NEWS AND ARTICLES ON FAMILY LAW

In the News:

• Spousal rape is hard to prove, officials say -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 01/26/2012

• If Your Kids Could Make the Rules of Divorce -- By Kara Bishop, Curator of Postcards from Splitsville, posted 12/29/2011 on Huffington Post

• Holiday survival guide for divorced parents -- CNN.com, 12/21/2011

• Anyone in Kentucky who knows of or suspects sexual abuse, physical abuse or neglect of any child is required by law to report it immediately to the authorities (police, prosecutors or Child Protective Services) -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 11/20/2011

  • Any person who "knows or has reasonable cause to believe" that a child is dependent, neglected or abused shall immediately make an oral or written report to a local law enforcement agency or the Kentucky State Police, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, or the county attorney or commonwealth's attorney. Any supervisor who receives from an employee a report of suspected dependency, neglect or abuse shall promptly make a report to the proper authorities for investigation. Neither the privilege that forbids spouses from being required to testify against nor any patient-client privilege shall be a ground for refusing to report. The only exceptions are the attorney-client and clergy-penitent privilege. Reports made in good faith are immune from lawsuits.

  • Kentucky Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 752-6200

  • Indiana Child Abuse Hotline: (800) 800-5556

• Judge Orders Exchange of Facebook and Dating Website Passwords in Custody Fight, ABA Journal, 11/08/2011

• NJ Woman Can Be Prosecuted Over Fake Facebook Profile, Judge Rules, ABA Journal, 11/04/2011

• Louisville Police Chief's son charged with assault and domestic violence -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/11/2011 

• Lawsuit by former wife (minority owner) against ex-husband (majority owner of Sullivan University) alleges he is hoarding business profits -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/10/2011

• Electronic system speeds up EPOs; Louisville domestic-violence victims get faster protection -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/10/2011

• Our Pleasure to Serve You: More Lawyers Look to Social Networking Sites to Notify Defendants -- ABA Law Journal, 10/01/2011

• The Fine Line Between Marriage and Divorce -- Huffington Post, 09/24/2011

• Topix Gets About One Subpoena a Day for Email Addresses of Anonymous Commenters -- ABA Law Journal, 09/21/2011

• Set of paternity laws may pave way for Michigan father to gain custody of daughter in Kentucky -- Flint, Michigan Journal newspaper, 09/17/2011

• Pat Robertson says Divorce is an option for Alzheimers patients' spouses -- Washington Post, 09/15/2011

  • Christ, the Church, and Pat Robertson -- The Christian Post, 09/15/2011

  • Pat Robertson Responds -- The Christian Post, 09/15/2011

• Ex-wife: Groom 'was so cold':  A year after beautiful St. Augustine wedding, Louisville bride rebuilding life; Groom, now in jail, charged with defrauding St. Augustine merchants -- St. Augustine, Florida Record newspaper, 09/04/2011

• University of Louisville psychologist helps solve custody cases -- Forensic methods valued by courts -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 08/28/2011

• Louisville father charged with faking address to get son in Oldham County schools -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 08/26/2011

  • Man Charged After Son Attends Wrong School For 8 Years; Jefferson County Man Sent Son To School In Oldham County -- WLKY-TV News, 08/30/2011

  • Man charged with faking address to get son in Oldham schools pleads not guilty -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 09/26/2011

  • 3 more parents charged with fraud in Oldham County -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 10/21/2011

• More untie the knot in South; Northeast divorces least: Census -- Reuters, 08/25/2011

• Alleging hate crime, Harlan County lesbian couple seeks federal involvement -- Lexington Herald, 08/25/2011 

• Unmarried couples on rise in Louisville -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 08/21/2011

• Of children and questionable dads; opinion column on biological fathers' rights in Kentucky when a child is conceived during adulterous affair -- San Gabriel Valley Tribune (California), 08/10/2011

• Life After Lucy: In historic Ohio case, lesbian co-parent loses rights to child -- Cincinnati CityBeat, 08/10/2011 

  • Contrast this to Kentucky Supreme Court's 01/21/2010 decision in Mullins v. Picklesimer  

• To Save a Marriage, Split Up? (Separating is Difficult, Success is Hard to Predict; But for Some, It's a Last, Best Resort) -- Wall Street Journal, 08/09/2011

• More Kentucky Grandparents Caring For Grandchildren -- WLEX TV in Lexington, 07/21/2011 

