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1 Would You Return Your Adopted Child?
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2 Appropriate That Michael Jackson's Kids Went to Mom Katherine?
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3 Would You Give Up Custody If Daddy Were a Better Parent?
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4 Should Parents Pay Reduced Child Support in Recession?
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5 Elizabeth Edwards Doesn't Want John to Raise Kids; Do You?
When a family falls apart in the public eye, things tend to unravel quickly. Though Elizabeth Edwards once admitted to creating the image of a father she wanted her children to have, now she doesn't see John Edwards fit to raise their two minors. According to a CBS report, "Elizabeth is looking into whether the couple's 28-year-old daughter, Cate, can assume legal guardianship over their two Read more
Moms and dads may be handed pink slips or have their wages cut, but the price of raising children isn't necessarily cheaper. In this tough economic time more and more non-custodial parents are asking to have their child support payments reduced. A recent report said: With the economic downturn hitting men harder than women — 9.8 versus 7.5 percent unemployment — and men comprising most Read more
No matter how egalitarian people say they are, there's still an assumption that a woman's connection to her children is stronger — and perhaps more sacred — than a man's, and when a couple splits, she should naturally retain custody. Rebekah Spicuglia understands the stigma of noncustodial motherhood all too well. She got pregnant when she was 18 and started taking classes at community Read more
When it comes to child custody, moms tend to have an edge on the competition. Judges often find them more capable and sometimes, dads agree and settle for either joint custody or visitation rights. However, there are cases where a father fights tooth and bone for his offspring and can win the court's decision if he shows all the right stuff. One couple came to the end of their marital road and Read more
The late King of Pop's mother, Katherine Jackson, has been granted temporary guardianship of his three children — Prince, 12, Paris, 11 and Prince Michael II, 7. The kids have been staying with their grandma (who will seek a permanent arrangement at a hearing on August 3) since their dad passed. While the musician was alive he stayed close with his 79-year-old mom, but was also public about Read more
It's a devastating situation for all people involved. Focus On Children adoption agency placed 37 Samoan children with American families under false pretenses. Believing that their kids were coming to the United States for educational purposes, numerous Samoan parents were tricked into sending their offspring to America where unknowing adoptive parents took in the supposed "orphaned" tots and Read more
For the past few weeks, the Internet has been abuzz with stories of the so-called Botox mom — aka Kerry Campbell, the San Francisco mother who claims to be injecting her 8-year-old daughter, Britney Campbell, with Botox. We first heard of the Campbells in March, and while some of the details have remained a little sketchy since then, it turns out as the San Francisco Chronicle discovered, Kerry Read more
Getting a will is not just for those who are on the cusp of retiring. People of all ages should consider writing one, says Business Insider. Here's why. Despite the well-known fact that everyone alive today will kick the bucket at one point or another, nearly 60 percent of Americans admitted in a 2011 poll conducted by online legal service Rocket Lawyer that they didn't have a will. RELATED: 14 Read more
Jason Trawick named Britney Spears's coconservator Hilary Duff surprised by the little sleep she gets as a mom Mila Kunis hangs out in Vegas with James Franco Jessica Simpson is counting the days until becoming a mom No custody fight ahead for J Lo and Marc Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Ben Sommer, conceived through alternative insemination, is a young man now and tells the story of deciding to meet his donor. I grew up in a middle-class home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with two loving parents, both of whom are women. My conception was perhaps the most organized and scientific miracle of Read more
