Category: Family Law
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In re Adoption of LBM and ADM: A Child and His Counsel
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A child’s legal interests are not the same as his best interests, and in proceedings for the Termination of Parental Rights, the child has a statutory right to counsel for…
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D.P. v. G.J.P.: Mere separation of parents is insufficient grounds to give grandparents standing to force custody dispute
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The fourteenth amendment’s due process clause requires “that the custody, care and nurture of the child reside first in the parents,” (quoting Prince v. Mass, 321 U.S. 158, 166 (1944)),…
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In re Adoption of MRD and TMD: Twin Exceptions fail to authorize adoption of Twins
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A Father leaves a Mother shortly before she learns she’s pregnant. With almost no exception, the Father has no contact with his Twin Children for the next eight years until…