In six issues, including numerous subissues, Appellant Toby Bowen appeals the final decree of divorce that dissolved his marriage to Appellee Shelley Bowen. We will affirm.

II. Factual and Procedural Background

Toby and Shelley married in December 1995. They have three children; the first child was born in 1997, the second child was born in 2001, and the youngest child w

Appellant, Eric Branckaert, appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion for new trial after appellee, Valerie Otou, received a default judgment against him establishing parentage and assessing child support. In eight issues, Branckaert contends that the trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over him, and, even if the trial court had jurisdiction, the court nevertheless abus

In this appeal, the Estate of William R. King challenges an order of the trial court refusing to allow the Estate to be substituted in place of the now-deceased former husband and requiring it to seek enforcement of the final judgment of dissolution in the probate court or, failing that, to file a new civil suit. We reverse.

William and Loyda King divorced in 2008. The terms of their marita

The plaintiff, Henry J. Martocchio, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the motion for contempt brought by the defendants Roland Savoir and Tina Savoir1 (grandparents) and ordering that the plaintiff submit to a psychological evaluation. On appeal, the plaintiff claims, inter alia, that the court improperly concluded that he was in contempt of a previous court order and that the

In this restricted appeal, appellant, Juan Ayala (Juan), appeals from a default divorce decree dissolving his marriage to appellee, Blanca Edit Ayala (Blanca). In nine issues, Juan contends that (1) he is entitled to review by restricted appeal and that the evidence is insufficient to support: (2) the imposition of retroactive child support; (3) the assessment of child support; (4) the imposition

¶1 The Choctaw Nation (Nation) and Anthony Noah (Father) appeal the trial court's decision declining to vacate its order terminating Father's parental rights and finding the child (Child), referred to here as Baby Girl B., eligible for adoption without his consent. Nation also appeals the trial court's decision which denied Nation's Motion For Placement of Child. 1 Upon review, this Court, affirm

Appellant Vilma Granado appeals an order against Appellee Pedro C. Meza for $500.00 in unpaid child support. Granado raises several issues: (1) Meza failed to timely respond to her Notice of Application for Judicial Writ of Withholding; (2) the judgment of $500.00 was inadequate and not based on sufficient evidence; and (3) the trial court erred in failing to award attorney’s fees. In a cross-

Appellant Vilma Granado appeals an order against Appellee Pedro C. Meza for $500.00 in unpaid child support. Granado raises several issues: (1) Meza failed to timely respond to her Notice of Application for Judicial Writ of Withholding; (2) the judgment of $500.00 was inadequate and not based on sufficient evidence; and (3) the trial court erred in failing to award attorney’s fees. In a cross-

Hossain Khoroosi, pro se, appeals from an order denying a petition to waive the fees and costs of a hearing transcript. The circuit court found that Khoroosi was not indigent and therefore was not eligible for a free transcript. We affirm.

¶2 Khoroosi was named in a paternity action. Khoroosi denied paternity at the initial paternity hearing. Numerous proceedings have been condu

This is an appeal of an order entered January 26, 2010, in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, which affirmed a family court order denying Appellant Mickey Justice’s Petition for Modification of a parenting plan involving his special needs son. At issue is whether certain orders of the family court were so vague as to the requirements necessary for a modification that it was impossible for Appe

Defendant-Appellant Cynthia Hurry née Keller appeals the district court’s order denying her summary judgment on Plaintiff-Appellee Ricky Pittman’s claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Hurry, a social worker employed by the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (“CCDCFS”), was the primary case worker for Pittman’s son Najee, who was removed from his mother’s custody by

In this appeal the former wife seeks review of a final order modifying the child custody provisions of the final judgment of dissolution of marriage. The former wife failed to attend the final hearing on the former husband’s petition for modification, despite having notice of the hearing, and now complains that the trial court erred in making a child custody determination without hearing evidenc

The litigation between these parties began some four years ago, in March 2007, when Kevin Q. filed a petition to be declared the father of Lauren W.‟s son under the Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) (Fam. Code, § 7600 et seq.).1 The trial court entered a paternity judgment in Kevin‟s favor, which we reversed. (Kevin Q. v. Lauren W. (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 1119.)

