Articles Posted in Family Law

The court ruled that a policy encouraging school staff to refrain from disclosing student transgender or gender non-conforming status to a parent did not violate parenting rights under the state constitution.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act on Thursday, a law giving preference to Indian tribes when Indian children are adopted or placed in foster care.

A postnuptial agreement that included a $7 million penalty payable if a wife discovered that her husband had cheated again was found valid by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

Utah may be the first state to enact a specific law requiring biological fathers to pay half of a mother’s pregnancy-related medical costs. The law will take effect on May 5.

A Dallas couple, in their attempt to adopt a Native American foster child, began a court battle involving the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

The dispute between Catholic Social Services (CSS) and the city of Philadelphia over foster care will not be handled by the Supreme Court.

In May, the City of Philadelphia announced that it was suspending foster care placements at Catholic Social Services (CSS) and Bethany Christian Services after reports showed that the agencies refused to place children with same-sex couples. Doing so was in violation of the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance. While Bethany agreed to comply with the law, CSS sued to city and argued that it should be allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples in accordance with their religious beliefs.

Rising concerns nationwide about underage marriage are reflected in an impending proposal by a Utah legislator to raise the state's legal age of marriage to 18.