Sentences with phrase «child in the custody»

Men don't get children in custody cases because women are «naturally» better mothers.

In pursuit of social and legal justice, The Children's Rights Council serves to protect the best interest of children in custody cases.

(16) A prospective adoptive parent, approved by an adoption agency, when considering adopting an abused child in the custody of a county agency.

Their Review Panel on Prison Rape found 9.5 % of children in custody reported one or more incidents of sexual victimisation in prison during the past year.

Following these deaths the government promised «lessons will be learned» and overhauled the rules so that «good order and discipline» was no longer a justification for using restraint on children in custody.

The government admits that children in custody are vulnerable and damaged — commonly with disturbing histories of abuse, bereavement, care experience, mental health problems and disabilities.

One of most high - profile bills left hanging in the final days of this year's session requires 911 to be called to report any suspected abuse or neglect of developmentally disabled adults or children in the custody of state or private agencies.

In its ruling, the court stipulates that Lanre Gentry is restrained from going anywhere within a one - mile radius of the applicant and the two children in her custody.

Another high - profile bill left hanging in the final days of this year's session requires 911 to be called to report any suspected abuse or neglect of developmentally disabled adults or children in the custody of state or private agencies.

The Howard League for Penal Reform published an independent review of the use of restraint on children in custody conducted by Lord Carlile QC.

It is not a doubt that for nineteen years, the couple were love birds, with three children in their custody from God.

When the mother removes Mason and Samantha from their alcoholic stepfather, she leaves his own children in his custody.

The Penticton retreat was a forum for delving deeper into key issues such as indigenous children in custody, criminalization of aboriginal people and their incarceration, and domestic violence.

The kidnappers call you, give you «proof of life» (i.e., irrefutable evidence that they have your child in their custody and that the child is unharmed), and tell you that if you convey any information to law enforcement about the kidnapping they will kill your child.

Megan is also a qualified Attorney Ad Litem for children in custody & probate cases.

In fact, sometimes the court will appoint an attorney or a «guardian ad litem» (guardian only for purposes of the court proceedings) to represent the child in a custody dispute.

They campaign for change in the criminal justice system, conducting research and running campaigns, in addition to providing legal services for children in custody.

The worth of our justice system depends on our ability to make quality legal representation accessible for people in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure, their apartments to eviction, or their children in custody battles.»

Where, on the other hand, a parent acquiesces (leaves their child in the custody of the other parents and does nothing to actively seek custody) for some period of time, but then seeks to recover custody later on, a court will generally favour the interim order and keep the child with the current custodial parent.

Dependent children in custody matters are children who are under the age of 18.

South Carolina courts will review different variables before placing the child in custody.

The American Bar Association's Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Children in Custody Cases (2003) seek to keep the best interests of children at the center of courts» attention and to build public confidence in a just and fair court system that works to promote the best interests of children.

Nebraska courts will not place a child in the custody of a parent who has inflicted abuse on the child or on the child's other parent.

If you have children in your custody, your divorce decree likely included a child support order whereby your ex-husband...

The court may order an investigation into abuse or neglect of a child in a custody battle.

Eligible children in custody of Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) or a licensed nonprofit child placing agency may receive one or more of the following types of adoption assistance: medical assistance, Title XIX (Medicaid), monthly adoption assistance payment, special adoption assistance payment, and non-recurring adoption expenses.

Myth — Children in the custody of single fathers show more life satisfaction than children in the custody of single mothers [and «were found in a large Denmark study to do better on 26 measures of well - being» — Warren Farrell].

Education: The judge may consider the parents» involvement in the educational needs of the child in custody proceedings.

2) To legislate the non-existence of alienation as forbidden in assessments of children in custody and visitation disputes (Assembly Bill in the California 2010 legislature).

[i] AFCC website, American Bar Association Section of Family Law Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Children in Custody Cases, Approved by the American Bar Association House of Delegates August 2003.

By adopting these Standards, the American Bar Association sets a standard for good practice and consistency in the appointment and performance of lawyers for children in custody cases.

In August of 2003, the American Bar Association House of Delegates approved standards for practice applying to attorneys representing children in custody cases as written by the ABA family law section.

The Family Therapy Center For New York & Georgia was founded by Dr. Monty Weinstein, a family therapist and expert witness who has devoted his career to assisting divorced parents and their children in custody disputes.

The psychological functioning of alienated children in custody disputing families: An exploratory study.

Judges interviewing children in custody / visitation litigation.

(g) The ability of the supported party to engage in gainful employment without unduly interfering with the interests of dependent children in the custody of the party.

Divorce expert, Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW writes: «Parents are always cautioned against involving their children in custody, residency, or access decisions.»

GENERAL LIFE SATISFACTION: Children in the custody of their fathers scored lowest on general life satisfaction.

In October 2011, at the beginning of a hearing on one of the Father's emergency motions, and based on DCF investigator and GAL testimony that in turn was based on Jacobson's custody evaluation, family court Judge Renee Goldenberg — instead of holding an evidentiary hearing — abruptly announced that she was sheltering the child in the custody of the state.

All of the above - noted helpful information should aid attorneys representing abused parents or the children in custody cases involving DV and SA in selecting custody evaluators, obtaining useful orders from judges, crafting cross examination of evaluators once they have written their reports to the court, and seeking the protection their clients need.

The average cost of appointment of a guardian ad litem for a child in a custody case would range between $ 2,000 to $ 5,000, and «in its budget estimate the D.C. Courts admitted that these expenditures can not be made.»

Because every state wants to protect children in custody cases, custody plans must be approved by the presiding judge if there is a pending divorce or custody case.

If the judge finds that you've involved your child in your custody battle in that way, he can, and probably will, overrule your teenager's decision.

Maryland Standards of Practice for Court - Appointed Lawyers Representing Children in Custody Cases

[3] See Joan Zorza, Protecting the Children in Custody Disputes When One Parent Abuses the Other, 29 Clearinghouse Rev. 1113, 1117, 1119 (1996)[hereinafter Zorza, Protecting the Children](noting that batterers are more likely than non-batterers to seek custody and that fathers who actually seek custody win sole or joint custody 70 % of the time).

The psychological functioning of alienated children in custody disputes: an exploratory study.

Psychological and legal interventions for parents and children in custody and access disputes: Current research and practice

Not exact matches

Nearly three hours later, at 8:45 p.m. on Friday evening, five days after he and his brother had blown apart men, women, children, friends, and families near the finish line of Boston marathon, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was finally in custody.

With my ex-husband permanently residing in Asia, I received full physical custody of my three children who were 11, 10 and six at the time of my separation.

As a result, children are frequently placed into the custody of family members already in the United States, pending their immigration hearing.