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Adam Dell Sues for Custody: 5 Facts About the Father of Padma Lakshmi's Baby
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsHe may have packed his knives, but he's not going quietly. Adam Dell has filed suit against "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi, hoping to win full custody of their 11-month-old daughter, Krishna. Lakshmi refused to name the father of her baby while she was pregnant. Dell's identity was not revealed until after she gave birth last February. So who is Adam Dell, and why is he seeking custody? Surge Desk has some answers. 1. You're probably familiar with his family's computers Yes, Dell as in that Dell. Adam's older brother Michael Dell founded his eponymous company in 1984 and remains its ...
Band-Aid Heiress Loses Bitter Custody Fight
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News(Feb. 16) -- Elizabeth Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, lost a bitter and often bizarre four-year battle with her ex-boyfriend Tuesday when New York's highest court ruled that her adoption of a Cambodian orphan should be voided. The court affirmed an appellate court's decision in 2007 that because her ex-partner, Dr. Lionel Bissoon, had already legally adopted the boy in Cambodia, her own later attempt to adopt him in secret in New York was invalid. According to Tuesday's decision, Johnson also did not inform the court of a recent stay in rehab for substance abuse when she ...
Mom Fails to Give Up Child to Ex-Partner
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 1) -- A woman at the center of a complex dispute with her former lesbian partner defied a court order to give up custody of her 7-year-old daughter Friday, opening the door to possible criminal charges. A Vermont judge had ordered Lisa Miller to turn over daughter Isabella to Janet Jenkins at 1 p.m. Friday at the Falls Church, Va., home of Jenkins' parents. Miller did not show up with the girl, according to Fairfax County, Va., police and Jenkins' Vermont-based attorney. "She's very disappointed, obviously," said Sarah Star, Jenkins' lawyer. "She's very concerned about Isabella and ...
Custody Battle Not Over, Brazil Family Says
By not in system - AOL NewsSAO PAULO (Dec. 29) - The Brazilian family of a 9-year-old boy returned by court order to his U.S. father said Tuesday it will fight to regain custody. Lawyers for the relatives of Sean Goldman said they will push forward with a request from his Brazilian grandmother to allow the boy to make his own wishes known in court. "Sean's early delivery does not end the legal process," the lawyers said in a statement. "The legal process in Brazil is not over." ...
New Jersey Dad Rejoices in Return of Son Held in Brazil
By not in system - AOL NewsORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 25) - For the first time in five years, a New Jersey father went to bed knowing that no last-minute legal appeal could keep him from his mop-haired son, who was finally back on U.S. soil after a tumultuous intercontinental custody battle involving his Brazilian stepfamily. David Goldman and his 9-year-old son, Sean, landed in Orlando from Brazil on Christmas Eve before being whisked away in a caravan of three SUVs, heading toward an unknown destination. "My little boy is 5 feet away, sound asleep, peaceful," Goldman, of Tinton Falls, N.J., told NBC during the flight. ...
Father Invited to Brazil for Christmas With Son
By not in system - AOL NewsRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Dec. 19) -- An American man fighting for custody of his 9-year-old son has been invited to spend Christmas with the boy's Brazilian family, the family's attorney said Friday. David Goldman has been locked in a legal battle over custody of his son, Sean Goldman, with the family of the boy's deceased mother. The family's attorney, Sergio Tostes, said Friday that the legal battle had gone too far. "It is about time that Sean's family, and I mean all Sean's family, get together. I am authorized by Mrs. Silvana Bianchi to invite you, Mr. Goldman, to spend Christmas night ...
After Crash, Kids Torn Between Nations
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 13) - Writing a will is an unusual act for a couple in their mid-30s, but Karl and Marisa Heiss did not do ordinary things. An American carpenter and an Argentine social worker, they lived for a year in a teepee in a northern Idaho forest. She homeschooled their two children, teaching in Spanish and English to give them a future in both countries. They had no TV or video games but read books constantly, and the kids created art and music when they weren't outside playing. Bilingual and bicultural, the family didn't quite fit with either country's mainstream culture. Theirs was a ...
The Downside for Female Breadwinners: Losing Your Kids
By Bonnie Erbé - Politics DailyA fascinating article in Working Mother magazine spans the quickly shifting landscape of primary custody battles in divorce cases. Working women, the piece points out, are in the midst of a watershed tradeoff -- as they advance in numbers as family breadwinners, they are losing primary custody of children in divorce cases. More women are losing primary custody because one in four married women now out-earns her husband -- a tidbit not all women will view as advancement. These working women are spending more time at work than at home, and judges are noticing. The sad part is that much of the ...
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