Custody

Family court cases where the parties have an agreement can now be resolved remotely, the Connecticut Judicial Branch announced Thursday. Under the new procedures made possible through one of the governor’s executive orders, family cases with full written agreements can request approval of those agreements without having to come to a courthouse for a hearing. This can include final...

The mother of a missing Connecticut woman has asked a judge to grant her sole custody of her daughter’s five children.

Kids accused of crimes in the Bay Area are being confined in secure detention facilities at high rates pre-trial, even when “risk assessments” find they’re eligible for release, an NBC Bay Area investigation found. Probation departments refer to those cases as “detention overrides,” and since 2017, nearly 2,000 juveniles determined to be safe for release based on their risk assessment...

The man who allegedly shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight to death during an apparent road rage confrontation has been arrested and jailed on a charge of manslaughter.

Jets players were mourning former teammate Joe McKnight, killed in an apparent road rage shooting outside New Orleans Thursday.

A man who shot and killed a former New York Jets player in an apparent outbreak of road rage outside New Orleans Thursday afternoon has been released without charges, according to sheriff’s deputies.

A Santa Clara County employee who works at the Main Jail in San Jose has been reassigned after turning away a murder suspect who was trying to turn himself in, according to the sheriff.