• Census: More grandparents in Ky dusting off parenting skills to rear next generation -- Daily Journal newspaper of Frankfort, Kentucky, 07/21/2011

• "Gray divorces" on rise for longtime couples; breakup of decades-old marriages becoming more common -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 07/18/2011

• Domestic violence law named for Amanda Ross not being used -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 07/16/2011 ("Amanda's Law" provides for Courts to use a global positioning system to track domestic violence offenders and to alerts victims when offenders get too close)

• Insurance benefits to be extended to domestic partners of Louisville's city employees -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 07/16/2011 (Effective July 1, 2012, Louisville Metro government will extend health insurance benefits to domestic partners of Metro employees -- same-sex couples as well as heterosexual couples who live as a family but are not married)

• Ending the Alimony Guessing Game -- New York Times, 07/03/2011 

• Husband/Wife Couples No Longer a Majority in Kentucky (same-sex, cohabitating, divorced, widowed and single adult households are the new majority)-- Lexington Herald, 06/06/2011

• Fathers of children conceived during an affair with a married woman have legal rights as the baby's parent

  • Local Parties Prompt Change in Kentucky Paternity Law, WKRC Cincinnati, 05/25/2011

  • Kentucky court says fathers of children conceived during affairs have parental rights, Louisville Courier-Journal, 05/25/2011

  • Dissent Claims Ky. Supreme Court Tossed Marriage on Funeral Pyre in Adultery Paternity Ruling, ABA Journal, 05/25/2011

  • Fathers of children conceived during affairs have parental rights, Northern Kentucky Media, 05/25/2011

  • Kentucky Supreme Court Decision, published 05/19/2011

• Wife attacked by Husband in Florida Judge's Chambers:

  • Advocates questions security after attack in Broward County, Florida judge's chambers -- Husband brutally attacked wife in Judge's chambers, Miami Herald, 04/21/2011 -- Incident underscores need for additional security in high-conflict divorce/domestic violence situations 

  • Lawyer Steps In to Help Woman Attacked During Divorce Hearing in Judge's Chambers -- American Bar Association Journal, Law News Now, 04/19/2011

  • Florida divorce proceeding turns violent -- in judge's chambers, CNN, 04/19/2011 

• Divorce 101: Divorce has obvious tax consequences, but filing issues can also crop up down the road, Lexington Herald, 03/10/2011

• Bullitt grand jury to review case against former pastor for allegedly violating a Texas court order in a child custody case, Louisville Courier-Journal, 01/25/2011

• Kentucky father arrested for violation of Texas court order regarding custody of his children, Louisville Courier-Journal, 01/20/2011 

• Jefferson County's first-time domestic offenders get chance for clean slate with special court, Louisville Courier-Journal, 01/20/2011 (Family Enhanced Supervision Court, a docket set aside specifically for first-time, non-felony domestic violence offenders who have opted for an intensive supervision with the goal of clearing their records sooner than in regular court)

• Kentucky Supreme Court adopts new uniform Family Court Rules applicable throughout Kentucky:

  • Uniform Family Court Rules In Place, WFPL Public Radio, 01/14/2011

  • Supreme Court adopts rules for family law cases, NECN Comcast Network, 01/18/2011

  • KY High Court streamlines Family Court procedures, WAVE-3 TV, 01/13/2011

  • Ky. Supreme Court Aims To Streamline Family Law, WLKY TV, 01/13/2011

  • Supreme Court adopts rules for family law cases, Lexington Herald, 01/13/2011

  • Kentucky Supreme Court news conference, 01/13/2011

  • CLICK HERE FOR THE 01/01/2011 KENTUCKY UNIFORM FAMILY COURT RULES 

• Divorce Insurance: Get Unhitched, Get a Payout.  Time magazine, 09/19/2010

• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Sign Here Move over, heirs and heiresses: Baby boomers are flocking to sign prenuptial agreements, too.  Wall Street Journal, 07/03/2010

• Kentucky Court of Appeals decision specifically addressing the issue of a parent's repeated efforts to convince the Court to permit the parties' 10-year-old daughter to testify in open court, by avowal (written statement) or in chambers without the parties or their counsel.  The Trial Court refused to allow the 10-year-old child to testify or be examined.  Mother claimed this was an abuse of discretion; Court of Appeals agreed with the Trial Court:

