SCOKY Blog has posted the briefs here in the teacher’s retirement case, Shown v. Shown, about which we posted here. Oral arguments are set June 14, 2007.Read More

The Indiana Law Blog published Litigants Blogging, quoting from a Boston Globe article today and linking in an update to a Wall Street Journal blog about the story.Read More

For the first time, Super Lawyers has published a Kentucky directory, listing who it believes are the top five percent of the state’s 14,000 attorneys based on peer recognition and professional achievement. Not surprisingly, ten of the twelve family lawyers selected are Fellows of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Mitchell A. Charney, Sandra M....Read More

A year or two ago an accountant prepared some spreadsheets for a case which divided assets but also extrapolated the income those assets would earn so we could very easily next address the maintenance issue by comparing the income from assets to the spouse’s budget. I was surprised to see that the CPA had imprinted...Read More

T.G. V. COMMONWEALTH, ___S.W.3d___(Ky.App. 2007) Mom appealed family court’s order terminating her parental rights to her infant daughter, A.J.M., and transferring her custody to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services with the authority to place her for adoption.Read More

Alabama Family Law Blog posts a series of articles about preparing for divorce: Step 1 – Find a Wise Guide Step 2 – Make an accounting of the family financesRead More

In response to our post here earlier this week on family litigants blogging, I received the following comment form Stephen Page, Brisbane, Australia. Stephen hosts the Australian Divorce Blog and Australian Gay and Lesbian Law Blog .Read More

The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals has released this response to the recent Colorado Ethics Opinion prohibiting the use of four-way agreements in collaborative practice. Thanks to the Family Law News Blog for this update.Read More

The 56 page Maryland decision in In Re Roberto d B. rendered last week can be found here. KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press, Wednesday, May 16, 2007 writes: A surrogate mother who has no genetic connection to the baby she is carrying does not have to be listed as the mother on a birth certificate, Maryland’s...Read More

The digest follows for Nordike v. Nordike, 2004-CA-002242-MR, designated not to be published. Discretionary review was granted by Supreme Court 5/10/06 and oral arguments were held 5/17/07. You can read the briefs filed in the Kentucky Supreme Court here, courtesy of SCOKY Blog, via Chase Law School.Read More