President Donald Trump and Republicans in the House of Representatives have put forward budget proposals that would slash spending by hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade on several programs that support low-income U.S. families with children. If ...

A Probate & Family Court judge cannot use his equitable powers to disturb a voluntary acknowledgement of paternity once the deadlines in the statute of repose have expired, the Massachusetts high court has ruled in a decision advocates say is ...

Fifteen-year-olds can’t get a driver’s license or vote in elections, but they can get married in Hawaii – one of a shrinking number of states that allows underage marriage. A bill that would’ve outlawed the practice, raising the legal age ...

Over the past month, state lawmakers have considered a slate of bills that would change the way Maine’s child protection system defines abuse and neglect — a definition that influences the number of families that get pulled into the system. ...

Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have agreed to a $750 million settlement of hundreds of sexual abuse claims by patients of disgraced and imprisoned former gynecologist Robert Hadden, bringing total legal payouts in civil cases involving the ex-doctor to ...

The South Korean government’s fact-finding commission suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation’s historic foreign adoption program, a decision stemming from internal disputes among commissioners regarding which cases warranted recognition as problematic. The ...

Where the decree of divorce was not final when the court established the child support obligation, the court was not bound by the parents’ property settlement and separation agreement, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. This appeal arises from ...

The public has a right to hear audio recordings from the custody hearing of Harmony Montgomery, a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl who was murdered by her father and vanished in 2019 after being placed in his care, the highest court ...

As Americans become more polarized, even family dinners can feel fraught, surfacing differences that could spark out-and-out conflict. Tense conversations often end with a familiar refrain: “Let’s just drop it.” As a communications educator and trainer, I am frequently asked ...

Would you believe me if I told you that staying single or ending your marriage could lower your odds of getting dementia? A new study led by researchers at Florida State University somewhat shockingly suggests that unmarried people are less likely to ...