Table of Contents How to Get Custody of a Child: A Step-by-Step Guide 1. Establish Parentage, If Necessary 2. Determine If You Can Resolve the Issue of Custody Outside of Court 3.

Figuring out how to get custody of your kids can be tricky, but divorce attorney Kevin Chroman explains how to do it — without letting it negatively affect your children.

A mother in Manhattan jumped off a building with her son in 2018. A mother kidnapped her son to Costa Rica in 2018. Finally. There is no cookie cutter manual to child custody litigation.

Dear Newsweek, I have full custody of my two little nieces. They are 5 and 4 years old, respectively, and I'm 54 years old. Long story short, their mother is in prison for drinking under the ...

Mental health advocates say the problem is one of "too little, too late." Even when states try to help children get access to treatment without a custody transfer, the efforts come too late in the ...