Scott Furkin, General Counsel, Administrative Office of the Courts, Kentucky, explains the confusion over the implementation of HB424 in a letter to be published next month in the Louisville Bar Briefs. You can read it Download hb424expain.pdf, now.Read More
The Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys has formed its Domestic Law Section, per the following email message I received from Mary Volkerding, its Membership Director: “To all interested in Joining KATA’s Domestic Law Section:Read More
OFFERS IN COMPROMISE ARE NOW MORE TAXING: New Federal Law Requires Down Payment With Offer in Compromise Submission; 20% Down Payment or First Installment Required; Source: Family Law Taxation Blog.The new law applies to Offers in Compromise submitted after July 16, 2006.Read More
AAML President-Elect, Guy Ferraro is cited in a Concord Monitor Online article, as American’s attachment to their pets filters into the divorce arena. The St. Petersburg Times reports on pending cases that are attempting to test pets being treated merely as divisible marital property.Read More
Settle it Now Negotiation Blog posted “Professor Robert Cialdini’s Influence has become a classic in the science and practice of persuasion. Here are his six basic principles of powerful persuasion.” I like what I am seeing on Victoria Pynchon’s blawg and her Settle it Now Mediation Blog. I have added both her blogs to our...Read More
“OK, Let’s Tackle This Unhappy Lawyer Thing” is the title of a posting in the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. “Look around your law firm. Are the transactional lawyers actually having more fun putting deals together than are the litigators tearing them apart? We might learn a thing or two from them. Take a tax...Read More
Negotiation advice from Harvard Business School Professor Michael Watkins is summarized at Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. While not geared specifically to divorce lawyers, I have long thought negotiation training is something law school students lacked. There is no more important field for lawyer continuing education.Read More
Using financial planners to help divorcing parents deal with their children’s college expenses was the subject of a posting on the South Carolina Family Law Blog. In the states where there is no legal requirement for support beyond high school, as with Kentucky, perhaps the language of financial planners could help us convince parents (over...Read More
