Can This Marriage Be Saved? by Laurie Abraham is the New York Times Magazine’s feature story August 12, 2007, online here, A year in the life of a couples-therapy group. Some quotes: When Coché lists the virtues of the group over other forms of therapy, she cites the “Greek chorus” effect, a term that captures...Read More
Kentucky Supreme Court oral arguments are set for August 15, 2007 in Gripshover v. Gripshover, which we digested here. You will have to scroll down to “Marital Property” to read the digest, as that was posted when we were catching up on all 2005 Kentucky Court of Appeals decisions, as this blog wasn’t in existence...Read More
Family Law Prof Blog directs us to a new twist on the third party bio-dad of a child born during a marriage. What name should the child have? In the Matter of the Change of Name of L.M.G., (South Dakota August 8, 2007) , found here, Prof.Read More
The Protection Battered Spouses Don’t Need is the title caption of a New York Times Op-Ed piece this week, online here. From the article by Radha Iyenga, a fellow in health policy research at Harvard, TWO decades ago, in an effort to curb domestic violence, states began passing “mandatory arrest” laws.Read More
When I read Wireman v. Perkins, digested here, I thought the underlying constitutional questions were interesting. While not mentioning this recent Kentucky decision about religious upbringing of children in the child custody context, scholar Eugene Volokh’s analysis here of constitutional issues in custody questions indicate the Kentucky Court of Appeals reached the correct result.Read More
The product discussed by Dave Hofman at Concurring Opinions really isn’t insurance but an investment product that pays out at a specific date in the future, or upon divorce, whichever first occurs. He posts: The externality problem seemed so severe that I decided to go to the source, and emailed John Logan about his product....Read More
A recent Missouri case holds that a party seeking to enforce a prenup must raise the issues in a pleading. Failure to do so prevents the court from enforcing the prenup. Homan v. Holman, which can be found here. In pleading to a preceding pleading, a party shall set forth all applicable affirmative defenses and...Read More
Jefferson Circuit Court Family division will hold a divorce committee meeting on August 7, 2007 at Noon, in the Crown Room. The principal topic of discussion will be a revision of the Mandatory Case Disclosure.Read More
