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Best Interest of the Child
Best interests or best interests of the child is the doctrine used by most courts to determine a wide range of issues relating to the well-being of children. The most important of these issues concern questions that arise upon the divorce or separation of the children's parents: With whom will the children live?; How much contact (previously termed "access", or in some jurisdictions, "visitation") will the parents, legal guardian, or other parties be allowed (or required) to have?; and To whom and by whom will child support be paid and in what amount?
Article of Interest: Child Support Harming Children
A paper that got mailed to me may be of general interest: Daniel L. Hatcher, Child Support Harming Children: Subordinating the Best Interests of Children to the Fiscal Interests of the State, 42 Wake Forest L...
Child Support: New Court of Appeals Case - arrears, interest
Yesterday, The Indiana Court of Appeals issued its opinion in The Matter of McGuire (PDF format) The Court of Appeals decided that parents sending a child to live with a third party does not end the non-custodial parent's child support obligation (distinguishing Whited v...
Court allows taxing bond interest, attack on child porn
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a state has the constitutional authority to impose a tax on the interest on municipal bonds sold by other states, while not taxing in-state bonds...
"The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless...."
"... in image, in her internal feelings, and in her expression. In the matter of her voice, Yang Peiyi was flawless, in the unanimous opinion of all the members of the team...
The Cabinet takes a stand for the ?best interest of the child (umm - no) . . . Cabinet/Worker?
I try to take at least 24 hours to calm down over a topic before I write a post about it. This time I took about 96 hours...
Fifth Circuit Releases Interest-ing Opinion on Chapter 13 Interest Rates
The Fifth Circuit has released a new opinion on interest rates in chapter 13 cases. Drive Financial Services, L.P. v. Jordan, 2008 U...
Can child support be terminated if a paternity test demonstrates the payer is not the biological father (PA)?
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What constitutes child pornography in Pennsylvania?
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Can child support be terminated if a paternity test demonstrates the payer is not the biological father (PA)?
Your brother could now prove that he is not the biological father to this child ...
How to make a landlord honor an option to buy provision in the lease (OH)?
Most leases are written as a one year agreement, if neither party elects to form...
Does a notarized document supersede a court ruling?
The court order supercedes everything but another valid subsequent court order. ...
Can my lanlord evict the neighbours above,because they make noise every day and annoy us?
I don't suspect wearing shoes and not having carpet is grounds for eviction...
What constitutes child pornography in Pennsylvania?
I tried to remove and cancel this question, but there does not seem to be a way ...
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