Law Blog

Once a child's residence is established, how does a parent get permission to move away? This post examines the change of domicile motion.

Transgender rights, once an outlier in child custody disputes, is now a more frequently litigated flavor of custody conflict. Should a parent be allowed to assign a gender to their child?

High-conflict child custody cases sometimes feature cross-motions for child custody in family court. This post breaks down this tricky parenting situation.

Family court judges are faced with making tough decisions every day. Because they take jurisdiction over litigants' children, they are exposed to ridicule, harm, even death. This post examines a case involving the murder of a judge at the hands of a litigant who lost custody of his children

Family court judges often decide the custody disputes of unwed couples. When the couple is famous, the custody decision gets a lot of attention. Exhibit A: Elon Musk's three children with Claire Boucher.

The Michigan Supreme Court expanded the equitable-parent doctrine to include the non-biological parent of a same-sex couple. Is such an expansion justified?

Michigan Supreme Court considers a case involving the parenting rights of a now-split-up same-sex couple. The case pits the biological mother of the child against her former partner; the two were never married and the child was born prior to the recognition of marital equality in 2012.

This post explores strategies available if you are co-parenting with a narcissist.