Family Law

Beaten on Gay Marriage, Rightbloggers Begin Berating Straights

Maybe it's because everyone's sick of fighting over gay marriage. Maybe it's because our rightblogger friends' tactic of Adam-and-Steving the issue hasn't helped their increasingly hopeless cause, even within the Republican Party. In any case some of the brethren are working a new angle. Well, not ... More >>

NYC Anti-Teen Pregnancy Campaign Targets Deadbeat Dads With Text Message Games

The New York City Department of Social Services launched a new campaign last week, filling bus stops and subways across the five boroughs with a torrent of anti-teen pregnancy propaganda. One subway poster reads," I'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen." Another ... More >>

Video from the Memorial of Alexander Jentzsch; Also: Scientology Commenters of the Week

Filmmaker Mark Bunker put together this video of Friday's memorial held Friday for Alexander Jentzsch aboard the ship Spirit out of Long Beach Harbor in California. It's a simple event with a few people on a boat. But don't underestimate its significance. Since she sent out a message to thousands ... More >>

Tom Cruise Gets Visitation Rights? Why Don't We, Ask Ex-Scientologists Cut Off From Family Members

Fans of Katie Holmes are celebrating that she seemed to get just about everything she wanted in her divorce settlement with Tom Cruise -- reportedly, she's getting primary custody of Suri, and Tom will get visitation rights. And with Katie registering with a Catholic Church in Manhattan, it's a good ... More >>

Behavior Problems Continue To Plague Bronx School; 8-Year-Old Charged With Slashing Classmate With Razor

When school officials at P.S. 132 in Morrisania said last month that behavior problems were rampant at the school, they apparently weren't kidding. The latest episode involves a student slashing a classmate with a razor. That student, police say, is 8 years old.According to police, the 8-year-old sl ... More >>

Attention Craig Dershowitz: It's Just A F**king Dog

Craig Dershowitz says he's blown upwards of $60,000 on legal fees in a custody battle with his ex-girlfriend...over a dog. It's gotten him precisely nowhere -- the girlfriend still has custody of the dog (a "puggle" named "Knuckles") and a judge in California ruled today that that's not gonna change ... More >>

Kenneth Moreno, Former NYPD Officer Acquitted of Rape, Wants to Be a Radiologist

Not Moreno, but maybe, someday, he could do this too. ​Surely you remember Kenneth Moreno, the cop who, along with Franklin Mata, was earlier this year acquitted of raping a drunk woman in the East Village but found guilty of official misconduct and fired from the NYPD? He is now, according to ... More >>

Joseph Brooks, Accused Rapist Who Committed Suicide, Leaves $250K to Personal Trainer

​Whenever you say to yourself, "this can't possibly get worse," remind yourself that it can. And usually it does. In the twisted case of the Brooks family -- Dad, Joseph, who won an Academy Award for "You Light Up My Life," recently killed himself while facing charges of raping or molesting 13 ... More >>

Scientology Operation Against Washington Post Reporter Richard Leiby Exposed

Richard Leiby​After the jump, Leiby's ex-wife, Theresa Defino, responds to Marty Rathbun's allegation that she 'caved' to Scientology in its anti-Leiby efforts. Story originally published at 12:16 pm. Marty Rathbun has done it again. The top former Scientology figure who left the "church" in ... More >>

Facebook Relationship Status Adds 'Civil Union' and 'Domestic Partnership'

​Facebook users can now choose "In a civil union" and "In a domestic partnership" when selecting a relationship status, The Huffington Post points out with the above screenshot. Previously choices included: single, in a relationship, married, engaged, it's complicated, in an open relationship, ... More >>

Would a South Dakota Bill Legalize the Murder of Abortion Doctors?

​There's a law being put forth in South Dakota by Rep. Phil Jensen that's getting a lot of attention as it seems as if it would effectively allow for -- perhaps even promote -- the murder of abortion doctors. The law seeks to make killings intended to prevent harm to a fetus part of the defini ... More >>

Don't Cheat in the Marital Bed, Lest Your Spouse Get Really Mad

via​The New York Times gets all Closer with a huge feature on the front page of the Home section today, the subject of which is not just cheating, but cheating in the "marital bed," and how maybe that's the worst thing you could ever, ever, ever do to a partner (if you're wealthy and/or white) ... More >>

Gay-Marriage Rights Are Dealt Setback by Jersey High Court

Marriage-equality advocates have been dealt another blow, and this one came Monday in neighboring New Jersey, where the state's Supreme Court declined to hear an equal-protection case involving six gay couples.

Interview with a Divorce Attorney: Just How Badly Did The-Dream Treat Christina Milian?

