Sentences with phrase «over custody cases»

Under child custody laws, the family courts have jurisdiction over custody cases and award custody based on the best interests of the child.

Virginia courts have jurisdiction over custody cases if the child lives in the state and at least one parent lives or works in the state, or if the child resided in Virginia within the last 6 months and was only removed from the state because a custodial parent moved out of the state.

New York courts have jurisdiction over custody cases involving children under the age of 18.

The family courts have jurisdiction over custody cases and choose the child's custodian.

As governed by child custody laws, the family courts have jurisdiction over custody cases.

Not exact matches

When it has come to leadership in the Canadian government, women being favoured over men, 3 % of deaths in the workplace being women, 0.1 % of deaths in military service being women, 90 % of cases in dispute over child custody in divorces being awarded in favour of women.

He also argues that parents exercise certain «sole and inviolable» lawmaking powers over their children in the areas of custody, care, upbringing, discipline, and education, which the Supreme Court has acknowledged in many cases under the due - process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema will remain in custody overnight after being questioned on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a blackmail case over a sex tape involving fellow France international Mathieu Valbuena.

As in most cases where one parent is awarded physical custody, Father is given visitation rights as the non-custodial parent — entitling him to exclusive time with Child every other weekend, on alternating major holidays, and for four consecutive weeks over Child's summer vacation.

Police Inspector Bernard Paa Ahinsan, who represented the state, prayed the court, presided over by His Worship, Thomas K. Ofidie, to remand the accused into police custody, to allow them some time to further investigate the case.

However, the court presided over by Justice Aboagye Tandoh, remanded them in custody, and adjourned the case to June 14, 2017, to rule on the bail application.

Next Wave asked a panel of experts to consider the following fictional case study describing researchers embroiled in a «custody battle» of sorts over an unpublished data set and an antibody:

Starring Viola Davis as an embattled family court judge with a fraught marriage of her own; Hayden Panettiere as a recent law - school grad flung into a custody case; and Catalina Sandino Moreno as the single mother at the center of the case who risks losing her two children over an ill - timed argument.

The only film that disappointed me was «Custody,» despite the consistently stellar Viola Davis as a weary family court judge who presides over a case involving a young single Hispanic mother whose children are taken away when one of them suffers a concussion.

In a country in which we are spending over $ 11 billion annually on health care for companion animals, lawyers are going to see more and more animal - related issues coming to them, from tort claims against veterinarians to landlord - tenant disputes to animal custody cases.

Meanwhile, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson deliberated for months over what to do with the dogs impounded from Vick: 66 in all, 48 of whom remained in custody after 13 dogs other than pit bulls were rehomed by local humane societies, one dog believed to be a pit bull but later officially called «not a pit bull» was returned to an owner who was not charged in the case, and five pit bulls either died or were euthanized due to dangerous behavior.

Public Act 100 - 0422, effective Jan. 1, 2018, amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act to empower courts to create joint responsibility agreements (similar to shared custody) in cases where a couple is fighting over custody of an animal.

This is against a background of the number of parental child abduction and custody cases doubling over the last decade.

However with no stated preference for joint custody over sole custody and with South Carolina case law favoring sole custody, I do not see any reason why this statute should radically alter South Carolina child custody determinations.

Our founding fathers» rights lawyer, Mark Werner, will personally handle your case based upon his over 15 years experience and help you understand your rights and your options for pursuing a custody arrangement that protects your child's best interests.

Since opening, it has welcomed over 5,500 visitors — from Allen & Overy, clients and beyond — and played host to the successful issuance of the world's first fully automated cryptocurrency - denominated bond and the first structured product to be transacted and custodied, in each case using blockchain.

With over a decade of experience in helping people fight for custody, we will use the knowledge at our disposal to ensure your case reaches a desirable outcome.

A measure opposing the imposition of federal jurisdiction over child custody cases involving members of the military and urging that military deployment not be the sole reason to deny child custody.

Certified Family Law Specialist Mark Karney brings over twenty years of family law experience to your divorce and custody case.

