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Parents Charged in Faith Healing Case

An Oregon couple has been charged with manslaughter after the death of their 16-year old son. Jeffrey Dean Beagley, 50, and Marci Rae Beagley, 46, tried to heal their dying son, Neil Jeffrey Beagley, with prayer. Neil died June 17 from complications of a urinary tract blockage.

The Psycho Ex – Wife: Free Speech Fight Over Divorce Blog

The Today Show took a look at a website launched by divorcee Anthony Morelli in 2007, titled “The Psycho Ex – Wife.” The website was created to act as a forum to air to air his frustrations about his divorce and contentious child custody dispute.

Alaska Mom Charged With Child Abuse After Feeding Child Hot Sauce

An Alaska woman who put hot sauce in her adopted son’s mouth to get on the “Dr. Phil” show was found guilty of misdemeanor child abuse Tuesday. Mother Jessica Beagley, 36, videoed herself pouring hot sauce down the throat of her 7-year-old adopted Russian son, Kristoff, for misbehaving in school.

Charlie Sheen Hospitalized After Incident at Plaza Hotel

Charlie Sheen was hospitalized after police found him highly intoxicated in a trashed hotel room at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.  Sheen was not arrested because no one filed a formal complaint against him.  Estranged ex-spouses Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen were vacationing in New York with their two young children.  Richards was [...]

Parent Charged Criminally for Teaching 2-Year-Old to Smoke Marijuana

An Ohio mother, Jessica Gamble, has been charged with child endangerment, evidence tampering and “corrupting another with drugs,” according to a grand jury indictment, after prosecutors found that she e-mailed to friends a video of the child puffing on a joint.  The 21 year old mother could face up to 11 years in prison if [...]

Miami Heat’s Dwayne Wade Begins Bitter Custody Battle Against Ex-Wife

NBA superstar Dwyane Wade is ensued in a bitter custody battle over his children, after an ugly divorce that finally settled in June, having lasted nearly three years.  The custody trial began in Chicago on September 8, 2010, where the Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade filed suit for sole custody against his ex-wife, his high [...]

Egyptian Born Ex-Wife Kidnaps Massachusetts Children

Massachusetts father, Colin Bower, is fighting an international custody battle with his ex-wife who has taken the couple’s two minor children to Egypt and has refused any visitation rights.  Bower was granted sole custody of Ramsay and Noor following his divorce from their mother Mirvat el Nady in 2008.  On August 9, 2009, Bower handed [...]

Tiger Woods Divorce Finalized

Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren appeared in a Florida courtroom on August 23, 2010, to finalize their divorce.  This comes nine months after that mysterious car crash Thanksgiving night in Isleworth, Florida.  The couple married in October 2004 in Barbados and have a 3-year-old daughter, Sam, and a 19-month-old son, Charlie.  The marriage was described [...]

When Sperm Siblings Connect Domestic Relations Becomes Relevant

Over the last decade, sperm donor conception has blossomed due to the growing diversity of American families formed by adoption, divorces, single mothers and same-sex couples. Studies estimate 30,000 to 60,000 children are born each year with the help of donated sperm.  Anonymity in sperm donations, however, is decreasing as donor children find one another [...]