Shared Custody News Today

My friend Jamie got married young to a man she’d only known for six months. They were both 21 and drunk on love. I was concerned as they’d already had issues prior to this, with lots of aggressive fighting and alcohol consumption on his part.

Proposed reform of Japan’s family law reflects the evolving needs and challenges families and children face in modern Japan.

Spain will consider a pet's welfare when couples divorce or break-up from Wednesday in a legal shift that strengthens the case for couples obtaining shared custody of their animals. "Animals are part of the family and when a family decides to separate, the fate of the animal must be regulated with the same importance as the fate of other family members," said lawyer Lola Garcia, 42. In October, a Madrid judge gave joint custody of a dog to an unmarried couple who sought a court ...

Spain will consider a pet's welfare when couples divorce or break-up from Wednesday in a legal shift that strengthens the case for couples obtaining shared custody of their animals. "Animals are part of the family and when a family decides to separate, the fate of the animal must be regulated with the same importance as the fate of other family members," said lawyer Lola Garcia, 42. In October, a Madrid judge gave joint custody of a dog to an unmarried couple who sought a court ...

To ease the sting of shared custody of her daughter, La Jolla resident Brynne MacEachern wrote a book that she hopes will help others struggling with similar emotions.