Mitchell v. Mitchell, attorney fee award incidental to defense of motion to modify maintenance reversed where it was entered more than 10 days after court had denied maintenance modification motion and court lost jurisdiction. Digest to follow.Read More

In Campbell v. Campbell, the Kentucky Supreme Court granted the parties' joint motion to dismiss the appeal, ordered the Court of Appeals opinion not to be published, and denied the motion of the Kentucky Chapter of Matrimonial Lawyers to file an amicus brief. Our prior posts are here. (Disclaimer: I wrote (with the help of...Read More

Carpenter-Moore v. Carpenter, denial of motion to relocate children affirmed. Pennington applies as it clarifies procedures rather than substantive rights and was the law when the decision of the trial court was rendered. Guffey v. Guffey,  reversed as there is no presumption debt is marital nor divided equally, affirmed as to denial of motion to continue trial. Digests to...Read More

Mosley v. Mosley, trial court erred when it refused to permit amendment of response to petition to request maintenance. J.M. v. Commonwealth, et. al., order denying grandparents' motion for temporary custody affirmed. Digests to follow.Read More