Remarriage after the death of a spouse cannot be a stumbling block to claim custody of a child from the first marriage, ...

Danielle Ballard sat at a table in Delta District Court last Friday, her hands pressed together, as she and her mother, ...

New York City child welfare agencies routinely investigate parents who report being abused, but a state appellate court ruled ...

Finding the orders “intrusive” and outside the Family Court’s authority, Justice Lourdes Ventura of the Appellate Division, ...

An employee with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services has been accused of forging documents and using her position to ...

In Massachusetts, orders and judgments regarding child custody and child support may be subject to modification if there has been a material change ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man already facing weapons charges in the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend in Portage Park has been arrested on additional manslaughter and child endangerment charges.

Georgia lawmakers are proposing a bill aimed at adding household pets to family violence and dating violence protective ...

While hearing a Habeas Corpus petition filed by 10 parents for production of their minor children in custody of Child Welfare ...

Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel is accusing fellow judge and state Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford of "coddling criminals." ...

Jodie Turner-Smith accused her estranged husband, Joshua Jackson, of refusing her custody time with their daughter while she ...