The Kentucky Supreme Court has stayed a trial in Rhoades v. Ricketts, expedited the briefing schedule in the matter of J.N.R., et al. v. Hon. Joseph O’Reilly, Judge, Jefferson Family Court, 2007-SC-000175-MR, and has scheduled oral arguments September 12, 2007, at 9:00 a.m., at the University of Kentucky College of Law courtroom, 620 Limestone Street,...Read More
Oral arguments in Hinshaw#1 digested here will be held by the Kentucky Supreme Court Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 10:00am at the University of Kentucky College of Law Courtroom, 620 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY. It remains to be seen whether discretionary review will be sought in Boone v. Ballinger, digested here, how the Supreme...Read More
BLOCK V. BLOCK___SW3d___(Ky.App. 2007) FAMILY LAW: MAINTENANCE MODIFICATION (CO-HABITATION FACTORS) 2005-CA-000666 TO BE PUBLISHED: VACATING AND REMANDING (MOORE) DATE RENDERED: 5/4/2007Read More
Wallace v. Wallace, –S.W.3d –(Ky. App. 2007) Issues and Holdings: 1. Whether under the UCCJEA Kentucky has jurisdiction to modify the visitation order as to all, none, or only the oldest child, who has resided in Kentucky for a period exceeding six months. The Court held that the trial court had continuing jurisdiction to modify...Read More
BOONE V. BALLINGER___S.W.3d___(Ky. App. 2007) De facto custodian; doctrine of waiver and estoppel; Rebuttable presumption of paternity; Marital property (401k account) 2006-CA-001257 TO BE PUBLISHED: REVERSING AND REMANDING (ABRAMSON) DATE RENDERED: 5/4/2007Read More
Kansas is the 5th state to adopt The Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, International Family Law reports at Preventing International Child Abduction: The Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act – which includes some specific provisions designed to prevent international child abduction – was signed into law in Kansas on April 6, 2007. Kansas is the fourth...Read More
Dan Nunley posted this wonderful story, Life Is Short, on his Oklahoma Family Law Blog: A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that...Read More
In an article by Paula Reed Ward today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Court orders sperm donor to pay support, Death of father complicates complex case. Some quotes: The Pennsylvania Superior Court, in a recent decision, ordered that a sperm donor who had a close relationship with the two children he fathered must pay child support....Read More
Manning v. Willett, –S.W.3d – (Ky. App. 2007) Issue and Holding: Whether the district court erred in entering, sua sponte, an order for a mutual domestic violence order. The Court held yes, as the domestic violence statutes do not provide for mutual domestic violence orders under the factual scenario in the instant case.Read More