In this appeal, Lauren challen

A settlement was reached in a wrongful death and survival suit brought by the deceased’s estate against the other driver involved in the collision. The circuit court (1) distributed the settlement proceeds among the deceased’s parents and minor child; (2) awarded funeral and burial expenses to reimburse expenditures made by the deceased’s parents; (3) awarded attorney fees and costs to both

In this appeal we review the court of appeals’ decision that plaintiffs Jack and Danette Steele stated a claim for negligent misrepresentation against an attorney with whom they did not have an attorney-client relationship. Steele v. Allen, 226 P.3d 1120, 1124 (Colo. App. 2009). The Steeles allege that attorney Katherine Allen provided them incorrect information about a statute of limitations, w

{1} The central question presented by this case is whether a court may award child support to a minor child who has been emancipated pursuant to the Emancipation of Minors Act (EMA), NMSA 1978, §§ 32A-21-1 to -7 (1995), for the period after emancipation and continuing until the emancipated minor reaches the age of eighteen. This case is consolidated from two district court cases. In the first ca

{1} This case requires us to interpret and harmonize potentially conflicting provisions within our domestic relations, probate, and trust statutes to determine the process through which a decedent’s estate is defined and distributed when one party to a pending divorce proceeding dies before a final divorce decree is entered. Under these circumstances, a provision within New Mexico’s domestic r

In this contested paternity action, after genetic testing established that the defendant was the father of the plaintiff’s child, the trial court awarded pendente lite attorney’s fees to each member of the mother’s litigation team. The father’s appeal contests the amount of the fees awarded to the mother’s attorneys. We must decide whether we have jurisdiction to hear this interlocutory

Don and Janice Schafer married in 1992. Don died the next year. With the help of in vitro fertilization, however, Janice gave birth to W.M.S., Don Schafer’s biological child, a number of years later. Janice Schafer then applied on W.M.S.’s behalf for survivorship benefits under the Social Security Act.

See 42 U.S.C. § 402(d) et seq.

The Social Security Administration rejected W.

Leisa Parra petitions this Court for a Writ of Certiorari, requesting that we quash the trial court’s Order of September 8, 2010, which granted the respondents’ post-verdict motion for jury interviews. This motion argued that every single juror, including the alternate, had concealed litigation history during voir dire. Because we find that the trial court abused its discretion and departed fr

J.L.H. (“Father”) appeals from the trial court’s order in contempt entered against him for failure to pay child support and argues: 1) that the trial court’s failure to advise him of his right to appointed counsel before the contempt hearing, in which the court was considering incarceration as a possible sanction, was a violation of Father’s due process rights, and 2) that the trial cour

[¶1] Andrew Doll appeals from a judgment awarding primary residential responsibility of the parties' minor children to Sarah Doll, now known as Sarah Claeys, and order denying his motion to amend the judgment.(1) We conclude the trial court did not clearly err in awarding primary residential responsibility to Claeys. Therefore, we affirm.

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[¶2] Andrew Doll and Sarah Claeys married

¶1 Chad Gottfried (Father) appeals an order granting a petition by Crisis Pregnancy Outreach, Inc. (C.P.O.) pursuant to 10 O.S.2001 § 7505-2.12 to terminate his parental rights to L.D.B. and to allow adoption of the child without his consent pursuant to grounds stated in 10 O.S.2001 § 7505-4.2. The trial court's order finding Father failed to provide Jamye Beasley (Mother) with support during h

Theresa and Leonard Seale appeal the trial court’s designation of Robert and Donna Brown as joint managing conservators of the minor child M.M. Both the Browns and the Seales petitioned to intervene as parties to a suit brought by the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to terminate parental rights and designate a conservator for the child. The Seales argue on appeal that the t

This appeal raises the question of whether Connecticut law permits an intended parent1 who is neither the biological2 nor the adoptive parent of a child to become a legal parent of that child by means of a valid gestational agreement. The use of technology to accomplish reproduction by means other than sexual intercourse no longer may be considered ‘‘new’’ science, and, indeed, the legisla