Time was, we worried about finding executive perks such as stock options, phantom stock, restricted stock, Rabbi Trusts, and non-qualified retirement plans of divorcing executives. Now, Gilded Paychecks. The Golden Hello is the next frontier. While the New York Times article is not divorce specific, we need to know what is happening in the world...Read More

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States Letting Lawyers Provide ‘A La Carte’ Menu of Legal Services was published today at Law.com. The change is driven partly by judges and bar associations trying to help the overwhelming number of people representing themselves in court, or appearing pro se.Read More

The Kentucky Law Blog has issued a call for the most significant Kentucky decisions of 2006, and we’ll give the cases in this post the nod for family law. In fact, however, there are several other cases that are as signifant or more important where discretionary review or rehearing has been sought, so are not...Read More

When Lane v. Lane (on pre-nups) was initially rendered, I was taken aback by the division of the court. Our initial posting simply quoted from Justice Lambert’s opinion, Justice Grave’s concurring opinion and Justice McAnulty’s dissent. I thought the quotes quite clearly and tellingly illustrated insight into the high court’s view of marriage rights and...Read More

From the LA Times: Do-it-yourself divorce doesn’t always sever ties. “When Yanic Chan and Vanessa Van split up in 1995, they couldn’t afford a lawyer. So, like thousands of other people without money, they filled out the divorce paperwork themselves, with help from a friend. In November 1997, Van went to the Riverside County Courthouse...Read More

Brockman v. Craig, 205 S.W.3d 244 (Ky. App. 2006) Issues and Holdings: 1) Whether a parent, who spends more time with child than the other parent, can claim the status of primary residential parent for purposes of determining the standard to apply to a motion to relocate. The Court held no, the parent cannot claim...Read More

Marcia Oddi at Indiana Law Blog posts today Judge halts public access to Shine divorce papers, linking to the story from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. “A special judge has sealed the divorce filings of Allen County Republican Party Chairman Steve Shine.” She has reported a number of similar stories over the last few years...Read More

Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch, authors of The Lawyer’s Guide To The Internet, have a lenghty article published at Law.com last week, Internet Research Digs Up Private Matters, covering private facts that are public record and general investigative tips. As some may recall, this tech duo presented The Cybersleuth’s Guide To The Internet in Louisville...Read More

Part Two of Digging Deeply Into Matrimonial Data Mining, reprinted from the Matrimonial Strategist, is now available online at Law.com.Read More