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Published: 01/26/11

Adam Dell Sues for Custody: 5 Facts About the Father of Padma Lakshmi's Baby

By  Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL News
Adam Dell Sues for Custody: 5 Facts About the Father of Padma Lakshmi's Baby

He 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 ...

Published: 08/14/10

Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Agree on Custody of Son

By  not in system - AOL News
Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Agree on Custody of Son

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Aug. 14) - Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have reached a custody agreement for their toddler son, Tripp. The 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin earlier this month called off her re-engagement to the 20-year-old Johnston. Paul Sancya, AP Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston attend the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., in September 2008. The ex-couple have agreed on custody of their young son. On Friday, Palin family attorney Thomas Van Flein confirmed a report that the couple have agreed on custody. He says Palin gets primary physical ...

Published: 04/5/10

Grandmother Fights for Visitation in Goldman Case

By  David Knowles - AOL News
Grandmother Fights for Visitation in Goldman Case

(April 5) --The familial saga, along with its legal maneuvering, continues. The grandmother of Sean Goldman, the 9-year-old at the center of a bitter, five-year custody dispute, says the boy's father, David Goldman, is denying her the right to visit or speak to the child now since Goldman brought him from Brazil to live in New Jersey. According to The Associated Press, Silvana Bianchi, Sean's grandmother and Goldman's former mother-in-law, filed an emergency appeal with a U.S. judge so she could visit the boy on a recent trip to New Jersey. The request was denied, but a visitation hearing ...

Published: 12/29/09

Custody Battle Not Over, Brazil Family Says

By  not in system - AOL News
Custody Battle Not Over, Brazil Family Says

SAO 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." ...

Published: 12/13/09

After Crash, Kids Torn Between Nations

By  not in system - AOL News
After Crash, Kids Torn Between Nations

(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 ...

Published: 11/20/09

The Downside for Female Breadwinners: Losing Your Kids

By  Bonnie Erbé - Politics Daily
The Downside for Female Breadwinners:  Losing Your Kids

A 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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