tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-137406 2009-12-16T07:44:00-05:00 Jeanne Hannah Traverse City Family Lawyer TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a757219b970b 2009-12-16T07:44:00-05:00 2009-12-16T07:44:00-05:00

The Boston Globe condemns today in its editorial section Facebook's downgrading of privacy. You may read it here.

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a755ef20970b 2009-12-15T20:21:28-05:00 2009-12-15T20:25:31-05:00

CBS News reports that a decision is expected tomorrow in Brazil in the Goldman Case. Goldman's attorney, Patricia Apy, says that David Goldman will not be in Brazil expecting to reclaim his son and take him home in light of the possibility of more appeals by Lins de Silva. De Silva is Sean Goldman's stepfather. You may read reports on this recent development in the Goldman case here:

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a7558890970b 2009-12-15T17:55:34-05:00 2009-12-15T17:56:21-05:00

Child support enforcement: The Federal OCSE is attempting to bring together links to State IV-D office home pages all in one place.

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a73e0f8e970b 2009-12-14T12:36:00-05:00 2009-12-11T15:00:11-05:00

Testimony offered at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in a hearing on International Child Abduction has been published on the web site of Chris Smith. According to Smith's reports: Washington, Dec 2 - The heartbreaking stories of left-behind parents whose children are held in other countries were laid out before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) at a hearing on international child abduction and parental access that also included judicial and legal experts, the head of the Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other witnesses.

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a74ec03b970b 2009-12-14T08:01:08-05:00 2009-12-14T08:12:47-05:00

In an Associated Press story reported today online at http://sphere.com, the reasons why parents of young children should have a Will become instantly apparent. The AP reports on an horrific vehicular accident that instantly killed the parents, Karl Heiss and Marisa Bauducco-Heiss and left their 10-year-old daughter with a catastrophic brain injury. Alden, the Heiss' 6-year-old son was more fortunate. A proper car safety seat left him injured, but he has recovered fully.

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a74398cc970b 2009-12-14T07:00:00-05:00 2009-12-14T07:00:00-05:00

How many times have you needed to cite some legal principles regarding interpretation of a statute in a brief? Can you find that brief you wrote last year or the year before? Did you address the specific interpretive rule? Can you import this to your new brief or will you have to spend time researching the law? Here's a very handy tool that I found the other day when I was using Google "on my way to the Forum . . . "

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a74c443a970b 2009-12-13T17:10:02-05:00 2009-12-13T18:15:40-05:00

As earlier posted here, Facebook is becoming a goldmine for family law attorneys. So, the question is: 1) Are you one of my many family law attorney subscribers / readers who needs to educate your clients about how to minimize their exposure to online material that can prejudice the custody battle, OR 2) Are you one of the many resourceful laypersons who daily access my Blog who needs to learn more about minimizing your online exposure in social networking sites to avoid prejudicing your custody battle?

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a7438e1d970b 2009-12-12T11:52:00-05:00 2009-12-12T11:52:00-05:00

The New York Times follows up the very successful article by Laura Munson regarding how to make room for reconciliation instead of simply walking away from a long-term marriage with another article. Titled, "Married (Happily) with Issues," this lengthy article chronicles the efforts of Elizabeth Weil and Daniel Duane to improve their marriage. For those who think enriching a marriage is a worthwhile effort, this article is well worth your time.

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef012876465659970c 2009-12-11T10:53:10-05:00 2009-12-11T23:06:12-05:00

Following a trial, the judge entered a final restraining order in favor of plaintiff J.S., based on findings that the parties were in a dating relationship and defendant J.F. made threatened and otherwise harassed plaintiff. Well, the John argued on appeal that since the plaintiff was a dancer in a club her frequented and he was paying for her company, their relationship did not constitute a "dating relationship" within the meaning of the domestic violence statute. Rather, it was a "professional" relationship.

Jeanne Hannah tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c74da53ef0120a7432c00970b 2009-12-11T10:33:44-05:00 2009-12-11T10:33:44-05:00

A reporter for the Detroit News asked me recently how she could look up the history of certain legislation. I referred her to the law library. On my way to something else in Google today, I came across this valuable website at the University of Michigan. It contains all kinds of information about where to get legislative histories -- some of it available online

Jeanne Hannah