family law, worldwide
Posted in Middle East on Jun 29th, 2008
When I blogged about the little Yemeni girl who filed for divorce from her 30-year-old husband by herself here, the story hadn’t been picked up by many major news outlets. Now the New York Times has an in-depth story on how that girl and another are changing the way Yemenis look at child marriage.
“Voices are [...]
Posted in North America on Jun 2nd, 2008
CNN.com reports that today Judge Barbara Walther signed an order allowing all of the children seized from the Yearning For Zion ranch to be released to their parents. The order requires:
The Department of Family and Protective Services will have the right to make unannounced visits to check on the children’s medical and psychological well-being.
The [...]
Posted in North America, Uncategorized on May 30th, 2008
I’ve been following this issue closely since it first was reported. You can see a copy of the original affidavit here. Now the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Child Protective Services had no right to remove the children from the YFZ ranch, upholding a lower court’s ruling. This CNN.com article goes [...]
Posted in North America on May 23rd, 2008
Today a Texas appeals court ruled that the state had not proven that the children on the Yearning for Zion Ranch outside of Eldorado were in “imminent danger” before they were removed. This CNN.com article has the story. Curiously, the ruling did not mean that the children would be returned to their parents.
Instead, the judges [...]
Posted in Europe on Apr 25th, 2008
When Hatun Sürücü was killed by her brothers for living a lifestyle that challenged their traditional, Muslim values, Germans were shocked. Now a charity in Berlin named after Hatun and her son Can has been started to protect women from this kind of violence. In this Spiegel Online article, two Turkish women share [...]
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