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FSU shooter’s biological mom kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid bitter custody battle decade before deadly rampage The biological mother of accused Florida State University shooter, Phoenix Ikner, kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid a bitter custody battle a decade before the deadly shooting, court documents reveal. Eriksen and Phoenix Ikner — who at the time went by his birth name Christian Gunnar Eriksen — both have American and Norwegian citizenship. “Instead of staying in South Florida, the defendant allegedly fled the country with him in violation of their custody agreement,” the affidavit stated. Christopher Ikner only discovered...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In another unorthodox move highlighting his ability to think outside the box, President Donald Trump announced that he had secured a peace deal where Putin gets Ukraine on the weekdays while Zelenskyy gets Ukraine on the weekends and for two weeks during the summer. The new deal came after years of brutal fighting and weeks of contentious Trump-brokered negotiations between Russia and Ukraine that had appeared to reach a stalemate. "We brought both sides to the table and all parties have to give and take," said President Trump. "Putin gets Ukraine Monday through Friday, Zelenskyy gets weekends....

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Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator whose filibuster for abortion rights made her a Democratic superstar and launched her campaign for governor, has admitted to the Dallas Morning News that she lied about key events in her life, including her first divorce. Davis may even have lied under oath, testifying in a federal lawsuit over redistricting that "I got divorced by the time I was 19 years old," when in fact she was divorced at age 21. Other missing details have included: her second husband paid her way through law school and she divorced him the day after the last...

The ADN has become nothing more than a hack journalist website that is one step above the fringe bloggers here in Alaska. They are going to cover the circus that will take place in the custody battle between Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin. And there are two judges that have had their hand in this circus that is about to take place. First to Judge Gleason. I know about this Judge. I had a First Amendment case against the State of Alaska and she was the judge assigned to the case. She came up with an asinine ruling from the...

TEXAS CITY — A mother and daughter are locked in a custody battle in a Galveston County Justice of the Peace court over Noonie, a 2-year-old Chihuahua. Kimberly Alleman, 37, is suing her mother, Sandra LaCaze, for ownership of the pint-size pup. LaCaze claims her daughter sold her the dog in October for $400. Alleman said she can’t be held accountable for giving up the dog because she was drunk at the time. The custody clash is being waged in Justice of the Peace Darrell A. Apffel’s courtroom, where a second hearing was held Tuesday. Technically, it is not a...

If you're a kid who has two moms instead of a mom and a dad, what happens to you if they break up? Does one pay child support? Does she also get visitation rights? The answers might be clear if your parents were a man and a woman who weren't married. But if your moms didn't register as domestic partners, what are everyone's rights in the eyes of the law? That will be determined by the California Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday in three child custody and support cases involving lesbians who parted ways acrimoniously...

Battles between estranged lesbian partners over child custody, visitation and financial support will reach the California Supreme Court on Tuesday in a hearing to determine the ground rules for parental disputes between same-sex couples. Later this week, the court will hear another lesbian pair's discrimination case with possible implications for the looming legal war over same-sex marriage. Tuesday's three-hour hearing in San Francisco combines three lawsuits from different counties with one central issue: whether a member of a same-sex couple who helped to plan a childbirth and raise the child should be considered a legal parent, regardless of biological ties...

RICHMOND -- A woman suing for custody of a daughter born during a now-dissolved civil union has appealed a ruling that gives her former partner -- the biological mother -- full parental rights. The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and two gay rights groups -- Lambda Legal and Equality Virginia -- filed the brief Wednesday with the Virginia Court of Appeals on behalf of Janet Miller-Jenkins, who has been granted visitation rights in Vermont where the couple lived after their civil union. The groups are contesting a Virginia judge's ruling in August claiming jurisdiction in the case because the...

By Baker Maultsby Staff Writer RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. -- A hearing this morning could help bring closure to a custody dispute that has perplexed authorities and put a controversial Spindale-based church at odds with one of its former members. Shana Muse is hoping to regain custody of her four children, ages 8 to 15, who have been staying since September in the home of Word of Faith Fellowship members Kent and Brooke Covington. The Covingtons filed last week for permanent of custody of the children. Their suit alleges that Muse is an unfit parent. Judge Robert Cilley is scheduled to hear...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) _ Theron McGriff's two young daughters sometimes draw pictures of their family: mom, dad _ and dad's partner. But the family picture has become clouded by a custody battle that has reached the Idaho Supreme Court from this heavily Mormon community. The case has gained national attention and will likely set the precedent for homosexual custody cases in Idaho. The case centers around Theron McGriff's desire to live with the man he loves. His ex-wife, Shawn, believes their children shouldn't be allowed to visit their father if he lives with his gay lover, fearing backlash in...