No. 1 deadbeat parent pleads guilty to owing $1.2 million" reads the headline from the Associated Press. The article details a father fleeing first to Florida and then to Thailand, resulting in child-support arrears since 2002.His name is Robert Sand and he sits in jail. Deported from the Philippines in November, he was sent to Los Angeles where he was arrested by federal marshals, and then extradited to New York where he has been held without... [...]
BAY CITY, Texas (AP) — For more than 35 years, a Texas man has been in a prison even though an appeals court threw out his conviction on a 1976 murder charge that initially had him on death row.
On Monday, 59-year-old Jerry Hartfield will return to court for a retrial, facing a life sentence if convicted of killing a woman who sold tickets at a Bay City bus station.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers have haggled over who's to blame for... [...]
The financial effects of divorce could be worse than any downturn in the economy. An average bear market lasts 15 months and results in a 32 percent loss in investments, according to investment firm Edward Jones. Meanwhile, a divorce can wipe out 50 percent of a person’s assets and never ends, says Ken Moraif, founder and senior advisor of Dallas-based financial firm Money Matters.“Financially, there are few things more devastating than a... [...]
Children of single parents grow up seeing a very different example of romantic love than those who grew up in a "normal" household. Namely, none at all.Growing up with loving parents can fill you with positive examples of how to handle relationships when you're older. Even having two parents who hate each others' guts can demonstrate what NOT to do. Either way, it's a learning experience.But children of a single parent are left to gain that... [...]
"Hi, my name is Emily, and I'm divorced." That's pretty much how it feels to share this part of my life with people. I might as well wear a big red 'D' on my shirt. What happened? Really bad question to ask a divorced or divorcing person, by the way, but for the purposes of this post: I was young, I was naive, we were in love. By the five year mark, ugliness had overtaken us - so slowly that I didn't even notice. The D-word had never even... [...]
