Premarital Agreements and the Young Couple by Linda J. Ravdin is a very helpful article at Wealth Strategies Journal. Emotional Issues in Estate Planning: Planning for the Guardianship of Minor Children is the title of a promised January, 2007 article. The founders, editors, and advisory board are an impressive crew.Read More

The 16th annual Domestic Relations Update will be February 23, 2007, 11-1 at the LBA, hosted by Hon. Richard A.Revell and yours truly. For blog readers, you already have the cases and digests. The best part of this CLE, though, is always the discussion about these cases. Click here for info on the seminar and...Read More

Tax Issues Relating to Asset Division in Divorce, sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Family Law and the Center for Continuing Legal Education will be presented Wednesday, January 24, 2007 The online session will cover the following: Valuation issues in a closely held business Tax issues relating to the asset division Allocation of...Read More

Tulsa attorney Daniel C. Nunley has posted two articles on his new Oklahoma Family Law Blog about the challenges breastfeeding poses to a separated father’s parenting time, Breastfeeding and Visitation and Breastfeeding and Divorce.Read More

The Kentucky Office of Inspector General has issued its report, available online, on quick trigger adoptions, inter alia. While the investigation is beyond the scope of this blog, many readers will want to read the entire report, parts of which will no doubt be in the headlines in the coming days and weeks. We are...Read More

Persons with suggestions to improve Kentucky’s system of child protection services will have the opportunity to voice their ideas at a public forum next week in Frankfort. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services is hosting the forum from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in room 169 of the Capitol Annex....Read More

Life happens so quickly, it is seeming archaic to make resolutions for an entire year only once. Old habits are hard to break, so I plod on cementing goals for this year. As I am firming them, though, I do think I will add as a goal more frequent introspection, reassessment, and action planning. Adding...Read More

A.D.B. v. Com., 205 S.W.3d 255 (Ky. App. 2006)Read More

The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention announces A Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping . It offers practical and detailed advice about preventing international kidnapping and increasing the chance that children who are kidnapped or wrongfully retained will be returned.Read More

If there was a photograph of R. Gary Lowen that was not at least 20 years old, I would post it with this announcement of his selection as the Louisville Bar Association 2007 recipient of the Richard A. Revell Family Law Award. I refuse to print one that makes him look like he’s 30 years...Read More