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The article focuses on how the length of a divorce is primarily controlled by the parties involved, with delays often arising from contentious issues over asset division, exemplified by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's ongoing legal dispute over a French vineyard.

The article shares tips to reduce the stress and financial burden of divorce. It presents the case of Maggie Kim, who has been in six years of negotiations with her ex-husband. It suggests the use of a document or mediation service to allow couples to take full control of the process and help them understand the law. It recommends collaborative divorce as an option for those with significant assets to divide and those unlikely to come up with an agreement using a document or mediation service.

Reports that Kimberly Quinn, the former lover of David Blunkett, who resigned as Britain's home secretary, has given birth to a son. Prospect of a custody battle between Quinn and her husband Stephen and Blunkett.

Details the case of a 25-year-old father living in Brooklyn, New York City, who is fighting to regain parental rights to the son that was taken away from him by a judge who ordered him and his girlfriend to learn how to be better parents. Steven James' family background and career history; His efforts to become a better parent; Difficulty that James is having in getting a job that would help him take care of his son; Organizations that accept donations for cases such as that of James.

Focuses on the activities of a British social movement called Fathers 4 Justice whose aim is to ensure that divorced or separated fathers get fair treatment in custody courts. History of the group; Campaigns and demonstrations held to increase awareness for the group; Proposed changes to the family court process.

Reports on the plea for a new custody trial by Ilsa Kaye in New York City, requesting a mistrial of the"Kaye v. Kaye" divorce and custody case because the relationship of five people involved in the case to the defunct web site SoftSplit.com was not disclosed to her. Arguments by Scott T. Horn, lawyer of Kaye; Questions by the lawyer of Malcolm Kaye.

Comments on the U.S. Supreme Court ruling which emphasizes in effect that once parents are involved in family court proceedings their federal rights are at risk. Violation of the rights of citizens to have the federal judiciary address their claims; Legal custody of children; Discussion of domestic relation issues in state courts.

Discusses the issue over the acquisition of real estate during divorces in the U.S. Decrease in the popularity of assets as targets in divorce proceedings such as stock holdings, bonds, 401(K) plans and equity funds; Recognition of the increasing value of properties on the market; Observation of challenges to traditional child-parent living arrangements by non-custodial partner; Impact of the rise of houses prices on the spousal aggressiveness to acquire the asset; Pervasive fear over a diminishment of lifestyles due to a move.

The article examines a child custody case involving 35-year-old lesbian Chavie Weisberger and her ultra-Orthodox Jewish ex-husband which highlights the legal conflict between personal freedoms and agreements made in Jewish courts. The ruling by New York Supreme Court judge Eric I. Prus that Weisberger should lose custody of her children, largely because she had lapsed in raising them according to Hasidic customs, has been reversed by a state appellate court.

The article reports on the custody dispute between a father, John Orsini, and his ex-wife, to prevent their youngest son from playing high school football because of the link between football and long-term brain damage. Topics discussed include remarks from Allan E. Mayefsky, a leading divorce lawyer, states where most of the disputes over football are occurring, and three sports-related concussions sustained by Orsini's youngest son.

The article informs that U.S. Open finalist and Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka will not be participating in the 2017 U.S. Open as she is in the middle of the custody battle of her son who lives in California.

The article reports on the child Isabella Williams who moved in with her mother Zalika Williams in November 2018 wherein Isabella was taken from her mother's custody after her birth in 2016 due to her mother's substance abuse.

The article reports that children of migrants are not being united with their parents due to involvement of migrant parents in minor offenses, and cites reference of immigrant Jose Atilio Barrera Hernandez has not been released and regain custody of his daughter due to alcohol-related offfense.

The article reports that the Spanish woman Juana Rivas, was sentenced to imprisonment on charges of abducting her children during a custody battle in Madrid, Spain.

The article discusses the custody battle between actor Jason Patric and massage therapist Danielle Schreiber over their son, Gus, who was conceived through in vitro fertilization. Topics include the duo's romantic history and decision to follow through with artificial insemination, the question of Patric's parental rights as a sperm donor, and the actor's foundation Stand Up for Gus, which provides pro bono services for low-income clients facing family law cases.

The article focuses on a custody battle between Olympic skier Bode Miller and Sara A. McKenna, a former Marine. It says that Miller accused McKenna of fleeing to New York to find a sympathetic court, resulting to granting Miller for the custody of their child by a California court. It mentions that a five-judge appeals court in New York has stated that the basic rights of the mother have been violated.

The article focuses on the role religion has played in an increasing number of child custody litigations. Custody conflicts in general have increased since 1980, and the growth of religious intermarriage and religious conversions in the U.S. has created the grounds for the disputes. Judges are extremely reluctant to cite religious issues in child custody rulings on constitutional grounds.

The article reports on the arrest of Mikhail Mallayev, an immigrant from Uzbekistan, who is suspected of killing orthodontist Dr. Daniel Malakov. Mallayev is related to a sister of the victim's wife, Dr. Mazoltuv Borukhova, according to the article. Borukhova was involved in a divorce and custody battle with Malakov when he was murdered on October 28, 2007. The resentments between the two families and how the police discovered Mallayev are discussed.

