Immigration Issues in Separation and Divorce Proceedings
Written by Laura F. Kelley, Esq. Laura@LFKimmigration.com Immigration through marriage is one of the most popular ways of immigrating to the United States, and in general, it’s one of the easiest. Marriage-based immigration processes require that the couple...
Unaccompanied Children
Jennifer Anzardo Valdes, Esq. Children’s Legal Program, janzardo@aijustice.org Elizabeth Anon, Esq. His House Children’s Home, lanon@hhch.org Unaccompanied children are undocumented immigrant children under the age of 18 who lack lawful status in the United States and...
When Children are Victim/Witnesses in Criminal Court Proceedings
By Fran Feinberg, Esq. and Katrina Valiente, Esq. ffeinberg@kristihouse.org; kvaliente@kristihouse.org The Criminal Court Project is an outreach program of the Guardian ad Litem Program in Miami-Dade County, Florida. This program was created in 1991 to represent the...Effects of Substance Use Disorder
The ways in which parental substance and alcohol use disorder affect children are sometimes dramatic, sometimes subtle; sometimes instantaneous, sometimes chronic; sometimes they can be overcome, sometimes they are forever, but they are always powerful and enduring in the memories of children.
