Jan 5, 2015 | Adoption, Courts, Custody, Divorce, Families, Family Law, Gay Marriage, Marriage, Marriage Equality, Same-Sex Marriage, Traditional Family
People seem to always pine for the “good old days.” And, sure, there is plenty to complain about today, but America in 2015 is far more tolerant, compassionate, and evolved than at any time in U.S. History — or maybe even human history. When I was growing up...
May 22, 2014 | Child Support, Deadbeat Parent, Divorce, Families, Family Law, Mother's Rights, Single Mothers, Single Parenting, Traditional Family
Over the past few years, a number of studies have come out which purport to show that children raised in single-parent households are more likely to live in poverty, lag behind in academics, and have more emotional problems than children raised in two-parent...
Aug 12, 2013 | Adoption, Custody, Families, Family Law, Father's Rights, Indian Child Welfare Act, Legal Decision-Making, Parenting
I have written several times over the past year about the Baby Veronica case. As an infant, little Veronica was given up for adoption by her birth mother after it appeared that the father had abandoned her. However, the father. who was part Native American, later...
Jul 14, 2013 | Adoption, Blended Family, Families, Family Law, Gay Marriage, Parenting, Same-Sex Marriage, Traditional Family
Working mothers. Stay-at-home dads. Gay marriage. Single-parent adoption. Interracial marriage. Interfaith marriage. Blended families . . . Our world, and the very concept of “Family,” is changing in ways that our grandparents never could have...