Kentucky Court of Appeals decisions for the week are published each Friday at 2 p.m. and appear online on its website at 2-30 p.m. Of the opinions released today and designated to be published, none are family law cases.Read More

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts presents at University of Baltimore, Maryland, The Battle Between Abuse and Alienation:Assessment, Diagnosis and Interventionson December 5-6, 2007. From the brochure description: A two-day training for judges, lawyers, custody evaluators, mediators and other professionals who work with high-conflict families.Read More

CHICAGO, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ — A majority of the respondents to a recent poll of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer (AAML) members cited an increase in divorce cases being settled before trial. In all, 58% of the attorneys said that they have seen more cases being resolved without trial during the past five years.Read More

When we link to a case (usually by simply highlighting the case in red, although that may change soon to make it more obvious) if the status of the case has changed, the link will be to the newest online version. That’s how we discovered discretionary review was granted August !5, 2007 in Rankin v....Read More

Take this 2000 mediate.com article by JAMS neutral and former U.S. Magistrate John W. Cooley, Defining the Ethical Limits of Acceptable Deception in Mediation for a spin. This article proceeds from the premise that consensual deception is the essence of caucused mediation.Read More

From Shannon Cavers at Houston, Texas Divorce and Family Law Attorney Blog: An important question I ask of all clients is whether they have a secure e-mail address and a “safe place” to receive mail from my office.Read More

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts is presenting a two day seminar December 3-4, 2007 at theRead More

Clark v. Clark, ___ S. W. 3d ___ (Ky. App. 2007) DESIGNATED TO BE PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING IN PART; VACATING AND REMANDING IN PART PANEL: ACREE PRESIDING; KELLER AND LAMBERT CONCURRING; COUNTY: JEFFERSON DATE RENDERED: 9/21/2007Read More

M.B. v. D.W. ___S.W. 3d ___ (Ky. App. 2007), decided September 21, 2007.Read More

Bissell v. Baumgardner, ___S.W. 3d ___ (Ky. App. 2007), decided September 21, 2007Read More