Lexington Family Law
Lexington Family Law covers family law topics, including psychological issues surrounding divorce.
Author: Author Gregory Adam Napier is an attorney with Troutman & Hays in Lexington, Ky. He was formerly a child therapist.
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Recent Posts from Lexington Family Law
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Grandparents’ rights: custody and visitation
I have come across situations recently where parents were surprised by legal stances the grandparents (their own parents) took regarding their children. In one situation, a young parent went to college to make a better…
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Voluntary versus Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights
There is an interesting post at Elusive Justice about a practice by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services involving parents who think they are voluntarily terminating their parental rights, but then have an involuntary…
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Time-sharing guidelines
2007finalizedtimesharingguidelines I was recently asked by a reader about what kind of time-sharing he can expect with his daughter. He and the mother never married and he believes the mother is exerting excess control over…
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Paternity Pandemonium III
After reflecting on the recent decision in J.N.R. v. O’Reilly that I posted on here and here, I recognized a troubling conundrum in the law. I will expound with a hypothetical situation beginning where the…
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Paternity Pandemonium II
I wanted to post a brief follow-up to Paternity Pandemonium. Mr. Rhoades wrote a comment to that post that I encourage everyone to look at. I also wanted to link to TIME online article “Despite…
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Paternity Pandemonium
A recent Kentucky Supreme Court (SCOKY) case has created quite a stir in the webdom. In J.N.R. & J.S.R. v O’Reilly, 2007-SC-000175-MR (April 24, 2008)(to be published), SCOKY rebuked a man’s attempt to establish that…
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The trial court is no democracy
A recent decision by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Hoppe v. Tallent, 2007-CA-00104-MR (March 7, 2008)(to be published), highlights the deference given to trial judges in family law cases. A solid review of this case…
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No (financial) worries for Heath Ledger’s child
A story out today revealed that Heath Ledger’s minor daughter, Matilda Rose, was not included in his last will and testament. The will was drawn up before Heath had any children and left everything to…
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Income in divorce is not the same as with the IRS
People typically think of income in terms of how the IRS defines income, even when it comes to divorce. This makes sense because we deal with income and IRS on an annual basis (except certain…
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Fraud or dissipation of assets and divorce
The Kentucky Supreme Court just issued its decision in Gripshover v. Gripshover, (2005-SC-000729-DG & 2006-SC-000258-DG)(Feb. 21, 2008)(to be published). There is a pretty extensive factual background in the published opinion, but unless you either enjoyed…