Lawyers say that partners in breakups sometimes install spyware on computers or phones.
These are apps that are available for a subscription fee, say $16.99 a month. Once installed, people can see every incoming and outgoing message from the target's phone, Web searches, even keystrokes — the letters someone is typing, say, when they log into...
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Sperm Donor Denied Parental Rights
A married same-sex Chemung County (Binghampton, New York) couple can rebuff an effort by a sperm donor to exert parental rights on the daughter born as a result of the arrangement.
A midlevel New York appeals court ruled in favor of the couple, suspending a decision by the Chemung County Family Court that originally ordered a...
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Mississippi Pushes Abortion Ban to 15 Weeks
From NBC News, JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi lawmakers pushed ahead Friday with a bill to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which would be the earliest ban nationwide and create a possible court challenge.
Mississippi already bans most abortions after 20 weeks. It's tied with North Carolina for the nation's earliest ban.
Members of the...
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Families First, Finally?
Tucked quietly into the most recent congressional measure to keep the government open was the most sweeping and ambitious piece of child welfare legislation passed in at least a decade. It’s an attempt to reshape the entrenched foster care system as a raging opioid epidemic swells the population of children in need.
The measure overcame the...
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