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
Deborah Yetter at the Courier-Journal has the latest on the proposed legislation to provide social worker protection and to establish more family visitation centers, House Bill 362. Bottom line? They’re still working. I would say surely the broad support for this “Boni Bill” will result in legislation and funding, but nothing apparently is sure in...Read More
Senate Bill 158 (Expand methods of collection of maintenance order): dead. House Bill 382 (Collection of spousal support): dead. Both these bills were meritorious and cost the taxpayers nothing. Here’s hoping that something similar will get through next year. The legislative history of each is below.Read More
Senate Bill 198 (which included an amendment to provide for electronic filing for divorces, which was withdrawn): dead. The legislative history is below the fold.Read More
Here’s hoping the legislature can wrap up Senate Bill 140 (Study feasibility of voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry, inter alia) when it reconvenes later this month. The history is below the fold:Read More
Randall v. Stewart, a to be published decision of the Kentucky Court of Appeals found here held that a girlfriend who did not live with her boyfriend could not obtain the protection of a domestic violence order against him. The digest:Read More
The Colorado Bar Association Ethics committee has issued an opinion, not yet formally published, that collaborative family law is per se unethical when the agreement calls for disqualification of the attorneys if the matter must be litigated. Further, a client cannot validly consent in advance to the withdrawal of his/her lawyer in the event the...Read More
