Online Guide to Mediation is saying the nicest things about us. ” I’ve described this excellent blog as one which offers “lucidly written, intelligent analysis” of legal issues, and I stand by that. This blog consistently delivers the goods. Although its Louisville-based author Diana Skaggs tracks Kentucky divorce and family law, her blog has a...Read More
The Arizona Family Law Blog reports and links to a 9th Circuit case ruling on the constitutional liberty interests a noncustodial parent has to the care and companionship to a child. Update: Case digest from the Family Law Prof Blog.Read More
Great news from the Kentucky Law Blog! The Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys is forming a Domestic Law Section. The organizational meeting will be July 11, 2006, 9:30 am at KATA headquarters. This section will fill a badly needed void in the professional development of family lawyers in Kentucky. No other family law organization has...Read More
Collaborative Counselors, ABA Journal, June,2006 discusses Collaborative law, and notes its greatest growth in the family law context. The most controversial aspect of collaborative practice is that if either party elects to go to court, both attorneys are disqualified. “Ultimately, as one of the parties, I can decide not to settle. I can choose to...Read More
The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet was presented by Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch, authors of a book by the same title, at the Louisville Bar Association last week. Their website, www.netforlawyers.com, has a number of online articles and has an email update. Even though the duo gave a similar seminar in Louisville...Read More
Valerie Honeycutt Spears wrote a detailed summary in the Herald-Leader of this week’s legislative hearing in Frankfort on premature termination of parental rights.Read More
LawReader is now posting Kentucky Court of Appeals and Supreme Court decisions and a synopsis within hours of release. You must subscribe to access the full opinion and a complete digest, but the price is reasonable, especially in view of the numerous legal research tools it offers. Accessing the unpublished cases will likely become important...Read More
Dennis Kennedy writes one of the most helpful law practice management blogs. He has a nice posting up about protecting client confidences, and another this week on public speaking. “1. Know your stuff, 2.Focus on what’s really important, really novel or really interesting, and 3. Only speak on subjects you care about to audiences you...Read More
Case Law Development: Appointment of GAL for parent in dependency action requires notice and hearing, from the Family Law Prof Blog. In states where there is statutory authority for a GAL in dependency cases, including Kentucky, this case may be inapplicable. But see our prior post on Guardians Ad Litem where there is not statutory...Read More
The American Lawyer on the Web has a great article which we have linked. ” The most compelling, cutting-edge, honest legal writing being produced in this country today is happening on the Internet, and the crop improves daily.Read More
