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Custody & Visitation

Custody and visitation are difficult issues for some parents and families.

Orphanages are an ‘option’

Posted 12/18/2009 1:09 AMBy Wendy Koch, USA TODAY"Children who live in orphanages fare as well or better than those in family homes, reports a Duke University study that tracked more than 3,000 children in five Asian and African countries. The study is touted as one...

Mental Care Poor for Some Children in State Custody

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 By ROBERT PEAR  The New York Times Thousands of parents have given up custody of their children under pressure from states in order to obtain treatment for the children's severe mental illnesses, federal investigators say, but some states have not...

Children’s time: the real issue in grandparents’ rights case

by Dahlia Lithwick FindLaw Contributor Special to CNN Interactive June 23, 2000 Web posted at: 12:20 p.m. EST (1620 GMT) (FindLaw) -- Much of the commentary about Troxel v. Granville -- the so-called grandparents' rights case decided in the Supreme Court in June --...

Shared Parenting: The New Frontier

A shared parenting arrangement is defined as involving at least 30 percent of the time with each parent, the incidence of shared care among divorced couples increased from 2.2 percent to 14.2 percent between 1980 and 1992. By 2001, it had reached 32 percent.

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