Mr. DeLay said on the NBC program "Meet the Press": "When I saw what was going down, I was outraged, I was sickened, and afterwards I was ashamed that the United States government, for the first time that I know of, has raided a private home without a court order and taken the case of -- custody of a child away from the courts and put it into the executive branch".
Specialized treaties allow international norms to address unique problems of particular groups such as assistance and care during pregnancy and childbearing in the case of women, custody issues in the case of children, and the loss of historic territories by indigenous peoples.
The high eastern German level of non-marital births is surprising in view of the fact that German law provides strong incentives for marital childbearing, like financial benefits (tax advantages, spouse insurance, and alimony rights after divorce) and legal advantages in the case of joint custody and in the recognition of paternity (Konietzka and Kreyenfeld 2002).
Early on, she warned that alternate dispute resolution programs could put women at a disadvantage economically or in cases of child custody and support.
In a case heard on Friday at the High Court, the government was accused of "turning women away at the first hurdle" in cases of child custody or division of assets when it bought in new rules that set out mandatory evidence requirements for victims seeking legal aid for private family law cases.
Other problems that can occur in the case of surrogacy include custody battles between the concerned couple and a surrogate mother, what to do when the resulting child is born with a handicap, and one-sided dissolution of a contract by a surrogate mother during pregnancy.
Mexican prosecutors reviewed the evidence, including sworn affidavits from United States law enforcement officials, and agreed to accept the case, taking custody of Mr. González-Sánchez and a sample of the marijuana for use in the prosecution.
"It all just denigrated into a civil case over custody of money," namely John E.'s $200 million slice of the family pie, says Bergstrom.
In about two-thirds of custody cases, children ultimately return to families or relatives, according to the Center for Public Policy Priorities, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group in Austin.
"Of most concern and despite, in many cases, the best efforts of custody staff, we found a dangerous disregard for the risks detainees might pose to themselves or others.
