New York Family Law Blog

Lesbians, children, abduction, a turn to the Lord, and kidnapping – it sounds like the plot of a movie but it is real life. A Vermont judge has given full custody of a child to a lesbian woman. The problem is the woman doesn’t have physical custody of the child, said a New York Family Lawyer. The entire tale began several years ago. Two women were entered into a civil union in Vermont. They loved one another and then adopted a child together. Everything was OK until they divorced. The reason? One of the women decided she was now straight, renounced homosexuality, and became a born again Evangelical Christian. She was awarded custody of the child, with the understanding that the still-gay Lesbian woman retain visitation rights, said a New York Family Lawyer. The now straight, but once gay, woman ran off with the child and refused her former lover and still gay woman any visitation with the child. The straight woman had no legal authority to deny the gay woman visitation rights, said a judge to a New York Family Lawyer.

This issue mirrors the struggle that many men have faced for years, where a woman is give custody of a child and decides she and she alone knows what is best for the kid. But, this is the real world and the court’s orders will be obeyed. For now, the former gay now straight woman will have the child but as soon as she is found the child will be turned over to the former gay and still gay woman.

Divorce with any couple can be messy and cause problems with child visitation rights. Contact a New York Family Attorney today to make sure your rights are protected.

The Huffington Post, one of the internet’s many liberal blog hosting websites, has announced a new Divorce Section to be featured on its webpage, said a New York Family Lawyer. The section will probably focus on celebrity divorces. At first, the site sounds like a good idea, as divorce is a reality in life and a helpful hint or two can go along way for the average person. But the site quickly indicates that it is almost taking joy in divorce, mentioning that “Divorce is Forever” while marriage is not, noted a New York Family Lawyer. The site also makes light of the pain of divorce, indicating that her freedom is worth his finally being happy. The host, Nora Ephron, seems to delight in divorce, said a New York Family Lawyer. Ephron had a high profile divorce, leaving the famed reported Carl Bernstein, and has been the author behind a number of successful movies, including When Harry Met Sally, said a New York Family Lawyer.

Most likely, the site will devolve into yet another trash internet celebrity site. It will continue to celebrate the destruction of all that was once good and replacing it with … nothing, notes a New York Family Lawyer. Ephron will likely not care at all what she’s doing, so long as she makes another buck exploiting her name, and the Huffington Post won’t care so long as people keep clicking the links. The site just made it’s first profit after five years of being in the red. The sad reality of the internet keeps expanding.

Divorce is real and painful and not something to be taken lightly. If you’re going through a divorce contact a New York Family Attorney to protect your rights.

It may not seem like much, but if you’re son or daughter sends more than 120 text messages per day they are more likely to have engaged in sex, alcohol, and drugs a new study reveals, says a New York Family Lawyer. But, the study authors note that so called hyper texting does not cause these issues, more that it is a symptom of peer pressure and lack of parental oversight. Of course, that begs the question: if bad parents aren’t going to care if their kids are engaging in this behavior, what are the odds they’ll care about this study?

Hyper texters were 3% more likely to have sex, which could lead to a scenario where men are bar look for women texting more than anything else, notes a New York Family Lawyer. Texting was more common amongst girls, minorities, and households without a father figure.

The study also noted that teens who spend a great deal of time on social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace, showing how outdated it is, because no one uses Myspace these days, were more likely to engage in risky behavior, said a New York Family Lawyer. But, this could all be because those who uses these sites are simply more popular and more social and thus more likely to be in situations where drugs and sex are available. After all, the unpopular nerd isn’t texting anyone because he has no friends, notes a New York Family Lawyer. Meanwhile, the popular football player has all kinds of people to text because he’s, well, popular!

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There may not be two more horrible people on earth besides Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt. The infamous couple from the trashy and disgusting MTV Reality Show THE HILLS were famously married and instantly became one of the most nausiating couples in Hollywood, notes a New York Family Lawyer. With her non-stop plastic surgery taking her from a pretty girl to something out of a horror movie and his plastic smile that reminded viewers of a killer, the two were everywhere, said a New York Family Lawyer. And now they’ve gotten a divorce. Unlike normal people, who divorce for legitimate reasons, these two disgusting human beings divorced for the same reasons they got married: to get publicity and attention. Spencer admitted that they got divorced to help her career, reports a New York Family Lawyer, because apparently being divorced and getting into the tabloids for an extra week will help people forget how much they hated her to begin with.