​Today, TMZ took a valuable couple minutes off of the Lindsay Lohan beat to procure the divorce papers served by The-Dream to his pregnant, deserted wife, Christina Milian. The major revelation? That the pop star filed for divorce nine days prior to the birth of the couple's first child. (TMZ ... More >>

Man Living Like an "Austrian Prince" in SoHo is Actually a Deadbeat Dad with a Rap Sheet

via Detroit News​Assuming the identity of "Prince Josef von Habsburg-Lothringen of Austria," a name that sounds as fake as the color of his gelled, frosted-tipped hair, a Michigan con artist pulled off an elaborate scam for years with a SoHo apartment grand enough to match his bogus name. What ... More >>

Eminem Supports Same-Sex Marriage!

​Yes, the verbally gay bashing rapper has now surpassed his old duetting partner, Elton John by coming out in favor of gays marrying! Elton, you'll remember, was not only Rush Limbaugh's paid minstrel at the conservative's traditional marriage ceremony, but he said in an interview that he fee ... More >>

A Month After Joining Bussaco, Katy Sparks Leaves Bussaco

Katy Sparks​At the beginning of December, Fork in the Road spoke with Katy Sparks about her new gig as the executive chef and co-owner of Park Slope's Bussaco. Now, only a month later, Sparks has parted ways with the restaurant.

A Month After Joining Bussaco, Katy Sparks Leaves Bussaco

Katy Sparks​At the beginning of December, Fork in the Road spoke with Katy Sparks about her new gig as the executive chef and co-owner of Park Slope's Bussaco. Now, only a month later, Sparks has parted ways with the restaurant.

The Awful Truth

Crime Beat: Tiger Woods' Other Problem Is Dubai's Meltdown -- and Its Adultery Laws

HarkavySerenity now: Tiger's first designed golf course, in Dubai, features a "30-foot depression" on the 12th hole, a pit much smaller than what he's trapped in right now. Tiger Woods may be lucky that his adulterous behavior surfaced now instead of next year. The first golf course he has designed ... More >>

Former NY Supreme Court Judge Convicted of Extortion

​A former New York State Supreme Court Justice with ties to the Republican Party was convicted by a federal jury in Albany today of soliciting bribes from an lawyer with cases pending before him. Justice Thomas Spargo, an election law specialist who worked for President George W. Bush during ... More >>

Vermont, D.C. Keep the Same-Sexiness Coming

The Vermont legislature approved same-sex marriage. The Governor vetoed it. Now the legislature has overridden his veto, making Vermont America's first legislatively-decided gay state. Hurrah! Iowa made us feel inadequate with its unanimous Supreme Court gayness, but Vermont has struck back for coas ... More >>

Obama Used To Back Gay Marriage!

It's true! The Windy City Times is reporting that when he ran for Illinois state Senate in 1996, Barack Obama went on the record saying he was unequivocally in favor of gay marriage. Not civil unions--actual wedlock! A politician backtracking as he gains power? Nahhhh.

My Brother the Slumlord

Going public is something Amy Neustein never could resist

CELEBRITY SMACKDOWN

Matt McGrath directs Call Me Anne

LAST HURRAH

Goat Island gives its final performance

Baby-Mama Drama and Deadbeat Dads

Cathy Middleton has become black radio's favorite expert on child support

Revenge Served Courtside: The Christie Brinkley Divorce Settlement

Divorce Court: The Latest on Christie Brinkley, Alex Rodriguez

He's Out! Alex and Cynthia Rodriguez Divorce

ON THE MOVE

Sliding platforms take you into the action of an iconic work

The Queer Agenda 2007

An incremental approach to making gay life a little bit more fabulous

'Family Law'

Her Right to Be Obnoxious

Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned

Marriage of Two Minds

Gay nups may have become inevitable, but for now it's a world of pain

Juvenile Injustices

Court change means some kids have less than a snowball's chance of staying out of hell

Queering the Election

Is gay marriage the new Nader?

Bush's Uncivil Union

The President Has Proposed Amending the Constitution to Define Marriage as a Union Between a Man and a Woman. Divided?

Letters

Separate Still Not Equal

If Gay Marriage Is the Question, Civil Unions Aren't the Answer

Enemies, a Love Story

How could you believe me when I said I love you when you know I've been a liar all my life

Stop the Wedding!

Why Gay Marriage Isn't Radical Enough

Nation

Justifying Our Love

The world is recognizing lesbian and gay relationships

Victimizing The Victims

Consuelo fontaine called for help after she fled her allegedly abusive husband— so the city tried to take her kids away. Her story is increasingly common.

Crisis In Family Court

The City Gets Tough On Child Abuse and Neglect, And The Judicial System Staggers Under The Load

Novelist Novelty

Home Improvement?

A Brooklyn landlord's past with children should cast doubt on her plans to house seniors