Supreme Court overturns ruling barring mom's move

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a lower court decision barring an Idaho mother from moving to another state after her divorce.
The justices concluded Friday that that 6th District Magistrate Judge Gaylen Box had no authority to prevent Aneka Allbright from moving to Michigan with her new husband.

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Joe Jackson Sent Packing by Child-Custody Agreement

Joe Jackson might want to start scanning the "Roommates Wanted" section of Craigslist.

Showbiz 411 reports that the child-custody agreement forged between deceased King of Pop Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe and Jackson's mother Katherine has a non-negotiable clause that Jackson's father Joe must move out of the family home in Encino, California.

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Fight for Custody Rights of Military Parents

Lieutenant Eva Slusher, a Kentucky mother and member of the National Guard, was shocked in 2004 when she returned from deployment to find she had lost custody of her daughter. A costly and timely custody battle later that included her military service used against her, Slusher regained custody of her daughter. Ohio Congressman Michael Turner heard about her plight and has introduced a bill that would not allow military service to be used against a parent in a custody case.

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Dad's Custody Battle Hits "Brick Wall"

It's been more than two years since 5-year-old Liam McCarty was taken from his home in New York, and brought illegally to Rome by his mother.

Now 8, Liam is not living with either of his parents, but rather at an orphanage facility run by Italian Social Services because his mother was deemed unfit to parent. The child's father

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2 families vie for custody of baby girl taken from womb

Two families are seeking custody of the newborn authorities are calling Baby Jane Doe, the child stolen from her mother’s womb last month. But for at least the next month, the child will remain in state custody, a judge ruled during a closed-door hearing yesterday in Worcester Juvenile Court.

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