The Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys has formed its Domestic Law Section, per the following email message I received from Mary Volkerding, its Membership Director: “To all interested in Joining KATA’s Domestic Law Section:Read More

Great news from the Kentucky Law Blog! The Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys is forming a Domestic Law Section. The organizational meeting will be July 11, 2006, 9:30 am at KATA headquarters. This section will fill a badly needed void in the professional development of family lawyers in Kentucky. No other family law organization has...Read More

The Cybersleuth’s Guide to the Internet was presented by Carole A. Levitt and Mark E. Rosch, authors of a book by the same title, at the Louisville Bar Association last week. Their website, www.netforlawyers.com, has a number of online articles and has an email update. Even though the duo gave a similar seminar in Louisville...Read More

The ABA Family Law Section has new CLE on CD: Military Pension Division: Crossing the Minefield Assisted Reproduction and Alternative Families Family Law Attorney’s Guide to Divorce Related Tax IssuesRead More

Register Online for the 90 minute ABA Teleseminar, “Ethical Issues in Representing Children in Custody Proceedings,” June 13, 2006 at noon Eastern time.Read More

Posted by Michelle Eisenmenger Mapes I have now been back in Kentucky for just under two weeks, having returned on May 27th from an eight day seminar in Houston, Texas. I think I am almost fully recovered. A friend of mine has referred to this trip a few times as a “vacation,” and each time...Read More

Gregg Herman announces in The Family Law News Blog a first ever joint conference between the American Psychological Association and The American Bar Association to be held in 2008. We’ve added it to our roll of upcoming national seminars. It will probably be a long time before any registration details are announced, but we will...Read More

Chief Judge Stephen George gave an excellent presentation on relocation at the AAML/LBA seminar last week,” Fenwick, Dead or Alive?” We have made an editorial decision, though, not to report on judges’ comments on this blog. The ABA Family Law Advocate features relocation as the subject of its most recent edition and contains a good...Read More

James A. Hennenhoefer, Vice-President AAML, San Diego, CA presented at the AAML/LBA Family Law seminar at the LBA on April 21, 2006. Jim has been instrumental in the creation and running of the AICPA/AAML biennial seminar in Las Vegas. His topic at the KY seminar was Pre-Nup/Post-Nup-“Love me forever, but not my Assets”Read More

Laura Morgan, www.FamLawConsult.com, VA (the “Goddess” and co-author of the Spousal Support Handbook to be published by the ABA in 2007) and Gaetano(“Guy”) Ferro, CT, President-Elect, AAML, presented Alimony, Spousal Support and Maintenance: A Musical in Six Acts at the AAML/LBA Family Law seminar at the LBA April 21, 2006. Here’s the general outline and...Read More