IL: Ricky Chekevdia Reunited with Father

When we last posted on this story back in September of 2009, Ricky Chekevedia was finally found after being hidden from his father by his mother and grandmother for 2-years.  (Previous article: Ricky Chekevdia, Kidnapped & Hidden by Mother, Remains in State...

PA: Family Court Judge Diane E. Gibbons Sued for $1-Billion

Bucks County, PA Family Court Judge, Diane E. Gibbons, is no stranger to controversy affecting the lives of families and children in some horrifying ways. When we last spoke of Judge Diane E. Gibbons on this site, she was allegedly violating the civil rights of...

The Sad State of Marriage and Divorce

Unfortunately, for men today, marriage is about as extreme a risk to your personal and financial health and well-being as any other endeavor.  From the earliest days of my life that I ever thought about getting married and having children – I had that classic,...

Child Support – One Opinion

At the time one’s divorce is imminent, often two main concerns are obviously going to be child support and child custody. It is reasonable to conclude that in many cases, the fights over child support are not rooted in making sure that the children’s needs...

Child Custody, Shared Parenting, What’s Best for Children

When it comes to child custody, we are staunch advocates for shared-parenting. Specifically, we believe that there must be a presumption of equal child custody for children and parents under the following basic provisions: Both parents are desirous of 50/50 child...

OH: Equal Custody Legislation HB253 & SB144

It has come to our attention that the state of Ohio has before both the House and Senate that propose the most comprehensive changes to the child custody laws affecting divorced, separated, and never-married parents.  Introduced in the Ohio State House of...

NH: Thomas James Ball Burns to Death on Courthouse Steps

A tragedy of epic proportions took place this past week at the Cheshire County, New Hampshire Courthouse.  Thomas James Ball set himself ablaze, committing suicide, presumably due to being despondent after many years enduring a protracted high-conflict divorce, child...

Personality Disorders Drive Divorce & Child Custody Litigation

We have previously interviewed Bill Eddy for our Mr. Custody Coach Radio Show where we discussed choosing the right  attorney for your divorce and/or child custody case.  Today, we discuss Bill Eddy’s very insightful article titled How Personality Disorders...

SC: Non-Custodial Parents & College Tuition

Dateline: April 2011. There was once a time when many states had on their child support statutes a provision that allowed them to require non-custodial parents to pay their child’s college tuition, in part or in whole, as part of their child custody cases. This...