Divorce Law Journal

Blended Families; Applying For College Financial Aid

Although federal college financial aid amounted to $90 billion in 2004-2005, colleges provided $24 billion of their own money, and their treatment of stepparent income and non custodial income varies significantly. Some consider only the resources of biological or adoptive parents, some consider stepparent income only in the custodial household, and some collect income information from as many as four parents, according to The New York Times, Education Life, July 30, 2006.
Sad to say, neither divorced parent in Kentucky has a legal duty to provide any support to a college student. In crafting settlement agreements, we sometimes take into account the federal financial aid formula which bases need on the household where the child lives most of the time, but even then the income of a stepparent coming into that home may be considered. It is almost always more important, however, to develop the parenting plan for a child on more important considerations. On the other hand, it does not seem fair to the child to base aid on the income of a biological parent who has no further relationship with a child, particularly the income of an abusive parent. Yet, the College Board is recommending colleges uniformly consider income of only biological and adoptive parents. That may be appropriate in states where parents have a legal duty to provide support during colleges, and may provide a reason for state legislatures in those other states to make a moral obligation to help a child through college a legal duty.
"Of course, many loving stepparents and noncustodial parents want to pitch in. But if their support is voluntary, Mark Kantrowitz, president of the Web site FinAid.org, recommends that they hold off. “The college will take this at face value in reducing institutional aid,” he says. “It is generally a good idea to wait until after the student graduates to help out — e.g., by helping pay off the student loans.” He offers two other strategies (extreme, he says, and problematic): live with the poorer parent, or if love can wait, delay remarriage."

American Association of Internet Journalists

LawReader announces the formation of the American Association of Internet Journalists. Members willing to subscribe to its aspirational code of ethics are invited.

After reading Indiana Law Blog,and the journal article to which it links, I better understood some of the rationale inspiring this goundbreaking move to form an association with foundations of good journalism.

Also, Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground reports
"HOW ARE WEBLOGS AFFECTING THE LEGAL WORLD? . . . Law-related weblogs are the topic of a new issue of Nexus: a Journal of Opinion. The following articles are all available online:
Editor's Note: The Times They Are a Changing, by Hugh Hewitt
The Information Age, Again, by Timothy Sandefur
Legal Blogs: The Search for Legitimacy, by Lyle Denniston
Lessons from the Clash Between Campaign Finance Laws and the Blogosphere, by Richard L.Hasen
Employee Blogs and Trade Secrets: Legal Response to Technological Change, by Vincent Chiappetta
“Or of the [Blog]," by Paul Horwitz
Blog You, by Denise M. Howell
The Impact of Blogging on the Practice of Law: Hit the Snooze Button, by Tom W. Bell
Legal Blogs and the Supreme Court Confirmation Process, by Tung Yin
Humanizing the Profession: Lawyers Find Their Public Voices Through Blogging, by Colin Samuels
The Blogosphere and The New Pamphleteers, by Donald J. Kochan
Late Night Thoughts on Blogging While Reading Duncan Kennedy’s Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy in an Arkansas Motel Room, by Franklin G. Snyder
Blogs and the First Amendment, by David L. Hudson, Jr"

Kentucky Law Blog, discusses the formation of this association with its post, Raising the Bar on Legal Journalism in the Web.

Since Blawgers are lawyers without journalism education or culture, it seems to me that such an association could not only raise the bar, but give sites some added credibility.

The Code of Ethics for members of the American Association of Internet Journalists follows:

