Discretionary review was granted in Rice v. Rice, a 2-1 unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals affirming classification of debt as marital and dividing it equally.  The husband had amassed $65,000 in debt for the benefit of the parties’ adult son, some of which was for luxuries, all without the knowledge of his wife.Read More

A motion for discretionary review has been filed in Campbell v. Campbell, which we digested here, and ranted about here. This is most welcome and it is my hope that review will be granted.Read More

Kerr v. Osborne 2009-CA-000351-ME   Read More

Kerr v. Osborne.   Under facts of this case, four months was not an unreasonable amount of time to move to vacate custody award and custody order was not supported by substantial evidence. Digest to follow.  Read More

Distressed that arbitration is not a viable alternative to spouses who cannot afford to pay an arbitrator and holding that the approval of the arbitration process by a family court constitutes an improper delegation of its constitutional responsibility, the Kentucky Court of Appeals recently barred arbitration in divorce cases. Read More

Buddenberg v. Buddenberg  2009-CA-000274-MR Issue:  Domestic Violence OrderRead More