The New York Times last Sunday featured an article about people who blog about their debt. What made the topic most interesting was the post at Credit Slips which describes itself as a blog on all things about credit and bankruptcy. We are six academics who will use this space to do what we like...Read More

Senate Bill 220 (Require prosecution of certain child support cases): Introduced by Sen. Ed Worley on February 16, 2007, to require a prosecuting attorney to initiate prosecution in child support flagrant nonsupport cases when the arrearage owed is $5,000 or greater. Details and Comments here, thanks to Kentucky Votes.org.Read More

AFCC’s 44th Annual Conference to be held May 30-June 2, 2007 in Washington, D.C.Read More

A meaty five part series by Dennis Kennedy, Widening the Digital Divide in Law Practice, appears at Dennis Kennedy.com.Read More

May a court prohibit a parent from discussing religious beliefs with a child? An audio of the NPR interview with UCLA constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh last weekend is available online. Last year we posted Parent-Child Speech Restrictions; Will Best Interests Withstand Constitutional Challenge? linking to Prof. Volokh’s significant piece of legal scholarship, Parent-Child Speech...Read More

From The Family Law Prof Blog: Italian Government Approves Bill to Grant Legal Rights to Cohabitants. Whether their parliment will pass it appears to be a coin toss.Read More

The text of SB140 (KY): AN ACT relating to a voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 213 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry within...Read More

Here are the family law related bills or those that could impact family law that have been introduced to date, thanks to Kentucky Votes.org: Senate Bill 140 (Establish list of absent fathers; create bureaucracy and fees): Introduced by Sen. Richard L. Roeding on February 8, 2007, to establish a voluntary acknowledgment-of-paternity registry. Details and Comments...Read More

From ABC News, February 10, 2007: Anna Nicole Smith Left Tangled Legal Web. ABC News’ Law and Justice Unit asked prominent family law professor Jeff Atkinson at DePaul University College of Law for a quick overview of the web of legal issues that follow Anna Nicole Smith’s death.Read More