The Oklahoma Family Law Blog reports Parents Have Constitutional Right to Cross-Examine Guardian Ad Litem and discusses a recent Oklahoma Supreme Court decision. Makes sense. Of course, there is still the unsettled issue in Kentucky of the court’s authority to appoint a guardian ad litem in child custody cases.Read More
Gripshover v. Gripshover was decided yesterday by the Kentucky Supreme Court. It’s an important case holding that transfer of a large portion of the marital estate to validly formed trust and partnership is neither fraud upon nor dissipation of the marital estate.Read More
The brochures are in the mail for the 11th Annual AAML/LBA April 17-18, 2008 Seminar: Mastering The Tough Issues to be held at the Louisville Bar Association, about which we posted here. A brochure can be downloaded here:Download aaml_2008_final.pdfRead More
Two decisions rendered by the Kentucky Court of Appeals last Friday are of interest to family lawyers and digests will be posted soon: Allison v. Allison, nonmarital/marital interest in business where corporation redeemed parents’ stock, increasing husband’s % interest in business. (Sounds familiar to two cases we’ve had last year or two, now settled. It...Read More
Jones v. Jones, ___S.W.3d___ (Ky. App. 2008) Ex-Husband appealed TC’s orders classifying his Tobacco Transition Payment Program (TTPP) payments and a portion of the increase in value of his life estate as marital and awarding maintenance and attorney’s fees to Ex-Wife in divorce proceeding.Read More
HB 376 Would amend KRS 403.735 to require each court to designate at least one day per week for domestic violence hearings; amend KRS 403.740 to require an emergency protective order to remain in effect until the full domestic violence hearing occurs; require the date, time, and place of the full hearing to be noted...Read More
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