Cases involving children, specifically child custody or child support cases, can often be contentious. The contentious nature of these proceedings is exacerbated when one parent has a restraining...
Parenting Disputes Over Autistic Child
Apr 03, 2015
Divorce and child custody disputes often involve heated debate. These issues are exacerbated when the parties’ child has special needs. In the recent unpublished case of Rooney v. Wall, the court was...
A California woman was recently successful in her medical malpractice lawsuit against Kaiser Permanente. Specifically, a jury awarded her $28.2 million. The woman, named Anna Rahm, was 16 when she began...
How Can Paternity Be Challenged
Apr 01, 2015
In cases where parties are not married, there are often issues of paternity when one parent seeks custody or child support from the other. In the recent unpublished Appellate Division case of Reed v. Pettiford, the...
Surrogacy has long been a controversial option for parents who wish to have a child when other avenues haven’t worked. As technology has improved, couples have also turned to gestational surrogacy—the situation...
