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Divorce, Domicile, And The Constitution, Mark Strasser Jan 2019

Divorce, Domicile, And The Constitution, Mark Strasser

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Vacating Adult Adoptions Post-Obergefell, Sarah A. Quarles Jan 2018

Vacating Adult Adoptions Post-Obergefell, Sarah A. Quarles

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Family Formation And The Home, Pamela Laufer-Ukeles, Shelly Kreiczer-Levy Jan 2016

Family Formation And The Home, Pamela Laufer-Ukeles, Shelly Kreiczer-Levy

Kentucky Law Journal

In this article, we consider the relevance of home sharing in family formation. When couples or groups of persons are recognized as families, they are afforded significant benefits and given certain obligations by the law. Families have their own category of laws, rights, and obligations. Currently, the law of family formation and recognition is in a state of flux. Although in some respects the defining legal lines of the family have been well settled for centuries around blood and the formal legal ties of marriage and parenthood, in significant ways, the family form has been fundamentally altered over the past …


Transforming Domestic Violence Representation, Jane K. Stoever Jan 2013

Transforming Domestic Violence Representation, Jane K. Stoever

Kentucky Law Journal

The dominant theories used in the law to explain domestic violence, namely, the Power and Control Wheel and the Cycle of Violence, provide only limited insight into intimate partner abuse. Both theories focus exclusively on the abusive partner' wrongful actions, consistent with recent decades' concentration on criminalization, but fail to educate about the survivor's needs and efforts to end violence. The Stages of Change Model, conversely, reveals that domestic abuse survivors seek an end to relationship violence through a five-stage cyclical sequence and identifies the survivor's needs and actions at each stage. This critical information should inform the representation of …


Love's Labor's Lost: Marry For Love, Copyright Work Made-For-Hire, And Alienate At Your Leisure, Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons Jan 2012

Love's Labor's Lost: Marry For Love, Copyright Work Made-For-Hire, And Alienate At Your Leisure, Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Accounting For Time: A Relative-Interest Approach To The Division Of Equity In Hybrid-Property Homes Upon Divorce, Lisa Milot Jan 2012

Accounting For Time: A Relative-Interest Approach To The Division Of Equity In Hybrid-Property Homes Upon Divorce, Lisa Milot

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Loss Of Parental Consortium: Why Kentucky Should Re-Recognize The Claim Outside The Wrongful Death Context, Collin D. Schueler Jan 2010

Loss Of Parental Consortium: Why Kentucky Should Re-Recognize The Claim Outside The Wrongful Death Context, Collin D. Schueler

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Remembering The Endangered "Child": Limiting The Definition Of "Safe Haven" And Looking Beyond The Safe Haven Law Framework, Lucinda J. Cornett Jan 2010

Remembering The Endangered "Child": Limiting The Definition Of "Safe Haven" And Looking Beyond The Safe Haven Law Framework, Lucinda J. Cornett

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


"Insuring" Quality: Restrictions On Legislative Control Of Partner Benefits At Kentucky's Public Universities, Jacinta Feldman Manning Jan 2008

"Insuring" Quality: Restrictions On Legislative Control Of Partner Benefits At Kentucky's Public Universities, Jacinta Feldman Manning

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Days: Deathbed Marriages In America, Terry L. Turnipseed Jan 2007

How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Days: Deathbed Marriages In America, Terry L. Turnipseed

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Married In Kentucky: A Surviving Spouse's Dower Right In Personalty, Elizabeth S. Muyskens Jan 2007

Married In Kentucky: A Surviving Spouse's Dower Right In Personalty, Elizabeth S. Muyskens

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


No-Fault Death: Wedding Inheritance Rights To Family Values, Linda Kelly Hill Jan 2005

No-Fault Death: Wedding Inheritance Rights To Family Values, Linda Kelly Hill

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Achieving Batterer Accountability In The Child Protection System, Leigh Goodmark Jan 2005

Achieving Batterer Accountability In The Child Protection System, Leigh Goodmark

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Social Reform For Kentucky's Judicial System: The Creation Of Unified Family Courts, Erin J. May Jan 2003

