Ridgeway v. Warren http://opinions.kycourts.net/coa/2019-CA-001207.pdf Mother moved Family Court to enter an order allowing her to enroll Child at a private school due to Child experiencing academic difficulties in her parochial school, to apply for financial aid, and asking that Father be required to assist in the financial aid application process. Father objected, citing concerns, such...Read More

T.S. v. Kentucky, et al. Grandmother, and custodian of the children at issue herein, was named as the person responsible for abuse and neglect the court found to have occurred. Grandmother appealed. The Court of Appeals ordered Grandmother to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for failure to name the Cabinet for...Read More

T.C. v. M.E., et al.   Mother and Father had joint custody of Child following divorce. Mother was designated the primary residential parent. During a period of Father’s parenting time, Child injured his arm at Father’s mother’s home when Child and Father were playing. While running and jumping together, Child lost his balance, and Father...Read More

If your income has decreased or stopped amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and you have a child support obligation to the other parent of your child(ren), or if you were terminated from your employment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and you were ordered to provide health insurance for your child(ren), you may be considering requesting a modification...Read More

B.S.S. v. K.S.   Child was born to Mother and Father while Mother and Father were married. Later, Mother and Father separated, and Mother petitioned for dissolution of marriage and moved for temporary sole custody of Child. In her motion, she alleged that Father was under investigation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services...Read More

Layman v. Bohanon   Mother and Father divorced, entering into a settlement agreement providing for joint custody and equally shared parenting time. Later, the parties orally agreed to modify their parenting time arrangement due to a change in Father’s work schedule. Two years after the oral agreement to modify the parenting time arrangement, Father moved...Read More

Blackaby v. Barnes   Child was born to Mother and Father. Maternal Grandmother petitioned Family Court for adoption of Child, to which Mother consented. Father contested the adoption, but he died before completion of Child’s adoption proceedings. On October 23, 2017, Family Court entered a judgment of adoption. Paternal Grandfather petitioned Family Court for grandparent...Read More

Petrie v. Brackett, et al.   After a physical altercation between Father and Son, wherein Father restrained Son so that Son could not continue hitting him, Mother filed a petition for a protective order for Son. At the hearing, the testimony revealed that Son pushed Father several times and then hit him in the chest....Read More

M. v. Allen County Attorney’s Office, et al.   Father appealed Family Court’s dispositional order in a Dependency, Neglect, and Abuse (“DNA”) matter. Father did not name the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (“the Cabinet”) as a party to the appeal. Father failed to respond to the Court of Appeals’ Order requiring him to...Read More

Hoskins v. Elliott, et al.   On February 11, 2017, Mother left her nine-month-old Child with Elliott to babysit for the weekend and until Mother went to scheduled court appearances. For quite some time, Mother did not reappear, and Child became sick. Elliott did not have the legal authority to take Child to the doctor....Read More