The Kentucky Family Law Network, Inc. now has a membership application posted on its website as well as the registration form for the Advanced Collaborative Divorce Practice presentation November 1, 2006 featuring Pauline H. Tessler, J.D. and Peggy Thompson, Ph.D. KCFN membership is open to attorneys, financial professionals and mental health professionals who have, inter...Read More

John Walsh, CEO of the Morton Center, an alcohol treatment center in Louisville,KY will retire next year. John co-founded the Morton Center in 1984. Over the years he became an indispensable resource to family law practitioners. If substance abuse was a concern for a child’s safety, we could always count on John to objectively assess...Read More

Pauline Tesler and Peggy Thompson, the dynamic presenters who are coming to Louisville November 1, 2006 to teach an advanced interdisciplinary collaborative divorce program, appeared on the PBS show last night, Kids & Divorce: For Better or Worse. Their book released this year, Collaborative DivorceRead More

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports, “Matthew Snoddy, the oldest son of Comair Flight 5191 victim Tim Snoddy, filed a lawsuit in Fayette Circuit Court on Tuesday to determine who should be named next of kin — Matthew Snoddy or his father’s estranged wife, Connie Elise Buckley.Read More

Collaborative law groups in the news: The Cincinnati Inquirer reports on groups in Cincy and Northern Kentucky. The Capital Online (Annapolis, MD) “Breakin’ up is always hard to do, but a movement is underway to make the divorce process a little more palatable and a lot less messy.”Read More

November 1, 2006: Save the date. The Kentucky Collaborative Family Network is hosting a collaborative family law training featuring national gurus, Pauline Tessler and Peggy Thompson. Details to follow.Read More

“OK, Let’s Tackle This Unhappy Lawyer Thing” is the title of a posting in the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. “Look around your law firm. Are the transactional lawyers actually having more fun putting deals together than are the litigators tearing them apart? We might learn a thing or two from them. Take a tax...Read More

Collaborative Counselors, ABA Journal, June,2006 discusses Collaborative law, and notes its greatest growth in the family law context. The most controversial aspect of collaborative practice is that if either party elects to go to court, both attorneys are disqualified. “Ultimately, as one of the parties, I can decide not to settle. I can choose to...Read More

Read all about Pauline Tessler’s new collaborative divorce book, Collaborative Divorce: The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure Your Family, Resolve Legal Issues, and Move On With Your Life, on The Family Law News Blog, in a posting submitted by Pauline. It may fuel the demand for this divorce resolution model. In the Louisville area, we...Read More

The Kentucky Collaborative Family Network, Inc. (KCFN) elected its new officers for 2006-2007. Steven Kriegshaber of Conliffe, Sullivan and Sandmann will succeed Patricia Bennett of Smith Barney as President. Allison Johnson, LCSW was elected Vice President and John Walsh and Sandra G. Ragland were re-elected Treasurer and Secretary.Read More