From Kentucky Law Blog, Judicial Politics: Could Elsewhere be here? And the time for considering judicial appointments is now! “I have heard change seldom occurs without a crisis and seldom without discomfort, but do we need devastation of our judicial landscape before we take the newly added ingredients of political pandering for money and partisanship...Read More

HOW TO FIND A DIVORCE ARBITRATOR? Easy. Click here for AAML certified arbitrators across the United States. Once you have a name, you can then check out a possible arbitrator’s bio and website by going here.Read More

Now I read there is an infidelity expert. What will they think of next? Spying on Your Cheating Spouse Could Be Against the Law is the title of an article by Ruth Huston which advises people they can find out if a spouse is cheating by reading her book.Read More

It seems like a long time since we’ve had a long weekend or a weekend laugh. If you agree it’s time for something on the light side, check out Sexual Consent Lawyers at Glubert.com. This is a video clip, so here’s the link if that works better in your browser: http://glumbert.com/media/consent Thanks to Ed Hamada...Read More

As to outcome, an arbitrator makes the decision and is responsible for the quality of the decision. By contrast, a mediator facilitates parties reaching their own decision and is neutral regarding the outcome. In mediation, parties are responsible for the quality of the decision.Read More

The Family Law Prof Blog digests Leopold v. Leopold, 2006 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 631 (October 20, 2006). “The Alabama Court of Appeals reversed a trial court’s order in a child support modification case in which the trial court had set a repayment schedule for child support arrearages and had then ordered that mother could...Read More

A blue ribbon faculty led by Lynn P. Burleson of Raleigh, NC and Hanley M. Gurwin, Bloomfield Hills, MI, and assisted by Joan F. Kessler, Milwaukee, WI, Allen R. Koritzinsky, Madison, WI, Barbara K. Runge, Houston, TX and Stephen Schlissel, Mineola, NY, taught their annual arbitration course for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in...Read More

“What influences women when they are making child custody decisions that will bring them into future contact with a violent or controlling ex-husband? Fear, pragmatism, and the belief–sometimes reinforced in mandated divorce education classes–that their children will suffer if both parents are not in their lives, according to a University of Illinois study in the...Read More

UPDATE: TRENTON, New Jersey (CNN) “The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state’s constitution gives gay and lesbian couples all the rights of married heterosexual couples. But the court left it to the state legislature to decide what to call the relationship. It gave lawmakers 180 days to either include gay and lesbian...Read More

Advantages of divorce law arbitration include: Ability of participants to decide who will be their judge. Parties can select an arbitrator with particular expertise, such as business valuation, retirement plans, tax, nonmarital tracing issues, mental health, etc. More privacy. Quicker trial dates and pre-arbitration conferences, which also may result in less expense and tension. Swiftness...Read More