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...bulk of her $34 million fortune to Pelosi "absolutely and forever." According to her attorney, the new, 37-page document was in effect when Ammon, 47, died on Aug. 22. It leaves nearly her entire estate to her children, now 13. Their nanny, Kathryn Ann Mayne, is given guardianship, $1 million and free lifetime use of the East Hampton home. Ammon's mother-in-law, Janet Pelosi, gets $250,000. One contractor who worked on her Upper East Side town house gets the same amount, plus a Porsche Carrera. Danny Pelosi is not mentioned...
...East Timorese children cut adrift from their parents by civil unrest. The United Nations estimates there are 400 children like Jacinto and Marito scattered in orphanages and homes throughout Indonesia. Despite the intervention of international agencies and repeated requests from parents for their return, many remain under the guardianship of believers like Hasan who want to raise them as Muslims?as markers in the ancient struggle between Islam and Christianity. "Hasan Basri has stolen our children from us," says Pereira. "Why won't he let them come back...
Adams is not the only parent who has been forced to make this wrenching choice. Though the exact number of children affected is unknown, scores of families in at least 26 states have had to cede legal guardianship--that is, give up the authority to make decisions concerning their child's residence and care--in order to qualify for services. This often involves removal from the home, either to a facility or to the custody of a trained foster family where the child receives intensive care somewhere in the community. Child advocates estimate that 1 in 5 families with mentally...
Domesticated animals such as dogs are chattel in our society. You own a dog. You do not merely hold guardianship over it. However, dogs are not without rights. I cannot go out, buy a dog, and then use the dog to demonstrate the power of my new chainsaw. If I were to perpetrate such a heinous act, I would be brought to court and would face criminal charges. The dog’s interests, then, would be represented in court by the district attorney. Now, if a dog has the right to be represented by a human, how much more...
...prospect of losing their children. Typically, fathers win custody of boys over the age of six and girls after the onset of puberty. Maryam, an Iranian woman, says she has stayed married for 20 years to a philandering opium addict she does not love because she fears losing guardianship of her teenage daughter. "Islam supposedly gives me the right to divorce," she says. "But what about my rights afterward...