Sharp, told The Knoxville News Sentinel that Eric McLean hasn't seen his children since Erin McLean left. ... |
Patrick J. O'Malley Get 15 Months in Prison for Obsenity Charge Fox 8 News WJW, OH - Vicky O'Malley has shared custody of the couples children, but motions filed by her divorce attorney with federal court, indicate she will attempt to gain ... |
About Celebrity Worship Dayton Daily News, OH - Their relationship came to light, a week after The Times of London reported that Madonna met with high-powered British divorce attorney Fiona Shackleton, ... |
...in Adoption Law
$5000+ Up For Grabs: Competition Explores Embryo Donation ... MarketWatch - FULLERTON, Calif., Sep 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Law students nation-wide are being challenged to participate in a writing competition as a way to create ... |
Florida adoption law has new challenge United Press International - MIAMI, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A gay Florida man resumed his effort Wednesday to adopt two half-brothers who have been living in his foster home since 2004. ... Steve Rothaus Florida's gay adoption ban faces court challenge |
![]() Proud Parenting | Florida's gay adoption ban faces court challenge in Miami Proud Parenting - Now, a month after a Key West judge declared Florida's gay adoption law unconstitutional in a separate but narrow case, Gill and a team of lawyers from the ... |
It's the judges who need a legal guardian Daily Inter Lake, MT - This wasn'ta case about sexual preference; it was a case about adoption law about what the law permits and what it doesn't permit. ... |
Ohioans win awards in DC for adoption efforts Columbus Dispatch, OH - Meanwhile, Angela Upchurch and Denise St. Clair of the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy were honored, on behalf of Capital University Law School, ... |
Men are allowed opinions on abortion Arizona Republic, AZ - He has continued with me in full partnership as parent and husband while I practiced law, including adoption law, for the last 22 years. ... |
More than 180 nationwide honored for advocacy work Columbus Dispatch, OH - Meanwhile, Angela Upchurch and Denise St. Clair of the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy at Capital University Law School were honored for 10 years ... |
Washington recognizes Rock Hill's 'Angel in Adoption' Rock Hill Herald, SC - Dove, married with one grown daughter, has worked on more than 1000 adoptions in more than 20 years of adoption law practice, a practice so specialized that ... |
Massachusetts Briefings: Sept. 23 Providence Journal, RI - Topics will include nondirective, noncoercive counseling techniques, special issues in counseling teens, adoption law and practice in Massachusetts and ... |
For gay father, adoption ruling is `a defining moment' MiamiHerald.com, FL - ''Chief among the interests served by Florida's adoption law is the best interest of Florida children,'' Assistant Attorney General Valerie J. Martin has ... |
...in Dependency Law
Arkansas may allow same-sex foster parents San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Beebe spokesman Matt DeCample said that the governor supports the proposed change and that he changed his mind primarily because of a lack of foster care. ... |
Bay Area gallery displays adoption photos abc7news.com, CA - Human Services Agency. This is the third year the heart gallery is reaching out to the community. It's a collaborative effort by the human services agencies ... |
French Valley jury hears different portrayals of minister accused ... Press-Enterprise, CA - ... while living in San Diego County, by an agency that specialized in placing troubled children. "False allegations happen in the foster care system. ... |
Illegal Ways to Avoid the Border Wait San Diego Reader, CA - And they try to figure out where the parents are, and then maybe they turn the kids over to foster care in Mexico. Imagine the separation that occurs in ... |
Fostering warm feelings Daily Breeze, CA - About 18000 children are in foster care now in Los Angeles County, including 2300 in the Torrance and South Bay service area. ... |
CWLA Cheers President Bush for Signing Child Welfare Legislation NewsBlaze, CA - CWLA is the trusted authority for professionals who work with children and the only national organization with public and private member agencies working ... |
Iowa girl, 14, left at hospital Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA - ... which holds her now, and end up in foster care. Or, they said, she could be transferred to Iowa's child agency, or be returned to her home. ... |
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