Sentences with phrase «surrounding child custody cases»

The lawyers are skilled in helping courts better understand all of the factors surrounding child custody cases and have helped their clients maintain strong relationships with their children after a divorce.

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Serving Los Angeles and surrounding areas, Mark H. Karney can efficiently and successfully handle your custody case and will look out for the best interest of your child.

With more than 65 years of combined experience handling divorce cases in Fort Worth and the surrounding areas, you can rely on our firm to help you navigate issues relating to child custody.

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

Fact: «The sheer prevalence of the problem of violence and the dynamics surrounding it make it clear any assumptions about equal partnership in these cases are out of the question... the majority of women never report the assaults or in fact ever tell anyone about it (Johnson, 1996) and thus may not be believed if the first time the issue is raised is at the point of separation... may avoid going to court out of fear of retaliation, a fear which is not unfounded given the data on the escalation of violence at separation... agree to whatever the husband wants in an attempt to pacify him... as an exchange for custody... may appear unstable or emotional while their batterers are perceived as confident, rational and economically secure (Rosnes, 1997)... all the research flies in the face of what Rosnes argues is presently happening in the courts:»... judges assume that wife abuse is not necessarily damaging to a child, and that being violent does not necessarily affect a father's parenting ability....

This presentation will address the issues raised by marriage, child custody, separation and divorce in a same - sex couple, as exemplified by the famous Jenkins - Miller case, are relevant to understanding some of the state and federal legal issues surrounding alternative family structures.