Family Law

In the last post, we discussed why divorce is so stressful for so many people. And while stress may always accompany significant life changes—like divorce—that does not mean that people have to suffer the consequences of it. Here are some helpful tips on how to manage...

Experts and couples alike often say that divorce is one of the most stressful events anyone could experience. And they are not wrong. The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory ranks divorce and separation just below the stress of losing a loved one—which is at the top of...

Divorce is difficult, and one of the most difficult portions of the process is the hearing. Even if the negotiations between spouses go swimmingly, a hearing before the court is necessary and the couple’s faults and failures are laid bare.When the negotiations...

Last spring. Gov. Matt Bevin signed a law that made Kentucky one of the first states to require each divorce hearing to start with the presumption of 50-50 co-parenting.One poll found 58 percent of Kentucky respondents in favor of the new law while only 10 percent...

USA Today likes to make lists. The newspaper makes lists of everything, from beer to presidential tweets.Recently, the publication eyed the divorce rate. It noted that Kentucky is tied with the fifth-highest divorce rate, while also noting that the overall divorce...

A review of towns across the U.S. with populations of between 10,000 and 70,000 finds four in Kentucky ranked in the top 20 for divorce.The survey was conducted by datingnews.com using data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Researchers found these Kentucky towns among the...

Kentucky is at the forefront of a movement to presume that parents should have equal custody of their children after a divorce.A new law, signed by Gov. Matt Bevin in April and enacted in July, requires judges to enter each divorce case under the presumption that...

For decades, every state in the country considered a driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 percent to be at the legal limit for driving drunk. The first state to establish that limit was Utah in 1983.While Kentucky and every other state continues...

Going through a divorce is emotionally painful, even if you know it's the best decision for you and your family. You may want to shield your children from your negative feelings, as any parent naturally wants to protect their children, and you may fear unintentionally...

Family guardianship could take a step ahead in the 2019 Kentucky legislature with a bill that would amend the law to include fictive kin in the kinship care law. Fictive kin are those who have an emotionally significant relationship with a child but are unrelated by...