The Family Law Taxation Blog has a recent posting about innocent spouse tax relief: http://www.familylawtaxation.com. However, even if the IRS absolves a sopuse from tax liability, in a KY divorce, the trial court can assess some of the burden of the tax to the innocent spouse. Dobson v. Dobson, 159 SW3d 335 (Ky.App., 2004) Spouse...Read More

As promised, here’s the complete list and summary of the latest Kentucky cases that are final and now published. I have included just a few important non-final cases, but the status is indicated. Retired Chief Family Court Judge Richard A. Revell summarized half the cases in connection with our Fifteenth Annual Domestic Relations Update at...Read More

Finally we have a law sealing social security numbers, date of birth, name of minor child and financial account numbers in domestic relations court files.Read More

When maintenance is front-end-loaded, the payor may be required to recapture in the third year excess alimony. Two calculations are necessary.The first compares the second year payments to the third year payments. If the amount paid in year three plus $15,000 is less than paid in the second year, the excess will be recaptured. The...Read More

An April 10, 2006 National Law Journal article on paternity fraud has been reprinted at www.law.com. This is the flip side of the dual paternity issue where non-biological fathers have been required to pay child support. It is important to distinguish the rights/duties of husbands who are non-bio dads who want to raise and support...Read More

Utah has decided an important dual paternity case, link below. The law in Kentucky is unsettled where a husband/non-biological father wants to continue a relationship with and support of a child born during the marriage. Although a case is pending in the Kentucky Court of Appeals, until a KY case is published the Utah decision...Read More

Michael Stevens’  KentuckyLawBlog, KyCases, and LouisvilleLawWire have been of enormous help to the bar, providing a much needed  (and free!) service of publicizing appellate opinions. We all owe him a big thanks. This blog will not duplicate his efforts. We are working on a grouping of published family law cases which we will keep updated...Read More

After overwhelming passage in the house and senate, Gov. Fletcher vetoed today HB 204 which would  have provided that child support of a child found by the court to be disabled does not terminate at age 19 until the court determines otherwise.This would not have been much change in the law. However,  an amendment prohibited...Read More

HB 155 was passed and signed by Gov. Fletcher March 18, 2006. It requires employers of more than 20 persons to notify the Cabinet for Families and Children 45 days before a lump sum payment of $150 or more (or as soon as the decision to make such payment, if fewer than 45 days) is...Read More

Talk about innovative arguments! Here’s the story: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=35924 For another story on this reverse Roe v. Wade case: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0603100166mar10,1,1462426.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=trueRead More