We previously posted here about oral arguments and posted the briefs in Gripshover. Thanks to Kentucky Court Reports for posting the updated schedule for oral arguments, now set to be held December 14, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. Here’s the link to check out the oral arguments online. From KCR: GRIPSHOVER V. GRIPSHOVER (2005-SC-000729-DG)Read More
Kentucky Court Report has collated and posted the following which includes links to briefs in which oral arguments are set December 13, 2007 before the Kentucky Supreme Court in two relocation cases:Read More
A reader asked me to post an article I published in The Advocate. Here’s the beginning and the entire article is on a .pdf at the end. Published in The Advocate, The Kentucky Justice Association, November/December, 2007, Volume 35, Number 6 DOMESTIC LAW WATCH FOR ALL CIVIL LITIGATORSRead More
An interesting comment was posted by John H. Helmers, Jr. in response to the post Evaluators in Child-Custody Cases Scrutinized: Thanks for this important link. I think that it is important for us all to rethink the way that custody evaluations are used.Read More
The Louisville Bar Association Family Law Section will be featuring three local evaluators at a seminar December 11, 2007. Here is registration info for the presentation by Stephen Free, JD, PhD, Jennifer Cebe, PhD, and Kathryn Berla’, Ed.D.Read More
No new published family law cases today from the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Last week there was one, London v. Collins, 2007 –CA-000529-ME, regarding application of KRS Chapter 403 in modification of custody established in a dependency case. Digest to follow soon.Read More
Pursley v. Pursley, —S.W.3d—, 2007 WL 4126464 (Ky. App. 2007). Dad appealed Family Court’s order modifying joint custody of Daughter to sole custody with Mom, and restricting Dad’s visitation to weekly supervised visitation. Dad alleged that Circuit Court erred by treating the Exceptions he filed as a Motion to Alter, Amend or Vacate and by...Read More
From Madelyn Freundlich, 2007 November. New York NY: Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute in the report, “For the Records: Restoring a Right to Adult Adoptees,” are the following findings, via the Family Law Prof Blog: Prohibiting adopted people from getting their personal information raises significant civil rights concerns and potentially serious, negative consequences for their...Read More
A National Public Radio program by Alix Spiegel, All Things Considered, November 21, 2007 is online. From the NPR site: Psychologists and other mental health professionals are increasingly playing a role in child custody disputes. Using a battery of psychological tests and expert judgment, psychologists make recommendations about which parent should have custody.Read More
