The New Hampshire Supreme Court held last month that a child conceived after her father’s death via artificial insemination is ineligible to inherit from her father as his surviving issue under New Hampshire intestacy law. The facts: Donna M. Eng and Rumzi Brian Khabbaz were married in September 1989 and, six years later, had a...Read More
The Family Law Prof Blog reports: The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously today that state law does not preclude unmarried couples from jointly petitioning to adopt a child. The case involved a lesbian couple who had petitioned to adopt a 10-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother, for whom the couple had been foster parents...Read More
Jefferson divorce packets cut costs is the headline of Jason Riley’s front page Courier-Journal story this morning, online here. Over 600 people have started using the forms. As we reported here last spring, Hon. Stephen M.Read More
Robert J. Durst, Chair and Shareholder of Stark & Stark’s Divorce Group (NJ Law Blog) and active AAML Fellow, authored the article Perfecting Your Role As An Attorney, for the August 13, 2007 Family Law supplement of the New Jersey Law Journal, online here.Read More
The Kentucky Law Review has been covering the Kentucky Summit on Children: Here are the dates for upcoming Regional Kentucky Summits on Children Ky Youth Summit: “Real Protection for Kids” (CJ Ed.) Kentucky’s Summit on Children Held Aug. 27-29 with Regional Summits in the futureRead More
The Kentucky Supreme Court granted discretionary review last week in Cameron v. Cameron, link here to case. As the Kentucky Court of Appeals designated its decision as “not to be published” it has not been digested here, but we will do so soon. The issues are whether the trial court erred in finding the parties...Read More
How states will deal with divorces between same-sex partners legally married in another state or country is an issue family lawyers are watching and busy planning strategies.Read More
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