Divorce Law Journal

PETTINGILL V. PETTINGILL Questions Presented: Domestic Violence. Appellate Procedure. Issues involve the use of “lethality factors” in a domestic violence determination and the interplay between CR 75.07(4) and CR 98 when the trial videotape is omitted from the...

A new law goes into effect on January 1, 2016 in Kentucky that will permit the filing of new protective orders, and it is becoming more clear about which courts will hear these cases. The new protective orders,...

BOOTES V. BOOTES Wife argued that the Trial Court erred by failing to include Husband’s income from a second business in its child support calculation. Husband ran a second business and gifted all his proceeds to his father....

Kirilenko v. Kirilenko In a KY divorce, the trial court erred in applying KY law to characterize CN state disability retirement benefits as nonmarital property. Instead, the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws “most significant relationship”  test should...

Smyrichinsky v. Smyrichinsky When Ky is exercising UIFSA jurisdiction, it lacks authority to alter the duration of child support directed by another state. As to modification of the dependent income tax exemption, Ky has authority to modify who...