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
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
One of the highlights of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers CLE last week was Steven D. Stark who presented on public speaking. When I returned to Louisville I checked his website and found this synopsis of one of his presentations, which is very similar to what he delivered to the AAML, but we only...Read More
House Bill 396 (extend domestic violence protection to dating partners): dead. The legislative history is below the fold. Related info: see today’s digest of a new, to be published Kentucky case.Read More
Senate Bill 220 (require prosecution in certain child support arrearage cases): dead House Bill 369 (raise minimum child support obligation to $100 per month): dead. The legislative history of each is below the fold.Read More
