Twitter Weekly Update 2012–July–15 by Ronald Nelson July 16, 2012 News, Tweets Comm of Whole dismissed Premarital & Marital Agreements Act as well as Deployed Parents Custody & Visitation Act up tomorrow RT@uniformlaws Avoid permanent damage to your marriage when fighting with your mate by following “fair fighting” rules. RT @MarriageVelcro Uniform Marital and Premarital Agreements Act up for debate this afternoon at @uniformlaws annual meeting Ten tips on how to talk about anything with anyone: http://ow.ly/cdSyp .@UniformLaws Annual Meeting to hear 1st Reading of Uniform law Implementing Hague Convention on Protection of Children http://bit.ly/NsVTG5 Uniform Deployed Parents Custody Act back on the floor at Uniform Laws Annual Meeting today for debate via @uniformlaws http://bit.ly/NsVnYC Uniform Law Commission (@UniformLaws) Convenes for its Annual Meeting in Nashville http://bit.ly/NsV3Jt @onlawyering “Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.” RT @foundingfather Judith Wallerstein and #divorce: how one woman changed the way we think about breakups. http://slate.me/NDG5AW via @GAdivorce .@divorcelawyernj #CollaborativeLaw Isn’t a panacea, but it’s a valid tool for some cases, some families, some attorneys. Same-sex couple fights to stop deportation, same-sex marriage ban http://on.msnbc.com/NDFbVg via @DrCraigMalkin #Anxiety disorders have increased more than 1,200 percent since 1980 http://on.apa.org/NrcaeJ via @APA A view from the floor of the Annual Meeting of @UniformLaws as commissioners debate new uniform acts http://ow.ly/i/LDSa via @uniformlaws Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act now under consideration at the Annual Meeting of RT @UniformLaws #military #custody What are the laws regarding contested divorce in Kansas? http://rpx.me/1/p2Eg How long does it take the judge to approve a divorce decree after it’s submitted? http://rpx.me/1/g2Eg Can my ex fill out school papers naming his girlfriend without putting me on to those papers? http://rpx.me/1/d2Eg At what age can children decide with which parent they want to live? http://rpx.me/1/91Eg If I leave my husband can I move to another state with our child? http://rpx.me/1/31Eg I submitted a divorce decree to the judge last week. What happens now? http://rpx.me/1/T1Eg Can I lose custody of my child? http://rpx.me/1/I1Eg I wanna no how to get full custody of my daughter. I am a father. http://rpx.me/1/G1Eg Legal adoption in a second marriage and consequences of child custody rights on divorce. http://rpx.me/1/n1Eg #KSCourts: Where a parent continues to live in initial #UCCJEAstate, only that state can give up #UCCJEA jurisdiction http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: A state that has made a child custody order retains exclusive #UCCJEA jurisdiction unless 202(1)(a) or (b) are met http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: Ct with request to modify another state’s custody order must determine if other state retains #UCCJEA jurisdiction http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: #UCCJEA does not include any provision allowing for jurisdiction by waiver, consent, or estoppel http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: Kansas cannot “take” #UCCJEA jurisdiction from another state and modify custody orders http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: Where a parent continues to live in state that determined custody order, that state retains #UCCJEA jurisdiction http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: Merely becz child has lived with parent in Kansas for more than 6 months does not mean KS has #UCCJEA jurisdiction. http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: The Kansas Adoption statute references the #UCCJEA in determining if Kansas has jurisdiction http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: The Appeals Court exercises de novo review over questions of #UCCJEA meaning http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: Court has a duty to question its own #UCCJEA jurisdiction, rather than accepting parties’ agreement to it http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: Appeals court decides case about declining #UCCJEA jurisdiction over #adoption due to #inconvenient forum http://bit.ly/PVWbK7 #KSCourts: 1 Kansas #FamilyLaw Appeals Decision Issued Today (2012-July-13) #UCCJEA #Adoption #KSCourts: Shawnee County District Judge Daniel L. Mitchell announces his retirement effective August 31 http://bit.ly/PVUQTr If your spouse says “I don’t love you anymore,” it may not mean that decision is final; it DOES mean you have work to do! MT@MarriageVelcro Updated page: Client Information and Forms http://bit.ly/NoVpkh Updated page: Kansas Family Law Forms http://bit.ly/KUyiMp Updated page: Helpful Information and Resources http://bit.ly/NoV7d5 Updated Internet Links http://bit.ly/LiOyub Updated page: Kansas Family Law Appeals 2012 http://bit.ly/PHOljc @NAMICommunicate just updated their information on psychosocial treatments. http://ow.ly/cc93D #mentalhealth #DomesticViolence rises with summer temps. Learn more about domestic violence at @StateCourts library http://bit.ly/Ml2Jg1 #DV The way to true self respect is to be yourself, not to fit into someone elses mold. RT @MarriageVelcro How a stay-at-home mother can handle her controlling husband http://wapo.st/PIPrhg Episcopal Church becomes biggest US church to bless same-sex unions http://on.msnbc.com/O1HxJH Why Getting Rid of Old Books and Clothes Is So Tough On a Couple; Revealing the Power Struggle Underneath http://on.wsj.com/NeQYH1 #KSCourts: Brownback appoints Ossmann to Shawnee County District Court position http://bit.ly/NeQ11z @CJOnline #KSCourts: Governor names Carl William Ossmann to Shawnee County District Court position http://bit.ly/PHOkOE Courts working on guidelines for case managers http://bit.ly/LDviZG quoting @RonaldWNelson Updated page: Practice Areas http://bit.ly/MsKaYk Case manager crackdowns continue http://bit.ly/NktQFB via @AndyMarso Updated page: Media http://bit.ly/Mw7ea4 .@UniformLaws Annual Meeting Begins this Friday in Nashville. First Reading Hague Protection of Children Convention #UCCJEA Hawaii adopts Uniform #CollaborativeLaw Act (#UCLA) via@UniformLaws News: Twitter Weekly Update 2012–July–08 http://bit.ly/LYdXbV