Social Reform For Kentucky's Judicial System: The Creation Of Unified Family Courts, Erin J. May

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Child Custody For Disabled Adults: What Kentucky Families Need, Amy P. Hauser Jan 2003

Child Custody For Disabled Adults: What Kentucky Families Need, Amy P. Hauser

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Toward A Coherent Approach To Tort Immunity In Judicially Mandated Family Court Services, Nat Stern, Karen Oehme Jan 2003

Toward A Coherent Approach To Tort Immunity In Judicially Mandated Family Court Services, Nat Stern, Karen Oehme

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Parent's Rights Under The Fourteenth Amendment: Does Kentucky's De Facto Custodian Statute Violate Due Process?, Elizabeth Ashley Bruce Jan 2003

A Parent's Rights Under The Fourteenth Amendment: Does Kentucky's De Facto Custodian Statute Violate Due Process?, Elizabeth Ashley Bruce

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Family Affair: Constitutional And Prudential Interests Implicated When Homosexuals Seek To Preserve Or Create Parent-Child Relationships, Kif Skidmore Jan 2001

A Family Affair: Constitutional And Prudential Interests Implicated When Homosexuals Seek To Preserve Or Create Parent-Child Relationships, Kif Skidmore

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Custody System Free Of Gender Preferences And Consistent With The Best Interests Of The Child: Suggestions For A More Protective And Equitable Custody System, Shannon Dean Sexton Jan 2000

A Custody System Free Of Gender Preferences And Consistent With The Best Interests Of The Child: Suggestions For A More Protective And Equitable Custody System, Shannon Dean Sexton

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Little Privacy, Please: Should We Punish Parents For Teenage Sex?, Susan S. Kuo Jan 2000

A Little Privacy, Please: Should We Punish Parents For Teenage Sex?, Susan S. Kuo

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Morally And Legally: A Parent's Duty To Prevent The Abuse Of A Child As Defined By Lane V. Commonwealth, Rachel S. Zahniser Jan 1998

Morally And Legally: A Parent's Duty To Prevent The Abuse Of A Child As Defined By Lane V. Commonwealth, Rachel S. Zahniser

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Kentucky Law Survey: Family Law, Louise Everett Graham Jan 1998

Kentucky Law Survey: Family Law, Louise Everett Graham

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Are Kentucky's Children "At Risk" As A Result Of J.H. V. Commonwealth?, Duane F. Osborne Jan 1998

Are Kentucky's Children "At Risk" As A Result Of J.H. V. Commonwealth?, Duane F. Osborne

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Bringing Consistency To The Financial Arrangements At Divorce, Allen M. Parkman Jan 1998

Bringing Consistency To The Financial Arrangements At Divorce, Allen M. Parkman

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Starting Down The Road To Reform: Kentucky's New Long-Arm Statute For Family Obligations, Louise Everett Graham Jan 1993

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

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Implementing Custody Mediation In Family Court: Some Comments On The Jefferson County Family Court Experience, Louise Everett Graham Jan 1993

Implementing Custody Mediation In Family Court: Some Comments On The Jefferson County Family Court Experience, Louise Everett Graham

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Family Protection Under Kentucky's Inheritance Laws: Is The Family Really Protected?, Carolyn S. Bratt Jan 1987

Family Protection Under Kentucky's Inheritance Laws: Is The Family Really Protected?, Carolyn S. Bratt

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Antenuptial Contracts And Divorce In Kentucky: A Better Approach, J. Clarke Keller Jan 1984

Antenuptial Contracts And Divorce In Kentucky: A Better Approach, J. Clarke Keller

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Using Formulas To Separate Marital And Nonmarital Property: A Policy Oriented Approach To The Division Of Appreciated Property Upon Divorce, Louise Everett Graham Jan 1984

Using Formulas To Separate Marital And Nonmarital Property: A Policy Oriented Approach To The Division Of Appreciated Property Upon Divorce, Louise Everett Graham

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Of Support Act And The Defense Of Non-Paternity: A Functional Analysis, Richard P. Perna Jan 1984

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

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.