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  • Japanese lawmakers are expected to begin drafting a bill to help Japan join an international child-custody agreement.

    What's News 2011

  • They also said said the wife was motivated by a child-custody battle with the ex-boyfriend.

    Couple given 45 years in murder 2011

  • For one of his bands, a musician's divorce and child-custody issues necessitated creative tour planning so the band member could repeatedly return home.

    Overweight in Metal, This Band Tries to Play Tunes in Forex Neil Shah 2011

  • Japanese lawmakers expected to begin drafting a bill Friday that would clear the way for Japan to join an international child-custody agreement, which would resolve a longstanding diplomatic squabble with the U.S.

    What's News— 2011

  • The cops intervened to stop Rees and a corrupt police officer from planting cocaine on a woman involved in a child-custody case.

    Law & Order, Fleet Street Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • The movement is motivated largely by a handful of organizations that claim Islamic Sharia law and, to a lesser degree, laws of other nations, are creeping into courtrooms and American life, especially in divorces and child-custody disputes.

    States Target Foreign Law Ashby Jones 2012

  • Ms. Aronsohn suggests divorcing couples create a parenting plan, detailing not only child-custody arrangements but also how to make joint parenting decisions.

    The Child-Focused Divorce Elizabeth Bernstein 2011

  • The news comes days after Mueller refused to take a court-ordered drug test that is part of her child-custody agreement with Charlie Sheen.

    Report: Brooke Mueller Back in Rehab 2011

  • Backers of the bills, which include conservative organizations Act! for America and the American Public Policy Alliance, point to several dozen cases spanning the past 30 years, many of which deal with a common theme: whether a U.S. court erred in upholding a child-custody or divorce decision made in a Middle Eastern nation.

    States Target Foreign Law Ashby Jones 2012

  • A child-custody complaint over visitation now can take nine weeks to be heard, instead of a more routine three weeks, Judge Costello said.

    Politics Jam N.J. Court Heather Haddon 2011

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