HB383 was filed today with posting waived. It should be online tomorrow and we’ll link to it when available. It will be heard in the house judiciary committee in Frankfort on Wednesday, January 30, 2008. It mirrors with few exceptions the AAML Model Relocation Act, available here. Update: HB383 is online here. UPDATE: Still in...Read More
No family law opinions were released by the Kentucky Supreme Court yesterday. Today the Court of Appeals rendered one family law case designated to be published, Mickler v. Mickler. A digest will follow soon.Read More
HB 353 would amend KRS 403.750 to provide that the court, in a domestic violence order, may prohibit a respondent from possessing firearm while the order is in effect; provide for confiscation of firearms in possession of the defendant and for confiscated firearms to be turned over to the office of the sheriff for custody;...Read More
Raisor v. Raisor, ___S.W.3d___(Ky. App.)Ex-Wife appealed from TC’s order adopting the Separation and Property Settlement Agreement between Ex-Wife and Ex-Husband. The parties had reached a property settlement agreement at mediation, memorialized by the mediator’s handwritten notes, which was signed by the parties, their respective attorneys, and the mediator. Thereafter, Ex-Husband’s attorney tendered a formal settlement...Read More
HB 161, would amend KRS 403.720 to include dating partners among the class of persons allowed to obtain domestic violence protective orders; amend KRS 431.005 to reference the definition of “unmarried couple” in KRS 403.720. Jan 8-introduced in House , Jan 11-to Judiciary (H) UPDATE: still in house judiciary committee 3/24/08Read More
A bill based on the AAML Model Relocation Act is expected to be introduced in the House this week and quickly scheduled for a hearing in the Judiciary Committee. More on that as it happens. Meanwhile, these family law related bills have been filed:Read More
A full digest will follow shortly, but here’s the short version: Raisor v. Raisor, Handwritten settlement outline signed at mediation was incorporated into formal MSA and approved by trial court. Affirmed. At trial court wife wanted outline approved but not MSA prepared by husband. On appeal she claimed outline ambiguous. One can’t “feed one can...Read More
Oral arguments in Thomas v. Thomas, digested here, will be held January 16, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. Kentucky Court Report has the links to the briefs and live cam here.Read More
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