But, God is up there and he loves us all. A British TV show that was to be based around their divorce fell through and now the couple has called off the divorce, said a New York Family Lawyer. After blowing through more than ten million dollars, Spencer has admitted to a bankruptcy judge that he’s broke and the couple doesn’t know what to do for money. Apparently, being the jerk from the hills isn’t paying off anymore and he isn’t being offered roles, he said.

For most people, divorce is serious and requires a New York Family Attorney to protect their rights. If you’re facing a divorce, contact a New York Family Attorney today.

They could not have children of their own so they did the most amazing thing anyone could do: they adopted. They plucked a fragile life from the air and breathed new life into a baby who may have been lost forever, said a New York Family Lawyer. And now the child may get taken away – and it may be the right thing to do. The couple adopted the baby boy not realizing it was not up for adoption. The sad tale begins four years earlier.

The mother was arrested trying to enter the United States of America illegally. She gave her son to her brother, said a New York Family Lawyer. The brother then gave the boy to a sister. The sister then handed the child off to a local church. From there, the church arranged an adoption and the boy made his way to America. It appears that everyone who acted did so in good faith, as there was no indication that anyone wanted to purposefully steal the baby from the birth mother.

When the natural mother found out about the entire ordeal she got into action and tried to get her child back, noted a New York Family Lawyer. She had never consented to the adoption and the boy was hers! Now, the supreme court of Missouri will decide the child’s fate, notes a New York Family Lawyer. No, there isn’t a chance they’ll cut the boy in half. The standard will be a simple one: what is in the best interest of the child. But, immigrant and minority rights groups have made this a battle ground, with care for the child taking a back seat to whatever political message is deemed more important,

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Miley Cyrus is one of the most famous teenagers in the world. With hit music albums and singles, popular movies, clothing lines, and sell out concerts – not to mention all of her movie success – the teen queen is a billionaire on paper and an entertainment juggernaut. Unfortunately, she no longer has a nuclear family to come home to as her parents today announced they were getting a divorce, says a New York Family Lawyer. Billy Ray and Tish Cyrus told the world that their marriage of nearly twenty years was coming to an end. The couple had five children together, reports a New York Family Lawyer.

Billy Ray Cyrus was a country music star for years before his daughter caught the attention of everyone as Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel, notes a New York Family Lawyer. Billy Ray starred on the hit show with his daughter – playing her dad! (A role that must have been quite a stretch.) From there Billy Ray helped guide his daughter’s career to the point where the teen queen of the screen is one of the most recognizable figures on earth – all before her 18th birthday.

The couple appear to have split amicably as the released a press release jointly, notes a New York Family Lawyer. In it they thanked everyone for their support, thoughts, and prayers. They acknowledged the ugly truth of having to get a divorced but expressed their love for the children, says a New York Family Lawyer. It is unknown at this time how the divorce will affect Miley’s career – if it does at all.

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A man with not millions but billions of dollars is a little poorer and a child is a little richer, all this after a settlement was reached between the man, his ex-wife, and his “child,” reports a New York Family Lawyer. The billionaire will pay a one time lump sum of ten million dollars and then make monthly payments of one hundred thousand dollars for at least the next seven years – after which he will continue paying the child fifty thousand dollars.

Oh, and the best part: the child is not his.

The mother has admitted that she faked the DNA results in an effort to secure money from the now ninety three year old billionaire, says a New York Family Lawyer. The woman and the billionaire had been romantically linked for years but had only been legally married for twenty eight days before divorcing.

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She gave them life. She brought them into the world. For their entire lives she had watched over them, protected them, and sheltered them from the harsh world outside. And when the day came when she realized that she and her husband were no longer going to work out – when divorce became necessary – she knew she would do everything in her power to continue protecting her children, says a New York Family Lawyer. And in this case that meant acting as responsibly as possible, doing everything she could to ensure that the split between the parents would not harm the children.

She wanted to react out of emotion – understandable as she was in pain – but she knew that it was for the best if she didn’t, so she made a conscious decision to be a positive influence on her children, notes a New York Family Lawyer. She and her ex-husband have 50/50 custody of the children and maintain a “family night” every Friday night.

Experts say that this form of divorce is becoming more common, reports a New York Family Lawyer. No, it isn’t the norm but it might be some day. Parents are hiring collaborative attorneys, individuals who help all parties work through everything together. This eliminates the nasty throat cutting common in divorces. There is a commitment to communication, which focuses on making sure that the parents do not bad mouth one another in front of the children, notes a New York Family Lawyer. This eases tension and creates a harmonious environment.

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