The article examines the psychology of the parents of adult children who undergo a divorce. The longer and more active lives led by older people means an adult with living parents divorcing is more common. The parents find themselves subject to the same emotional turmoil as their children. They can also endure financial strains from the divorce or become involved in the custody battles over their grandchildren.

This article presents information about the special relationship between Clemson University football player, Ray Ray McElrathbey, and his younger brother Fahmarr. McElrathbey got custody of his 11-year-old brother rather than let him be placed in a foster home. The brothers' mother is a cocaine addict and the father is a gambling addict who is currently incarcerated. Ray Ray was given a waiver by the NCAA so that he can receive aid to help care for his bother.

The author looks at how Hurricane Katrina continues to impact families on the United States Gulf Coast. According to the author, families that were already torn apart by separation and divorce have been particularly effected. The author reviews the case of Bobby F. Spurlock and Zandrea Johnson. According to the author, child custody and support cases in Louisiana have begun to mount.

The article explores how children and fathers are communicating via Webcam and instant messaging. So-called virtual visits between Charles A. Mason III and his daughter Arielle are part of the custody arrangement he and his wife worked out after their divorce. Over the last half-century, custody arrangements have evolved. The legal system is beginning to acknowledge the potential benefits of technology in spanning the emotional and physical distance caused by divorce and separation. More families are experimenting with computer-assisted custody sharing. Debate over the issue is unfolding on the state level.

The article focuses on unwed fathers who are fighting for parental rights. Jeremiah Clayton Jones, who failed to file with Florida's state registry, is appealing the termination of his parental rights. Birth fathers' rights in the U.S. remain a murky area, balanced between the value of biological ties and the placement of babies whose mothers give them up for adoption. Increasingly, courts have found that when birth mothers choose adoption, fathers who have shown a desire for involvement also have rights. But to claim these rights require a father to put his name on a registry.

The article reports that New York State's Matrimonial Commission is calling for an overhaul of divorce and child custody rules, including authorization of no-fault divorces. This would place New York in line with the other states, which allow couples to end their marriages by mutual consent. The state has maintained some of the strictest barriers to divorce in the U.S. The commission, appointed to look into New York's matrimonial laws, called for a range of changes and an emphasis on mediation and procedures to move cases faster through the system.

The article focuses on efforts to make unfriendly divorces more amicable. Increasingly, ex-spouses are showing a willingness to try strategies to lessen the damage to children from a divorce. These include interactive Web sites where parents communicate, an agreement to come to terms without going to court, and so-called parenting coordinators. The increased role of fathers in child rearing has led to more creative joint-custody living arrangements. These efforts go on despited a much-publicized challenge from Elizabeth Marquardt, author of "Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce," who says the pain of divorce is lasting even when efforts are made to minimize it.

Examines the fate of the three children of Robert P. Kissel, an executive at Merril-Lynch, and Nancy Ann Kissell, who was convicted of killing her husband Robert. Revelation that Nancy had served Robert a sedative-laced milkshake before clubbing him to death; Details of the custody battle over the children who stand to inherit a fortune of between $15 and $18 million.

Focuses on the case of Greenwich, Connecticut land developer Andrew M. Kissel, who has been charged by federal prosecutors with operating a fraud scheme that left banks, title companies, and his colleagues in his real estate business facing tens of millions of dollars in possible losses. Review of how Kissel was granted temporary custody of his sister's three children following her arrest in connection with the murder of her wealthy husband; Comments on the children's case from Michael J. Collesano, a lawyer appointed by the New York Surrogate's Court to represent them.

Focuses on the battle of Jacqueline Scott Shield, divorced and with a young daughter, over custody in New York. Refusal of the father to allow the child to move out of the town; Assessment of the custody litigation; Impact of relocation on custody claims.

Reports that forensic evaluators such as psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers have the biggest influence in the outcome of child custody cases in New York City according to lawyers. Impact of the scientific evidence presented by such evaluators to the courts; Details of examples.

Profiles Tonya Pinkins, star of the Broadway theater show " Caroline, or Change". Description of other theatrical roles and plays done; Work as teacher of the class "Tonya Pinkins: The Actorpreneur Attitude" for actors; Court problems related to divorce and child custody; Financial difficulties; Pinkin's salary negotiations.

Reports that court administrators have begun a top-to-bottom review of procedures in the matrimonial division of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn (N.Y.) because of a bribery scheme involving a judge and several court employees. Comments from Judge Ann T. Pfau, who was appointed to oversee the court, regarding the review being conducted by the Inspector General's office and the Statewide Administrative Judge for Matrimonial Matters; Details of the bribery scheme run by Justice Gerald P. Garson involving custody and divorce proceedings.

The article discusses the case of ex-convict David Rodriquez who is turning his life around to gain custody of his child, Jada.

Reports on the problem of determining property rights and custody of seven frozen embryos in a divorce case between Mary Sue Davis and Junior Lewis Davis of Maryville, Tenn. Biomedical ethics and statute of an embryo discussed; Contracts dealing with disposition of unused eggs customary but not required.

