[...] courts in Maine must consider the breastfeeding of a child under the age of one year in determination of what custody arrangement is in the best interests of the child.58 When determining "parenting time", Michigan courts must take into consideration whether a child younger than six months is breastfed, or if one younger than a year "receives substantial nutrition" from breastfeeding.59 Finally, the best interests test in Utah, which provides for a minimum visitation schedule for children under the age of five, allows that schedule to be varied in situations where "the lack of reasonable alternatives to the needs of a nursing child" require it.60 While the Michigan and Maine statutes focus on the breastfeeding infant, there is no reason that such a provision could not be extended ...
Shared custody means that not only do the parents spend equal time with the children, but also they have equal say and authority in decisions about the children. Both parents may enjoy weekend and summer fun with the children, but both parents also have to make long drives to hockey tournaments, set up and attend dentist appointments and school functions, and help the children with homework. 5.
[...] in most cases the judges just look at the non-custodial parent's income, look at the guideline tables, and that is the amount of child support. In theory, the change to shared custody should also mean that both parents are now responsible for all the child's expenses, such as clothing, shoes, toiletries, toys, hobbies, haircuts etc., but this is not always the reality.
[Mary] picked her sister, Jane. That type of designation is not binding. Jane still needs to step forward to the courts after Mary's death and seek a formal order of guardianship over the children. The fact that Mary picked Jane does not end the matter, and her ex-husband is free to contest the guardianship application. What else can she do? Some parents include a "war-chest clause" in their will. It is a provision that authorizes the testamentary guardian to hire a lawyer to fight the guardianship as a contest in the courts, and provides that the estate is to pay all of the legal fees incurred. Lawyers are expensive, particularly experienced ones. The idea is to ensure that Jane has all of the legal horsepower money can buy in her bid to successfully secure guardianship of the children...
We recognize, as did the trial judge, that the remedy of granting custody to the father is a dramatic one. However, that remedy was supported by the expert evidence and by the mother's persistent, ingrained and deep-rooted inability to support the children's relationship with the father," said three judges of the Ontario Court of Appeal in a unanimous decision this week. Calling that decision "amply supported by the evidence," the Appeal Court said that although the mother was "otherwise a good parent," her persistent "troublesome conduct" against the children's best interests included unilaterally restricting the father to daytime visits and failing to inform him about the children's medications, or to give him their prescription drugs, so that they would return home from visits with ...
The teen was sentenced last year to the maximum three-year sentence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Queen's Bench Justice Deborah McCawley assigned her seven 1/2 months of pre-trial custody as credit, then filled out the rest of the term with 28 1/2 months of community supervision, which takes the girl to her 18th birthday. She was ordered to live at a local group home under 24-hour supervision until she is no longer a youth. She was warned that any breaches means the rest of her sentence could be converted to jail time.
A man accused of nearly running down an RCMP officer while fleeing in a stolen car has been denied bail. Inside the car, police found several electronic goods, a pipe that had been converted into a weapon, a bag containing marijuana, drug paraphernalia, a hunting knife and a rifle with ammunition and clips.
A 17-year-old female is in custody and faces charges following a stabbing at a city apartment.
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