Word: parented
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Still, in most of these cases, fathers are unlikely to claim their biological offspring. Many do not know that they have children; others would refuse to admit paternity. The ability of biological parents to win custody also varies from state to state. Some states allow a parent up to two years to return and claim either fraud or duress in order to win back a child. In Iowa, where the Schmidts live, court rulings allow the father to "come back at any point in the child's life," says Seader. In New York State, however, the court of appeals ruled...
...they decided to fight instead, and a legal stay permitted them to keep Jessica while the appeals proceeded. They argued that Dan was not a fit parent; why was he so intent on being a father to Jessica, they asked, when he had two other children by two other women whom he had made no effort to help raise? Robby wrote letter after letter to children's-rights advocates around the country. She talked to reporters. In January the Iowa Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, but the appeals process dragged on for months. Dan and Cara got married...
...here that the story of Jessica promises to rip open the debate over what it means to be a parent, and what rights children have when their parents and guardians take refuge in the law. In many states the rights of biological parents are all but inviolable; only in extreme cases are courts willing to terminate a parent's right to custody. But as stories emerge of children who are plainly suffering the consequences of being treated more like property than people, the tide has begun to turn...
...single parent earning $16,000 would gain from a larger earned-income credit. Currently, this person would get a $734 refund, because the credit would be larger than the taxes owed. That would jump $636 under the House plan and $494 in the Senate's. The family's energy taxes would rise $89 in the House plan and $35 in the Senate. Total impact: taxes down $547 (House) to $459 (Senate...
...Baby Bells are customers as well as $ competitors. The seven regional companies, for instance, account for 40% of AT&T's $7.7 billion in sales of central-office telephone switches. That percentage, however, has been declining as the local phone companies try to reduce their dependence on their former parent...