Young v. Young, firefighter pension is divisible marital asset and use of coverture fraction was approved. Reversed because valuation date is date is date of decree and court erred is using valuation date two years after decree. Digest to follow.Read More
Here is our digest and link to the Kentucky Court of Appeals opinion which addresses the standing of a third party who is not a defacto custodian following enactment of the UCCJEA.Read More
Lichtenstein v. Barbanel, payment of marital debt may not be off-set against child support under UIFSA. Trial Court also erred in failing to establish child support arrearage owed by one parent before determining net amount owed by other, where custody had been changed and amount mother owed to father had not been established before Income...Read More
If a custodial parent violates an order not to remove a child from the country, the non-custodial parent may use the Hague Convention to have the child returned. Abbott v. Abbott, decided May 17, 2010 and online hereRead More
There are no published family law opinions. Campell v. Hale is an interesting unpublished opinion affirming the circuit court's division of property acquired during cohabitation.Read More
