The football star and G.O.P. Senate candidate has often praised his relationship with his 22-year-old son, Christian. Left unmentioned: He also has a 10-year-old son.
Tag Archives: Child Custody and Support
When Texas Went After Transgender Care, Part 2
The story of a custody battle that helped raise the political storm in Texas.
Covid Vaccines for Kids Are Dividing Divorced Parents
For some parents who share custody, the Covid vaccine has created a minefield of issues that initial divorce decrees could not have anticipated.
How Medical Care for Transgender Youth Became ‘Child Abuse’ in Texas
A custody battle in the Dallas suburbs amplified a growing conservative cause and helped fuel a move to treat transgender medicine as abuse.
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law on Adopting Native American Children
The Indian Child Welfare Act calls for special solicitude for the sovereignty and heritage of tribes in adoption decisions.
British Court Orders Dubai Ruler to Pay £554 Million in Custody Settlement
The settlement, of about $734 million, resolves a lengthy dispute that began when Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein and her two children fled to London in 2019.
How ‘Shadow’ Foster Care Is Tearing Families Apart
Across the country, an unregulated system is severing parents from children, who often end up abandoned by the agencies that are supposed to protect them.
The Paradox of Alimony for Men
The Supreme Court ruled that alimony is gender neutral in 1979. But, to some, women having to dole out spousal support still comes as a shock.
Eitan Biran Custody Ruling Issued by Israeli Court
Eitan Biran, the 6-year-old survivor of a cable car accident in Italy, should live there with his aunt, not his grandfather in Israel, ruled a judge in Tel Aviv.
In China, Abducting Children in a Bid to Gain Custody
For years, thousands of children in China have been taken and hidden. The practice rose along with the nation’s divorce rate. A new law aims to curb the practice.
When Dasani Left Home
What happens when trying to escape poverty means separating from your family at 13?
International Battle Over 6-Year-Old Cable-Car Survivor Goes to Court
The fate of Eitan Biran, whose parents were killed at an Italian mountain resort in May, has become an international cause pitting relatives in Israel against those in Italy.
In ‘Nuclear Family,’ a Filmmaker Frames Herself
In her new three-part documentary for HBO, Ry Russo-Young revisits a notable custody case: her own.
Lone Survivor of Italian Cable Car Crash Is Subject of Custody Battle
The grandfather of a 6-year-old boy who survived an accident that killed his parents in May is under investigation after taking him to Israel.
At Birth, She Already Had a Case File. At 7 Years Old, She Was Dead.
A child welfare system meant to protect Julissia Batties from an abusive home life failed the ultimate test.
A 7-Year-Old Dies in the Bronx, and Records Show a History of Abuse
Julissia Batties, who was found unconscious with a head injury, had been the subject of a child welfare case since birth. Her half brother admitted beating her, a police official said.
Baltimore Police Officer Charged With Murdering His Teenage Stepson
Anne Arundel County police officers found Dasan Jones, 15, “unresponsive” in an attic crawl space, authorities said. The cause of death was asphyxiation.
Migrant Children Still Vex Biden
The Biden administration’s drive to empty detention centers at the border has created new concerns as children fill emergency shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ma’Khia Bryant’s Journey Through Foster Care Ended With an Officer’s Bullet
The 16-year-old girl was fatally shot while threatening a young woman with a knife. She had spent two years shuttling among Ohio foster homes, hoping to return to her mother.
Overcrowded Border Jails Give Way to Packed Migrant Child Shelters
Federal documents indicate that while the Biden administration has cleared migrant children from border detention centers, now shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services are strained.
U.S. Shows Progress in Moving Migrant Children From Border Jails
New government statistics show a backlog of migrant children being held at Border Patrol facilities contrary to law has greatly diminished.
Ohio Man Pleads Guilty in 2016 Killings of 8 in Same Family
Edward Wagner, 28, who prosecutors said had been in a custody dispute over his daughter, apologized for the Rhoden family murders.
‘Allen v. Farrow’ Episode 3 Recap: Investigations and a Custody Trial
Filmmakers delve into dozens of boxes of records that documented the investigations into Dylan Farrow’s accusation of sexual abuse.
When Co-Parents Clash in a Pandemic
Divorced and separated parents struggle to mediate disagreements on their own.
Mothers, Babies Stranded in Ukraine Surrogacy Industry
Virus travel bans are wreaking havoc on surrogacy agencies that help same-sex couples build families.
The Three Abductions of N.: How Corporate Kidnapping Works
When estranged parents take children across borders, a shadowy industry of “recovery agents” can get them back — for a fee.
France Brings 10 Children of French Jihadists Home From Syria
About 270 children of French citizens remain stuck in Syria, according to rights groups, which argue that leaving them stranded in squalid detention camps exposes them to illness and radicalization.
Child Abuse Cases Drop 51 Percent. The Authorities Are Very Worried.
The coronavirus has shattered the system that protects children, leaving some confined in troubled homes or lingering in foster care.