Family law, a crucial legal branch that governs family relations, often comes to the forefront during challenging times. Whether it's a divorce, child custody dispute, or adoption process, a
fernandez will be extradited to florida and first-degree murder with the death. the county attorney says they will seek the death penalty for her as they have with her current husband, mario fernandez, already arrested for this, and then a third person, henry tenon, a tenant of mario fernandez has been arrested as well. so, jacqui, this really is an expected, though sort of i think still bombshell development in all of this. a lot of folks were wondering, you know, there was bad blood between jared bridegan and shana gardner, and the child custody dispute and was it her who ordered a contract to have him killed. the state attorney says yes, it was. jacqui: and seeking the death penalty, too. bryan will have more for us on this. what s your take coming out of this news conference that we just heard? these are big headlines.
has a lot of crime. there s a lot of crime involved in this, but we have to work on where they go and not, as you said, build a place where people come to be homeless. they come because the weather is good. that s the worst. the governor is not really taking ownership of this. we spend millions, tens of millions of dollars and the problem keeps getting worse. dr. marc siegel, thank you. a bill could result if parents losing custody of their kids if they don t affirm their child s chose engender. matt finn has more on a bill that could be state law. good evening, trace. the proposed state law could require that when a judge is making a decision in a child custody dispute, the judge has to consider whether each parent is affirming of their child s gender identity. critics say it opens the door to the possibility that a parent could be deemed unfit and potentially not be awarded custody if they choose not
venus parents. hanging over the hearing was the strong suspicion by the family and protesters, that doug was the reason why his children were motherless. venus father didn t pull any punches. i asked him if he murdered anybody lately. it was something that popped out of my mouth. reporter: the judge scheduled another hearing for three weeks later, but in the meantime denied doug custody and visitation writes with his young daughters. relieved. feel really relieved. that s all i have to say. reporter: while the court was delaying a final decision, on the children, detectives in michigan and virginia were stepping up their investigation. in newport news, detective fowler suspected doug s alibi was a ruse. what with the walmart received in the truck saying ohio, with area code for when i, and went doug had been telling everyone virginia. michigan state police told us doug had gone to his lawyer s office to make a payment on the pending child