PRIEST V. PRIEST The Court of Appeals previously ruled in this case (Priest v. Priest, No. 2014-CA-000148-MR) holding Wife’s share of Husband’s military retirement “should be calculated based upon the DFSA, Section IV(c) as outlined in Poe v. Poe. 711 S.W.2d 849, 850 (Ky. App. 1986). The family court divided the military retirement benefit utilizing...Read More

A state court may not order a veteran to indemnify a divorced spouse for the loss in the divorced spouse’s portion of the veteran’s retirement pay caused by the veteran’s waiver of retirement pay to receive service-related disability benefits. Howell v. Howell opinion analysis is here.Read More

WOOD V. WOESTE Father and Mother had  joint custody of child, who was living in Kentucky with Father during the school year. Mother resided in Montana. Father was given notice he was being returned to active service in the National Guard Air Force in September 2014. In December, Mother filed a motion for temporary primary...Read More

Kathy Joan Copas v. Richard Dale Copas No. 2009-CA-000685-MR and No. 2009-CA-000720-MR Published:  Opinion Affirming in Part, Reversing in Part and Remanding County:  Shelby This opinion addresses the combined appeal and cross-appeal from Shelby Family Court orders modifying the division of Richard’s military retired pay between Richard and his former spouse, Kathy.Read More

Snodgrass v. Snodgrass, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2009)  Read More

Mark Sullivan advises us, “You can now read, review, download all the materials in the most recent Legal Assistance Course given at The Army JAG School in Charlottesville by going to Legal Assistance.” Click TJAGLCS Publications, then Legal Assistance and select May ’06 course book.Read More