Child Custody

The visitation rights of a Texas family law judge have been suspended with the court issue of a temporary restraining order against the Aransas County legal official. The restraining order follows a claim by the judge's ex-wife that the couple's 10-year-old daughter...

A biological father wanted to establish parental rights before his child was born. A state Supreme Court will decide if a paternity notice filed by the father came too late to prevent the child from being placed up for adoption or if a state government office is to...

The U.S. Census Bureau's 2009 Marital Events of Americans survey revealed that the nationwide divorce rate dropped to its lowest level in 40 years. Divorce may have faded as a trend, but many children are still at the heart of visitation, support and...

A new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau statistics reveals that the scope of Texas families has changed. Texas family law courts, which have dealt with divorce, alimony and child custody issues for married and heterosexual parents, are seeing a greater number of families...

Divorcing couples in Texas have a lot of decisions ahead of them. Among the most contentious of those decisions is child custody. Often, both parents feel that they should receive full custody. This emotional topic can cause some parents to take matters into their own...

The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that more than 3 million children did not live with either one of their parents in 2009. Almost 60 percent of those children were being raised in the homes of their grandparents.Social researchers say child custody arrangements...

Of the 1,500 children who were victims of international parental abductions in 2010, less than 600 were recovered and brought back to the United States. The State Department estimates one-third of those children were taken to Mexico by way of border states like...