The discovery of hundreds of secret divorce files in Broward County, Florida has been quite the scandal. Yesterday, Susan Spencer-Wendel, Palm Beach Post reported there are some in Palm Beach County, too. “The divorce of Leslie Alexander, billionaire owner of the Houston Rockets basketball team, is one of a handful of local divorces sealed and...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

“The 2006 Judicial Forum will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at the Seelbach Hilton Hotel, Louisville, KY from 11.30 am to 3.00 pm. The Forum’s partnering sponsors include the Women Lawyer’s association of Jefferson County, the Louisville Bar Association, the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section, the Junior League of Louisville, the...Read More

While beyond the scope of this blog. the Indiana Law Blog published last evening Judicial Surveys Vex the Bench, offering comment and a link at the end to a number of other posts on the politics of electing and appointing judges. It is must reading for those interested in the politics surrounding our judiciary, and...Read More

While I am not a proponent of electing our judges, with all Kentucky Family Court Judges facing election in November, the following post from Baton Rouge is timely. Many of our candidates will get less press. What is it that voters need to know to make informed decisions? I think a judge sitting in family...Read More

New Family Court Rules of Practice, Jefferson Circuit Court, Kentucky, became effective September 2, 2006. Click on the link at the end for a .pdf copy. If anyone has a redlined version, I would be glad to post so it would be easier to ascertain the new information within the 116 pages of rules. Obvious...Read 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

Tim Snoddy, a top notch business valuation expert in Lexington, died Sunday in the Comair Lexington plane crash. Our thoughts and friendship go to his family, business associates and to our Lexington colleagues who have lost too many in this tragic accident. “Timothy K. Snoddy of Lexington was a passenger on Comair flight 5191 and...Read More

A Kentucky State Government press release sent after the first meeting of the committee studying “quick trigger” adoptions announces it will meet monthly and possibly recommend legislation in 2007. It is good news that the 12 member panel will personally be headed by The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Cabinet Secretary Mark D....Read More

Eleanor Garber, Jefferson Circuit Court, Family Division Judge is surprised and disappointed that Kentucky state funding has been eliminated for her cutting edge program designed to treat drug addicts so their children can be reunited with them, the Courier-Journal reports.Read More