Divorce Law Journal

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and R.O., a minor child v. K.O. and S.O., No. 2024-SC-0188-DGE Calloway Circuit Court https://apps.kycourts.net/Supreme/Minutes/MNT022025.pdf KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT ADDRESSES EVIDENCE OF RISK OF HARM AFTER CHILD EXPOSED TO ILLICIT...

Court of Appeals January 17, 2025 Minutes Jessica Allgeier v. Jeffrey Wagner, No. 2024-CA-0496-MR Jefferson Circuit Court http://opinions.kycourts.net/COA/2024-CA-000496.PDF COURT OF APPEALS DETERMINES APPROPRIATE VENUE FOR WIFE’S CLAIM RELATED TO HUSBAND’S BUSINESS Wife and Husband filed for divorce in...

Debbie Appleman; Nick Appleman; and Ryan Roberts v. Briana Gebell, No. 2024-SC-0137-DGE Bracken Circuit Court 2024-SC-0137-DGE.pdf KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT CONSIDERS WHETHER PERMANENT CUSTODY ORDER AMOUNTED TO CUSTODY DECREE Child was born in 2016. In his first two years...

In a contentious post-dissolution custody case, Father’s child support increased multiple times over a three-year period before he filed a motion to modify custody and timesharing, to reallocate the child tax exemption, and for reimbursement of childcare costs...

In a contentious post-decree custody matter, the family court appointed a Friend of the Court (FOC) after Father moved to modify the existing custody and timesharing order. The FOC filed his report, in which he cited the children’s...