The article offers national news briefs including the approach by senators for surveillance inquiry to Inspector General I. Charles McCullough III, retirement of Lois Lerner who is involved at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Tea Party scandal, and the custody of Cherokee girl Veronica.

The article reports on the continued custody battle of an American Indian child despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that an American Indian child should not have been taken from her white adoptive parents in 2011 to live with her biological father.

The article offers news briefs on current events in the U.S. as of July 18, 2013 which include the defeat of Indian American father Dusten Brown in a custody suit in South Carolina, the police reform signed by the Puerto Rican government and the Justice Department and the nomination of Samantha Power as ambassador to the United Nations.

The article reports on a U.S. Supreme Court hearing of a case involving the custody of a three-year-old girl, grounded on several factors such as adoption dispute, American Indian tribe protection, and the child's best interests.

The article reports that Yulia A. Kuzmina, a Russian mother, requested President Vladimir V. Putin to regain her parental rights to her younger son, Kirill, on February 20, 2013 after her older son, Max, died under the custody of foreign couple Alan and Laura Shatto in Texas.

The article discusses a court case wherein a parent has sought custody for his child who was born through fertilization in vitro in New York.

The article reports on child support issues in the U.S. and cites the case of Robert D. Sand for non-payment of child support. According to the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance in New York, 23 parents out of 760,000 owe their children $1 million or more. It also cites the case of Robert D. Sand for nonpayment of child support because of his perennial absence as he was labeled by the U.S, Department of Justice as one of the Most Wanted Deadbeat Parent.

The article discusses the significant role of the Children's Aid Society, one of the beneficiary organizations supported by the New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, in helping Jose Valentin to obtain a permanent home and custody of his children. It notes that Valentin is in custody battle with the children's mother and has lost his job after being required to complete parenting and domestic-violence prevention classes. It adds that Valentin is also eager to get back to work.

The article focuses on the case of Sergeant (Sgt.) Jeffrey Lee Chafin and her wife Lynne Hales Chafin regarding child custody. It mentions that when Sgt. Chaffin served in Afghanistan, his wife was in Scotland, and their daughter E.C. was born in Germany. It adds that when the family moved in Alabama, Sgt. Chaffin filed a divorce due to an arrest for his wife with domestic violence. It discusses The Hague Convention treaty that asks Alabama's federal court to let E.C. return in Scotland.

The article reports on the custody case of the daughter of Army sergeant Jeffrey L. Chafin and an American Lynne H. Chafin after their marriage breakup. It says that in 2010, Ms. Chaffin take the full custody of her daughter and take her daughter to Scotland under Hague Convention which requires the child's habitual residence. It adds that the federal judge ruled that the child's residence was in Scotland but Mr. Chafin appeals to the federal appeals in Atlanta on his custody for his daughter.

The article focuses on the use of technology on joint custody of divorced couples. It says that Erin McGillivray, who broke up with her fiancé before they got married, is using the e-mail to communicate the schedules, drop-offs, and pickups of their children. Divorce lawyer Lubov Stark adds that the in-your-face aggravation and emotional side of joint custody is taken away by e-mail.

The author reflects on the press conference called by feminist lawyer Gloria Allred with her client Natalie Khawan on Khawan's involvement in the scandal between Paula Broadwell and General David Howell Petraeus. She mentions that the Khawan and Allred do not provide information on the scandal but rather inform the reporters on the appeal she filed to reverse the court decision on the custody of her son. She adds the access of Broadwell, Khawan, and her twin sister Jill Kelley to top generals.

To the Editor: Re ''In Whose Best Interests?'' (Sunday Review, May 20): [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IN divorced families, whose needs count for more: those of parents or those of children? When parents divorce, their child custody plans are supposed to place the ''best interests of the child'' first. We know children's needs change as they grow. Unfortunately, the way we develop and maintain custody schedules ignores that, and often makes children feel helpless by denying them any influence over the arrangements that govern their lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that Chile must pay damages to a judge who was denied custody of her three daughters by the Supreme Court in 2004 because of her sexual orientation. The ruling by the human rights court, a judicial entity of the Organization of American States, requires Chile's government to pay the judge, Karen Atala, left, $50,000, in addition to $12,000 in court costs. The February ruling, which was made public on Wednesday in Chile, is the latest development in a multiyear legal battle waged by Judge Atala, a lesbian who had lost custody of her daughters to her ex-husband, also a judge. Judge Atala's lawyer called the decision ''historic'' for Chile's legal system. Justice Minister Teodoro Ribera said Wednesday that Chilean authorities had acted to protect the ''superior interests of the children involved,'' but he also said Chile would respect the ruling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The two families fighting for custody of two young boys whose mother was killed in New Jersey this summer will share the children for now, according to a temporary agreement approved on Monday by a Family Court judge in Brooklyn. The mother, Nazish Noorani, was killed on Aug. 16 in a shooting outside her sister's house in Boonton, N.J., that authorities said was arranged by her husband, Kashif Parvaiz, and a female associate of his from Boston. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]