Bio Dads and Non Bio Dads; the Nature or Nurture Thread Continues

"The Michigan supreme court reversed the court of appeals’ decision in Barnes v Jeudevine, in an opinion released on July 26, 2006. Docket No. 129606. As a result, Barnes, who filed an action seeking a determination of paternity of a child conceived while the child’s mother was married to another man—a child whom he co-parented for 4 ½ years, and a child who believes that Barnes is his father—is denied the opportunity to establish legal parentage. The majority opinion: The court was split 4-3 in its decision. The majority, in an opinion authored by Justice Weaver, held that a default judgment of divorce stating that it appears that “no children were born of this marriage and none are expected” is not clear and convincing evidence that the child was not an issue of the marriage. Thus, the marital presumption applies and Barnes is deprived of standing to sue to determine his legal parentage of the child. " From Updates in Michigan Family Law, which also provides significant criticism and commentary, which includes, "Under the Uniform Parentage Act, a father such as Barnes would be permitted to rebut the presumption of legitimacy because he, as well as the ex-husband, would be a “presumed father.” The UPA would move Michigan along in parentage actions in the direction that California has done judicially, recognizing the rights of fathers to establish parentage where they’ve formed a bonded, parent-child relationship with their child, despite the mother’s marital status. See, for example, a case in which the facts are not terribly dissimilar to Barnes: Brian C. v. Ginger K. (2000) 77 Cal. App.4th 1198 [ 92 Cal.Rptr.2d 294]. Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division 3. "
These dual dad cases can bring heartbreaking consequences for children and their nurturers as Sandra G. Ragland reported in our initial post on this thread, Nature or Nurture, Should Genetic Test Results Be Admissible to Rebut the Presumption of Paternity? While the Uniform Parentage Act is not perfect, our legislatures MUST wrestle with these issues.
UPDATE: The Family Law Prof Blog posted on this, too, and links to a video interview with one of the dads.
UPDATE: The Updates in Michigan Family Law posts a follow-up discussion today. Unlike Michigan, when an acknowledgment of patenity is signed the parents become joinet legal custodians.

Jefferson Family Court, KY

Louisville Magazine , July, 2006 issue, has a nice piece on the innovations in Jefferson Circuit Court, Family Divisions as well as the challenges facing it.

Collusive Divorce

There are two good posts on a new collusive divorce case, one from Updates in Michigan Family Law and the other from the Family Law Prof Blog.

Same Sex Marriage Ban Upheld in Washington State

Jeanne Hannah posted an article about the Washington State supreme court's 5-4 decision today banning same-sex marriage on Updates in Michigan Family Law. This article contains links to the majority opinion, 2 concurring opinions, the dissent and 2 opinions concurring in the dissent.

UPDATE: Indiana Law Blog also posts on the case and links to one of its prior posts giving a state-by-state on where same-sex marriage battles stand throughout the country.

Prenuptial Agreement, Enforcement Of All But One Provision

The New York Law Journal, July 18, 2006, discusses a new case that enforced all but the attorney fee restriction of a prenuptial agreement. "An appeals court in Brooklyn has declared unenforceable provisions of a prenuptial agreement that barred a spouse from seeking attorney fees. A lawyer on the case said the decision was the first in which an appeals court had nullified part of a prenuptial agreement concerning attorney fees, rather than the whole agreement. A unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, 2nd Department, said its ruling was a matter of public policy, considering the wealth of the husband -- his assets are valued at nearly $5.6 million -- compared to the wife, whose assets are valued at $160,000. It stressed, however, that it was not commenting on all such provisions in prenuptial agreements. Each similar case should be reviewed individually, the court said. 'The enforceability of a provision of a prenuptial agreement waiving the right to seek an award of an attorney's fee presents a clash of two competing public policies -- that in favor of resolving marital issues by agreement and that in favor of assuring that matrimonial matters are determined by parties operating on a level playing field,' Justice David S. Ritter wrote for the court in Kessler v. Kessler, 2004-04773."
Sorry that I didn't find either the Journal article or the case online to which I could link.
UPDATE: Thanks to Jeanne Hannah at Updates In Michigan Family Law for providing the online access to
The New Tork Law Journal article, "Prenuptial Pact's Attorney Fee Provision Nullified" by Tom Perrotta and the link to Kessler v. Kessler.

Moral of the story: Do Not Remarry Until Decree Entered and Final

Read the new Nevada case of McClintock v. McClintock, which demonstrates the soundness of advice from attorneys that parties not remarry until Divorce Decree entered and final, from the Family Law Prof Blog.

