Custody orders dictate not only physical custody arrangements but often determine school selection, transportation responsibilities and legal custody issues. Custody litigation invokes the question as ...

An excerpt from the >9000-word In the Interest of O.S. & U.S., decided Thursday by Texas Court of Appeals Justice Wade Birdwell, joined by Justices Elizabeth Kerr & Dabney Bassel: Appellant A.H.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Blair County Court of Common Pleas to hold a hearing within 30 days in order to make a “fresh assessment” concerning a bitterly disputed custody ...

Columbus will pay $1 million to a father after police officers gave his 7-year-old son to the noncustodial mother, who then ...

On Aug. 29, 2025, a major revision to the 16 child custody factors went into effect. Now, there are 11 factors instead of the ...

Court judgments on a child's custody in matrimonial dispute cases cannot be "rigid" and "final", and courts are entitled to alter rulings in the best interest of the minor, the Supreme Court has said, ...

After more than a decade of debate, Maryland legislators have codified the factors a court considers in making custody determinations, a bill lawmakers and advocates say eases the burden for ...