  • Coleman v. Coleman, published 10/01/2010

• Kentucky Court of Appeals decision with respect to deviation from child support guidelines and arrearages.  Moving party (appellant-father) proceeded pro se (without counsel) and was roundly criticized by the Court of Appeals for his failure to comply with the Kentucky Rules of Civil Procedure (76.12 especially):

  • Hallis v. Hallis, published 10/01/2010 

• "Take Back the Night" event sheds light on violence against women, Louisville Courier-Journal, 09/28/2010

• Kentucky Court of Appeals decision on relocation of children and primary residential custody:

  • Carpenter-Moore v. Carpenter, published 09/24/2010 

• Kentucky Court of Appeals decision on elimination of child support and shared parenting schedules:

  • Jones v. Hammond, published 08/19/2010 

• "The Un-Divorced" by Pamela Paul, 07/30/2010, The New York Times (a discussion of couples who choose long-term separation as an alternative to divorce)

  • See our discussion of Legal Separation in Kentucky at http://www.divorceinkentucky.com/separation.htm

• "Divorce Lawyers say, 'Facebook tops in online evidence in court'", 06/29/2010, Louisville Courier-Journal

  • "Facebook is divorce lawyers' new best friend -- Whatever you share online can (and will) be used against you in court", 06/28/2010, MSNBC

  • "Divorce Lawyers:  Facebook tops in online evidence in court", 06/28/2010, Lexington Herald

  • And elsewhere across the Web

• "Couples who split after long marriages have adjustment issues of their own" -- 06/21/2010, Lexington Herald

• "Custody battle simmers beneath nanny's rescue; Boy's mom and man who's raised him are at odds", 04/08/2010, Louisville Courier-Journal

• "Kentucky Supreme Court OKs joint custody for ex-lesbian couple":

  • Read the Kentucky Supreme Court's 01/21/2010 decision in Mullins v. Picklesimer  

• "Teen runs away to escape custody order -- Parents' dispute leaves family court with few good options" -- Louisville Courier-Journal, 05/07/2009

• "Not Your Dad's Divorce -- How changes in child-support laws, and a push by fathers for equal time, are transforming the way this generation of ex-spouses raise their children" -- Newsweek web exclusive, 12/15/2008

• "Kids First -- 'Tis the season to be collaborative.  Ten ways divorced parents can make the holidays better for their children -- and themselves" -- Newsweek web exclusive, 12/15/2008

• "Equal Time -- How I divide my life between my divorced parents' homes" -- Newsweek web exclusive, 12/15/2008

• "I just want to leave him, but I can't afford it; Unhappy couples staying together as economy makes divorcing too costly" -- MSNBC Business news story, 11/23/2008

• "For richer, for poorer; Money issues are making it too expensive for some couples to pursue a divorce" -- WESH-TV in Orlando, Florida, 11/12/2008

• "Money Matters for Couples, Families; money issues continue to be among the primary reasons for marital problems and divorce" -- University of Kentucky News, Lexington, 11/07/2008

• "Domestic violence shelter opens in Madison County, KY" -- Richmond Register newspaper, 11/06/2008

• "Murdered woman's daughter reaching out to domestic violence victims; allegedly murdered by her husband five days after she was denied a Domestic Violence Order in Jefferson County, KY"  -- WAVE-3 TV, Louisville, 10/30/2008

• Important new published Kentucky Supreme Court decisions:

  • Relocation case: PENNINGTON v. MARCUM (Supreme Court of Kentucky decision on 10/23/2008); dissenting opinion by Justice Cunningham cites the Model Relocation Act proposed by the "prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers" in 1998 as providing guidelines that could give courts greater guidance than "best interests".

  • Relocation case:  Frances v. Frances (related Supreme Court of Kentucky decision on 10/23/2008

  • Abrogation of Marital Settlement Agreement:  CAMERON v. CAMERON (Supreme Court of Kentucky decision on 09/18/2008); examines effect of "separation agreements" when parties reconcile and/or cohabitate again

• RECENT KENTUCKY APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS IN FAMILY LAW:

  • Denial of father's appellate action alleging child support miscalculation, abatement of support during his summer parenting time and inclusion of Earned Income Credit in calculation:  BRAUSCH v. BRAUSCH (Court of Appeals decision on 09/25/2008)

  • Termination of open-ended maintenance [wife's cohabitation with her boyfriend constituted a changed circumstance sufficient to make the payment of maintenance unconscionable]:  CASTLE v. CASTLE (Court of Appeals decision on 09/12/2008)

