Oral arguments in Hinshaw#1 digested here will be held by the Kentucky Supreme Court Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 10:00am at the University of Kentucky College of Law Courtroom, 620 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY. It remains to be seen whether discretionary review will be sought in Boone v. Ballinger, digested here, how the Supreme...Read More
Wallace v. Wallace, –S.W.3d –(Ky. App. 2007) Issues and Holdings: 1. Whether under the UCCJEA Kentucky has jurisdiction to modify the visitation order as to all, none, or only the oldest child, who has resided in Kentucky for a period exceeding six months. The Court held that the trial court had continuing jurisdiction to modify...Read More
BOONE V. BALLINGER___S.W.3d___(Ky. App. 2007) De facto custodian; doctrine of waiver and estoppel; Rebuttable presumption of paternity; Marital property (401k account) 2006-CA-001257 TO BE PUBLISHED: REVERSING AND REMANDING (ABRAMSON) DATE RENDERED: 5/4/2007Read More
Kansas is the 5th state to adopt The Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act, International Family Law reports at Preventing International Child Abduction: The Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act – which includes some specific provisions designed to prevent international child abduction – was signed into law in Kansas on April 6, 2007. Kansas is the fourth...Read More
Rankin v. Coffman. UPDATE: Discretionary review granted by Kentucky Supreme Court August 15, 2007. Issue and Holding: Whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction in a modification of child custody case. The Court held no, the trial court did not have proper subject matter jurisdiction.Read More
Last month we reported here on a “not to be published” relocation case in which the Kentucky Supreme Court granted discretionary review. Now there is another. While we still fret about whether to digest “not to be published’ decisions, it certainly seems worthwhile to do so for those which are being entertained on discretionary review....Read More
On April 4 at 1:30pm, The Kentucky Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Louisville in an expedited appeal, Boone v. Ballinger. The court’s calendar describes the case:Read More
Andrew Wolfson in today’s Courier-Journal reports on the husband/paternity fraud/bio-dad cases working their way though the Kentucky Courts. The front page story is here. His report is well researched, well written and accurate, as usual. Even if I had not read it while enjoying my coffee this morning, I would have known something significant had...Read More
The Family Law Professor’s Blog has linked to an insightful and troubling article published by the New York Times. A quoted excerpt from the profs: “They are the hidden side of the government’s stepped-up efforts to track down and deport illegal immigrants: Toddlers stranded at day care centers or handed over to ill-equipped relatives. Siblings...Read More
Law Firms Pitch Themselves As the Divorced Guy’s Guys by Ann Carrens last week at The Wall Street Journal reports on the trend of law firms selling themselves as “father’s rights” lawyers and the Cordell & Cordell firm in particular. We have none (yet) in Louisville.Read More
