Tax errors in divorce agreements are costly: Here’s how to avoid them is the title of an article by Eva Rosenberg, in Dow Jones MarketWatch. Lynne Gold-Bikin from Norristown, Penn, and an AAML Fellow, points out some frequent tax problems in divorce. “Alimony recapture can be a common problem, cautions Gold-Bikin.Read More
In the wake of The New York Times Sunday October 1, 2006 front page story Campaign Cash Mirrors a High Court’s Rulings, reprinted in The Courier-Journal Judicial Campaign Ethics Questioned, it’s time to talk about Citizens For Better Judges. Non-members may subscribe to its principles, make contributions to it, and refuse to contribute directly to...Read More
The discovery of hundreds of secret divorce files in Broward County, Florida has been quite the scandal. Yesterday, Susan Spencer-Wendel, Palm Beach Post reported there are some in Palm Beach County, too. “The divorce of Leslie Alexander, billionaire owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team, is one of a handful of local divorces sealed and...Read More
Inter-Alia has a nice link to helpful excel spreadsheet formulas. Tom Mighell suggested them, so I wasted no time forwarding to all in our office!Read More
The Kentucky Family Law Network, Inc. now has a membership application posted on its website as well as the registration form for the Advanced Collaborative Divorce Practice presentation November 1, 2006 featuring Pauline H. Tessler, J.D. and Peggy Thompson, Ph.D. KCFN membership is open to attorneys, financial professionals and mental health professionals who have, inter...Read More
As the Michigan legislature considers a bill that would presume equal parenting time of children when both parents reside in the same school district, Jeanne Hannah at Updates In Michigan Family Law posts about the proposed legislation. I like how she links to newspaper coverage, the bill in question, position papers from two Michigan Bar...Read More
Ann Hartwell Britton has published an article entitled “Bones of Contention: Custody of Family Pets” in the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Vol. 20, 2006, No. 1.Read More
John Walsh, CEO of the Morton Center, an alcohol treatment center in Louisville,KY will retire next year. John co-founded the Morton Center in 1984. Over the years he became an indispensable resource to family law practitioners. If substance abuse was a concern for a child’s safety, we could always count on John to objectively assess...Read More
“The 2006 Judicial Forum will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel, Louisville, KY from 11.30 am to 3.00 pm. The Forum’s partnering sponsors include the Women Lawyer’s association of Jefferson County, the Louisville Bar Association, the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section, the Junior League of Louisville, the...Read More
When clients ask whether it matters who files for divorce first, we generally say that divorce lasts a long, long time, and no one should file first to get a leg up. We may add that if a case goes to trial, there is a school of thought that the rule of primacy favors a...Read More
