Both The Family Law Prof Blog and The Indiana Law Blog have posts about adult adoptions of a partner who becomes an heir. From The Family Law Prof Blog: “On an island liberally sprinkled with the affluent and well-connected members of such clans as Bush, du Pont, Rockefeller and Cabot, the Watson family occupies a...Read More

The Kentucky Supreme Court granted discretionary review of Hinshaw v. Hinshaw on March 14, 2007. The case was digested here and was one of the cases included within Andrew Wolfson’s Courier-Journal front page story yesterday, online here.Read More

The Indiana Law Blog has an exhaustive post updating us on Indiana law in this area after some excellent hand-picked excerpts from Andrew Wolfson’s article in yesterday’s Courier-Journal. Check it out.Read More

Blawg Review #100 features posts from each of the prior 99 hosts of the weekly tour of the blawgosphere. It is a massive piece and was posted a day early to give us a more leisurely time to enjoy it. What was I thinking when I agreed to host #101? Surely I could have surmised...Read More

In a companion Courier-Journal article to Ky. cases post question: What defines a father, Andrew Wolfson writes today Some states handle paternity with Uniform Parentage Act .Read More

Andrew Wolfson in today’s Courier-Journal reports on the husband/paternity fraud/bio-dad cases working their way though the Kentucky Courts. The front page story is here. His report is well researched, well written and accurate, as usual. Even if I had not read it while enjoying my coffee this morning, I would have known something significant had...Read More

DLJ will now post all new Kentucky divorce and family law cases designated to be published, without waiting for finality endorsement. As we prepare to present the prior year’s family law cases to the bar at the Louisville Bar Association’s Annual Domestic Relations Update we will revisit these posts and add the SW3d cites or...Read More

Roberts v. Bucci Question: Does the family court have jurisdiction to consider a CR 60.02 motion involving a DVO?Read More

A.M. v. Com., –S.W.3d—(Ky. App. 2007), 2007 WL 491160 (Ky.App) designated to be published. Issue: Whether the circuit court erred in sua sponte dismissing an appeal based on untimely perfection of the appeal. The Court held yes, it was error because the juvenile lost his right of appeal solely due to his prior counsel’s negligence....Read More

UPDATE: Final as of April 17, 2007 Wheat v. Com., –S.W.3d– (Ky. App. 2007), 2007 WL 490946 (Ky. App) designated to be published. Issue: Whether there is an exception to the rule that past child support obligations, once accrued, may not be modified. The Court held yes, child support payments are voidable in the event...Read More