The ex-wife of Anger Management star Charlie Sheen has failed in her second attempt to have temporary custody of her children removed from Denise Richards.
Brooke Mueller, the actor's third wife, recently lost custody of she and Sheen's twins after entering rehab for alleged drug problems - at the famous Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage. Richards, Sheen’s second wife,
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Girls whose fathers leave before their fifth birthday are much more likely to have mental health problems as teenagers, a study has found.
Twenty three per cent of girls whose fathers were absent during their early childhood reported sadness and fatigue as teenagers, researchers from the University of Bristol discovered – almost twice as many as girls whose parents leave later.
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The estranged husband of media personality Bethenny Frankel has grown tired of her discussing their split in the media, RadarOnline reports.
Pharmaceutical salesman Jason Hoppy has now told his attorney to try and persuade the
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14 May 2013
The US government has rejected calls from child abduction campaigners to threaten sanctions against Japan.
According to a report in the Japan Times, ‘hundreds’ of American children have been abducted from the United States into Japan by alienated parents – more than any other country.
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The Obama administration must do more to tackle unresolved parental child abduction cases, a US politician has claimed.
Chris Smith, the Republican Representative for New Jersey, told a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that:
“The status quo is simply not adequate.”
The hearing was focused on cases of abduction by parents into countries which have not
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Multinational security services company G4S has been appointed the official supplier of the new Child Maintenance Options service.
The Crawley-based company was awarded a five year, £18 million contract to run the service following a competitive tender.
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9 May 2013
Abuse of prescription drugs contributed to the collapse of musician Peter Wentz’s marriage, Rolling Stone magazine reports.
The 33 year-old is bass player and lyricist for rock band Fall Out Boy. He married actress
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8 May 2013
Reality TV star Porsha Williams has denied claims that her recent separation from US football player Kordell Stewart was a publicity stunt to boost ratings for the The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
According to reports, the 30 year-old singer only discovered that Stewart had filed for divorce when she saw the news online earlier this year. But rumours circulated that the story had in fact been contrived to boost her rankings on the show.
However, a representative for Williams has firmly denied this, telling TMZ that the
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8 May 2013
Charlie Sheen’s two children by former wife Brooke Mueller have been removed from her care by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
According to a Radar Online report, the four year-old twin boys, Bob and Max, were taken into care due to concerns about Mueller’s alleged drug use. The children are now
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7 May 2013
Actor Ethan Hawke drew on his experiences of life as a divorced Dad in forthcoming romantic drama Before Midnight.
The 42 year-old reportedly told Entertainment Weekly: “Anybody who's divorced will tell you that the transition at the end of the summer, which, as a father, is the one time of year where
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1 May 2013
No one needs a family lawyer to tell them that the children are the most vulnerable participant in any divorce. Young children derive their whole sense of themselves and their place in the world from their parents, so if Mum or Dad suddenly decamps in
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1 May 2013
American actress Kelly Rutherford says she is ‘on the brink of bankruptcy’ after an extended custody dispute with German ex-husband Daniel Giersch.
The couple’s two children – six year-old Hermes and three year-old Helena – live with their father in Monaco. Last summer a judge granted Giersch primary custody after his visa was revoked and he was banned from entering the US.
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1 May 2013

The number of family disputes referred to the Head of International Family Justice for England and Wales has almost quadrupled in four years, according to new figures.
Referrals increased from 65 in 2008 to 253 during 2012, the judge’s office reports.
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29 April 2013
A father has regained the right to supervised contact with his two children at a Court of Appeal hearing.
The man had only been allowed supervised contact due to concerns that he might try to take the children back to his home country. However, when the contact centre involved
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