No escape from child support?

(note: this blog is NOT legal advice) On the theme of “you can run but you can’t hide,” a sad and bizarre case has hit the Ontario courts. The saga started about a decade-and-a-half ago when a Toronto man and woman had a fling and produced a love...

Embryo fights: forced procreation?

(note: this blog is NOT legal advice) *update — see blog re: court decision Here’s a sticky problem: imagine a woman combines her eggs with her husband’s sperm to make embryos, which are now in storage and ready to go. Then they divorce. She is now...

Child custody obsolete?

(note: this blog is NOT legal advice) Fierce battles over child custody are common in the tooth-and-nail arena of family law. Collateral damage inflicted on kids is obvious to those who have their eyes open, which, sadly, often does not include mom and dad. In...

Liar Liar

People in family court lie.  A lot. There are many hard feelings, and both parties tend to believe, deep down, that they’ve been wronged. So they often feel perfectly justified in seeking vindication by any means necessary. Skewing the truth is one of those...

Fears about three parent babies

Now that it’s possible to create a baby with three genetic “parents,” some people are sounding alarm bells. Will it pose a risk to our species? Will it destroy human dignity? Politicians in Europe are asking these questions after the UK recently...