Family Law

When Siblings Won't Help With Elder Care
It's a common scenario for families with aging parents who need care - one or two siblings take on the bulk of the work, whether due to proximity, scheduling, expertise or just a sense of duty...

FAMILY COURTS: The Citizen Foster Care Review Board needs volunteers to help Kentuckys children
The Citizen Foster Care Review Board needs volunteers to help Kentucky?s children: Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care in Henry and Trimble counties Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care in Laurel County Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care in Christian County

Detroit mom wants $30 mil after boy starves to death in foster care, suit alleges
In a nutshell: The plaintiff put her son in foster care because she couldn't care for him. He's 10 and quadriplegic, and though he was a temporary ward of the state, Mom didn't lose her custody of him...

ODJFS Ordered to Disclose Foster Care Provider Identities
On April 9, 2008, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the Cincinnati Enquirer was entitled to records from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) identifying the names and addresses of certain certified foster care providers...

Step-Siblings & Half Bloods in Florida Inheritance
Florida probate cases often involve situations where the decedent has step-siblings or half blood siblings. Under Florida's intestate statutes a step brother or sister would not receive any share of the decedent's estate, but a half blood (one related by one parent) would receive 1/2 as much as a child that was related by both parents of the decedent...

Judge puts El Jeffe's child bride into foster care
In Texas, a judge has put a 14-year-old girl into foster care because there's "uncontroverted" proof that she married FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs.