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

“Inside The Child Recovery Industry – Snatchbacks” is the title of a post by Janet Langjahr at Florida Divorce Law Blog. “Some of the most challenging cases for parents and their attorneys are international kidnapping cases. Unfortunately, it can take months and years to guide these cases through the court system. And ultimate success –...Read More

At the ABA meeting in Hawaii last week the following resolution was passed: “RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges the Federal government, the states and territories, and local governments to enact legislation prohibiting discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived gender identity or expression in employment, housing and public accommodations.” The passage of...Read More

Collaborative law groups in the news: The Cincinnati Inquirer reports on groups in Cincy and Northern Kentucky. The Capital Online (Annapolis, MD) “Breakin’ up is always hard to do, but a movement is underway to make the divorce process a little more palatable and a lot less messy.”Read More

The second annual list of Jefferson County, Kentucky Delinquent Child Support Obligors appeared in the Courier-Journal Sunday, August 13th, as an insert which we haven’t yet found online. This year’s list contains the names of 936 individuals who, as of July 17th, have not made a child support payment for 6 months or longer and...Read More

“We generally impose a public reprimand when a sexual relationship develops during an attorney-client relationship if the affair is legal and consensual and has not compromised client interests,” the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, publicly reprimanding divorce lawyer David Engler. He had sex two times with the client, withdrew, and gave her all her money...Read More

November 1, 2006: Save the date. The Kentucky Collaborative Family Network is hosting a collaborative family law training featuring national gurus, Pauline Tessler and Peggy Thompson. Details to follow.Read More

Mediator Blah, Blah is a consistently delightful blog for mediators, yet often very substantive. In its posting on Heuristic theory it mentions “in passing the need to understand common heuristic theory such as – anchoring and adjustment, availability, self-serving evaluations, framing, status quo bias, contrast effects, and reactive devaluation.”Read More