Kansas City Divorce & Family Law Blog by Stange Law Firm, PC

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Monday, May 11, 2015. An online overview of an important yet seldom addressed family law topic refers to an “ideal world” in which post-divorce friction between ex-spouses is essentially contained, with resulting salutary effects visited on the children created through their marriage. Although that world does in fact exist for some families, of course, it is far from being the reality for others. It is simply the case in some instances that much of the discord that existed during marriage endures following marital dissolution, with children suffering adverse

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Friday, May 1, 2015. Many people might not realize it, but the way in which courts here in the U.S. currently treat child custody arrangements is the product of a fundamental transformation that occurred roughly 50 years ago. Specifically, the prevailing view adhered to by the courts during the last century was known as the “tender years” doctrine, which dictated that children — especially infants and toddlers — benefited the most by being close to their mothers. This changed in roughly the mid-60s, however, when U.S. courts began

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. We broached the subject of global parental child abduction in our immediately preceding blog post, noting therein that the subject matter can become exceedingly complex in a hurry in a given case (please see our April 5 entry). One such case that was recently reported notes a mother’s departure last year from Utah to China — her native country — with her young son, who is a U.S. citizen. The boy’s father, an American, expected the woman and his son to return after what