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
UPDATE: We were late getting this digest posted. The Kentucky Supreme Court, however, denied discretionary review and ordered that the Court of Appeals decision not be published. Lane v. Caudill-Lane, 2007 WL 2459269Read 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
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
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
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
From the American Bar Association, Lawyers who represent victims of domestic violence in custody matters often encounter these common myths. This one-page tip sheet provides facts and recent statistics for use in litigation.Download custody_myths.pdf .Read More
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