Mike “Buck” Morris, Managing Attorney of the Legal Aid Volunteer Lawyer Program is seeking attorneys to help them. Here’s the email I received for their program, “Pursuing Justice Restoring Hope”>Read More

Sarah Almy, a Louisville family law attorney, in response to our “Nature or Nurture” posting on genetic testing, posted the following comment: ” I strongly agree with your position. A statutory amendment would be a helpful tool for attorneys facing the situation of a vindictive mom such as your hypothetical Mary who would be willing...Read More

A Califonia bill which would have permitted a primary residential parent to relocate a-la-Fenwick was withdrawn after more than 4,000 complaints. Here’s the scoop from the San Francisco Law Blog.Read More

Stephen C. Knight of Nashville posted on his blog, Knight on Family Law, a source for cheap DNA testing, linking to an article in the Memphis Daily News and a testing company promising results in 48 hours, Test Express, Inc. In the “nature or nurture” discussion, it seems that nature is much cheaper and quicker...Read More

John and Mary were a typical couple. Married for twelve years, they had an eight-year-old son, John, Jr. John had been ecstatic when Mary became pregnant and enthusiastically participated in the prenatal preparations. He attended Lamaze classes with his wife and converted his den into a nursery. He coached Mary in the delivery room and...Read More

From John E. Harding at the California Divorce Blawg,   U.S Supreme Court Allows Lesbian To Seek Parental RightsRead More

No wonder I couldn’t find this case in a prior post; it was still in the draft stage pending ruling by the Kentucky Supreme Court on discretionary review, although we did refer to it in a story on the Supreme Court elections in Kentucky. As a general rule, we intend only to publish cases that...Read More

We first saw the BIG news of the day at The Art of Divorce blog which linked to an AP story reporting on the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to block a lesbian woman from pursuing a custody claim to a child conceived by her partner through artificial donor insemination. The case arises from Washington state,...Read More

The Indiana Law Blog posts thoughtful excerpts from an editorial in today’s Fort Wayne News Sentinel concerning adoption by same sex couples. The Indiana Law Blog also reports today that the Indiana Supreme Court has been asked to review a decision permitting joint adoption by an unmarried couple, citing conflicting lower court rulingsRead More

Alan Pearlman, who writes the Chicago Family Law Blog, has a great article on the tax side of dividing retirement assets upon divorce: Tax Issues Related to Qualified Domestic Relations Orders and Divorce It is reprinted below. Thanks, Alan.Read More