The Lexington Herald-Leader reports, “Matthew Snoddy, the oldest son of Comair Flight 5191 victim Tim Snoddy, filed a lawsuit in Fayette Circuit Court on Tuesday to determine who should be named next of kin — Matthew Snoddy or his father’s estranged wife, Connie Elise Buckley.Read More
The Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed today, in a published opinion, Hinshaw v. Hinshaw, an award of joint custody to a father who was not told until after the divorce petition was filed that he was not the father of his son. Because our office is involved with this case, that’s all we will say...Read More
Tim Snoddy, a top notch business valuation expert in Lexington, died Sunday in the Comair Lexington plane crash. Our thoughts and friendship go to his family, business associates and to our Lexington colleagues who have lost too many in this tragic accident. “Timothy K. Snoddy of Lexington was a passenger on Comair flight 5191 and...Read More
A Premarital Agreement Checklist is on Diana Mercer’s website, Peace Talks. Diana is co-author of Your Divorce Advisor, a book we bought in bulk to give to appropriate clients.Read More
Muslim marriage contracts have “long been a Muslim tradition. Most, however, contain just one key provision, that of the “mahr,” a gift usually of money, that the man gives the woman.” From an article in the Washington Post.Read More
If your client has a U.S. child support order, but the obligor lives in a foreign country, here are a couple of websites that provide info for enforcement. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services ACF and U.S. Department of State.Read More
It was welcome news that the state found funding for the Jefferson County family court drug court program. Yet, it is concerning that this program was not funded in the budget, and that a front page newspaper article was required to get it back in gear. The blogosphere is full of speculating on the “story...Read More
The Family Law Prof Blog points out “that the debate over how and if race should be considered in custody actions is not settled. A recent Illinois Appeals Court decision affirmed a trial judge’s decision to grant sole custody of a 2-year-old bi-racial child to her African-American mother rather than her Caucasian father. The bitter...Read More
The South Carolina Family Law Blog posted an updated directory of North American family law blogs. On our family law blog categories we list those aimed at professionals and do not list those giving advice about the law to potential clients, partly because of Kentucky ethics constraints. We also don’t directly link to those blogs...Read More