Super Lawyers; Best Divorce Lawyers

The recent New Jersey ethics opinion is gathering steam in the online discussions. The latest announcement of "super" lawyers is from the Family Law News in which it is announced that the San Francisco magazine has recently proclaimed that many collaborative lawyers are among the Super Lawyers of San Francisco.
I loved the Kentucky Law Blog posting about the controversy surrounding such "bests." How much publicizing of such publications can we/should we do?
The Indiana Law Blog has an interesting post on this issue, as well, which details the law in several jurisdictions.
The Kentucky Law Blog posts a long link of online stories:
"NO MORE "SUPER LAWYERS" IN NEW JERSEY . . . It's news that's apparently causing a firestorm in New Jersey [Evan Schaeffer]
Ethics Crusaders Crush 'SuperLawyers', by Henry Gottlieb at Law.com
Law - "Superlawyers" must not flaunt status [Updated] [Indiana Law Blog]
"Lawyer Ads Cannot Tout ‘Super’ Status" is the headline to this story today in the NY Times regional section: * * *
Law - More on: "Superlawyers" must not flaunt status [Ind. Law Blog]
Law.com today posts a story from the New Jersey Law Journal reporting that:
A New Jersey Supreme Court ethics panel knocked "SuperLawyers" and "Best Lawyers in America" out of the business of ranking New Jersey lawyers on July 19 by prohibiting attorneys from advertising their inclusion and taking part in the selection process. * * *
Ethics Elsewhere: New Jersey Prohibits Lawyers' Claims to be "Super Lawyers" and "Best Lawyers" [How Appealing]
NJ Stupidly Outlaws "Super Lawyers" and "Best Lawyers" [Larry Bodine]
“Super Lawyers” and “Best Lawyers” Designations Banned in New Jersey [Larry Bodine]
A Bonehead Ruling [Common Scold Blog]
And of course, here are links to our earlier stories:
Ethics: More on the N.J. Decision Banning Lawyer's Claims to be "Best Lawyers in America"
Ethics Elsewhere: New Jersey Prohibits Lawyers' Claims to be "Super Lawyers" and "Best Lawyers"

We haven't seen the end of this discussion.

KY Law: Preference For Prior Born Children Does Not Violate Equal Protection Clause

"The Kentucky child support statutes, like those of most states, provides a preference for prior-born children when calculating child support. In this case of first impression, the Kentucky Court of Appeals holds that this preference does not violate equal protection. 'We agree with [other state] courts that the state's interest in seeing that prior-born children are provided for is a rational basis for the provision at issue in KRS 403.212(2)(g)(4). Clearly, the intention of the statute is not to deny financial resources to later-born children, but rather to make sure prior-born children are being supported. While in some cases application of the statute may result in later-born children having access to fewer financial resources than prior-born children, "[e]qual protection does not require there to be a perfect fit between means and ends.' Kimbrough v. Commonwealth ex rel Shantrece Laniece Belmar, 2006 Ky. App. LEXIS 226 (July 21, 2006) Opinion on the web (last visited July 24, 2006 bgf): Source Family Law Prof Blog," which links to the opinion.

Termination of Parental Rights; The Impossible Wisdom Required of Social Workers

Her Most Difficult Call- When is a Mother so troubled, or troubling that a welfare worker must take her kids from her? by Daniel Bergner, is the New York Times Magazine, July 23, 2006 cover story. It's heartbreaking to read, but important for us to realize what a difficult job these dedicated professionals have. Double that for the judge who must make the ultimate call.

Nature Or Nurture, The Cases Keep Coming, Support Rather Than Custody This Time

An interesting decision from New Jersey, digested by Charles Abut on the ABA Family Law listserve:
J.R. v. L.R., ___ N.J. Super. ___ (App. Div.); New Jersey App. Div., July 17, 2006
"On the biological father's appeal from an order requiring he and his daughter's psychological father each to pay child support, held :
(1) the biological father was properly ordered to submit to genetic testing, even though he was unaware of his 12-year-old daughter until shortly before the action commenced and even though he wanted nothing to do with her;
(2) equitable estoppel did not make the psychological father solely responsible for the daughter's support, absent interference by the psychological father with support from the biological father; and
(3)although the biological father had the primary support obligation, it was proper for him to share the obligation with the psychological father because the biological father could not pay the entire amount of support. "
The Family Law Prof Blog also reports on this case.

Indiana Law Blog: What Should Judges Do If They Stumble Upon Online Discussion of a Pending Case?

"What should judges do if, while visiting the legal blogosphere, they encounter discussions about how pending cases ought to be decided?" That is the question Howard Bashman of How Appealing addresses today in his weekly commentary on Law.com." Indiana Law Blog links to the answers."The column, says Bashman, is based on a portion of the remarks he delivered earlier this week at the Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference." I agree with Marcia Oddi's high recommendation to read this posting.
UPDATE: From Indiana Law Blog.

