Louisville Magazine , July, 2006 issue, has a nice piece on the innovations in Jefferson Circuit Court, Family Divisions as well as the challenges facing it.Read More

There are two good posts on a new collusive divorce case, one from Updates in Michigan Family Law and the other from the Family Law Prof Blog.Read More

Jeanne Hannah posted an article about the Washington State supreme court’s 5-4 decision today banning same-sex marriage on Updates in Michigan Family Law. This article contains links to the majority opinion, 2 concurring opinions, the dissent and 2 opinions concurring in the dissent.Read More

The New York Law Journal, July 18, 2006, discusses a new case that enforced all but the attorney fee restriction of a prenuptial agreement. “An appeals court in Brooklyn has declared unenforceable provisions of a prenuptial agreement that barred a spouse from seeking attorney fees. A lawyer on the case said the decision was the...Read More

Read the new Nevada case of McClintock v. McClintock, which demonstrates the soundness of advice from attorneys that parties not remarry until Divorce Decree entered and final, from the Family Law Prof Blog.Read More

The recent New Jersey ethics opinion is gathering steam in the online discussions. The latest announcement of “super” lawyers is from the Family Law News in which it is announced that the San Francisco magazine has recently proclaimed that many collaborative lawyers are among the Super Lawyers of San Francisco.Read More

“The Kentucky child support statutes, like those of most states, provides a preference for prior-born children when calculating child support. In this case of first impression, the Kentucky Court of Appeals holds that this preference does not violate equal protection. ‘We agree with [other state] courts that the state’s interest in seeing that prior-born children...Read More

Her Most Difficult Call- When is a Mother so troubled, or troubling that a welfare worker must take her kids from her? by Daniel Bergner, is the New York Times Magazine, July 23, 2006 cover story. It’s heartbreaking to read, but important for us to realize what a difficult job these dedicated professionals have. Double...Read More

An interesting decision from New Jersey, digested by Charles Abut on the ABA Family Law listserve: J.R. v. L.R., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div.); New Jersey App. Div., July 17, 2006 “On the biological father’s appeal from an order requiring he and his daughter’s psychological father each to pay child support, held :Read More

“What should judges do if, while visiting the legal blogosphere, they encounter discussions about how pending cases ought to be decided?” That is the question Howard Bashman of How Appealing addresses today in his weekly commentary on Law.com.” Indiana Law Blog links to the answers.”The column, says Bashman, is based on a portion of the...Read More