Multi-State Fathers' Rights & Divorce Law Blog

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. A mother who broke a custodial agreement and moved her children out of the country has been ordered to pay the father $6.1 million in damages. And while this does not mean that the children – ages 8 and 10 – will be reunited with their father in the U.S., the father’s attorney is hopeful that it may be a step in the right direction with more pressure from Japanese officials for the mother to do the right thing. As reported earlier on this blog, the case itself stems back

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Two recent studies found a difference between how the public is in favor of child custody arrangements and how the public believes the courts typically decide, which some say may account for the belief that the court system is slanted in favor of mothers. According to the study’s findings, many are in favor of joint custody equally split between two parents, even though in most situations this is not the norm and typically only done if both parents agree. In one university study participants were polled on how they believed

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Friday, April 29, 2011. Legislation that would make changes to domestic violence laws in Missouri for the first time in close to 40 years was recently approved by a 33-0 vote by the state’s Senate. If the bill is approved by the House, these changes could greatly impact issues related to family law. If the bill is passed, numerous changes would be made to domestic violence laws, which would include having standardized definitions for words like “domestic violence,” “child” and “abuse.” As of now those words tend to have different meanings in different laws,