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• Man Ordered to Pay Child Support for Another Man's Child - A Michigan man was ordered to pay child support for a child that was not his. The man's wife, whom he had recently separated from, had given birth to a baby after separation but before being divorced.


• Unexplained Illness Leads to Child Custody Battle - A 15-year-old Connecticut girl by the name of Justina Pelletier, who was in the midst of both a child custody and medical dispute, has finally been discharged from Boston Children's Hospital.


• Probate Judge Pushes for Consensus in Zoey Belcher Child Custody Case - After hearing testimony from prospective guardians and a child psychology expert, the probate commissioner in the Zoey Belcher child custody case urged both sides to reach a consensus agreement.


• Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller in Court Over Child Custody - Actor Charlie Sheen and his ex-wife Brooke Mueller are once again headed for a legal dispute over child custody and support payments for their four-year old twins Max and Bob.


• U.S. Supreme Court Hears Child Custody Case Over Adopted Native American Girl - The United States Supreme Court has a rather unique child custody case involving a 3-year-old girl named Veronica, who has a Native American biological father and non-Indian adoptive parents in South Carolina fighting for her custody


• Federal Court Hears Lawsuit by Man Wrongly Jailed in Child Support Case -Walter Andre Sharpe Jr. was jailed four times and forced to pay $12,000 in a child support case in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.


• Lamar Odom Child Custody Hearing - Los Angeles Clippers forward Lamar Odom is facing off against former girlfriend Liza Morales in what is turning out to be a contentious child custody case in Manhattan Supreme Court.


• VA Pastor Refuses to Testify in Child Custody Case - Rev. Kenneth Miller, a pastor in Virginia, is facing jail time ordered by a federal judge for refusing to testify in a child custody case where he helped the mother to flee the country with her daughter rather than share custody.


• Court Appoints Lawyer for 4-Month-Old Baby in Jovan Belcher Child Custody Case - A Jackson County judge in Missouri has appointed a lawyer for Zoey, the 4-month-old daughter of deceased NFL linebacker Jovan Belcher, who is at that center of a child custody battle between her grandparents.


• Dennis Rodman to Pay $500K Back Child Support - Michelle Rodman, former NBA star Dennis Rodman’s ex-wife, has agreed to a settlement on the child support lawsuit she had filed in Orange County Superior Court.


• Judge Rejects Halle Berry’s Child Custody Motion to Move to France - The child custody battle between actress Halle Berry and model Gabriel Aubry remains stuck in the status quo after a judge rejected her motion to be allowed to move to Paris, France with their 4-year old daughter Nahla.


• MI Judge Sued For Child Support, Neglect and Abandonment - Denise Ketchmark is seeking more than $4.1 million for neglect, abandonment and child support from Genesee Circuit Judge Archie Hayman.


• Adrienne Maloof Is Awarded Custody of Her Three Children - "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Adrienne Maloof was given temporary custody of her and Dr. Paul Nassif's three children on Wednesday following an supposed choking incident involving one of the young children.


• Usher Wins Child Custody After Contested Divorce - Grammy award winning R&B singer Usher, also known as Usher Raymond IV, was awarded primary child custody over his two sons following a contested divorce with Tameka Foster Raymond.


• Randy Jackson's Child Support Nightmare - Michael Jackson’s brother, Randy Jackson, who is apparently $500,000 behind on his child support payments, has asked the Michael Jackson estate to pay the child support.


• Iowa Court Says Social Workers Have Immunity in Child Custody Cases - The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that social workers have qualified immunity from civil liability arising out of child custody cases.


• California Woman to Pay Child Support for Rejecting Adopted Russian Child - Back in 2009, the World Association for Children and Parents helped Torry Hansen complete the process for adopting a Russian child.


• Texas Sperm Donor Wins Child Support Lawsuit in California - An appeals court in California has ruled that Texas bodybuilding champ Ronnie Coleman does not owe any child support payments to a woman who had children from his donated sperm.


• Smoking Could Impact Child Custody Decisions - If you are currently involved in a custody battle, or if you are in the foreseeable future, you may want to quit smoking.


• New York: $900 Trillion Child Custody Case - $900 trillion (in numbers, that’s $900,000,000,000,000) might seem extremely high for a child custody lawsuit, even when a parent is being unjustly deprived of their children.


• Mindy McCready’s Child Custody Hearing - Mindy McCready was ear-to-ear smiles as she exited an Arkansas courthouse following a child custody hearing on Monday.


• More Custodial Parents Finding it Difficult to Receive Timely and Full Child Support Payments - A new study released from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals that just 41.2% of custodial parents received the full amount of support payments owed to them in one recent year, down from 46.8% two years prior.


• Former Spouse Delinquent on Child Support Payments; Owes Former Spouse $6,258 - Charlotte Schoeneman is owed $6,258 in back child support from her former spouse, but to get the state to collect usually means an aggravating and time-consuming wait.


• Children Wrongly Removed Permitted to Remain in Ireland - In December, a wife left the family home with her two children, born in October 2002 and February 2004, and she received a temporary custody and protection order from a New York family court.


• Grandparents Receive Temporary Child Custody in Josh Powell Case - With his kids now in the custody of their maternal grandparents, there is only one way for Josh Powell to obtain custody of them, according to one national child welfare expert.


• Mother of all Child Custody Lawsuits by Fausat Ogunbayo - Fausat Ogunbayo, age 46, claims the City of New York improperly took away her two sons and put them under foster care at a home in Queens.

Do you have questions or concerns regarding a child custody or support matter? If so, contact a child custody attorney in your area to discuss your legal options today.