Court: Women Shouldn't Lose Child Custody
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Women should not lose custody of their children solely because the youngsters see them being battered by abusive spouses, New York state's highest court ruled Tuesday.
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High court backs teenage mother whose baby was removed by social workers two hours after his birth
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In another setback for defenders of same-sex marriage, the US state of Washington ruled that a law defining marriage as strictly between a man and a woman does not violate the state constitution.
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Â· Grand chamber of human rights court to hear appealÂ· Women argue that one will lose house when other dies
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CLEARWATER, Fla.  - The parents of a severely  brain-damaged woman had another legal setback on Friday in  their fight to keep their daughter alive against her husband's  wishes.
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled against the government&#39;s ban on so-called partial birth abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it failed to provide an exception to protect a mother&#39;s health.
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The right of Britney Spears to visit her two little boys remained suspended under a ruling issued at a closed-door hearing by the Superior Court commissioner, Scott Gordon, on Monday in Los Angeles, The Associated Press reported. Neither Ms. Spears, 26, nor her former husband Kevin Federline, 29, was required to attend. He did; she came late to the courthouse but never went inside. He retains custody of the boys, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1. Another hearing is scheduled for Feb. 19.
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In a unanimous ruling, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law quickly passed to keep a brain-damaged woman on a feeding tube despite her husband&#39;s opposition.
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The Maricopa County sheriff says he should not have to transport pregnant inmates to abortion clinics, a policy that has drawn a court challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union.
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A Virginia judge on Tuesday claimed jurisdiction to decide a child custody case between two women who had entered into a civil union in Vermont, a move that could set a legal precedent for same-sex couples whose relationships are recognized in some states and not others.
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Jail officials will not need to make maternity accommodations for Foxy Brown &#151; her manager says the rapper isn't pregnant, despite her lawyer's courtroom contention that she was.
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The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a judge's order that a man avoid having more children while on probation for failing to pay child support.
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By Jim Nesbitt, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 8--A Wilmington judge might rule as early as this afternoon whether admitted killer Ann Miller Kontz will be prohibited from having any contact with her 7-year-old daughter.
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When Shawnna Hughes discovered she was pregnant, her husband was in jail for beating her. She sought a divorce before his release, and he did not object &#151; but a judge did.
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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that women who are forced to abort their pregnancies by governments such as China's can be awarded asylum in the United States.
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After a little more than three years of marriage, Matt LeBlanc's divorce has been finalized. LeBlanc and wife Melissa are agreeing to equal custody of their 2-year-old daughter, Marina.
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RICHMOND, Nov. 28 -- A Virginia appellate court sidestepped the issue of civil unions Tuesday in ruling that, because two former lesbian partners filed for their union in Vermont, that state's courts have jurisdiction in a custody battle.