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Kentucky Law Survey: Family Law, Louise Everett Graham

Kentucky Law Journal

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Awarding Child Support Against The Impoverished Parent: Straying From Statutory Guidelines And Using Ssi In Setting The Amount, Rachael K. House

Kentucky Law Journal

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Starting Down The Road To Reform: Kentucky's New Long-Arm Statute For Family Obligations, Louise Everett Graham

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

Kentucky has long needed a comprehensive family law provision for its long-arm statute. Before the general long-arm statute was amended by the 1992 General Assembly, it addressed only a narrow class of paternity cases among its specific jurisdictional provisions, ignoring the need for long-arm jurisdiction in other domestic relations cases. A second long-arm statute provided jurisdiction over some nonresidents to establish or enforce child support obligations. In the contexts of divorce and child support, Kentucky's failure to claim constitutionally available jurisdiction deprived Kentucky residents of important protection.

Recent amendments to Kentucky statutes fill previous gaps and expand Kentucky's jurisdiction in …

Effective Child Support Enforcement In Kentucky: The Tax Refund Intercept Program, Lynn C. Jones

Kentucky Law Journal

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The Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Of Support Act And The Defense Of Non-Paternity: A Functional Analysis, Richard P. Perna

Kentucky Law Journal

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Kentucky Law Survey: Domestic Relations, Louise Everett Graham

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In the decade since Kentucky's adoption of the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act, the state's courts have faced the task of interpreting it in domestic relations litigation. This past year was no exception. A number of problems before Kentucky courts were recurrent issues. For example, the divisibility of educational degrees acquired by one spouse again required court assessment. Similarly, issues surrounding both maintenance and child support reappeared. These recurrent issues, along with new issues requiring court solution, heavily burdened trial and appellate courts. This Survey will discuss court resolutions of significant problems in the areas of marital property, maintenance and …

Kentucky Law Survey: Domestic Relations, Louise Everett Graham, Janet Jakubowicz

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In the decade since Kentucky's adoption of the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act (UMDA), appellate domestic relations opinions have focused primarily upon property division and child custody. Recent decisions continue this emphasis but also address problems regarding the marital relationship, spousal maintenance, and child support. This article provides a survey of Kentucky law in the field of domestic relations.

Child Support, Life Insurance, And The Uniform Marriage And Divorce Act, David A. Bratt

Kentucky Law Journal

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Enforcement Of Support Obligations: A Solution And Continuing Problems, David C. Fannin

Kentucky Law Journal

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