Cox v. Cox, 170 SW3d 389 (Ky., 2005) Where Texas lacked minimum contacts with the husband and, therefore, lacked jurisdiction to impose a lien on property in Kentucky, its judgment regarding the lien was not entitled to full force and credit and was not a “foreign judgment” under the UEFJA.Read More

Dobson v. Dobson, 159 SW3d 335 (Ky.App., 2004) Spouse granted innocent spouse relief by the IRS is not entitled to res judicata and trial court assignment of tax deficiency 40% to innocent spouse was upheld. Tax audit has uncovered a tax deficiency, but trial court reasoned that the parties benefited from the lower tax burden...Read More

Goff v. Goff, 172 SW3d 352 (Ky., 2005) Applying the UCCJA, Kentucky had subject matter jurisdiction to enter the initial custody decree, but was without continuing jurisdiction to modify it because Tennessee was unquestionably the home state of the child. Parties were married in Tennessee (June 1996) and purchased a home in Nashville. Less than...Read More

Now that we are a bit public, it seems appropriate to talk about the scholarship of legal blogs. In a posting on 3L Epiphany a U.S. District Court Judge is interviewed about his use of blogs as secondary authority. We found it today from a Dennis Kennedy posting on Corante. and then saw it all...Read More

Michael Stevens was very kind to announce the presence of this blog in his KentuckyLawBlog today. The good news is you’re reading it. The bad news is that you will see the learning curve in progress as we improve it.Read More

Allen v. Devine, 178 SW3d 517 (Ky.App., 2005) Once a finding is made that persons are de facto custodians, they then are on equal footing and court must then determine best interest. Blood relationship is but one of many factors for the trial court to consider.Read More

Crossfield v. Crossfield, 155 SW3d 743 (Ky.App., 2005) Change of residential parent within two years of custody decree requires supporting affidavits and finding of endangerment or placement with de facto custodian.Read More

Gullion v. Gullion, 163 SW3d 888 (Ky., 2005) Affidavits are not required for CR 59 motions. Upon remand the trial court is directed to consider only evidence in existence at the time of trial. A custody modification cannot be requested until there is a final custody order to modify.Read More

The Family Law Professor’s Blog, edited by Robert E. Oliphant, Nancy Ver Steegh, and Barbara Glesnor Fines is a great resource and service to those of us who love this area of the law. There’s also a link on our “Other Family Law Blogs.” Check them out, and subscribe to the RSS feed for your...Read More

Joe H. Brown, PhD, Professor, University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work and Director of the Families in Transition Program announced at the AAML/LBA seminar a new program funded with a sizeable grant from The Bureau of Justice Administration. The goals of the program include helping high conflict divorced parents create parenting plans and...Read More