Religion & Law

British Catholic Adoption Agency Becomes Secular To Avoid Gay Adoption Mandate
In Britain, the Bishop of Nottingham announced yesterday that the Catholic Children's Society adoption agency will become a secular agency by merging with the adoption agency of the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham...

BC Adoption Agency
Hope Adoption Services: BC Adoption Agency & Pregnancy Counselling:"Hope Adoption Services is a licensed non-profit BC adoption agency, located in Abbotsford, British Columbia...

Open Adoption
". . . While there are no national statistics, open adoption is increasingly common, according to Harold Grotevant, a University of Minnesota professor who is one of the leading experts in the field...

Guatemala adoption agency lawyers on trial in 'human trafficking' case
[JURIST] Lawyers for Guatemalan adoption agency Casa Quivira [agency website] have been charged with human trafficking [JURIST news archive] as a result of irregularities discovered in the agency's records, the defendants' lawyers said Monday...

First Lady's "Catholic Schools Week" remarks
I am a big fan of Catholic schools. Every parish should have one, every Catholic kid should be in one...

Bishop Apologizes for Catholic Charities' Role in Helping Teen Obtain Abortion
Do people really think it's OK when a teenager, already the mother of one child, is forced to bear another child because she is stuck in foster care with a Catholic agency? The girl in this story got the abortion,...

Federal Adoption Tax Credit
Financial Incentive for Adoptive Parents

Collection Agencies and Creditors
How to deal and stop the harassment

Adoption Laws
Everything you need to know about adopting a child

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

How to prove housing discrimination based on sexual orientation in student housing?
There are several things you can do. First of all, contact any welfare advisors,...

Can a collection acgency collection on a debt that has been removed from my credit report?
Send them a certified Verification of Debt letter. By law they have 30 days to s...

Should I return a phone call from a collection agency that doesn't name their client in the message?
In the county of the state where I live in the US, I am able to go to the websit...

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Wegmans Food Market
alleging the retailer revealed too much information on their credit and debit card receipts, violating the FACTA law, and leaving customers open to identity theft

Kansas Catholic Diocese

Catholic Archdiocese
Will Pay $12.6 Million in Sexual Abuse Settlements

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Trailers Contain Toxic Formaldehyde Fumes

British Airways Lost-Luggage
Class-Action Gets Green Light