I've also handled perhaps 30 international law cases over twenty years, e.g. a U.S. - Japan tax issue, a French IP distributorship, a German company setting up a US subsidiary, a supply contract with Mexico, a Romanian custody case, a Taiwanese business deal, a Czech probate, a divorce with Canadian assets, estate planning for a Canadian, a Chapter 11 involving Costa Rica, a Tunisian guardianship.

Another case has confirmed the primacy of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act («UCCJEA») over local jurisdictional rules that conflict with that statutory scheme.

As a business owner for over 30 years Mr. Werner understands the complexities of high net worth divorce and child custody cases.

At the Law Office of Hope E. Fruchtman in Scottsdale, we have over 20 years of experience helping clients in custody cases involving paternity.

Many people assume that divorce always involves aggressive litigation and courtroom battles over property division, child custody, spousal support, and other such issues, but this is not always the case.

This is not the case as it is possible for one parent to have custody over a child, but the child will spend equal time living with both parents, or the child may live primarily with one parent, and both parents may share custody.

Regardless of the feelings that the parents may have for each other, the court, when deciding custody cases will prioritize the interest of the children over the feelings of the parents.

In addition to their other cases, the students are all working on several asylum cases, representing clients from all over the world, and seeking custody orders and filing petitions with USCIS for many juveniles who are eligible for SIJS status (which can lead to legal permanent residency).

As a family court judge, he presided over the court docket and heard and mediated many cases involving sophisticated financial issues, particularly in the financial services / investments field, as well as many child custody matters.

This high value case has also involved issues relating to international custody and children over various jurisdictions, including the UK and the US.

For example, in child custody hearings, the forensic evaluator, a state - employed investigator who often meets with the child, parents and acquaintances and even goes to the family domicile to observe the natural interactions between parent and child, can hold tremendous sway over the outcome of the case.

In this case, a couple signed an agreement prior to undergoing IVF that clarified that in the event they should disagree or divorce, «custody» over the embryos would be decided in court.

The court can anticipate that any case in which parents are fighting over custody of their children will become a «high - conflict» case and consume substantial court time.

Jennifer has mediated over 250 cases in Custody and Visitation at the Westchester Mediation Center of Cluster in Yonkers, New York.

A growing number of disputed custody cases since 2006 have demonstrated that a mother, or a father, from all social classes, who cut off the child's contact with the other parent, not seldom in combination with allegations of abuse or psychiatric problems, easily can take control over the child and influence the child to reject the other parent without any objective reason — as the investigations made by the police or by consulting psychiatric records show.

In most contested cases, mothers are awarded sole — or effectively sole — custody over children, with fathers relegated to the role of visitors, an unsatisfactory situation for them and for their children.

However, in a collaborative case, the parents have control over the process, the decisions that are made, and the parenting arrangement, all with the help of a mental health professional that is trained to handle custody related conflicts.

The consequences of a move - away case can profoundly impact both the parents and their children and the cases are far more conflicted than the typical high - conflict child custody dispute where the parents fight over the amount of time each will have with the children.

The Law Collaborative has over one hundred years of combined experience handling the many and varied intricacies of child custody matters, including «Move Away» cases when one parent plans to take the children out of state or out of the country.

Child custody cases can be extremely contentious.Tennessee prioritizes the best interests of the child over all other considerations and has established guidelines for judges in evaluating child custody cases.

Instead, the Alaska Supreme Court applies the same principles to grandparent custody cases that it does to all cases in that a parent is always given preference over a nonparent.

Child custody depends on a body of case law that has been worked out over decades, not specific legal statutes enacted by the legislature.

[Over the period in which this author monitored the 200 - 300 member listserve, the above stability argument was not raised by an MHP in any case that was going the other way, i.e. moving a young child who had been primarily in the mother's custody to joint custody or into father custody.

The family court, which has jurisdiction over child custody cases, considers all relevant facts surrounding the relationship between the parents and the child.

The said conference was participated by almost 120 research scientists and experts from over 20 nations, who concluded that the equal sharing of parental duties and responsibilities, and custody following a parental divorce or separation is acknowledged as «the most effective» way to lessen the cases of high parental conflict and domestic violence across the U.S.

Notably, even back then, the Court researchers found that fathers» rights advocates were distorting reality: «We heard testimony from George Kelly, a representative of Concerned Fathers, that in contested custody cases, mothers are awarded physical custody over 90 % of the time.