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Javier v. Comm'r of Social Sec.

Family Law, Government Benefits
Under Philippine law, Article 170 of the Philippines Family Code bars all persons other than the husband from making a paternity challenge.

In re Gwynne P.

Family Law
In a matter of termination of parental rights, judgement is affirmed where the child has severe developmental deficits due to maternal drug use and...

In re Madison H.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
In the matter of a dispositional order making a child a ward of the court, the decision is reversed and remanded where: 1) it is possible for the...

Norton v. McOsker

Contracts, Family Law
In a breach of contract claim stemming from the dissolution of an intimate relationship, dismissal of plaintiff's suit is affirmed where she fails to...

In re Marriage of Starkman

Family Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A paragraph in a husband and wife's trust agreement, which provides that the property transferred to the trust is community property, is insufficient...

Cavanaugh v. Cardinal Local Sch. Dist.

Education Law, Family Law
Non-lawyer parents may not represent their child in an action brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.

Rafferty v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Family Law, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's order awarding plaintiff a former spouse survivor annuity constitutes an improper modification under 5 U.S.C. section 8321(h)(4)...

In Re Anthony H.

Civil Procedure, Family Law, Juvenile Law
The juvenile court erred when it decided that plaintiff's petition for disclosure of the juvenile records of her grandson was barred by res judicata.

Warren v. Office of Pers. Mgmt.

Family Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Defendant did not provide the husband-employee with the requisite notice of his right to make a post-divorce election of a survivor annuity for his...

Imperial County Dep't of Social Serv. v. Marianne G.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
Termination of defendant's parental rights is affirmed over her claim that insufficient evidence supported the finding of adoptability and the finding...