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"Divorce and family law info for professionals in Kentucky and beyond."

Author: Diana L. Skaggs is a principal in the Louisville, Ky., law firm of Diana L. Skaggs + Associates.

Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • States • Kentucky • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Divorce Law Journal

No To Be Published Ky COA Family Law Opinions This Week
We are up-to-date in posting all Kentucky published family law opinions.
No Ky S.Ct. To Be Published Family Law Opinions This Month; Review Granted In One
The Kentucky Supreme Court accepted discretionary review of one unpublished family law case, Noe v. Artrip. The issues are whether a thrift saving plan withdrawal is income for child support calculation and whether a non-custodial,…
Money v. Money, Ky COA, Modification of Marital Settlement Agreements
Money v. Money, ____S.W.3d____ (Ky. App. 2009) Ex-Husband appealed from TC’s order assigning him additional marital debt subsequent to a marital settlement agreement (“MSA”), arguing that MSA was ambiguous and that TC erred by assigning…
Snodgrass v. Snodgrass, Ky COA, CR60.02(f), Military Retired Pay
Snodgrass v. Snodgrass, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2009) In divorce proceedings, the parties agreed on all issues, except for the division of husband’s military retirement. Husband served in the military for approximately 4 years…
Two Published Ky COA Family Law Opinions Today
Money v. Money. Investment account had margin debt but agreement allocated account to wife and provided that husband pay all debt except mortgage and two credit cards. In enforcing agreement court assigned margin debt to…
Crowder V. Rearden, Ky COA, Civil Contempt
Crowder v. Rearden, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2009) This is a companion appeal to Rearden v. Rearden, No. 2006-CA-002362-MR. Kimberly Joy Crowder, formerly Rearden, appealed from two orders, in which the trial court found…
Ky COA, Jail Sentence For Civil Contempt
Crowder v. Rearden, decided last Friday, is still not on the minutes. We mention this because the link provided is to a scanned copy which will not automatically be updated. The Westlaw cite is 2009WL3231360.…
Proposed Amanda Ross Domestic Violence Prevention Act (Kentucky)
Here is the link to the pre-filed bill, BR251, relating to a global positioning monitoring system amendment to Kentucky’s domestic violence statute. It would also permit a petitioner to request that the respondent be prohibited…
Rearden v. Rearden, Ky COA, Classification Of Property, Attorney Fees
Rearden v. Rearden, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2009) The parties divorced after approximately 6 months of marriage. No children were born during the marriage. Thus, the primary issues at trial and on appeal concerned…
Today's Ky Court of Appeals Published Family Law Opinions
Rearden v. Rearden, concerning classification of marital/nonmarital property and award of fees in dissolution. A digest will follow. The case mentions a companion contempt appeal considered simultaniously, Crowder v. Readen, but we don't see that…