Judge: Divorced woman must allow kids to Skype with dad
A new version of the free iPhone app for Skype SA will let users make and receive video calls. (Undated) Credit: Handout
A state Supreme Court justice has granted a divorced Coram woman's request to move to Florida with her son and daughter - on the condition that she set up a Skype computer program so the children can regularly see and talk with their father.
The ruling puts James Baker, a Coram construction worker who is not particularly computer savvy, in a position of having to parent by computer, said his attorney.
The director of a national divorce center said visitation via Skype - a computer program that allows video conferencing in real time - is uncommon but not unprecedented.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
