Custody victory for Misbah mother
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Schoolgirl Misbah Rana, also known as Molly, must return to her mother in Scotland, a judge in Pakistan rules.
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LONDON -- On Nov. 9, Margaret Smith, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2002 for smothering her 4-month-old son, was acquitted at a retrial. She was one of several British mothers who lost one or more children in infancy and were convicted of murder.
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Colombia's child welfare agency has granted freed hostage Clara Rojas full custody of the 3-year-old son taken from her during her years in a rebel camp in the jungle, the agency's director said Sunday. "Emmanuel must be with his mother," the head of the Child Welfare Institute of Colombia, said.
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The Utah Supreme Court on Friday upheld a judge's order that the woman accused of aiding in the 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart be forcibly medicated for mental illness.
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A mother who feared she might lose custody of her obese 8-year-old son unless he lost weight was allowed to keep the boy after striking a deal Tuesday with social workers to safeguard his welfare.
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MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6 -- A former child-care provider sent to prison more than a decade ago in the fatal shaking of a baby was freed Wednesday, six days after an appeals court ruled that the latest research into shaken baby syndrome might prove her innocence.
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A British woman who claims she is the mother of Michael Jackson's three children cannot intervene in the pop star's custody settlement with his ex-wife, a judge has ruled.
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A court in Pakistan is given legal documents in the custody battle over the schoolgirl Misbah Rana.
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A federal appeals court yesterday tossed out a judge&#39;s ruling that the plus-sized actress was entitled to $88.5 million from her late oil-tycoon husband, who married the former Playmate when he was 89.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, which can mean one heck of a custody battle when it comes to taking credit.
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A Scottish schoolgirl who sparked an international custody fight by running away to Pakistan must return to her mother in Britain, a Pakistani court has ruled.
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Mother of 15-year-old boy who died when he was restrained by guards is considering legal action.
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A woman who was sectioned for 70 years after being wrongly accused of theft is reunited with her family.
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THE family of an Iraqi civilian allegedly unlawfully killed by British troops while in custody won a human-rights ruling yesterday, which opens the way for an independent investigation into his death.
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A Colombian woman freed last week after six years as a rebel hostage arrived in Bogota on Sunday and headed for a reunion with her son Emmanuel, born in captivity but now in foster care.
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A woman accused of fleeing with her daughter to Delaware 14 years ago in one of the nation's longest-running missing child cases was acquitted Wednesday of parental kidnapping.
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In a victory for rebellious teenagers, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a mother violated Washington's privacy law by eavesdropping on her daughter's phone conversation.