Reportedly, Los Angeles divorce papers from Los Angeles Superior Court show Corey Feldman’s wife Susannah Feldman has filed for divorce and wants sole custody of their young son.

Susannah Feldman apparently cited irreconcilable differences in the Los Angeles divorce papers as the reason for divorce after seven years of marriage. Reportedly, Los Angeles divorce papers indicate Susannah Feldman wants custody of their 5 year old son Zen with visitation rights for Corey Feldman in addition to an unspecified amount of spousal support.

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Reportedly, Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock is involved in a child custody battle with her husband’s ex-wife, Janine Lindemulde — “a pornography star and convicted fraudster.” Reportedly, Since January 2009, Sandra Bullock and husband Jesse James have been bringing up Sunny, James’s five-year-old daughter, while the girl’s mother, Janine Lindemulder, was serving a six-month sentence for tax evasion.

Reportedly supported by Sandra Bullock, Jesse James has now asked an Orange County judge in the Orange County Superior court, near Los Angeles, to rule on whether Lindemulder is a fit mother. In a statement to Orange County court, Jesse James suggested Sunny may not be safe with his ex-wife, adding that she should be “restrained from allowing the child around pornographers, drug addicts, guns and firearms, felons and other unsafe environments.”

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Another report by the Orange County Register covered the tragic story of the UCI shooting that resulted in the fatality of a woman, Bekki Clarke, whose ex-husband, Brian Hughes Benedict, just 3 days prior was “scolded” by Orange County Judge Nancy Pollard in the Orange County Superior Court — reducing his child custody to every other weekend and doubling his child support. The Orange County Register previously reported on this story.

Brian Benedict was accused of wanting to kill himself, allowing his 4-year old to play outside unsupervised, encouraging his son to dive off a 10-foot diving board, keeping a gun in his apartment, returning son to mother with dirty clothes and scraped knees, allowing son to ride in car short distances without being strapped into a car seat, and having a bathroom filled with bacteria. Bekki Clarke reportedly sought to prove Brian Benedict was an unfit parent and wanted to convince the judge to increase the fathers child support obligation.

According to the report, what drove Brian Benedict to allegedly kill Bekki Clarke remains a mystery, but the afternoon-long hearing in family law court in Orange hints at possible triggers, according to a transcript obtained by The Orange County Register.

Child Custody Ruling. After Judge Nancy Pollard criticized Brian Benedict in the Orange County courtroom for allowing their son to play outside without supervision, Judge Pollard awarded mom sole custody, and gave visitation to dad every other weekend.

Child Support Ruling. Brian Benedict had been paying Clarke $450 a month in child support based on an agreement they had worked out. Pollard ordered it increased to $920, based on an imputed income of $84,000 per year for Benedict – what he was making at Northrop Grumman when he left to return to school. Judge Pollard showed little sympathy to Benedict’s studies, saying “the care and maintenance of his child is ultimately more important.” Reportedly, judge Nancy A. Pollard said, “He just refuses to accept that responsibility and wants to do something that will enhance his enjoyment because he thinks it’s more fun.”

Could courtroom conduct of Judge bear any blame or reponsibility in “UCI slaying: Divorce foreshadowed violence”? You be the judge.

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Who gets custody of child if never married? unmarried child custody situations present different child custody issues for both the unwed mother and unwed father. Unwed fathers seeking access to their children often find themselves fighting an uphill battle to gain child custody and visitation rights as the family court system is often stacked against them. Most states award sole physical custody to unwed mothers unless the mother is completely unfit or the father files a petition for rights, establishes paternity, and a judge awards joint child custody or visitation rights to the father. For unwed mothers the battle in unmarried child custody situations is almost always with seeking financial support. For full article click here.

Reportedly, divorced fathers in Japan are fighting hard to see their children. Japan child custody laws reportedly grant custody to only one parent, which is almost always the mother. Japanese law doesn’t explicitly say mothers should get custody — only that one parent should, but by cultural default, that’s the mother.

On Christmas Eve two years ago, Masahiro Yoshida reportedly returned to his home to find it empty. His wife had fled with their 2-year-old daughter, seeking a divorce. Since then, he’s rarely seen his child because Japanese law grants custody to only one parent — almost always the mother. His wife has refused to allow him regular visits, accusing him of emotional swings and past verbal and sometimes physical abuse.

Yoshida, a 58-year-old musician, is among a small but growing number of divorced or separated fathers who have turned to the courts to get child custody, or at least gain a right to see their children. More broadly, many are demanding a change in Japanese law to allow joint child custody, as is the case in most developed countries.

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Reportedly, Avril Lavigne divorce papers were filed by Avril Lavigne in the Los Angeles Superior Court requesting that the Los Angeles court deny spousal support to her estranged husband Deryck Whibley, the Sum 41 musician.

Avril Lavigne divorce papers reportedly cited irreconcilable differences by Lavigne and said that their property rights are to be determined. Avril Lavigne, 24 years old, and Deryck Whibley, 29 years old, were reportedly married for three years — and announced their separation last month. Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley do not have children together.

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Reportedly, South Florida Catholic priest David Dueppen admits he fathered a baby with a former stripper, and now wants child custody of the infant girl.

David Dueppen, in documents filed in Miami-Dade family court, said he wants to be the primary caretaker of baby Marilyn Epiphany, who was born in January. Reportedly, “He has never denied paternity for the child and he would like to be very involved in the child’s life,'’ his Floriday child custody attorney, Raymon Rafool, said Wednesday.