• "Fighting over Fido: Pet custody battles on the rise; Dogs are like kids to splitting couples, but to many courts, they're property" -- NBC Today Show, 09/18/2008

• "Kentucky Court Bars Lesbian Adoption As Stepparents", from WLKY-TV, 09/16/2008

  • To read the Court of Appeal's actual 61-page decision, see:  http://162.114.92.72/COA/2006-CA-001730.pdf

  • See also:

    • "Ky. court strikes down lesbian adoption", from United Press International (UPI), 09/16/2008

• Kentucky woman believed to have four husbands; first time bigamy charged brought against a female in Kentucky -- United Press International, 08/26/2008

  • Kentucky Police search for convicted female bigamist -- NBC News, 08/26/2008

• RECENT KENTUCKY APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS IN FAMILY LAW:

  • Interpretation of Marital Settlement Agreement Re Life Insurance: DOWNS v. DOWNS (Court of Appeals decision on 7/11/2008)

  • Family Court had subject matter jurisdiction on parent's relocation to another county upon remarriage since it had determined that the moving papers were sufficient: COFFMAN V. RANKIN (Supreme Court decision on 6/19/2008)

  • Trial court reversed on failure to enter findings of fact regarding imputed income and child support obligations: MCKINNEY V. MCKINNEY (Court of Appeals decision on 6/13/2008)

  • Non-biological "parent" of child in same-sex relationship found not to be de facto custodian and biological parent did not waive her superior right of custody and no claim of unfitness results in no standing to assert custody: PICKLESIMER v. MULLINS (Court of Appeals decision, modified 6/6/2008)

  • Father required to pay child's funeral expenses: JEWELL V. JEWELL (Court of Appeals decision on 5/22/2008)

  • Family court award of permanent custody reversed for failure to have evidentiary hearing: BEARDEN V. MAULDIN (Court of Appeals decision on 5/22/2008)

  • Family court does not have Subject matter jurisdiction to determine biological paternity of child born during marriage: J.N.R. and J.S.R. V. HON. JOSEPH O'REILLY (Supreme Court decision on 4/24/2008)

  • Child custody jurisdiction and out of state proceedings: SKINNER V. SKINNER (COA 3/14/2008)

  • Denial of child visitation affirmed when only 1 of 6 experts believed the father abused the child: HOPPE V. TALLEN (Court of Appeals decision on 3/7/2008)

• Police say "Neglected Child Found Covered in Feces" -- WKYT-TV, Lexington, Kentucky, 08/14/2008

  • Woman Arrested After Dirty Discovery -- WTVQ-TV, Lexington, Kentucky, 08/14/2008

  • Child Found Living in Filthy Conditions -- WLEX, Lexington, Kentucky, 08/14/2008

• Divorcing with family ties; Attorneys collaborate to reach settlements both parties can live with -- Business of Law supplement to Louisville's Business First newspaper, 07/11/2008

  • Featuring comments from Bill Hoge about the benefits of collaborative family law

  • "The whole idea that divorce ends a relationship is ludicrous, especially if you have children."

• Booster car seats now required for young children, Maysville Ledger Independent newspaper, 07/15/2008

• Four kids removed from cockroach-infested home -- WLKY-TV, Louisville, Kentucky, 07/14/2008

  • Parents charged with leaving children alone in roach-infested home -- WAVE-TV, Louisville, Kentucky, 07/14/2008

• Four-day school week needs to be worked out -- News-Enterprise newspaper, Elizabethtown, Kentucky 07/14/2008 (pros and cons of 4-day school weeks)

• New Kentucky laws aimed at protecting children; legislation goes into effect 07/15/2008 -- Jeffersonville (Indiana) Evening News story on 07/15/2008; new laws include:

  • Animal Bullying

  • Animal torture penalties

  • 16-year-olds permitted to donate blood (with parental consent)

  • Children too big for infant car seats must be placed in booster seats (under 7 and between 40-50 inches tall)

  • Creation of "Golden Alerts", similar to "Amber Alerts" but for reporting missing adults who are impaired with Alzheimer's Disease, etc.

