A significant legal battle has risen in an out-of-state family court regarding a legal question that could affect veterans across the country. The case arises from a child custody case being heard involving a veteran of the Afghanistan war. The man, who is seeking...
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Year: 2012
Child custody tough in California military divorce
Child custody can become a contentious issue in divorce, but for some Americans it can become an even more complicated dilemma. Many California readers may know firsthand just how difficult child custody can be during military divorce. States differ when it comes to...
Woman must pay child support to adopted son she sent back
California readers may recall the infamous case in which an adoptive mother changed her mind and sent her son back to his homeland alone. Recently she was sued for child support by the agency responsible for her international adoption. The suit claimed that the woman...
California fathers face child support dilemma
For many poor non-custodial parents in California, there is a difficult choice to make each month. They must decide whether to pay for their rent and food costs or make court ordered child support payments. If they don't choose the child support payments, they could...
Nagra divorce leads to battle over damages in California
The husband of "ER" and "Bend it Like Beckham" star Parminder Nagra filed a lawsuit recently in a California court against his estranged wife. The lawsuit comes as the couple is going through the divorce process and involves his actions as the caretaker of the...
Property division fight turns to designer shoe collection
When a couple in California is working toward a divorce resolution, they often find themselves arguing over every asset and piece of property that they owned together. Sometimes a property division battle can even wage over items that would seem out of the realm of...
Proper planning can make property division in divorce easier
Getting a divorce in California can mean long negotiations, and even litigation, as a couple works to divide their assets and liabilities. The process of property division is among the most hotly contested areas in many divorce situations. Now some authorities note,...
International child support subject of new bill proposal
International child support enforcement is an issue for many in California who have one parent of a child living in a foreign country. The enforcement of a child support obligation can take as many as five years or more to be established, and that only includes the 15...
Military divorce could see changes in maintenance payments
California is home to many who are in the military. And as many of these people know, sustaining a marriage when one or both spouses are in the military is not always easy. For some, it's just not workable. Military divorce is similar to a civilian one in many...
Usher faces emotional child custody battle
As many Californians know, child custody is a very contentious issue in divorce. Often parents disagree on how an arrangement should be set, even if both have the best interests of the child at heart. We tend to hear most often about celebrity cases, and even though...