HB 424 became law July 15, 2006, as we reported April 11, 2006. Yet, we have heard the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts is delaying enforcement pending the Kentucky Supreme Court’s likely revision of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.Read More
The Family Law Prof Blog posts on the discovery of artificial sperm created from mice stem cells and links to a Scotland article about it. Now kids can theoretically have 7 biologically related human parents and one mouse ancestor. Or, maybe the mouse would substitute for one or more of the human biological parents. TheRead More
Unless one of the other lawyers in our office gets a wild hair and starts posting here, the lights will be off for a week. Time for a little R&R. See you next week.Read More
The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts has published Model Standards for Child Custody Evaluators. The American Psychological Association has long had standards, but the problem arises when the evaluator is not a psychologist. This model should help fill the gap and be a useful resource in cross-examining those evaluators.Read More
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg was awarded the ABA Family Law Section “Friend of the Family” award, even though the U.S. Supreme Court rarely hears family law cases. The Family Law News Blog links to her acceptance speech. This past term, though, there were several that have an impact on family law. At first I was...Read More
From The Age in Australia: “The first 14 Family Relationship Centres are opening around Australia, signalling the start of what the federal government hopes will be a landmark shift in family law.The government is establishing dozens of the centres across Australia in an attempt to resolve divorce and custody disputes before they reach court.Acting Attorney-General...Read More
Online Guide To Mediation introduces us to a new negotiation blog, Settle it Now Blog Spot. The author also publishes the online Dispute Resolution Journal. The Journal is published quarterly and is seeking articles for publication. Here are its guidelines.Read More
Death of Biological Parent Severs Step-parent/Step-child Relationship for Purposes of Alabama Adoption Statute, Hays v. Hays, 2006 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 352 (June 23, 2006), digested by the Family Law Prof Blog.Read More
Tips for Family Law Practitioners from My Shingle. It links to a National Law Journal report. Mike Stevens came across this on his blog watch and passed it on.Read More
