The ABA Journal reports that courts in New York consider grandparents, bystanders under the zone of danger rule, to recover emotional emotion damages from witnessing their immediate family member's death. Here, grandchild is grandparents' immediate family member under the zone of danger rule.
The court noted that grandparents in New...
The New York Times reports that the pandemic has worsened economic distress and other factors that lead to such unions. Studies show a clear link between marrying early and dying young.
In Nepal, the impact of coronavirus led to many schools' closures. Sapana is a 17-year-old girl who once dreamed...
From Forbes: Most U.S. states report that relocation or move away is one of the most difficult and vexing issues for a court to decide in all of family law.
In order to relocate, from New York State with the children, the burden of proof on the relocating parent is...
From my colleagues in Canada, from the Ottawa Citizen:
The old terminology of custody and access is being jettisoned, in favor of “parenting time” and “decision-making responsibility.”
There is a consensus amongst family law lawyers that the old custody/access terminology aggravates disputes, making litigation more protracted and...