Real Estate Appraisals May Now Be Too High

New Headache For Homeowners: Inflated Appraisals: Rosy Valuations, Common In Boom, Now Haunt Sellers; It's Pay-the-Piper Time is the story by James R. Hagerty and Ruth Simon in the WALL STREET JOURNAL, Weekend Edition
July 22, 2006; Page A1
"As the housing market cools, Americans are confronting a problem that was easy to ignore during the boom: inflated appraisals of home values. Critics inside and outside the appraisal business have long warned that many appraisals are unrealistically high. That's partly because generous appraisals help loan officers and mortgage brokers, who often choose the appraiser, complete more deals. If a home is appraised at less than the buyer offered, the deal is likely to fall through. Inflated appraisals didn't matter much when home prices were rising at double-digit rates, since market values would quickly catch up. Now, however, prices are leveling off in many places and falling in some. Some homeowners are finding that the market value is below what past appraisals led them to believe."
Important information for divorce practitioners.

$150 Million Available For Grants To Promote Marriage and to Encourage Committed Fathers

"For the next five years, Congress is setting aside up to $100 million a year to promote marriage and $50 million a year to produce committed fathers. This year's allotment goes out before Sept. 30.
Supporters say that if the government can get more low-income parents to tie the knot and help them work through the rough spots that inevitably occur, then those families are less likely to need federal assistance in later years." Source, Lexington Herald-Leader, reporting an AP story.
I hope the AAML executive committee is pursing this. It may be an ideal way to distribute our excellent Focus on Forever materials.
UPDATE: Ohio group applies for $10 million.

Jeanne Hannah Posts on Roe v. Wade for Men

Updates in Michigan Family Law blog nicely digests and links to the Roe v. Wade For Men 6th Circuit decision that was rendered this week, which rejected the theory as frivolous. We reported on this pending case in March, link here.
Jeanne Hannah's blawg is quite good and we're adding a link to it under "Other Family Law Blogs." Having recently spent some time on Lake Michigan, I don't see how she can possibly make time to blog in Traverse City in the summer! She beat the new Sixth Circuit Blog to reporting on the decision, but arising from a Michigan case, I am sure it is very newsworthy there.
UPDATE: More on the story from The Art of Divorce and MLive.com.

Four Child Custody Postings Involving Siblings

Last week the Family Law Prof Blog posted four child custody articles, no doubt inspired by the Time cover story. Splitting Siblings;When is Split Custody in a Child's Best Interest?; Modifying Joint Custody in Light of Alienanation;and Do Courts Split Custody of Half and Step-Siblings More Readily?
UPDATE: New Jersey decides against deciding sibling issue. As you can see, we are still catching up.

AOC's Position on HB424 Explained

Scott Furkin, General Counsel, Administrative Office of the Courts, Kentucky, explains the confusion over the implementation of HB424 in a letter to be published next month in the Louisville Bar Briefs. You can read it Download hb424expain.pdf, now.
COMMENT: It does appear that the legislature yielded to the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure, so we must wait for the Rules to be amended before the clerks will accept pleadings under seal. Until then, we have to file all the private information in the public record.

KATA Domestic Section

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:
I am forwarding to you the minutes from our July 11 meeting. Our Domestic Law Section Listserve is up and running. If you would like to join the Section please send your membership fee of $25 to the KATA office or call us to pay by credit card. You will then be added to the listserv if you wish. Further marketing efforts are coming soon and we will keep you informed of upcoming meeting dates and time. As you may have seen in our 2006 Annual Convention Brochure, a Domestic Law Break Out Session has been scheduled on Thursday, September 7. We hope you will be able to attend. Thank you"
Comment: As we previously reported, the addition of this section is welcome news. It is unfortunate that the September 7 Domestic portion of the seminar coincides with a complex trial topic that looks terrific and that the Domestic portion is in part a repeat of some of the LBA/AAML seminar last May.

How Fido Fares in Divorce; Pet Disputes Becoming Common

AAML President-Elect, Guy Ferraro is cited in a Concord Monitor Online article, as American's attachment to their pets filters into the divorce arena. The St. Petersburg Times reports on pending cases that are attempting to test pets being treated merely as divisible marital property.

