NY: Nicole Allen Leaves Children Home Alone – Fire Kills One

2 children are severely burned and 1 died as a result of a fire that erupted in their home while their mother abandoned them for a beer-run, among some other items she shopped for at midnight on September 17th, 2008. Prosecutors say Nicole Allen went out for a...

Top 10 Commandments of Low-Contact With High-Conflict Personalities

When embroiled in a high-conflict divorce and custody dispute, we highly recommend no-contact.  When children are involved, no-contact is impractical, so we are proponents of what is often referred to as low-contact.  In keeping with this recommendation, we offer the...

NJ: Divorce Rates Decline in Poor Economy

This is not very surprising news.  This excerpt out of New Jersey shows that when there isn’t a “pot of gold” at the end of the proverbial rainbow – people don’t divorce.  Since women initiate more than 75% of all divorces, oftentimes...

OR: Leanna McConnell-Palacios Kidnaps Her Two Daughters

In addition to facing charges of custodial interference for the parental kidnapping – Leanna McConnell-Palacios also is facing charges for burglary and domestic violence assault. From the article: Leanna McConnell-Palacios was arrested about 4:30 p.m. at a home...

PA: Ben Roethlisberger Falsely Accused of Sexual Assault

Ben Roethlisberger, famous quarterback for the World Champions of the NFL – the Pittsburgh Steelers, is another in a long line of famous people that sometimes get caught in the cross-hairs of a false-accuser. The public doesn’t know the name of this...