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A Wicked Good Parenting Resource

December 21, 2008 20:22

Although many parents in and around Boston are already familiar with it, I want to make a plug for the free monthly publication Parents and Kids Magazine, and its parent site (pun intended), Wicked Local Parents (http://www.wickedlocalparents.com/). I was just looking through its recent articles...

Single Custodial Dads

December 21, 2008 19:58

I just came across this article, The Life of a Single Dad, in which I am quoted, quite extensively, and not just as a divorce and family law attorney this time, but rather, primarily at least, as a single, custodial father. The article was published in the award-winning local Parents and Kids...

Madonna Divorce Settlement - It'll Be A Big "Payout" to Guy Ritchie

December 16, 2008 15:11

News was just released of the Madonna divorce settlement, under which Guy Ritchie will take around $76 Million as his part of the couple's marital assets division. For more, see the Guardian's report, Madonna divorce deal 'worth £50m' to husband Guy Ritchie | guardian.co.uk, and look at People ...

Cathy Young on Gender Gaps, Gender Differences and Competition

December 12, 2008 02:56

Cathy Young is back! For quite some time, I have patiently followed The Y Files, the blog by former Boston Globe columnist Cathy Young, one of the most fair minded, intelligent, reasonable, and important commentators on gender issues today, and author of what is in my humble view the best book of...

Just Say No To The Bailout

December 09, 2008 10:20

Once again we are being asked to trust the liars and fools who run Washington. First we were asked to take the Bush Regime's word that suddenly terrorism was such a threat to us that we needed to give up some of our civil liberties. And thus we got the abominable Patriot Act. Shortly thereafter we...

Men As Caregivers

December 05, 2008 16:06

There was an interesting blog post by Leanna Hamill at the Massachusetts Estate Planning and Elder Law Blog yesterday commenting on a recent report that more men have in recent years taken on caregiving roles for aging parents or other relatives: Massachusetts Estate Planning and Elder Law: More...

Florida Trial Judge Rules That State's Ban on Gay Adoptions Is Unconstitutional

November 26, 2008 03:27

Today in the news there was yet another interesting development in the world of gay rights, this one in Florida: Florida ban on gay adoptions ruled unconstitutional - MiamiHerald.com. EXCERPT FROM MIAMI HERALD ARTICLE OF TODAY: BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER (cmarbin@MiamiHerald.com) A Miami-Dade circuit...

California, Arizona and Florida Join Long List of States Banning Gay Marriage

November 13, 2008 15:33

Two more states besides California - namely, Arizona and Florida - have joined the list of nearly 30 U.S. states banning gay marriage, as the result of last week's elections. Although California still has civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, most of the states with bans, including Arizona and...

California Electorate Voted to Ban Gay Marriage; Legislators Try Hail Mary Pass to California Supreme Court

November 12, 2008 15:33

California voters approved the gay marriage ban in that state, by voting for Proposition 8, during their election last week. Meanwhile, Democratic legislators are asking the California Supreme Court to void Proposition 8, in what the manager of the Proposition 8 campaign derides as a "Hail Mary"...

New & Improved Child Support Guidelines To Go Into Effect on January 1

November 07, 2008 19:57

New child support guidelines have just been promulgated, and they will go into effect in Massachusetts on January 1, 2009. See the Massachusetts Court System Press Release - November 5, 2008. I am one of the many attorneys, litigants, and other concerned citizens, who have long complained before...