Child Custody

Those people who are unable to conceive a child of their own often turn to adoption. One cannot imagine the joy a family has once they have found an adoptive match and met their new family member. For one family, however, the heartbreak of losing their adoptive child...

Massachusetts parents whose children have been moved to another country may be encouraged by a recent case. In the case, a U.S. Army sergeant is fighting for child custody of his young daughter. The sergeant married a woman from another country and they had one...

Massachusetts residents that enter international marriages could find themselves with even more complicated legal struggles than those that two natives of this country encounter. This is because their unique countries of origin add to the difficulty of establishing a...

Family law matters in Massachusetts can involve many different types of issues, but a recent case involved an adoption is making national news and has led to a bitter child custody battle. The man at the heart of the battle is the little girl's biological father who...

Massachusetts custody battles can be heart-breaking for the parents involved. However, these types of battles happen all over the nation and can result from divorce, separation or even a situation that involves in-vitro fertilization. A woman at the center of a child...

What happens when states interpret a federal law differently? In many cases, the party who is challenging the law must seek clarification through the courts. One recent child custody dispute concerns one court's interpretation of the Indian Child Welfare Act....

Although a ruling against a party in a child custody case in a state court may be a substantial blow to an individual's chances at gaining custody, there may still be other options available to them. Massachusetts readers may have followed the recent child custody...

In a child custody matter, a family law judge in Massachusetts takes into account several factors, including the child's relationship to each parent as well as the parent's ability to raise the child. The judge will then weigh and balance these factors before coming...

Quite understandably, when a couple with children decides to divorce, the issues relating to child custody can become very difficult to sort through. Even in marriage, parents may often disagree about how the children should be raised, and these disagreements can be...