B.C. v. B.T. and K.F., Joint Custodians of N.C., 182 SW3d 213, (Ky.App., 2005) Appeal to Court of Appeals proper since Circuit had a Family Court. Evidence was sufficient to establish father as unfit, although such finding was unnecessary as grandmother was found to be a de facto custodian and, thus, had equal footing with...Read More

Hollbrook v. Hollbrook, 151 SW3d 825 (Ky.App., 2005) Where wife did not file a complaint in Bankruptcy Court, the Court did not have jurisdiction to reverse the order of the Bankruptcy Court discharging husband’s debt to wife arising from pension benefits he received prior to entry and acceptance of QDROs.Read More

Cox v. Cox, 170 SW3d 389 (Ky., 2005) Where Texas lacked minimum contacts with the husband and, therefore, lacked jurisdiction to impose a lien on property in Kentucky, its judgment regarding the lien was not entitled to full force and credit and was not a “foreign judgment” under the UEFJA.Read More

Goff v. Goff, 172 SW3d 352 (Ky., 2005) Applying the UCCJA, Kentucky had subject matter jurisdiction to enter the initial custody decree, but was without continuing jurisdiction to modify it because Tennessee was unquestionably the home state of the child. Parties were married in Tennessee (June 1996) and purchased a home in Nashville. Less than...Read More