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Moms are increasingly responsible for paying child support, according to a recent survey of divorce attorneys. Fifty-six percent of the attorneys surveyed by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) say they’ve seen an uptick in the number of female clients paying child support in the last three years. Forty-four percent of the attorneys surveyed said they’d seen no change in the number of women paying child support and none of the lawyers surveyed said they’d seen a decrease in …

  The US Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in the immigration-law case that pits the state of Arizona against the US federal government. At issue are four key provisions in the state’s anti-immigration law, which a federal judge blocked from going into effect in 2010. Those provisions: Require police who conduct traffic stops to carry out immigration status checks on people they suspect of being immigrants Allow police to hold detainees until their immigration status is confirmed Require …