Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Patricia writes about family law and tips for female lawyers. An order of the court is binding. Failure to follow the terms of a ...

A protective order was filed against a Utah father accused of taking his 5-year-old son for two days, despite not having ...

An excerpt from the >9000-word In the Interest of O.S. & U.S., decided Thursday by Texas Court of Appeals Justice Wade Birdwell, joined by Justices Elizabeth Kerr & Dabney Bassel: Appellant A.H.

Black letter law is that to change a child support Order, the person seeking a modification must show a substantial and continuing change of circumstances. But what is the standard if there is a ...

Summer is over and we will all be back to the school year grind next week. This means schedule changes, new things to buy, lunches, transportation issues, etc. which can all be difficult to coordinate ...

Stutee Nag, international family law attorney licensed to practice law in New York State and India. Courtesy photo When a child has been wrongfully removed from the U.S., a parent would typically look ...

This appeal challenges an order that modified an earlier award of child custody. Because the trial court failed to make the threshold determination of a material change in circumstances before ...

A single mother is challenging a custody order that prohibits her from taking her 12-year-old daughter to a Calvary Chapel church in Maine after a lower court accepted the claim that the denomination ...