Sentences with phrase «state family courts»

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Even if the convicted parent is not incarcerated, state family courts assessing child custody in a divorce proceeding will often presume that a prior felony conviction makes one parent unsuitable to receive child custody, and possibly even visitation with the child.

For example, the Connecticut ATJC, in collaboration with local bar associations, formed various Volunteer Attorney programs in the state family courts that have served almost 640 self - represented litigants a little over a year.

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«More info sought on gay divorce case»: The Providence (R.I.) Journal today contains an article that begins, «The Rhode Island Supreme Court says it needs more information before it can decide if the state Family Court has jurisdiction to hear a same - sex divorce case involving two Providence women who married in Massachusetts.»

If the other parent consents to the move, litigation can be avoided; if the parent objects, both parents may need to participate in a relocation case heard by a state family court or domestic relations court.

She is also an appointed mediator in New York State Family Court.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK (Reuters)- In a landmark ruling for non-traditional families in New York, the state's highest court on Tuesday held a person need not have a biological or adoptive relationship with a child to be considered a parent.

Others, including some gun control and mental health advocates, point to the increasing number of states that allow law enforcement officers or, in some cases, family members or others to petition a court to temporarily take guns from people who pose a danger to themselves or others.

I also volunteer and foster rescue dogs and hope to someday make changes in the laws in my State to benefit children in Family courts.

The governor said he would seek to strengthen state laws to prevent the purchase or possession of weapons by any adult «when either a family member, community welfare expert or law enforcement officer files a sworn request and presents evidence to the court of a threat of violence involving firearms or other weapons.»

Most Supreme Court watchers are predicting that a majority of justices will side with the petitioner — Mark Janus, a child support specialist for the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services — against labor in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31.

For my good friends at the Georgia Family Council, I wrote a post on a recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Jennifer Keeton's suit against faculty and administrators in the graduate counseling program at Augusta State University.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

Here the Supreme Court began to set in legal concrete the notion that sexual morals and patterns of family life are matters of private choice or taste, not matters of public concern in which the state has a legitimate interest.

SGM evoked a religious freedom defense in 2013 when the confidentiality of its pastoral counseling was challenged, stating, «SGM believes that allowing courts to second - guess pastoral guidance would represent a blow to the First Amendment that would hinder, not help, families seeking spiritual direction among other resources in dealing with the trauma related to any sin including child sexual abuse.»

As for my part, I am filing a complaint with the Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice and asking her and The Court to mark Tony Jones as a Vexatious Litigant in that state (he has to get judicial approval to sue); asking The Court to take action against Tony Jones» attorney's (M. Sue Wilson's) law license; and asking the Court to order an investigation into the family court judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue WiCourt Chief Justice and asking her and The Court to mark Tony Jones as a Vexatious Litigant in that state (he has to get judicial approval to sue); asking The Court to take action against Tony Jones» attorney's (M. Sue Wilson's) law license; and asking the Court to order an investigation into the family court judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue WiCourt to mark Tony Jones as a Vexatious Litigant in that state (he has to get judicial approval to sue); asking The Court to take action against Tony Jones» attorney's (M. Sue Wilson's) law license; and asking the Court to order an investigation into the family court judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue WiCourt to take action against Tony Jones» attorney's (M. Sue Wilson's) law license; and asking the Court to order an investigation into the family court judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue WiCourt to order an investigation into the family court judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue Wicourt judge who signed the Order (as it has been alleged that she is possibly the former law partner of M. Sue Wilson.

But one must also consider the roles played by institutions (the cult, the school, the court of law, the state), family and kinship groups and key leaders (including the prophets and the sages).

This deficiency is strikingly apparent in the Supreme Court's church - state jurisprudence (where the landmark cases more often than not involve the family, children, and schools).

The Court's own case law shows that in order to maintain the abortion right at the level of fundamental law, many other sectors of the states» legal order, at both statutory and common law, need to be altered: family law, marriage law, laws regulating the medical profession, and, as we now see with the recent circuit court decisions, criminal laws prohibiting private use of lethal fCourt's own case law shows that in order to maintain the abortion right at the level of fundamental law, many other sectors of the states» legal order, at both statutory and common law, need to be altered: family law, marriage law, laws regulating the medical profession, and, as we now see with the recent circuit court decisions, criminal laws prohibiting private use of lethal fcourt decisions, criminal laws prohibiting private use of lethal force.

Nicholas states that without a doubt his work family is the best part of coming to the Windsor Court.

I was to hand write a letter to this Family Court Judge stating why I thought this wasn't a good idea or not best for my son.

Circle of Moms: Get advice from thousands of other moms in an online private sharing circle for sharing family updates Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court - appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent hCourt Appointed Special Advocates (CASA): The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court - appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent hCourt Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court - appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent hcourt - appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.

