Family Law

Case Law Development: Temporary Custody Change During Parent's Deployment Becomes Permanent Custody Change
Mother and Father had a joint custody arrangement regarding their child from ages 2 to 10, with child living primarily with Mother in New York with her husband and their child and having substantial visitation with Father in Virginia...

Jewell v. Jewell, Funeral Expenses For Child, Doctrine Of Necessaries
Jewell v. Jewell, --S.W.3d?(Ky. App. 2008), 2007-CA-000420-MR Mother appealed from a judgment which found that the father was not liable for any portion of their son?s funeral expenses...

Mom Kidnaps Children From Dad
Here's a story about a father who was awarded sole legal custody of his two young boys due to the mother's history of alcohol addiction and child abuse...

T.A.N. v. M.J., Ky COA, Custody, Parenting Time
T.A.N. v. M.J. 2007-CA-002584 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: LAMBERT PRESIDING; STUMBO, THOMPSON CONCUR COUNTY: JEFFERSON DATE RENDERED: 9/26/2008 Mother appealed TC?s order providing additional parenting time to her ex-boyfriend, Father...

National Guardsman Loses Custody Due to Deployment
The case, Diffin v. Diffin involves a mother who got custody of her son a part of a divorce settlement in 2000...

FAMILY LAW: Custody, parenting time: T.A.N. V. M.J. (COA 9/26/2008)
T.A.N. V. M.J. FAMILY LAW: Custody, parenting time 2007-CA-002584 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: LAMBERT, PRESIDING; STUMBO, THOMPSON CONCUR JEFFERSON COUNTY DATE RENDERED: 9/26/2008 Mother appealed TC?s order providing additional parenting time to her ex-boyfriend, Father...

Child Support Orders
How to modify terms

Child Support
Finding the Noncustodial Parent ( Deadbeat Dads )

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

How can i sue for a straw purchase?
Anyone can co-sign. A straw purchase would be if you has someone buy the car for...

Does a lawyer have the right to ask what your religion is when it has nothing to do with the situation?
In divorce issues and the children's well being religion doesn't matte...

Can a creditor/collection agency call other employees at your place of work AND call your adult children who live in another state?
A creditor can call you at home, several times a day if you aren't answerin...

My father recently re-financed his home and was told they would give him $8,000.00 out of their loan origination fees for him to pay his credit cards off. He didn't qualify for any cash out so they were going to take car
Absolutely! I would call a RESPA attorney immediately as soon as you can. They a...

Employee Theft
Mother and daughter ordered to pay $1 million settlement for writing false paychecks.

City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland
$1.2 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a husband and father was killed by a convicted drunk driver.

State of Virginia
$11 million settlement reached in Virginia Tech massacre.

Christopher Fairchild
guilty verdict for helping Tommy Baldridge murder James Mollette.

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Exploding iPod Touch
Mother of Injured Boy Sues Apple