Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao responded to a viral plea from Marine spouse Jamie Lenio, who feared being…
Maryland Proclaims a Month for Collecting. Not One for Showing Up.
Maryland has declared August 2026 National Child Support Awareness Month, praising its support enforcement system. However, the article critiques this…
The Burden Nobody Notices Shifting
A Bronx mother avoided a murder conviction after psychiatric experts agreed she was psychotic when she killed her two sons.…
The Statement Nobody Lets Him Give
Massachusetts gives families of homicide victims a formal voice when a defendant is sentenced. But if Lindsay Clancy is found…
The Mitigation Nobody Carries Home
Massachusetts is considering a bill to acknowledge postpartum psychiatric illness as a mitigating factor in criminal cases, allowing for potential…
The Lawyer Nobody Fully Hires
Unbundled legal representation is increasingly proposed as a solution to the access-to-justice gap in family court, where most litigants self-represent.…
The Contact Nobody Compels
The disparity in enforcement mechanisms between child support and parenting-time orders highlights systemic issues in U.S. family courts. While child…
The Training Nobody Requires
California family law judges and attorneys receive training on neurodivergence and its impact in family court; however, critical lessons regarding…
Arizona Rewrites Its Domestic Violence Custody Standard: What the Alec and Lydia Act Actually Changes
Arizona’s Alec and Lydia Act removes the old “significant domestic violence” threshold and replaces it with a broader, more structured…
Diagnosis as Evidence
In California family courts, a parent's psychiatric diagnosis can suffice as evidence of dangerousness for a domestic violence restraining order,…