Tax: Offers In Compromise

OFFERS IN COMPROMISE ARE NOW MORE TAXING: New Federal Law Requires Down Payment With Offer in Compromise Submission; 20% Down Payment or First Installment Required; Source: Family Law Taxation Blog.The new law applies to Offers in Compromise submitted after July 16, 2006.

Cooperation and Collaboration Make For Happier Lawyers

"OK, Let's Tackle This Unhappy Lawyer Thing" is the title of a posting in the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. "Look around your law firm. Are the transactional lawyers actually having more fun putting deals together than are the litigators tearing them apart? We might learn a thing or two from them. Take a tax adviser or mergers & aquisitions lawyer to lunch this week. Ask them what it feels like to marry Yahoo to AT&T. Maybe the joint venture being documented down the hallway is making someone's else's day a lot more pleasurable than that devastating line of cross-examination will make our own.

What does this mean for hard working litigators? That a creative settlement providing the geatest benefit for the greatest number will not only be good for our clients, it will make all of us, attorney and client alike, lots, lots happier. And happy clients are the clients we retain."

Negotiation-Persuasion

Settle it Now Negotiation Blog posted "Professor Robert Cialdini's Influence has become a classic in the science and practice of persuasion. Here are his six basic principles of powerful persuasion." I like what I am seeing on Victoria Pynchon's blawg and her Settle it Now Mediation Blog. I have added both her blogs to our mediation blogs category. And, fyi, the West Virginia Record has been deleted after learning of its Chamber of Commerce backing and agenda from the Kentucky Law Blog. Now I am beginning to get the idea of the "standards" Marcia Oddi is using when she selects which blogs to feature on her Indiana Law Blog.

More Family Court News From Last Week

Add Nebraska and Tennessee to the list of states whose courts have upheld same-sex marriage bans. Source: Family Law Prof Blog.

Providing for College Expenses of Children During Divorce.

Using financial planners to help divorcing parents deal with their children's college expenses was the subject of a posting on the South Carolina Family Law Blog. In the states where there is no legal requirement for support beyond high school, as with Kentucky, perhaps the language of financial planners could help us convince parents (over the payor's lawyer's objection, sad to say) deal with this important and foreseeable reality. Until we can get our legislators in gear, it is up to the divorce law practitioners to try to protect the future of our client's children.

What Makes a Great Negotiator

Negotiation advice from Harvard Business School Professor Michael Watkins is summarized at Settle It Now Negotiation Blog. While not geared specifically to divorce lawyers, I have long thought negotiation training is something law school students lacked. There is no more important field for lawyer continuing education.

Personal Data Identifiers; How Can AOC Trump The General Assembly?

HB 424 became law July 15, 2006, as we reported April 11, 2006. Yet, we have heard the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts is delaying enforcement pending the Kentucky Supreme Court's likely revision of the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure.

Last Week's Family Law News

The Family Law Prof Blog posts on the discovery of artificial sperm created from mice stem cells and links to a Scotland article about it. Now kids can theoretically have 7 biologically related human parents and one mouse ancestor. Or, maybe the mouse would substitute for one or more of the human biological parents.
The Online Guide to Mediation published "New Study Shows Mice Have Capacity For Empathy," so maybe the animal chain can add some value?
The Florida Divorce Law Blog has an interesting post on how a Canadian court treated lottery winnings for child support purposes.

On Vacation

Unless one of the other lawyers in our office gets a wild hair and starts posting here, the lights will be off for a week. Time for a little R&R. See you next week.

Model Standards for Custody Evaluators

The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts has published Model Standards for Child Custody Evaluators. The American Psychological Association has long had standards, but the problem arises when the evaluator is not a psychologist. This model should help fill the gap and be a useful resource in cross-examining those evaluators.
Thanks to the Family Law Prof Blog for the link to the AAFC newsletter.

Justice Ginsberg Receives Friend of the Family Award

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg was awarded the ABA Family Law Section "Friend of the Family" award, even though the U.S. Supreme Court rarely hears family law cases. The Family Law News Blog links to her acceptance speech. This past term, though, there were several that have an impact on family law. At first I was delighted to see on the Supreme Court website .pdfs of what I thought were all the justices' speeches. I was sorry not to see Justice Ginsberg'S address when she accepted the Brandeis Award in Louisville in 2002. I remember her insisting that she speak before dinner so as to have our utmost attention. Too bad we can't recollect her comments.

