LegallyMommy

I cannot believe the recent case where an adoptive mother sent her child back to Russia after six months.  Once a child is adopted, the legal relationship to a child is no different than if one gave birth to that child.  If she had been having problems with a biological child, as many people do, would she have just put that child on a plane and sent him away.  The stork doesn't take babies back, so why should we think that an adoption agency should?

Recently Charlie Sheen entered rehab, suspending production of his show, Two and a Half Men.  What we don't know, is what he is in rehab for and does this have anything to do with last Christmas's domestic violence arrest.  Let's just hope that whatever is going on with Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller, their kids are being properly being taken care of.

Recently there has been a great debate about whether schools can punish students for the cyber bullying of other students that take place off of school grounds.  Recently a student in the Chicago area was suspended for making a leud comment about a teacher on facebook from his home computer.  Isn't this going a little too far?  Certainly this behavior was inappropriate.  However, kids have been making inappropriate comments about their teachers to their friends forever!  Somewhere a line needs to be drawn.

This is the question being asked by the United States Court of Appeals.  Sexting is becoming a common occurance in teenage communities.  Acording to foxnews.com, one study suggests that as many as 20% of teenagers engage in sexting.  The problem with the criminalization of sexting is that often times the perpetrators are also the victims.  Often times, the young girls photographed in the 'sexts' are willing participants.  Is it really fair to label young girls who 'sext' as sexual predators, or would it be a better idea to offer therapy to help girls who may be lacking is an understanding of their actions?

Fifty-three people were arrested in Georgia in a state wide bust called Operation Restore Hope, according to foxnews.com.  Computer users who share online child pornography for free were the target of the bust.  Child pornography is a major problem in the state of Georgia.  hopefully the perpetraitors will realize that the state is taking this heinous crime seriously.

It wasn't a very merry Christmas for Charlie Sheen, who was arrested on domestic violence charges. While not many details have been released, it appears that his wife made the call at eight in the morning and appeared to be drunk at that time. I'm sure that much more will come out about this incident in the near future.

Yesterday, Mayumi Heene was sentenced to 20 days in jail and Richard Heene was sentenced to 20 days in jail. They were also forbidden from making any money from their story. Was this the appropriate result? Was jail time really necessary in this case?

After a five year custody battle, David Goldman was reunited with his son this morning. Now that the legal battle is over, adjustments to a new life will begin.

Richard and Mayumi Heene were fined $42,000, which is roughly the cost of the search and rescue mission for their son.  Today the courts will decide if they will serve jail time.  Is the fine enough to deter them from future hoaxes or should they serve time in jail?

Just when one Brazilian court rules in favor of David Goldman regaining custody of his son, the next court up rules that Brazil's highest court should hear from Goldman's son, Sean.  This case seems to be getting more and more complex.  Hopefully there will be a final decision soon and hopefully Mr. Goldman will be able to regain custody of his son.  check back here for updates!