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
Geoff Sharp at mediator blah…blah…. discusses decision trees in mediation and links to TreePlan®. This software builds a decision tree diagram within Excel. Now that’s what I would like to see a mediator show up with at a second or third mediation!Read More
At I Can’t Say That! Dr. Tammy Lenski posts her February quote of the month, Having a good discussion is like having riches. Her blog on “the relationships that matter” is always a delight. Other gems from her archives: In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein The only difference between stumbling blocks and...Read More
Personal Versus Enterprise Goodwill Gaskill v. Robbins digested here and discussed here was the subject of an article in the February 2007 edition of Business Valuation Update by Shannon Pratt: Kentucky Has Opportunity to Join Majority In Distinguishing Personal Versus Enterprise Goodwill (subscription only, not available online).Read More