  • Child sexual abuse laws broadened to include older teenaged children

  • Criminalization of the sale, purchase or use of alcohol vaporizing devices (used to inhale intoxicating fumes)

  • Children enrolling in public school or preschool required to get dental checkups

  • Increased accountability for teachers, priests and others to report sexual abuse

  • Thrill ride operators must be at least 18 years old

• Louisville man facing child abuse charges after he allegedly beat up his 5- and 6-year-old children -- WHAS TV, Louisville, Kentucky, 07/09/2008

• Kidnapping Suspect Surrenders Peacefully After Standoff -- Montgomery Co., KY parental abduction; toddler injured in car crash; non-custodial father fled scene; eventually surrendered after police standoff -- WKYT TV, Lexington, Kentucky, 07/03/2008

• International Parental Abduction -- Macedonian father in U.S. Federal Prison for 3 years for parental kidnapping -- Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, 06/24/2008

• "Laid Off?  Here's How to Stay Afloat" -- SmartMoney.com, 06/19/2008:  Excellent advice on preparing for and reacting to layoffs and shutdowns

• "Federal lawmaker pushes amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill to bar courts from taking away custodial rights of military parents deployed overseas" -- Dayton (OH) Daily News, 05/25/2008

• "Deployed Troops Battle for Custody" -- Military.com, 05/07/2008

• Bill Hoge prominently featured in an March 14, 2008 article in Business First of Louisville, Kentucky on the subject of hotly contested or high-conflict divorce actions (External link to article: "What are the most emotional cases you encounter as an attorney?").

• "Rogue debt collectors: How to fight them" -- CNN newstory, 02/29/2008

• "Bachelor dad: Keeping it together . . . Father got primary custody of his four kids. Now he has to figure out how to juggle his career and family and cover those endless bills" -- CNN Money, 02/20/2008

• "Holidays give way to divorce season" -- Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette, 02/17/2008

• "Protecting your credit in a divorce" -- Los Angeles Times, 02/15/2008

• Alcohol, Infidelity and Relatives:  Recipe for Divorce" -- ABC News 1/10/2008

• "Keen Interest in Gentler Ways to Divorce" -- Associated Press 12/18/2007

• "20th Annual American Bar Association Conference on Lawyer Assistance Programs Meets in Halifax, Nova Scotia"  -- 20th anniversary celebration featuring three individuals -- Billy Hoge, Bonnie Waters and Ed Blewer -- who have supported lawyers' assistance programs since they were formalized in the 1980s.

• "Census finds most marriages don't last 25 years: Your chances are less than even" -- New York Times article by Sam Roberts, published 09/19/2007.

• In August 2007, Billy Hoge was interviewed by ABCNews.com for a story on trends in the filing of new divorces as summer draws to a close.  The story was published 08/28/2007 as "End of Summer, Time for a Divorce?  Divorce Lawyers Say More Couples Split Up at the End of Summer".  The story was previously available on the ABCNews.com website.

  • An abbreviated version of this story is available at the United Press International's website.

• "What Parent Wants a Child Divided?" -- Chicago Tribune, 04/29/2007

• Dr. Tom Robbins did a segment in 2005 on Tony Cruise's WHAS morning drive-time show about Collaborative Divorce.  Listen Here>>

• Mr. Hoge was featured in 2005 on WLKY-TV (Channel 32) in a story about Collaborative Law.  See it here>>

Articles and Presentations by Bill Hoge on Divorce, Children and other Family Law Issues:

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers:

"Torts and Domestic Violence Claims in Family Law Practice" -- AAML/LBA CLE 1999

"Attorney Fees -- When, Why, and How Much" -- AAML/LBA CLE 2002

"Dissipation and Fault Maintenance" -- AAML/LBA CLE 2003

"Alternative Dispute Resolution in Family Law Matters" -- AAML/LBA CLE 2006

American Bar Association:

• "Enlightened Self-Interest and Compassion" -- Presentation to the ABA Young Lawyers Division in May 2000

• "High-Conflict Custody Cases -- Reforming the System for Children" -- ABA 2000 Wingspread Report

• "Unapologetic Advocate on Court-Appointed Experts (Rule 706) REVISITED" -- ABA 2001 Annual Meeting, President's Award

Kentucky Bar Association:

• Attorney Fees and Litigation Costs -- The Lifeblood of Family Law Practice -- Protecting Yourself and Your Clients"; presented to the KBA Annual Convention on June 19, 1998

• "Spousal Support: Maintenance or More?" -- 1999

• "Excellence and Compassion" - 2002 Fifth Annual Family Law Seminar (also published in May 2002 LBA Bar Briefs)

• "Memo from a Reformed Family Law Litigator"- March 2004

Louisville Bar Association:

