Alice Henkel is a single mother raising a minor child, E.H., who was born on May 27, 2003. Cory Flynn is the father of E.H. Alice and Cory were never married and never lived together. Alice and E.H. live with E.H.'s maternal grandparents. Cindy Flynn is Cory's mother and the paternal grandmother of E.H. Cindy filed a petition in the circuit court of Lee County for grandparent visitation... More...   $0 (12-11-2007 - IL)

1. Defendant Gorden Starkey appeals from a family court order requiring him to pay college tuition for Kristen O'Connell-Starkey. In so requiring, the family court concluded that the latest amended divorce order was not ambiguous and found that, although it left the issue of college tuition open for contest, defendant had never contested it. Therefore, defendant remained obligated under ... More...   $0 (11-30-2007 - VT)

Melissa Anspach and her parents brought this action against the city of Philadelphia (the "City") and certain of its employees and agents, including the City's Health Department and the Commissioner of Public Health. Melissa is a 16-year-old unemancipated minor. They allege that agents of the City violated Melissa's constitutionally protected right to bodily integrity and parental guidanc... More...   $0 (09-24-2007 - PA)

Plaintiff filed suit on October 25, 2005, against defendant Genetic Technologies, Inc. after he was adjudged in a paternity case to be the biological father of a minor child and liable for child support and certain other expenses. The district court liberally construed plaintiff's complaint to assert claims for fraud, misrepresentation, and either defamation or invasion of privacy. The court d... More...   $0 (05-24-2007 - KS)

This is an appeal of a summary judgment declaring Angel Maldonado, Jr., Claudia Maldonado, and Aldo Maldonado (the "Maldonados") to be the sole heirs of Juan Garcia. The Maldonados were the children of Criselda Corina Garcia Maldonado, and the trial court found that Criselda was Garcia's daughter. The appellants Petra Treviño, Angelita Garcia Segovia, and Innocencia Garcia Valdez, who are Garc... More...   $0 (05-16-2007 - TX)

Fouad Said appeals from the summary judgment denying his petition to determine that he is not the father of Fouad Samir Said (Fam. Code, § 7630, subd. (b)) on the ground that he lacked standing as a presumed father to maintain such an action. Because he presented sufficient evidence to show he might qualify as the presumed father (Fam. Code, § 7611, subd. (d)), we hold that the trial cour... More...   $0 (01-24-2007 - CA)

The trial courts in these consolidated cases held that the provisions of Washington's 1998 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that prohibit same-sex marriages are facially unconstitutional under the privileges and immunities and due process clauses of the Washington State Constitution. King County and the State of Washington have appealed. The plaintiffs-respondents, gay and lesbian couples,... More...   $0 (07-27-2006 - WA)

Teresa Hardy appeals the trial court's denial of her motion to reform an associate judge's decision in the underlying matter and motion for sanctions. In four issues, Hardy argues Leroy Mitchell's claim of loss of consortium was frivolous and groundless and must be characterized as a claim of interference with a possessory interest under the family code; Mitchell's claim of fraud was not co... More...   $0 (07-01-2006 - TX)

Tulsa, OK: Family law paternity lawyers represented the parties seeking judicial determination of the paternity of children of a relationship, child custody and child support.


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¶1 This appeal by Jessica Donn Watson and cross-appeal by Sylvia G. Watson arise from proceedings to probate the intestate estates of Donovan Myrl Watson, Donovan Perren Watson (his father), and Myrl Louise Watson (his mother). Jessica is the minor child of Donovan Myrl Watson's second marriage and the granddaughter of Donovan Perren Watson and Myrl Louise Watson. Sylvia sought and obtained recog... More...   $0 (04-18-2006 - OK)

In the present action for child support filed by the El Dorado County District Attorney, we conclude that a woman who agreed to raise children with her lesbian partner, supported her partner's artificial insemination using an anonymous donor, and received the resulting twin children into her home and held them out as her own, is the children's parent under the Uniform Parentage Act and has... More...   $0 (08-23-2005 - CA)

The present action arises from a judgment stating that both Kristine H. and
her lesbian partner, Lisa R., are the parents of a child born to Kristine H. The
judgment was entered pursuant to a stipulation of the parties when Kristine H. was
pregnant. The Court of Appeal ruled that the judgment is void but that Lisa R.
still may have parental rights as a presumed parent under... More...   $0 (08-23-2005 - CA)

