Kentucky Jefferson Circuit Court Family Division Judge Patricia Walker FitzGerald’s request for donations of winter coats was publicized in David Hawpe’s column in the Courier-Journal today. In this frigid weather, the Jefferson Family Courts have women coming to the courthouse for domestic violence protective orders and bringing children who are not dressed for the cold....Read More

Scroll down and you will see on the left column a list of other family law blogs. I am pleased to announce the additions of Georgia Family Law Blog by Stephen M. Worrall, Marietta, Missouri Divorce and Family Law Blog by Mark A. Wortman, Kansas City, Oklahoma Family Law Blog by Dan Nunley, Tulsa and...Read More

Lexington Herald Leader, February 6, 2006: Open hearings an issue in parental rights LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER ADOPTION LAW CHANGES By Beth Musgrave And Valarie Honeycutt Spears HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITERS Same day. Same argument. Two different judges, two different answers.Read More

Gaskill v. Robbins, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2006), 2006 WL 3524380 (Ky. App.) Not final, motion for reconsideration pending. Issues and Holdings:Read More

This case is not yet final. Gibson v. Gibson, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2006), 2006 WL 3751413 (Ky. App.) Issue: If both parents and child relocate from Kentucky where the original orders of custody and child support were entered, does Kentucky retain jurisdiction to then modify the orders and/or to enforce the orders?Read More

This case is not yet final. Vanwinkle v. Petry, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2007), 2007 WL 121965 (Ky. App.) Trial Court ordered that Grandparents were to approve any change in Mother’s visitation with children, though Mother and Father shared joint custody. Trial Court also, sua sponte, increased maternal grandparents’ visitation with minor grandchildren from...Read More

Note: This “to be published” case is not final; a motion for discretionary review has been filed: Massey v. Massey, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2006), 2006 WL 2517525 (Ky. App. Issues and Holdings: 1) Whether a maintenance order that is subject to modification is an open-ended award rather than lump sum. The Court held...Read More

Note: This case is not final; a motion for discretionary review has been filed. Kimbrough v. Com, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2006), 2006 WL 2034015 (Ky. App.) Issues and Holdings: 1) Whether the child support statute that provided a deduction from a parent’s gross income for an “imputed child support obligation” violated equal protection....Read More

This case is not yet final. K.R.L. v. P.A.C., __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2006), 2006 WL 3459727 (Ky. App.) At the trial court level, Mother petitioned the court to terminate Father’s parental rights, claiming in the petition that Father had abandoned Son for nearly two years and failed to provide essential care for Son....Read More

Hinshaw v. Hinshaw, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2006), 2006 WL 2519221 (Ky. App.) This is Hinshaw #1, motion for discretionary review pending. Issues and Holdings: 1) Whether the former husband could have custody rights to former wife’s child even though he was not the child’s biological father. The Court held yes, the former husband...Read More