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

The Kentucky Court of Appeals directed one family law opinion today to be published, Pursley v. Pursley, out of Marshall County. Digest to follow soon, but the commissioner recommended a change of custody to mom based apparently on allegations of sexual abuse. Then the commissioner who heard the case was elected to the newly created...Read More

Jeremy Morley in Top Ten Tips for Expats at International Family Law gives us some gems of wisdom in these categories: Before you move overseas If you make a deal Before you switch residences Before leaving home If you’re overseas If you’re feeling stuck overseas On the other hand If you’re overseas and pregnant Don’t...Read More

Domestic violence crosses all socio-economic lines. Yet, victims often find it difficult to access help. Beyond the usual “I’m afraid to make him mad” reason for not seeking orders of protection, those who are economically fortunate are burdened with a heightened sense of shame. Thus, we were please to read in the Arkansas Benton County...Read More

These Standards of Practice (2007) are available online from the American Bar Association, Commission On Domestic Violence.Read More