DETROIT, MI — Where an order of filiation has been challenged on appeal, a remand is necessary because the trial court’s factual findings were insufficient for appellate review. “This case involves a child and her parentage, conception, and best interests ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Where a plaintiff father has challenged a Family Court order awarding the defendant mother primary placement of the parties’ two minor children, the order must be vacated because the Family Court judge neglected to make any factual ...

DETROIT, MI — An order terminating the parental rights of a mother who was not present at a hearing has been vacated on appeal because of a lack of compliance with the statutory requirements for service of process. “Respondent appeals ...

Baltimore County divorce lawyer Judith Marie Hamilton was disbarred Tuesday for her failure to competently represent a client and her subsequent lack of cooperation with the investigation by the Maryland Office of Bar Counsel. Hamilton abandoned a client for four ...

COLUMBIA, SC — The South Carolina Court of Appeals reversed a family court’s award of permanent alimony while affirming its child support determination and denial of attorneys’ fees in a divorce dispute between Wife and Husband. The parties married in ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Where a Superior Court judge dissolved an order of protection, the judge erred in applying a clear and convincing standard to determine whether the plaintiff had been assaulted by the defendant, so a remand is necessary for ...

Domestic violence victims convicted of crimes in Maryland could present evidence of how the abuse factored into their crimes while seeking a lighter sentence under a bill being considered by state lawmakers. A handful of states across the country have ...

BOISE, ID — Dissolving a marriage is rarely an easy task. Many who have traveled the road of divorce have discovered how lengthy, tumultuous, highly emotional and costly the process can be. Idaho’s Child Custody and Domestic Relations Task Force ...

In his final weekend as New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy signed into law a major expansion of the New Jersey Family Leave Act. The move significantly broadens access to job-protected family leave. Murphy signed Assembly Bill 3451/Senate Bill 2950 on ...

RALEIGH, NC — A retirement plan administrator correctly interpreted the language of the plan when it reduced a former employee’s monthly annuity payment to cover the cost of the “qualified joint survivor annuity,” the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ...