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

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Illinois is a recent addition to the list of American states that have legalized the use of medical marijuana within their borders, subject to varying restrictions. The list is relatively limited, but growing. Medicinal pot is now legal in 21 states and the District of Columbia, with legislative schemes promoting its legalization being at various stages of debate in a number of additional states. Illinois joined the now-legal crowd last year. Here’s a question: Notwithstanding its legality, should a parent’s use of marijuana as

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Monday, May 5, 2014. A recent media article on gay and lesbian parents cites the lack of empirical data to confirm that such a parent having custody rights over a child is inimical to that child’s development. Notwithstanding the absence of any such evidence, though, the publication The Guardian notes that courts and lawmakers sometimes “make that false assumption.” And when they do, states the paper, marked injustice can result in child custody cases. One offered example from Mississippi might be of interest to many of our readers

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Thursday, April 24, 2014. This is a question narrowly posed for Illinois males capable of being biological dads: Are you familiar with the Illinois Putative Father Registry? For starters, it’s likely a fair assumption that many men have never even heard the term “putative,” given that it is certainly not a contender for most-often-used word. A heads-up on putative might be gleaned from words like supposed, presumed or alleged. In the context of family law, where putative commands significant importance, the term implies that a man could be

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Monday, April 7, 2014. Utah would certainly qualify for inclusion on any list of states that serve as lightning rods for triggering fathers’ rights cases in family law matters. In fact, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s recent signing of new legislation that modifies existing adoption law in that state has attracted the attention of fathers’ rights groups across the country. Here’s why. Until passage of the bill, entitled Adoption Act Amendments, a gaping loophole in Utah’s statutory scheme governing adoption allowed a woman from outside the state to simply

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Thursday, April 3, 2014. A Colorado dad’s family law case is finally coming to an end after years of court battles and international intrigue. Because we believe that many of our readers in Illinois, Missouri and elsewhere will find the tale broadly instructive, we convey its material details here. The story starts back in 2010 with a divorce proceeding and protracted child custody battle between Dennis Burns and the mother of his two young daughters. A Colorado court ruled in favor of Burns as the primary residential parent.