This article by Dalvin Brown at The Wall Street Journal will be of interest to my readers.
She Saved for Years for IVF. A Divorce Jeopardized the Embryos.
Costly and emotionally taxing efforts to have children can be jeopardized when
Facts: Child was born in January 2018. Within days, Maternal Aunt brought Child and Mother to live with her.
A few months later, DCS took physical custody of Child, and the juvenile court later declared Aunt to be the Child’s
Facts: Husband and Wife were embroiled in a contentious divorce where each accused the other of marital misconduct. During the divorce, Wife made numerous abuse allegations against Husband to the police, the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, and Husband’s military
Facts: Husband and Wife divorced after a trial. The trial court entered its final order on August 1, 2024, resolving all issues including child custody, child support, and the division of Husband’s military retirement.
Husband filed a timely motion to
Facts: The parties’ four-year marriage was troubled, with numerous verbal altercations witnessed by the children, periods of separation, and frequent discussions of divorce. On August 19, 2021, Mother informed Father via text message that she was going to file for divorce. The next day, Father obtained
Facts: Mother and Father, the parents of Child, divorced in October 2021. Their agreed Permanent Parenting Plan (“PPP”) designated Father as the Child’s primary residential parent, with approximately 234 days of parenting time to Father and 131 days to Mother.
This article by Daniel Wu at The Washington Post illustrates the challenge of dealing with pets in a divorce.
Court orders exes to bid for custody of Tucker the goldendoodle
Delaware Chancery Court came up with a novel solution to
Facts: In 2016, Mother and Father had a child but never married. The child lived with Mother her entire life. Mother testified that Father was largely uninvolved with the child even when they lived together, prioritizing partying and video games
Facts: Mother left her four-year-old Child home alone one evening in November 2021. The unattended Child was found wandering outside an apartment complex in Nashville, after Mother returned to her job to investigate missing money from a store safe. Police
Facts: Mother and Father divorced in 2018 under a Final Decree incorporating a Marital Dissolution Agreement (“MDA”) and Permanent Parenting Plan (“PPP”). Father was obligated to pay child support, various child-related expenses, and transitional alimony to Mother for eight years.