Ten Habits of Highly Successful Mediation Trainers

If you teach mediation training, take a look at "Ten Habits of Highly Successful Mediation Trainers" from Online Guide to Mediation.

Family Relationship Centers

From The Age in Australia: "The first 14 Family Relationship Centres are opening around Australia, signalling the start of what the federal government hopes will be a landmark shift in family law.The government is establishing dozens of the centres across Australia in an attempt to resolve divorce and custody disputes before they reach court.Acting Attorney-General Chris Ellison said the centres could offer information to families no matter what the status of their relationships.The (centres) are the cornerstone of the Australian government's new family law system, Senator Ellison said in a statement. The changes to the law, supported by these new family relationship services, are part of a new system of co-operation, and we are hoping it will lead to a change in the culture of family law. I welcome the opening, on time, of all centres today as a turning point for Australian families who need assistance with relationships."
The world will be closely watching this sweeping change in family law. With domestic relations law being the province of states rather than the federal government in the United States, such massive national change is difficult to forseee here. Yet, courts are not an ideal place to dump relationship problems. Time will tell if Australia has found the solution.

Settle It Now

Online Guide To Mediation introduces us to a new negotiation blog, Settle it Now Blog Spot. The author also publishes the online Dispute Resolution Journal. The Journal is published quarterly and is seeking articles for publication. Here are its guidelines.

Death of Biological Parent Severs Step-parent/Step-child Relationship for Purposes of Adoption Statute

Death of Biological Parent Severs Step-parent/Step-child Relationship for Purposes of Alabama Adoption Statute, Hays v. Hays, 2006 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 352 (June 23, 2006), digested by the Family Law Prof Blog.

Equal Parenting Law

Australia's new national revamping of its family child custody and support law is garnering international attention. "As sweeping changes to Australia's family law system take effect today, putting new emphasis on children spending equal time with parents after separation, research shows some children can be seriously harmed by 50:50 arrangements." Sydney Morning Herald.
From ABC News Online, "A family law expert says changes to federal laws which come into effect today will have a major impact on the way parents deal with their children after separation. The changes will allow courts to order that children spend equal time with both parents or "substantial and significant time" with the non-custodial parent. Associate Professor Tom Altobelli, from the University of Western Sydney, says this m>.

Tips For Family Law Practitioners

Tips for Family Law Practitioners from My Shingle. It links to a National Law Journal report. Mike Stevens came across this on his blog watch and passed it on.
" A multidisciplinary Matrimonial Commission was established in New York State in January 2004 by the state's chief judge, Judith S. Kaye. The commission was asked to look at the processes utilized in handling divorce and custody cases. A report was recently issued by the commission (the report and the appendices with suggested forms can be found on the Internet at www.courts.state.ny.us under the designation Matrimonial Commission). " I saw this report recently but hadn't had time to digest it. Now someone else has, so it's nice to pass it on. The New York research should be helpful to all of our courts as they grapple with processing these cases. And, while the practice tips seem like common sense, sometimes that is all too uncommon!

When Marriages End, Who Gets The Pets?

From the Pittsburg Post-Gazette, When Marriges End, Who Gets The Pets.

Divorce After Death

From Law.com: "Lawyers in several states are examining the legal question of posthumous divorces in light of recent probate law changes and a handful of unusual lawsuits that deal with spouses who died during divorce proceedings."

Getting a Get

In several marital settlement agreements we have made provision for the right to a Jewish get as well as detailed who would pay the associated expense. The Jersusaleum Post has a recent article that articulates the importance of a get in Israel and the consequences of the refusal of the husband to consent. Among many U.S. Jewish families, it is also apparently important.

The ABA Family Law Section June, 2006 newsletter links to a listserve thread discussing the differences in gets and practice tips in enforcing them.

Thanks to Kentucky Law Blog for Taking us to 21C

Kentucky Law Blog celebrates its one year anniversary, with 100,000 hits, give or take a few. Kudos and thanks for:
1. Providing a timely forum for the goings-on in Kentucky law, practice of law, judicial and legislative news and commentary, appeals decisions, volunteer needs and opportunities, professional organization news, and all the other law related news. It has truly become the one-stop-shopping resource Kentucky attorneys rely on to stay up to date. It makes legal print publications very old news. Because the