Elusive Justice
Elusive Justice describes itself as "one attorney’s pursuit of justice." Topics covered include family law, insurance, politics, and solo and small-firm practice.
Author: The author is anonymous.
Blawg Related Categories: Family Law • Insurance Law • Solos/Small Firms
Recent Posts from Elusive Justice
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Personal Soap Box: Insight Communications, Inc & the “bundling” trap
First of all, Insight is engaging in poor business practices in that they effectively punish people who become loyal customers. The second lesson then is that our reluctance to change is our enemy. The third…
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Best Practice in Dependency, Abuse & Neglect Matters
I am writing this to correct any idea that I inadvertently promoted that being adversarial with the Cabinet is the way to win your case (I mean adversarial in the sense of ones attitude rather…
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Stall Tactic – Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights
Kentucky sets forth the grounds for a court involuntarily terminating parental rights in KRS 625.090. The statute basically gives the essential elements, all of which much be proved by the heightened standard of “clear and…
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Accountability by the courts
A decsion rendered by the Kentucky Court of Appeals on May 16, 2008 reveals that the appellate courts are prepared to hold the Cabinet for Health and Family Services accountable in termination of parental rights…
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Crisis brewing
The Fayette County office of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Protection and Permanency, is already in crisis mode and headings towards disaster. According to one source, there are only a dozen investigating workers…
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Cabinet practice has huge unintended (or is it?) consequence
A routine practice by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Fayette County seems innocuous to the untrained eye, but it has a huge unintended consequence for certain parents. I wonder if this consequence…
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The Irony of No Child Left Behind (and Untested)
The Herald Leader ran this story about one ex-Principal, Peggy Petilli, allegedly (and believably) being driven to do questionable to downright crappy things to bring up her school’s test scores. The schools my own children…
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You can fight City (or State) Hall, Ms Hall:
I’ve been wanting to comment on the antics of Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ Service Region Coordinator, Grace Akers, for some time. You can find out more about the events here and here from…
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New Christian Legal Society forming:
A chapter of the Christian Legal Society is forming in the Bluegrass area of Kentucky. For more information about this forming CLS chapter, contact Gregory A. Napier in Lexington, Kentucky. Integrating one’s walk of faith…