Category: Child Custody

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Every state, including Georgia, provides for grandparent rights to visitation (and, sometimes, custody) of grandchildren, but the thornier question is how a judge should proceed when a child’s parents are united in opposition to visitation. The states are, flatly, far from united in how they approach that issue, with one commentator terming their disunion a […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Commentators on child custody sometimes cite a Georgia case from 1998 to show the changing parameters of factors that are being judicially considered in custody matters. In that case, a woman was awarded full custody of her daughter following divorce. The woman and her boyfriend smoked, and the young girl subsequently developed asthma, necessitating medical […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Georgia has a sizable Native American population, and a recent family law dispute in neighboring South Carolina underscores the importance of noting that in select adoption proceedings. A child custody dispute that is unfolding between an adoptive South Carolina couple and the Cherokee Nation highlights just how important it can be to note and account […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A family law commentator has recently expounded in a newspaper opinion piece on a few points that are important in child custody matters. We pass along those “things to think about” considerations here, since they commonly feature in family law and are equally applicable from Georgia to California. A fundamental and preliminary point to note […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A judge in Connecticut recently ordered a divorcing couple to divulge their passwords used on social networking sites in order for him to gain access and knowledge that might relate to the decision of child custody. Judge Kenneth Shluger regarded his order as part of the “discovery” portion of the case. He is one of […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

Child custody and visitation matters can be among the thorniest and most complex considerations involved in a divorce proceeding and thereafter. Those concerns can be even more acute when grandparents are parties to a dispute. Courts across the country — including in Georgia — are often involved, and to an increasing degree, in legal confrontations […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

When Georgia courts look at the best interests of the child in child custody matters, they consider a number of factors that collectively influence their judgment. Those include identifying who is the primary caregiver; issues concerning parenting fitness; evidence of any abuse in the home; the preference of the child; where the parents live; opportunities […]

Continue reading MD’s View on Child Obesity and Custody Draws Strong Reactions ...

Last updated on April 8, 2021

Although the following story concerning child custody comes from Minneapolis rather than Fulton County, it is instructive for its portrayal of the types of complex and emotional issues that can arise in custody matters anywhere in the country and how the law responds in such situations. It also serves as a strong reminder of how […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A case we reported on in a blog post last month concerning a child custody ruling in North Carolina was raising a number of eyebrows then and rapidly garnering a considerable amount of attention from the national press. What a difference a few weeks makes. Since April 25, the date of Judge Nancy Gordon’s ruling, […]

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Last updated on April 8, 2021

A North Carolina judge has just issued a ruling in a child custody case that is drawing an unusual amount of scrutiny and comment from both legal and cancer experts. Judge Nancy Gordon awarded primary custody of two children to their father in Chicago, ordering that they must move by June 17 from the Durham, […]

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