Rayborn v. Rayborn, 185 SW3d 641, (Ky., 2006) The actual distribution of remaining marital property and sale thereof did not result in the sort of substantial change in circumstances that could render a maintenance obligation nconscionable. Even if the initial divorce decree was done incorrectly and without adequate findings, the remedy is a direct appeal...Read More

Several years ago, at the behest of Gary Lowen, some local family lawyers began having informal “You Piss Me Off” dinners. The thought was that if we could get together, establish some real basis for getting to know each other on a personal level, and could vent at one another (in the presence of a...Read More

The Indiana Law Blog published this piece yesterday: “Two Kentucky law blogs added to ILB blog list The ILB has added two Kentucky law blogs to the list of links in the right-hand column, directly below the list of Indiana law blogs. They are the Kentucky Law Blog and the Kentucky Divorce and Family Law...Read More

Mike Stevens has been posting about our postings in the Kentucky Law Blog: Ky Family Law: Same Sex CustodyRead More

The Kentucky Supreme Court has proposed an Amendment to the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure regarding the citation of unpublished decisions, as follows: The proposed amendments to section (4)(c) of CR 76.28 are:Read More

Tips to Uncover Unreported Income and Hidden Assets as reported by Janet Jangjahr, in her Florida Divorce blog. Divorce Online has published this handy article containing tips on finding Unreported Income and Hidden Assets.Read More

The Art of Divorce Blog has a great posting about this: A new study by a dating website claims that nearly half of all spouses cheat. Although this number may be skewed on the high side given the demographics of those who use dating sites, there are probably a few who cheat that claimed not...Read More

Sorry the .pdf link with Judge Potter’s special Jury Instructions cannot be opened, which we referenced in the posting about Mike Runner yesterday. Will fix asap. Beginners goof-up. This is a good time to mention, however, that you may notice a slight slow down of posting in the next week, and to a lesser extent...Read More

From Paul C. O’Bryan: The Ct. of Appeals, in S.R.D. v. T.L.B., 174 S.W.3d 502 (Ky. App., 2005) discusses the theory of paternity by estoppel. I think the “best” chance (absent a new statute) is to argue that if a court can force a father from denying (when he is not the biological father) to...Read More

We were saddened by the death last week of our Louisville colleague, E. Michael Runner, a former AAML Fellow. Mike was opposing counsel in an alienation of affection case early in my career, a tort which has, thankfully, since been abolished in Kentucky. It was quite a circus and Mike did a masterful job. Judge...Read More