Today the Ky Court of Appeals decided Wooldridge v. Zimmerer where an extension of DVO for 3 years was reversed and remanded. Yesterday the Ky Supreme Court released Artrip v. Noe, holding that the parent who is not disabled gets no credit agaisnt his/her child support obligation on account of social security benefits the child...Read More

Raymond Keith Chappell v. Brenda Marie Chappell, 2009-CA-000634-MRRead More

Chappell v. Chappell, custody and visitation and division of marital property affirmed. Court not required to interview children. A digest will follow. There were no published family law opinions last weekRead More

There are no published family law opinions released by the Kentucky Court of Appeals today. However, there is a published decision that will interest family law practitioners. Lattanzio v. Joyce discusses permissible sanctions that may be imposed upon pro se litigants. We will not be digesting this one, but you may click on the link...Read More

S.R., Mother v. J.N., Father and D.N., a Minor Child, 2009 CA-001621-ME  Read More

S.R. , Mother v. J.N., Father and D.N. Child,  order removing child from mother vacated and remanded. Digest to follow.Read More

Discretionary review was granted in Rice v. Rice, a 2-1 unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals affirming classification of debt as marital and dividing it equally.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