The New Hampshire Supreme Court held last month that a child conceived after her father’s death via artificial insemination is ineligible to inherit from her father as his surviving issue under New Hampshire intestacy law. The facts: Donna M. Eng and Rumzi Brian Khabbaz were married in September 1989 and, six years later, had a...Read More

Calfee v. Cabinet for Health and Family Services and Tammy AquilianRead More

Because discussion is circulating that the Court of Appeals may be moved to publish this case, we are digesting it for you. Christian v. Clemente (unpublished)Read More

In view of the chaotic state of paternity law across the country, I think the following law review article digests, compiled by Nancy Ver Steegh in her Annual Survey of Periodical Literature published in the Family Law Quarterly, Vol 40, No 4, Winter 2007 is helpful: Nancy E. Dowd, Fathers and the Supreme Court: Founding...Read More

Here is an interesting new Michigan case courtesy of Jeanne Hannah at Updates In Michigan Family Law.Read More

Michigan is struggling with the same paternity challenges as Kentucky. Updates In Michigan Family Law reports:Read More

The Kentucky Supreme Court has stayed a trial in Rhoades v. Ricketts, expedited the briefing schedule in the matter of J.N.R., et al. v. Hon. Joseph O’Reilly, Judge, Jefferson Family Court, 2007-SC-000175-MR, and has scheduled oral arguments September 12, 2007, at 9:00 a.m., at the University of Kentucky College of Law courtroom, 620 Limestone Street,...Read More

Oral arguments in Hinshaw#1 digested here will be held by the Kentucky Supreme Court Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 10:00am at the University of Kentucky College of Law Courtroom, 620 S. Limestone Street, Lexington, KY. It remains to be seen whether discretionary review will be sought in Boone v. Ballinger, digested here, how the Supreme...Read More

BOONE V. BALLINGER___S.W.3d___(Ky. App. 2007) De facto custodian; doctrine of waiver and estoppel; Rebuttable presumption of paternity; Marital property (401k account) 2006-CA-001257 TO BE PUBLISHED: REVERSING AND REMANDING (ABRAMSON) DATE RENDERED: 5/4/2007Read More

On April 4 at 1:30pm, The Kentucky Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in Louisville in an expedited appeal, Boone v. Ballinger. The court’s calendar describes the case:Read More