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Escaped Convict Arrested More Than 31 Years After Fleeing Prison

The Huffington Post | Hilary Tuttle | Posted 05.25.2012

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More than 31 years after he escaped from prison, Armin Christian's life on the lam has ended. Police have arrested Christian, who has been living q...

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Man With 30 Kids Asks Judge For Break On Child Support Payments

Posted 05.23.2012

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A 33-year-old Knoxville, Tenn. man with 30 children appeared in court this week to ask the state for child-support help, Memphis news station WREG rep...

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Why More Moms Are Paying Child Support

Ken Altshuler | Posted 05.12.2012

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Ken Altshuler

In addition to receiving flowers and cards this Mother's Day, an increasing number of moms will also be setting aside time to send out child support and alimony checks.

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Terrell Owens: 'I Voluntarily Changed Her Child Support'

Huffington Post | Brennan Williams | Posted 05.08.2012

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We had our moments. We’ve always been cordial. It wasn’t until the financial situation started to change. I voluntarily changed her child support,...

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5 Ways To Stretch Your Dollar During Divorce

Brendan Lyle | Posted 04.23.2012

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Brendan Lyle

The divorce process can be a harrowing financial ordeal. Following these 5 easy steps will assist you in making the path a far easier one to walk.

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Why I Wish My Husband Was My Ex-Husband

Pauline Gaines | Posted 04.19.2012

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Pauline Gaines

On more than occasion I have gazed into my second husband's eyes, sighed wistfully, and murmured: "I wish you were my ex-husband.

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Rick Santorum, Karl Marx and Child Support

Margaret Klaw | Posted 04.03.2012

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Margaret Klaw

How would Rick and the tea-partiers feel if the government told them exactly how much money they had to spend on their children every month? And wage-attached their pay checks and deposited those funds in their ex-wives' bank accounts?

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Security Breach May Affect 800,000 In California

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 05.29.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Four computer storage devices containing personal information for about 800,000 adults and children in California's child support ...

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Pro-Life? 7 Actions Men Can Take Today to Cure Abortion in 12 Weeks

Laura Trice | Posted 05.26.2012

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Laura Trice

If men guarded their sperm like $100 bills, only sharing it with a trusted, responsible, cherished woman whom they really loved and cared about, abortion would be a non-issue.

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5 Things Smart Women Do After A Divorce

Alison Patton | Posted 05.09.2012

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Alison Patton

"Why do some women do well after divorce, while others get stuck?" a divorcing client asked me, confronting her worries head on.

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Deadbeat Dads and Child Support Woes

Joshua Shulman | Posted 05.07.2012

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Joshua Shulman

But here's the catch -- do we really want collection efforts to be so thorough that they force poor people onto the streets? The rule will just be one more detail tending to make it literally impossible for poor people to support themselves.

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Why I’m Glad My Ex Stopped Paying Child Support

Pauline Gaines | Posted 04.30.2012

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Pauline Gaines

Last May, the $3000 in child support I had received every month for the past eight years stopped. Instead of feeling angry, I felt relieved.

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New Child Support System Could Cost Poor Men Their Only Income

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 04.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Old child support debts could cost thousands of poor men their only income next year because of a policy aimed at reducing the cost to t...

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Why The Bad Economy Can Be Good For Divorcing Couples

Joseph E. Cordell | Posted 02.24.2012

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Joseph E. Cordell

I am not encouraging divorce, but you should not let a poor economy prevent an inevitable break up. In the stock market, you buy low and sell high. Why would you divorce high and not low?

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'Real Housewives of Atlanta' Courtroom Battle

Posted 02.13.2012

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With a new lawyer in tow, Sheree Whitfield walked into the courtroom for her child support battle with her ex-husband Bob on "The Real Housewives of A...

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7 Things Stay-At-Home Moms Must Do Before Filing Divorce

Thomas Greenwald | Posted 01.21.2012

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Thomas Greenwald

Divorce is a life-changing experience for any family. For the stay-at-home mom, the consequences of ending a marriage can be even more dramatic

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The Top 5 Dirtiest Divorce Tricks

Georgialee Lang | Posted 01.05.2012

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Georgialee Lang

Divorce lawyers are well aware of the grab bag of dirty tricks spouses inflict on each other. Here are my top five dirtiest tricks.

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The 5 Most Unfair Divorce Laws

Georgialee Lang | Posted 12.20.2011

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Georgialee Lang

Clients frequently complain about the unfairness of divorce laws and the courts' reluctance to consider moral issues that are important to litigants, but irrelevant to the court.

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Can Women Justify Giving Up Their Names When They Marry?

Nigel Barber | Posted 11.26.2011

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Nigel Barber

Why are modern women so willing to give up their names, or to change them?

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Congressman: Claims Of Massive Unpaid Child Support 'Wildly Inaccurate'

Posted 10.05.2011

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Freshman Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) told supporters at a town hall meeting on Thursday that claims of his sizable missed child support p...

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Native American Tribes Shield Fathers In Child Support Battles

| Kelley Weiss | Posted 10.05.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Kelley Weiss Mothers around the state are finding it almost impossible to collect chil...

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Do Men Who Pay Child Support Have A Hard Time Remarrying?

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 10.04.2011

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Robert Hughes, Jr.

Kermyt Anderson presents an interesting evolutionary perspective on child support that suggests some interesting findings in a study recently publishe...

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Court Documents Show The Extent Of Joe Walsh's Back Child Support

Posted 09.28.2011

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Documents have newly surfaced detailing the extent of U.S. Representative Joe Walsh's (R-Ill.) alleged lapse on his child support payments to his ex-w...

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Why Stay-At-Home Dads May Get Screwed In A Split

Beverly Willett | Posted 09.25.2011

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Beverly Willett

Last year there were approximately five million stay-at-home moms in the United States. (The number decreased slightly from 2008, statistically insig...

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Does Alimony Reform Put Women At A Financial Disadvantage?

Forbes | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Alimony, Divorce News, Divorce Finance, Divorce, Alimony Reform, Jeff Landers, Child Support, Massachusetts Divorce Reform, Divorce News

Over the past few years, an alimony reform movement, of sorts, has taken shape across the nation, and now many consider "lifetime alimony" a thing of ...

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