GRASCH V. GRASCH At the time of dissolution, Husband had an active law practice in which he had executed contingent-fee contracts with some clients. The trial court treated the contingent-fee contracts as a component of Husband’s income when received and not as property. The Court of Appeals agreed. The Supreme Court accepted discretionary review.Read More

ALLEN V. GUELTZOW Father filed a DVO action against step-father on behalf of his minor children. Father was the only witness and testified as to statements made to him by his then six-year-old child. The court also considered a police report and district court domestic violence charges. The trial court issued the DVO and stepfather...Read More

PRIEST V. PRIEST The Court of Appeals previously ruled in this case (Priest v. Priest, No. 2014-CA-000148-MR) holding Wife’s share of Husband’s military retirement “should be calculated based upon the DFSA, Section IV(c) as outlined in Poe v. Poe. 711 S.W.2d 849, 850 (Ky. App. 1986). The family court divided the military retirement benefit utilizing...Read More

DIXON V. DIXON Parties entered into a marital settlement agreement requiring husband to make payments for maintenance and child support. Instead, husband paid wife’s mortgage which was in excess of his child support and maintenance obligations. Wife objected but did not request a hearing on the issue for two years, which was more than a...Read More

DELEO V. DELEO The court scheduled a two day trial on a dissolution action including custody issues, parenting issues, and division of assets. Wife fired her initial counsel and had difficulty finding alternate counsel given her financial position. Wife ultimately obtained counsel who had a conflict with the scheduled trial date. Wife’s several motions for...Read More

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has asked us to post the two openings they have for staff attorneys. Here are the details: COA STAFF ATTORNEY – NT JOB CODE : 89140V001504 TITLE : COA STAFF ATTORNEY – NT DEPARTMENT : KENTUCKY COURT OF APPEALS GRADE : 15 SALARY : $42,500.16 – $56,100.00 (MIN TO MAX...Read More

HALLOWAY V. SIMMONS Boyfriend and girlfriend had conflict which resulted in an EPO being granted in Jefferson County against Boyfriend. Boyfriend violated the EPO and was charged. The day after his pre-trial conference, Boyfriend sought an IPO against girlfriend in Oldham County claiming she was targeting his locations. The Oldham County family court granted the...Read More

R.S., ET AL. V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES CFHS brought dependency and neglect action on behalf of sons as father was a registered sex offender. Their action was not precipitated by any violation of the law. The family court entered orders requiring all contact between sons and father to be...Read More

MIRANDA V. MIRANDA This matter came before the Court on two separate appeals involving the same parties. The facts of the first appeal concern the marital residence. Pursuant to the parties’ Marital Settlement Agreement, Husband was to pay Wife $15,000.00 after he refinanced the marital home within 90 days. The agreement separately stated that if...Read More

LEWIS V. FULKERSON Both Husband and Wife appealed Court Order entered after a trial on all issues. Wife argued that the family court erred in finding that all of the proceeds from the sale of Husband’s businesses were his nonmarital property. Husband argued the family court erred in determining the character of Wife’s Trust corpus...Read More