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Foundational Law: Continuance Factors
We are honored to be regularly invited by the Louisville Bar Association to give the Annual Domestic Relations Case Law Update. Each year, we are asked about the most important case of the year. In this series, we look back at the cases we have cited as “the most important.”…
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Foundational Law: Best Interest Standard for Modification
We are honored to be regularly invited by the Louisville Bar Association to give the Annual Domestic Relations Case Law Update. Each year, we are asked about the most important case of the year. In this series, we look back at the cases we have cited as “the most important.”…
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Foundational Law: Attorney Fees
We are honored to be regularly invited by the Louisville Bar Association to give the Annual Domestic Relations Case Law Update. Each year, we are asked about the most important case of the year. In this series, we look back at the cases we have cited as “the most important.”…
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Fear of Repeated Unwarranted Hospital Visits Is Not a Serious Injury
Howe v. Howe No. 2025-CA-1194-ME Warren Circuit Court Kentucky Court of Appeals Opinion by Chief Judge Thompson Date Rendered: January 23, 2026 Question Presented: Whether “the potential fear created in the children by the repeated visits to the doctor and hospital” is sufficient to satisfy the “fear of serious injury”…
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Sixth Circuit Reaffirms High Bar for § 1983 Claims Against Child Welfare Caseworkers
R.S. v. Lucas County Children Services 25-3247 United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit Opinion by Judge Ritz Date Rendered: November 18, 2025 Question Presented: Whether social workers showed deliberate indifference to children’s safety in violation of the children’s Fourteenth Amendment Substantive Due Process rights. Lucas County Children Services (“LCCS”)…
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