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Did Sandra Bullock divorce husband Jesse James? It appears that Sandra Bullock and husband Jesse James are not divorced but rather happily married. There’s no evidence to support a Sandra Bullock divorce. It was reported on September 25, 2009 that Jesse James arrived in Fayetteville on Thursday for two days of Bikes, Blues & BBQ and plans to promote his clothing line Sunday afternoon at the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Reportedly, Jesse James said his wife Sandra Bullock isn’t coming along as “one of us has to stay home and work.”

Reportedly, the latest news related to the Jon Kate Divorce rumor is the report of court records showing that a ruling on the Jon and Kate divorce case probably will be made on October 20. Reportedly, a hearing has been scheduled for the Jon and Kate Gosselin divorce on that date in Norristown, Pa., in the Montgomery County court, in front of a judge.

Reportedly, since Kate Gosselin filed for a no-default divorce from Jon Gosselin, it looks likely that the Jon and Kate divorce case will be finalized. Celebrity lawyer Mark Jay Heller will represent Jon Gosselin and local lawyer Cheryl Young will represent Kate Gosselin. Mark Jay Heller represented David Berkowitz in a dispute over the killer’s memoirs. Heller also represented Manhattan Madam Kristen Davis in 2008.

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Reportedly, the UC Irvine graduate student, Brian Benedict, is accused of shooting his ex-wife, Rebecca Benedict, to death on-campus housing at UCI on Sunday night during a child custody exchange of the couple’s 4-year-old son, police announced this morning. The incident followed a hearing just a couple days before where Brian Benedict was ordered by Orange County Superior Court judge Nancy A. Pollard to more than double child support payments to his ex-wife. Police stated Brian Benedict, 35, shot Rebecca Benedict, 30, just before 7 p.m. in the parking lot outside the Verano graduate student apartments on Verano Place.

Reportedly, on Thursday, Orange County Superior Court judge Nancy A. Pollard issued a ruling in their divorce case that apparently could have forced Brian Benedict to drop out of school to earn more to pay child support. The Orange County Superior Court judge Nancy Pollard also referred to a recent suicide attempt by Brian Benedict.

After just two and a half years of married life, Brian and Rebecca Benedict separated on September 30, 2006. Rebecca Benedict filed for divorce January 16 of this year; and the case was decided on Thursday.

Reportedly, Rebecca Benedict’s finances didn’t look much better than her ex-husband’s. She had a year still to go for a needed degree. Her new dog-breeding business hadn’t taken off yet, she told Orange County Superior Court judge Nancy Pollard. It was her second failed business in recent years.

Rebecca Benedict apparently took her half of a joint $80,000 savings account and tried to start a business taking pictures of children on pony rides. The three horses she bought – Sasha, Little Foot and Silver – are listed in the couple’s joint property. But Rebecca wanted Orange County Superior Court judge Nancy A. Pollard to know that, “due to the current economy, the pony rides and picture business has not been generating income.”

The couple agreed that Brian would pay $450 per month in child support, according to stipulations in their divorce case file. Then, on Thursday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Nancy A. Pollard ordered him to pay $920 a month in support, more than double his child support payment, basing the ruling on his higher income in earlier years.

“The court finds that the care and maintenance of the child is more important than the care and maintenance of the father’s schooling,” the summary of the ruling reads.

Even before the ruling, Brian Benedict was distraught. Pollard refers to a recent suicide attempt, ordering “that if another incident of suicide or attempted suicide occurs, petitioner (Rebecca Benedict) can come in ex parte (by herself).”

Rebecca Benedict’s lawyer did not return a phone call requesting more information about the case. Brian Benedict represented himself in the divorce.

Authorities say the shooting is the first ever homicide at UC Irvine. For the full story by The Orange County Register click here.

You might ask, “How does divorce affect children?” The impact of a divorce on children will likely vary from child-to-child and situation-to-situation. But I think most will agree that in general, divorce has a negative impact on children. With nearly half of all marriages ending in divorce you might ask, “Is remmarying after divorce to provide a two-parent environment rather than a single parent home good for my child?”

According to a study by Claire Kamp Dush, an assistant professor of human development and family science at Ohio State, “Based on this study, we can’t say for sure that marriage will be a good thing for the children of single mothers, particularly if that marriage is unhealthy and does not last. According to the study, stability, regardless of whether it’s a single parent or two-parent household may help a child succeed in school and life.

The findings, by an Ohio State University professor, challenge the conventional wisdom that two-parent households are always best for children. A single parent marrying or moving in with a partner may be as disruptive to a child as a divorce, the author suggests.

Reportedly, San Diego Divorce Lawyer, Steven R. Liss, accused of repeatedly soliciting the murder of his wife was released from jail. La Jolla family-law attorney Steven Robert Liss was reportedly jailed on suspicion of repeatedly soliciting the murder of his wife but the DA’s office say they don’t have enough evidence to charge him.

Reportedly, San Diego divorce lawyer Steven Liss caught the attention of 10News I-Team after they received a “flood of calls and e-mails from frustrated former clients.” Outcomes of previous bar disciplinary action againt Steven Liss going back 7 years is publicly available on the CA Bar website. San Diego divorce lawyer Steven Liss has reportedly been cited for “multiple acts of wrongdoing” … of “intentionally, recklessly, or repeatedly failing to perform legal services with competence.”Searching for additional reviews about attorney Steven Liss returned some rather shocking results.