Meyers v. Hon. Bruce Petrie, 233 S.W.3d 212 (Ky. App. 2007)Read More

Last night the home of Tulsa attorney spouses Jim Lang and Sharon Corbitt caught fire. Jim is dead and Sharon is hospitalized in serious condition. As many of you may know, Sharon is a past chair of the ABA Family Law Section and an AAML Fellow. UPDATE: Associated Press – December 19, 2007 2:25 PM...Read More

From Rachel Levy’s report in Expatica, some quotes: Three years ago, Dutch national Hans’s life was one of turmoil as he, his children and ex-wife living in Canada were entangled in a messy child custody wrangle. Following a tough international legal battle, he had won custody over his children and brought them back to the...Read More

London v. Collins, ___S.W.3d___(Ky. App. 2007)Read More

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