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Disgusted With The System
- Tonya Thomas Killed Four Kids, Then Herself In Port St. John Shooting, Florida Authorities SayPORT ST. JOHN, Fla. — A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorities said.Thirty-three-year-old Tonya Thomas fatally shot her four children, who ranged in age from 12 to 17, said Lt. Tod Goodyear, a spo […]
- I apologize to my regular readers but this post is personal...
- Breaking News: Federal Appeals Court to Decide Case in New York Cityby Leon Koziol.Com The United States Court of Appeals in New York City released its weekly calendar today which includes the case of John Parent v State of New York. This is a consolidated test case seeking to establish a privacy limit for parents and families subjected to abusive divorce, custody and support practices in state domestic relations courts. It […]
- Confessions Of A Divorce Kid: The Awkward Baseball Game
Family Law Feeds
- In re Marriage of Hartman June 24, 2010(Cal. App., Civil Procedure, Family Law) Trial court's denial of wife's motion to vacate an order restraining her from interfering with ex-husband's child custody time is affirmed as the restraining order is neither ambiguous nor overbroad.
- In re Kyle E. June 23, 2010(Cal. App., Administrative Law, Family Law, Juvenile Law) In juvenile dependency proceedings, the juvenile court's visitation order is reversed and remanded as it unlawfully delegated the responsibility of whether or not the father's visitation would occur at all to the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services.
- Elliot v. Carcieri June 19, 2010(U.S. 1st Cir., Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law) In a class action lawsuit on behalf of foster care children who are under the legal custody of Rhode Island's Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), claiming that systematic deficiencies in the state's child welfare and foster care systems de […]
- Estate of Charania v. Shulman June 18, 2010(U.S. 1st Cir., Civil Procedure, Family Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Tax Law) In a tax deficiency case, the judgment of the tax court is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the tax court's judgment that all of the Citigroup shares were the separate property of the decedent for federal estate tax purposes and, thus, were includable in […]
- US v. Novak June 16, 2010(U.S. 4th Cir., Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law) A conviction under 18 U.S.C. section 228(a)(3) for willfully failing to pay child support is affirmed over two challenges to the district court's jury instructions on venue where: 1) the district court did not err when it defined "resided" as "the act or fact of living in a given p […]
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Womens Law.org
- Action Alert: Never Again! What just happened in Kansas? October 13, 2011In September, Taylor announced that due to budget cuts he would no longer prosecute DV misdemeanors, which essentially decriminalized domestic violence and left abused women with severely limited legal protections. After an outcry from domestic violence advocates, including a strong response by KCSDV, the DA reversed his original position and said he would r […]
- DVAM! October 13, 2011October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). It is the month to remember the 1 in every 4 women who are abused by an intimate partner and the month to speak up about the issue! Now, more than ever, is the time to raise awareness that domestic violence still exists. At WomensLaw, a project of NNEDV, we are committed to doing just that: providing easy- […]
- Snapshot of Domestic Violence Services Across the U.S. February 1, 2011A new survey conducted by the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) reveals telling information about domestic violence services in the U.S. On September 15, 2010 – one 24-hour period – domestic violence victim advocates served more than 70,000 adults and children and answered more than 20,000 emergency hotline calls. During the same 24 hours, mo […]
- "Love the Way You Lie" sending what kind of message? August 11, 2010The recent release of “Love the Way You Lie,” Eminem’s new collaboration with Rihanna, has generated a heated debate over whether Rihanna is sending the wrong message to victims of domestic violence. The song’s graphic music video, which stars Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan, has garnered nearly 20 million hits on you-tube and depicts a couple caught in a vic […]
- Report Clears Paterson, but Exposes NYPD Failures July 30, 2010A report released by the NY Attorney General’s office this Wednesday, July 28, clears Governor Paterson of criminal charges relating to his alleged role in attempting to cover up domestic violence claims against a former top aide. The report investigated whether Paterson and the New York State Police became improperly involved in an incident of domestic viol […]
Zen Habits
- Beating the Anxiety of Online Reading May 25, 2012Post written by Leo Babauta. I am a huge fan of reading online — I can generally do it for hours a day. But with the explosion of great blogs, online magazines and news sources, personal development sites, social media and more … how do you deal with the anxiety that comes with it? Anxiety [...]
- Imagine May 22, 2012Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Chris Guillebeau of ChrisGuillebeau.com. Imagine a life where all your time is spent on the things you want to do. Imagine giving your greatest attention to a project you create yourself, instead of working as a cog in a machine that exists to make other people rich. [...]
- The Little Guide to Contentedness May 18, 2012‘He who is contented is rich.’ ~Lao Tzu Post written by Leo Babauta. There has been little in my life that has made as much an impact as learning to be content — with my life, where I am, what I’m doing, what I have, who I’m with, who I am. This little trick changes [...]
