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

The Family Law Professor’s Blog has linked to an insightful and troubling article published by the New York Times. A quoted excerpt from the profs: “They are the hidden side of the government’s stepped-up efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants: Toddlers stranded at day care centers or handed over to ill-equipped relatives. Siblings...Read More

I don’t know Hon. Leonard N. Arnold. I hope he doesn’t mind me swallowing his blog post at New Jersey Law Blog whole. The blog is a firm promotional site of the sort to which I do not usually link, although I do note that John S. Eory, an AAML Fellow, is a shareholder in...Read More

Last fall my nephew videotaped and edited a “hot tip” to be presented, with others, at the national American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers spring meeting last week. It’s just as well the outline wasn’t printed. When Joey finished filming, my brother told me he was beta testing Explorer 7.0 and he showed me how it...Read More