Emma Barnett, 36, has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum 22-year term for murdering her 14-month-old son Oakley by poisoning him with promethazine and mirtazapine in his milk, to prevent him from being taken into care.
Twitch streamer Dale Wilson, known as LowTierGod, successfully represented himself in a California court, securing a three-year restraining order against his child's mother over alleged doxxing and harassment. The case drew significant attention within gaming communities.
A mother, Emily, faced a custody battle due to allegedly flawed hair strand test results indicating recent ketamine use, despite her claims of sobriety, highlighting concerns over the reliability of such tests in Family Court cases.
A Jaipur family court has granted divorce to a man, ruling that his wife's objectionable social media activity, including sharing photos with another man, constituted mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act. The April 17 order stated that such online conduct causes humiliation and emotional trauma to a spouse.
A US sperm donor who calls himself Joe Donor has lost his fourth court case seeking to be recognized as the father of a child conceived using his sperm. The president of the family division ruled that despite his genetic fatherhood being undisputed, declaring him a legal parent would contradict public policy given his operation of an illegal sperm donation business and history of targeting vulnerable women.
