With a huge attendance, nearly standing room only, the Ninth Annual AAML/LBA seminar kicked off today in Louisville. In coming days and weeks we will report on the topics of interest and the news presented. Speakers were so very candid (some even asked first whether the seminar was being taped) that I feel compelled to...Read More
Our new preferred URL is now pointed to this site, www.KentuckyDivorceLawBlog.com. Two sub-URLs are also pointed here, www.LouisvilleDivorceLawBlog.com and www.LouisvilleDivorceBlog.com. The thought is that down the road we may want to separate out the postings which are limited to Jefferson County from the postings relevant to the rest of the state. As we build content,...Read More
The Courier Journal printed an AP story on Monday revealing that the state has removed 50 children in the last year from women who fled to Lexington, KY shelters to escape domestic violence.Read More
Many years ago, Kathy Revell, the daughter of Retired Judge Richard Revell (she was also his secretary at the time) circulated this country divorce song quiz. We have added to her list of love gone wrong tunes starting with #32, following her list of artists. Divorce is about as sad a field of law as...Read More
The April 16, 2006 Couier-Journal reported the creation of a new District Court docket to monitor compliance with domestic violence offender treatment. Today’s Courier editorial page rightly praised Judge Angela Bisig’s pilot program, but inaccuratley referred to the court as a Domestic Violence Court.Read More
RSS feeds are the way to go to receive manageable updates to news and new blawg postings. Thanks to KY’s Michael Stevens and his www.KentuckyLawBlog.com and LouisvilleLawWire for making this easier for the rest of us. His suggestion that FeedDemon was the easiest aggregator was taken (for $29 why take a more difficult route?) and...Read More
Hofstra Law School established an L.L.M. program in family law and will enroll its first students beginning in the fall of 2006, in response to increased specialization and interdisciplinary issues. http://www.hofstra.edu/Academics/Law/law_llm_familylaw.cfm. This is the third such program in the U.S. although in other countries they appear to be as well known as our L.L.M. programs...Read More
I have invited the other KY blawgers to my home Friday April 28 for drinks and dinner. All have insipired and helped me as I created this blog, yet few of us have met. It will be great fun sharing tips and ideas. My daughter has dubbed it the “Geek Party.” If you are a...Read More
Maine has new pet protection provisions in its domestic violence statutes. I know of no reason in KY why a court could not protect animals as part of the entry of a domestic violence order in the absence of a specific statute. The comments are passionate to the Press Herald online report of the new...Read More
