On July 23, a judge in California ruled that the state had no jurisdiction over the custody case involving actress Kelly Rutherford's two children. According to the judge, Rutherford's 8-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter have only spent about one week in California...
Month: July 2015
Father seeking custody after kids refuse visitation
An unusual twist in a divorce and custody case has caught the attention of many California residents. The situation led to a Michigan judge ordering the three children at the center of the case to be held in a juvenile detention facility. This followed the children's...
Financial planning and high-asset divorces
California residents who are seeing their marriages come to an end should conduct careful financial planning to reduce the fallout from their divorce case. In many cases, people become wrapped up emotionally and leave the financial consequences to be dealt with later....
Kardashian couple’s split may not affect custody as expected
In early July, California reality-television couple Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick announced that they will be ending their relationship. Although many observers assumed that the father's history of substance abuse and rehabilitation stays would preclude him...
Rapper placed under arrest for failure to pay child support
When California parents go through a divorce, the one who is granted physical custody will often be awarded child support. Usually based on state guidelines, child support is often crucial to the well-being of both the custodial parent and the child. There can be...
States considering shared parenting legislation
California parents who are divorcing or considering a divorce and dealing with disagreements over child custody might be interested in knowing about the momentum that shared parenting is currently getting in various states. Historically, primary physical custody has...
Google co-founder Brin goes through divorce
California readers may have heard that Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his estranged spouse Anne Wojcicki have quietly divorced following an eight-year marriage. The divorce was finalized by a Santa Clara County court in May. Brin and Wojcicki, who have two children...