The Court accepted discretionary review in Woodson v. Woodson, in which the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court as it lacked authority to rule contrary to Dame v. Dame. The Court of Appeals' unpublished opinion is here. So, the question is whether fixed payments of maintenance over a fixed period of time remain non-modifiable....Read More
Atkisson v. Atkisson and Atkisson v. Atkisson (consolidated appeals, separate opinions) ___S.W.3d____ (Ky App. 2009) and ___S.W.3d____(Ky App. 2009)Read More
HORVATH V. HORVATH TEMPORARY MAINTENANCE ARREARAGES 2006-SC-000837-DG PUBLISHED: REVERSING OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE SCOTT COUNTY: KENTON SC granted discretionary review on the issue of whether monthly payments by Husband to Wife satisfied his temporary maintenance obligation or represented a division of marital property, thus resulting in an arrearage of temporary maintenance payments by...Read More
The Kentucky Supreme Court released its opinion yesterday in Horvath v. Horvath, online here, regarding claimed satisfaction of a temporary maintenance obligation from marital property. A digest will follow.Read More
Jones v. Jones, ___S.W.3d___ (Ky. App. 2008) Ex-Husband appealed TC’s orders classifying his Tobacco Transition Payment Program (TTPP) payments and a portion of the increase in value of his life estate as marital and awarding maintenance and attorney’s fees to Ex-Wife in divorce proceeding.Read More
Clark v. Clark, ___ S. W. 3d ___ (Ky. App. 2007) DESIGNATED TO BE PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING IN PART; VACATING AND REMANDING IN PART PANEL: ACREE PRESIDING; KELLER AND LAMBERT CONCURRING; COUNTY: JEFFERSON DATE RENDERED: 9/21/2007Read More
