National Family Civil Rights Center

09/05/2019

In his Matrimonial Practice column, Timothy M. Tippins addresses the essential role of psychological research in the conduct of forensic custody evaluations. He further addresses the abandonment of that research-base by no small number of evaluators, and the significance of that dereliction, which m...

04/10/2019

This article proposes that New York courts should consider utilizing a second standard of law for proving parental alienation, in addition to the one suggested by a recent decision, resting on the principle of parens patriae, as follows: “Where a child refuses to have a relationship with a non-cus...

02/17/2019

The United States is the only industrialized country that doesn’t guarantee its citizens paid family leave. A proposed bill could change that.

09/16/2018

Federal judge denies in large part defendants' motion to dismiss Michigan adoption case Dumont v. Lyon, allows case to move forward.

08/19/2018

A woman whose same-sex partner's biological daughter was killed in a traffic accident can seek damages for emotional distress even though she and the other woman weren't married or in a civil union at the time, an appeals court ruled on Friday.

07/22/2018

Connor Perkins knew he was the father. He was there when his girlfriend Treneka Simmonds gave birth to their child in February 2013. He took the child to doctor’s appointments enrolled the child in daycare voluntarily paid child support and was referred to as “daddy” by the child.

07/10/2018

A judge in Los Angeles refused to amend the so-called Flores decision, which bars long-term detention of young migrants.

06/14/2018

States with mandated 50/50 presumptions fare quite well in new study:

June 5, 2018 — Custody X Change conducted a first-of-its-kind study and found that parenting time varies dramatically as you cross state lines. Nationwide, a father is likely to receive about 35% of child custody time. See how your state compares below.

05/25/2018

A case involving a former Ultra-Orthodox mother who came out as a le***an emphasizes the legal conflict between personal freedoms and agreements made in Jewish courts.

05/17/2018

Our justice system should take these abductions more seriously.

04/30/2018

"Kentucky is the first state in the country to create a “legal presumption” for joint custody in divorce proceedings."

There are exceptions for parents with a recent history of domestic violence — if it happened within the last three years and was committed against the spouse or child.