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Parent and child – ‘Best-interests of child’ standard isn’t unconstitutional

Virginia court affirms the constitutionality of the best-interests standard under Code § 20-124.2 in custody disputes, rejecting equal custody presumption claims. The post Parent a...

Domestic Relations – Wife defeats former husband’s contempt petition

Where father argued his child’s mother should be held in civil contempt for violating prior court orders regarding their minor child, his petition was dismissed. Background On Feb....

Contempt of Court-Family Law

Miller and Michael Brittnacher shared joint custody of their three children after their 2018 divorce. The post Contempt of Court-Family Law first appeared on Wisconsin Law Journal...

Marital Property Division-Competency

Thomas Schroeder appealed the judgment dissolving his marriage to Holly Schroeder, arguing that the circuit court should have appointed a guardian ad litem (GAL) based on his alleg...

Parent and child – Mother held in contempt for violating visitation order

Where a woman held in civil contempt for violating a child visitation order argued the original order establishing visitation was void, because it used the wrong standard, which re...

Parent and child – Court refuses to order children returned to father in Paraguay

Although mother is wrongfully retaining the parties’ two minor children in the United States, she has established, by clear and convincing evidence, that there is a grave risk that...

"Al Ghashiyah Testified That … as Head of the Family, He Has Decided that Islamic Law Is the Law that Applies to the Fam...

Uh, no, says the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, refusing to set aside plaintiff’s brother’s will, in which the brother left nothing to the plaintiff.

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Procedural Bar

Bell had been convicted after a jury trial of multiple offenses arising from the shooting of his former girlfriend, which left her paralyzed. The post Ineffective Assistance of Cou...

Right of Survivorship-Appellate Procedure

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals affirmed a probate judgment excluding two Illinois bank accounts from Anthony Machak’s estate, concluding that the accounts passed directly to his so...

Montana Supreme Court Decides International Child Custody Case

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, which has been enacted by every U.S. state, discourages forum shopping in child custody disputes by assigning subject-ma...

CA, MD, VA Force Lenders' Hand on Divorce-Triggered Mortgage Assumptions

Employer Is Not Presumed To Infer Employee’s Undisclosed Mental Disability

Husband v. Target Corp., 2026 WL 1430244 (Cal. Ct. App. 2026) Daniel Husband worked as a fulfillment expert for Target Corp. Husband’s employment was terminated for violations of T...

Massachusetts High Court Clarifies Limits of Chapter 93A in Right of First Refusal Disputes