In the state of Tennessee, family courts use several factors to determine child custody cases.

Despite Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass) guidelines stating that overnight contact is not appropriate for children under age 2, its officers often ignore this and support instead the separation of infants from their main carer; thus ignoring its own guidelines, studies and World Health Organization (WHO) and National Health Service (NHS) guidelines.

Until recent years, husbands hitting their spouses in the US was considered «reasonable chastisement of wives» and «a private family matter» by the courts and by law enforcement even though it has technically been against the law in all fifty states for decades.

Family law courts are notoriously parochial, and bringing in an expert from across the state or country can easily backfire.

California family courts consider a number of factors before granting a parent either sole custody or joint custody, but parents who wish to file for child custody in California should first become familiar with the laws in the state.

You may also find what you're looking for on our state - specific Family Courts and Family Law Forms pages.

In addition to the above factors, some states» family courts allow a preference for the parent who can demonstrate that he or she was a child's primary caretaker during the course of the marriage.

In custody cases, most states» family courts allow a preference for the parent who can demonstrate that he or she was a child's primary caretaker during the course of marriage, or assumed that role in general if the parents are unmarried.

You may also find what you're looking for on our state - specific Family Courts and Forms page.

In most states, family courts determine child custody arrangements based on what is in the best interests of the child.

A legal challenge to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's designation as the candidate of the Working Families Party was tossed on Thursday by the state's highest court.

Shortly after this interview the club confirmed that Archway Sheet Metal Works Ltd and the Josif Family had exercised their right to seek to challenge the Secretary of State's compulsory purchase order in the High Court, a legal stand - off which means Spurs now accept that it «is highly unlikely we shall be able to open the new Stadium at the start of the 2017/2018 season.»

An High Court in the state last Friday ruled that the Tadese and Adagunodo families are one the same ruling house, thereby paving the way for the next ruling house, Gbaase, to produce the next Oluwo.

The state Supreme Court and Appellate Division Court had previously rejected the challenge brought by the Reform Party on the grounds the suit «had failed to name a necessary party» — in this case the executive board of the Working Families Party.

Also at 11 a.m., Assemblywoman Monica Wallace and Mary Travers Murphy, executive director of the Family Justice Center, discuss bills passed by the state Assembly to empower domestic violence victims to leave their abuser, Family Justice Center, Main Court Building, 438 Main St., Suite 201, Buffalo.

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Garbarino, whose son, Andrew, is a state Assemblyman, is an ally of former Islip GOP chairman Frank Tantone, who resigned in June after eight years as leader to run as a cross-endorsed candidate for Family Court judge Tuesday.

In between are the choices for both of New York's federal Senate seats, state comptroller and attorney general and state Supreme Court, County Court and Family Court judgeships.

Disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son were caught on wiretaps bad - mouthing Gov. Andrew Cuomo's family, plotting to use his gal pal, Sandra Lee, against him and even musing how Skelos and other Republican lawmakers were «smarter» than the governor, new court papers state.

As governor of Massachusetts, such adherence to family values included opposition to a court ruling in 2003 that made the Bay State the first in the country to legalize same - sex marriage.

Specifically, the justices let stand a court order from Hawaii that grandparents and other relatives who want to travel to the United States to visit family must be admitted while the case proceeds on appeal.

De Blasio scored an electoral when the state's highest court ruled he could remain on the minor Working Families Party line.

In addition to the town elections, the Nov. 7 ballot will feature countywide contests for district attorney, sheriff, county legislators, state Supreme Court judges, a county court judge and a family court jCourt judges, a county court judge and a family court jcourt judge and a family court jcourt judge.

And Florida Gov. Rick Scott is currently pushing for a «red flag» law — which allow family members and cops to seek a court order preventing a dangerous person from possessing or buying firearms — in his deeply conservative state.

«Connecticut and Indiana have demonstrated the effectiveness of allowing police to work through the courts to temporarily reduce access to guns when there is strong evidence that someone is at risk of violence, while California and Washington State have taken the critical step of extending their laws to enable family members of someone who may be in crisis to initiate this process.

And it offers grist to both ideological conservatives and liberals.For conservatives and libertarians, the tragedy reveals the deleterious blowback of nanny state intervention.The social welfare and family court judge tilted to the missing wife's parents, and restricted Josh's visits from his two sons.We should expect Gingrich to run with this story, attacking the liberal nanny state; and how this liberal state's actions have negative unintended consequences.Liberals will also weigh in.The police, 911 distpatcher, and the criminal justice systemas a whole, all failed.The «hard power» of the police state actually made matters worse.As the ideological divide plays out, the tragedy does not end.The young mother / wife is still missing, and presumed dead.The sick Josh is no longer a person of interest.

The state's highest court in a ruling on Tuesday found that a special prosecutor can continue an investigation into whether the labor - backed Working Families Party broke election laws during a 2009 Staten Island city council race.