Here’s hoping the legislature can wrap up Senate Bill 140 (Study feasibility of voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry, inter alia) when it reconvenes later this month. The history is below the fold:Read More

A few lawyers in Kentucky may know as much about family law as retired Chief Judge Richard A. Revell, but none knows more. What is so fascinating about this field of law is the constant movement within it reflecting our changes in society. The seminar at the Louisville Bar Association last Friday was spectacular not...Read More

Senate Bill 140 (Study feasibility of voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry): Introduced by Sen. Richard L. Roeding on February 8, 2007. Passed in the Senate (35 to 0) on February 26, 2007, to direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to appoint a panel, which may include members of the blue ribbon panel on adoption, to...Read More

Senate Bill 141 came before the Senate yesterday and was continued for additional discussions, perhaps this week. The original version of the bill reduced the cap for a GAL from $500 to $250. An amendment struck the cap entirely, leaving the amount of the fee award to the discretion of the court.Read More

Senate Bill 220 (Require prosecution of certain child support cases): Introduced by Sen. Ed Worley on February 16, 2007, to require a prosecuting attorney to initiate prosecution in child support flagrant nonsupport cases when the arrearage owed is $5,000 or greater. Details and Comments here, thanks to Kentucky Votes.org.Read More

The text of SB140 (KY): AN ACT relating to a voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 213 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish a voluntary acknowledgement-of-paternity registry within...Read More

Here are the family law related bills or those that could impact family law that have been introduced to date, thanks to Kentucky Votes.org: Senate Bill 140 (Establish list of absent fathers; create bureaucracy and fees): Introduced by Sen. Richard L. Roeding on February 8, 2007, to establish a voluntary acknowledgment-of-paternity registry. Details and Comments...Read More

Bluegrass Reports notes that a covenant marriage bill (BR409) has been pre-filed in the Kentucky legislature. Check out the lively comments. Thanks to Michael O’Dell Walker for directing me to this post.Read More

Scott Furkin, General Counsel, Administrative Office of the Courts, Kentucky, explains the confusion over the implementation of HB424 in a letter to be published next month in the Louisville Bar Briefs. You can read it Download hb424expain.pdf, now.Read More

HB 424 became law July 15, 2006, as we reported April 11, 2006. Yet, we have heard the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts is delaying enforcement pending the Kentucky Supreme Court’s likely revision of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.Read More