• "Nuts & Bolts of Family Law" - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 Presentations at the LBA's Nuts & Bolts Seminar (for legal professionals new to Family Law)

• "Relocation . . . The Toughest Frontier in Family Law" -- presented at LBA CLE entitled "Focus on the Children: Difficult Child Custody and Support Cases" -- December 2002

• "Collaborative Law Training - No Discovery, No Motions, No Court, No Fear" - March 2002

• "Non-Vested Corporate Stock -- Future Value Marital Property" - 2003

• "Creative Solutions to Dissolution Cases: Collaborative Law" - June 2003

• "Teaching a Family Law Lawyer New Techniques" - June 2004

• "Nuts & Bolts of Family Law" - 2005 Presentation at the LBA's Nuts & Bolts Seminar

• "Co-Parenting Counterpoints" - June 2007 Bar Briefs

University of Kentucky:

• Author, UK/CLE, Kentucky Domestic Relations Practice, 1st Ed., Chapter 14 (2006)

Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys (now Kentucky Justice Association:

"How Not to Malpractice Your Divorce Case" -- September 2001

"An Overlooked Tool: Dissipation Claims in Dissolution Cases" -- March/April 2002 Advocate

"Collaborative Law, Mediation & Arbitration" - KATA Domestic Violence Seminar, 3/14/2003

"Maintenance in Family Law: A Lawyer's Liability Bear Trap" - September/October 2003 Advocate

"Lodestar Custody Decision" - January/February 2004 Advocate

"Top Ten Tips for Family Law Litigation" - January/February 2004 Advocate

"Creative Solution to the Domestic Case: Collaborative Law, Mediation and Arbitration" - March 2004 Presentation at the Domestic Relations Seminar

"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either of them being made" -- May/June 2004

"Domestic Violence Torts in Family Law Practice" - September 2004 Annual CLE

"Family Law Perspective on Health Care and the Law" - November/December 2004 Advocate

"Trial Tips from a Family Law Perspective" - January/February 2005 Advocate

"Electronic Evidence Discovery" - July/August 2005

"Deductibility of Attorney's Fees in Dissolution Cases" - November/December 2005 Advocate

"Deal or No Deal" - July/August 2006 Advocate

"Learning Ambitious Divorce Negotiation Skills" - January/February 2007 Advocate

Fair $hare magazine:

• "An Unapologetic Advocate for Court-Appointed Experts" -- April 2000

Presentation to the Kentucky General Assembly:

"Special Task Force on Parenting and Child Custody" -- November 12, 1998

Lay Publications:

Business First -- "Collaborative Law Process Offers Divorce with Dignity" - April 2004

Today's Woman magazine:

"Building New Holiday Traditions" -- Winter 1999

"Planning for the Unexpected" -- June 2000

"How Do You Spell L-O-V-E for Your Children? With your TIME!" -- December 2000

"Will a Pre-Nuptial Agreement Take the Romance Out of Your Engagement?" -- January 2000

Books by Bill Hoge:

Divorce in Kentucky -- The Divorce Resolution System -- An Interactive Organizer

Author, UK/CLE, Kentucky Domestic Relations Practice, 1st Ed., Chapter 14 (2006)

In-House Publications and Brochures for Clients:

"Congratulations! Your Divorce is Final! What Happens Now?

"Controlling Legal Costs in a Divorce Action"

"'Discovery' Has Nothing to Do with Columbus -- Understanding the Legal Discovery Process"

"Divorce Process Flow Chart"

"My Domestic Violence Safety Plan"

"What on Earth is a Case Management Conference?"

"Why Do I Have to Go to Mediation?"

"How does Domestic Violence Impact on Child Custody and Visitation Decisions?" -- Hoge & Tingley Family Law Newsletter, Summer 1997

"Drafting Your Child Custody Affidavit"

"Custody Litigation Plan"

"Collaborative Law Handbook for Clients"

"Custody Litigation Plan"

"Before You Engage In A Custody Battle Over Your Children. . ."

Other:

"Domestic Violence in Kentucky -- Key Points to Consider in Child Custody and Visitation"

"Domestic Violence: Child Custody and Visitation"

"Fault: A Confusing Concept in Kentucky Case Law"

"Key Points to Consider in Full and Fair Civil Compensation"

"Should Parents Seek Custody of Their Children or a Parenting Plan?"

"Permissive Joinder in Family Courts"

"Valuing Professional Goodwill"

"Deductibility of Attorney Fees"