Autopsy/Post Services, Inc. (APS) purchased a commercially zoned building on Foothill Boulevard for the purpose of operating a private medical laboratory specializing in autopsy and tissue procurement. Six months after granting APS's contractor a permit to convert the premises to a medical laboratory, the City of Los Angeles issued a stop work order, and eventually revoked the permit, on ... More...   $0 (05-19-2005 - CA)

The parties' marriage was dissolved on April 17, 1991. The judgment of dissolution provi... More...   $0 (03-10-2005 - IL)

Plaintiff Michael Jordan sought a declaratory judgment that a contract asserted by defendant Karla Knafel was extortionate and void against public policy. Knafel filed a counterclaim, alleging that Jordan owed her $5 million for breach of a confidential settlement agreement. The trial court dismissed the complaint and counterclaim, finding that Jordan failed to allege an actual controversy and ... More...   $0 (02-17-2005 - IL)

Father and Mother had one child, Abre... More...   $0 (02-03-2005 - MO)

1 Mother was given custody of the two-year-old child in April of 1999 in an agreed decree of divorce, and Father was given standard visitation with extended summer visitation. In June of 2000, Father asked the court to further expand his visitation to one-half of the summer and for right of first refusal to care for the child when the mother could not. Father also requested a modification of ... More...   $0 (01-26-2005 - OK)

1 We granted certiorari to determine: 1) whether a judicially developed exception to the Federal and Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Acts ---- known as the "existing Indian family exception" ---- remains viable; and 2) whether evidence of the refusal to support the mother during the pregnancy is sufficient to warrant adoption without the father's consent under 10 O.S. 2001 §7505-4.2.1 Even where ... More...   $0 (12-07-2004 - OK)

[2] On September 22, 2000, Terry Bell (Bell) was involved in the third o... More...   $0 (12-02-2004 - WY)

These appeals are from an order awarding attorney's fees pursuant to Section 57.105, Florida Statutes, and from an order dismissing an amended counterclaim and third-party complaint. These appeals have been consolidated for purposes of our appellate review. For the sake of clarity, however, we will separately address the issues involved in each appeal, after a recitation of the facts an... More...   $0 (11-10-2004 - FL)

This case calls upon us to decide, as a matter of first impression in this state, whether an unmarried man who has expended funds to support a child, in reliance on the mother's representation that he is the child's father, may sue the mother on an unjust enrichment theory for the return of the funds after discovering that the child is not his biological offspring. As a matter of public policy... More...   $0 (10-22-2004 - CA)

This manufacturing defect case arises from a tragic single-vehicle accident, which resulted in the deaths of four occupants and serious injuries to three other occupants. Appellees, the surviving driver and occupants and estate administrators of the decedents (collectively, "the Plaintiffs") sued Appellant Cooper Tire & Rubber Company ("Cooper Tire"), asserting that a tire on the vehicle faile... More...   $11508080 (10-14-2004 - TX)

In this proceeding to modify a paternity judgment, Jena R. Hume appeals from the district court's order denying permission to remove the child to Colorado and granting an increase in child support. Because we conclude that the trial court did not abuse its discretion except in determining the mandatory retirement deduction and in granting only a prospective increase in child support, we affirm as ... More...   $0 (08-24-2004 - NE)

¶1 Defendant/Appellant Kevin Wayne Smith (Father) seeks review of the trial court's order sustaining the objection of Plaintiff/Appellee Beth Ann Smith (Mother) to a "decision" by the court-appointed Parenting Coordinator modifying custody of the parties' minor child from Mother to Father. Having reviewed the record, we hold the order of the trial court should be affirmed.

¶2 Of the marri... More...   $0 (08-12-2004 - OK)

Darlene Jefferson ("Wife") appeals from the judgment holding Simuel Jefferson ("Husband") not to be the father of her child, A.A.O.J. ("Daughter"), and dismissing her petition to have Husband declared Daughter's "equitable parent." Wife asserts the trial court erred in that it did not exercise its equity powers to find Husband to be Daughter's father because he supported Daughter since her birth. ... More...   $0 (06-30-2004 - MO)