Is it safe to give birth in a hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic?
A hospital or certified birth center is the safest place to have your baby. Even the most uncomplicated pregnancies can develop problems or complications with little warning during labor and delivery. Being in a hospital allows you and your baby to have access to all the necessary medical care if these problems arise.
Are racial and ethnic minority groups more likely to have reliable childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic?
People from some racial and ethnic minority groups have lower incomes, experience barriers to wealth accumulation, and carry greater debt. Such challenges may make managing expenses, paying medical bills, and accessing affordable quality housing, nutritious food, and reliable childcare difficult.
Can a parent stop a child from leaving the country?
If the child already possesses a valid passport, the options become much more limited for preventing the child from being taken out of the country without permission. In most situations, a parent is not allowed to revoke or suspend a child’s passport which was issued in a valid manner.
Can a child be returned to his birth parents?
Adoption laws almost always favor the biological parents. No matter how heart-wrenching it would be to return the child to his birth parents at the first sign of a court challenge, I believe it is in the best interest of the child to do so.
What happens when both parents are from a foreign country?
In any case, divorce, separation and child custody issues take on an entirely new spin, full of unique dangers, when one or both parents are from a foreign country.
What happens when a child is removed from the country?
Breaches custody rights given to a parent under the laws of the United States in the state where the child resided prior to removal from the country, and At the time the child was removed, the custody rights were being exercised—or would have been exercised—if the child had not been removed.