House Bill 396 (extend domestic violence protection to dating partners): dead. The legislative history is below the fold. Related info: see today’s digest of a new, to be published Kentucky case.Read More

Senate Bill 220 (require prosecution in certain child support arrearage cases): dead House Bill 369 (raise minimum child support obligation to $100 per month): dead. The legislative history of each is below the fold.Read More

Deborah Yetter at the Courier-Journal has the latest on the proposed legislation to provide social worker protection and to establish more family visitation centers, House Bill 362. Bottom line? They’re still working. I would say surely the broad support for this “Boni Bill” will result in legislation and funding, but nothing apparently is sure in...Read More

Senate Bill 158 (Expand methods of collection of maintenance order): dead. House Bill 382 (Collection of spousal support): dead. Both these bills were meritorious and cost the taxpayers nothing. Here’s hoping that something similar will get through next year. The legislative history of each is below.Read More

Senate Bill 198 (which included an amendment to provide for electronic filing for divorces, which was withdrawn): dead. The legislative history is below the fold.Read More

Senate Bill 141 (State pays for counsel in certain custody case) : dead. What a pity. The legislative history is below the fold.Read More

Here’s hoping the legislature can wrap up Senate Bill 140 (Study feasibility of voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry, inter alia) when it reconvenes later this month. The history is below the fold:Read More

Randall v. Stewart, a to be published decision of the Kentucky Court of Appeals found here held that a girlfriend who did not live with her boyfriend could not obtain the protection of a domestic violence order against him. The digest:Read More