The first Friday in May is the Kentucky Oaks race day. Louisville dockets are typically light, and local schools are closed. Kentuckians are having brunch and getting the mint julep fixings from local liquor vendors. Despite all of that, it was business as usual for...
This Round-Up is double-barrelled with highlights from the minutes of the Court of Appeals from April 12 and April 19. Tune back in tomorrow for another Round Up post! April 12 Jaswinder Singh v. Harvinder Kaur, 2022-CA-0855 In an appeal from Daviess County, the Court of Appeals affirmed...
The third and final Round Up posted this week ends the barrage of cases with a bang! With several substantive cases - including one with a feature of your favorite Round Up-authoring law firm - you’ve got a good read ahead of you. Happy Friday! Timothy...
Recently, we had a stampede of family law cases from the Kentucky Court of Appeals. There were ten (10!) Opinions regarding family law rulings during the week of March 18-22, 2024. Almost every facet of family law is represented here, from child support and maintenance...
In this week's Round Up, the Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed the Family Court decisions in all cases -- even when a few of them were shaky or at risk of reversal in our opinion. All the domestic cases were unreported this week. Despite that,...
March is here, and with it comes another edition of the Court of Appeals Round Up from your favorite Family Law firm. This week, we have quite a few Family Court appellate opinions for your perusal. Half of them were written by Judge Acree, which...
You’re not gonna this… We don’t like to scare our clients, but sometimes hard truth wakes us up. Think your social media world is private just because you’ve unfriended your estranged spouse? Think again. If you find yourself in the midst of divorce or custody litigation, anything you...
What happens when your spouse leaves you right after you settle a personal injury suit? Who gets the money? Is it yours? Or do have split it with your ex-wife (or ex-husband)? Or to make things worse, does the new lover get to have a share? The answer,...
Family law attorneys need to be prepared for everything. Though family court is usually confined to divorce, maintenance, child support, and custody, the family home can often become the focal point of a divorce, as well. Divorce & mortgage debt are generally fairly straightforward issues, but...
In over twenty years of practicing family law, rarely has a new client not said, “I just want what’s fair.” However, the details on a just result differ wildly in family court. When it comes to divorce, fairness - like beauty - is in the...
