States Letting Lawyers Provide ‘A La Carte’ Menu of Legal Services was published today at Law.com. The change is driven partly by judges and bar associations trying to help the overwhelming number of people representing themselves in court, or appearing pro se.Read More

The Kentucky Law Blog has issued a call for the most significant Kentucky decisions of 2006, and we’ll give the cases in this post the nod for family law. In fact, however, there are several other cases that are as signifant or more important where discretionary review or rehearing has been sought, so are not...Read More

When Lane v. Lane (on pre-nups) was initially rendered, I was taken aback by the division of the court. Our initial posting simply quoted from Justice Lambert’s opinion, Justice Grave’s concurring opinion and Justice McAnulty’s dissent. I thought the quotes quite clearly and tellingly illustrated insight into the high court’s view of marriage rights and...Read More

From the LA Times: Do-it-yourself divorce doesn’t always sever ties. “When Yanic Chan and Vanessa Van split up in 1995, they couldn’t afford a lawyer. So, like thousands of other people without money, they filled out the divorce paperwork themselves, with help from a friend. In November 1997, Van went to the Riverside County Courthouse...Read More