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

Australia’s new national revamping of its family child custody and support law is garnering international attention. “As sweeping changes to Australia’s family law system take effect today, putting new emphasis on children spending equal time with parents after separation, research shows some children can be seriously harmed by 50:50 arrangements.” Sydney Morning Herald. From ABC...Read More

From the Pittsburg Post-Gazette, When Marriges End, Who Gets The Pets.Read More

From Law.com: “Lawyers in several states are examining the legal question of posthumous divorces in light of recent probate law changes and a handful of unusual lawsuits that deal with spouses who died during divorce proceedings.”Read More

In several marital settlement agreements we have made provision for the right to a Jewish get as well as detailed who would pay the associated expense. The Jersusaleum Post has a recent article that articulates the importance of a get in Israel and the consequences of the refusal of the husband to consent. Among many...Read More

Kentucky Law Blog celebrates its one year anniversary, with 100,000 hits, give or take a few. Kudos and thanks for: 1. Providing a timely forum for the goings-on in Kentucky law, practice of law, judicial and legislative news and commentary, appeals decisions, volunteer needs and opportunities, professional organization news, and all the other law related...Read More

This jewel is from Kristin A. Schuler-Hintz, Esq. ,GORDON D. CRUSE, APLC of San Diego, who kindly granted permission to repost. While it is San Diego specific, I have seen a Louisville one recently, and have inserted the local corresponding neighborhoods. The attached graphics at the end are funny, too. I don’t tell lawyer jokes...Read More

Many of us have a goal of a paperless office. Evan Schaeffer’s The Illinois Trial Practice Website has an interesting posting by Ernest Svenson on this topic. Despite his caution, he links to two good articles, Organizing Cases Electronically and Managing Electronic Case Files.Read More