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Study: Child’s illness does not affect parents’ chance of divorce
It has long been believed that the parents of a child who is battling cancer or another terminal disease are more likely to divorce than parents who do not have ill children, due to the added stress, sorrow and financial pressure that often accompany such an illness. But according to a new study, that… Read More »
Mother with breast cancer files child custody appeal
Last month, a district court judge stripped a mother of the primary custody of her two children, partially basing the ruling on her Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis. In her ruling, the judge stated that she was awarding primary child custody to the children’s father in part because “children who have a parent with… Read More »