- Maine AG dismayed at
#SCOTUS #ICWA decision: We will urge Maine courts to fully apply #ICWA as Congress intended http://bit.ly/13erqY0
#KSCourts: #ABA will recognize 2 Kansas court officials with prestigious awards at #ABAAnnual http://bit.ly/13d2ZtS #KSCourts: #Johnson County Judge Thomas Sutherland receives prestigious #KDJA Judicial Outreach award: http://bit.ly/129LfsY #KSCourts: Former #KSLegislature members call on #KSGov for more transparency in new system to choose #KSCOA judges http://bit.ly/13d1Mmn - RT Los Angeles Times
@latimes Breaking: #Prop8 plaintiffs Kris Perry & Sandy Stier are married by Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris, the first gay marriage in Calif. since 2008.
- RT Charlie Kaye
@CharlieKayeCBS BREAKING. @KCBSNews says first same-sex marriage to take place at San Francisco City Hall at 7:15P ET.
- Same-sex marriages in California set to resume “immediately” http://lat.ms/18lnfL0
- RT ABA Family Law
@ABAFamily Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issues order in Proposition 8 case: “The stay in the above matter is dissolved effective immediately”
#USAppeals: Ninth Circuit order immediate dissolution of stay against same-sex marriage in California#RICourts: “Residence” may be established notwithstanding lack of ownership or leasehold estate within state http://1.usa.gov/18lmdP5 #RICourts: Not every departure or absence interrupts “residence” within a state http://1.usa.gov/18lmdP5 #RICourts: “Residence” requires actual and continuous dwelling with state; “domicile” requires intent to return http://1.usa.gov/18lmdP5 #RICourts: “Residence” and “domicile” are two different, but related concepts for divorce: http://1.usa.gov/18lmdP5 #SCOTUS rejects cert in two same-sex cases from Arizona (striking down prohibition on same-sex benefits) & Nevada http://bit.ly/18lkFV7 - RT
@LambdaLegal: After-#DOMA FAQs to help you and your family: http://bit.ly/19DQbis
#TNCourts: The award of attorneys fees in a family law case is discretionary with the trial court http://bit.ly/153v7xt #TNCourts: Whether mental health counseling bill is “reasonable and necessary” is a fact decision for the trial court http://bit.ly/153v7xt - News: Twitter Weekly Update 2013–June–23 http://bit.ly/11NK99Y
#KSCourts: Hon. Marla Luckert appointed to Kansas Judicial Council replacing Hon Lawton Nuss: http://bit.ly/15NaBhC - Updated Page: Kansas Family Law Appeals 2013 http://bit.ly/UnMG92
- The Siege on State Courts: Legislators and special interests are making sure we get the judges they want http://bit.ly/15N6rGt
#KSCourts: Kansas District Judge Association elects new officers for 2013-14; President: #Johnson Judge Thomas Foster http://bit.ly/15N4PMV #IACourts: Court will reconsider decision that “irresistible attraction” is not impermissible gender discrimination http://bit.ly/15N1nBZ #MACourts: #UIFSA requires Mass court apply California law when child support agreement originally entered in CA http://bit.ly/15MTYT4 #MACourts: #UIFSA requires enforcing state interpret child support agreements according to law of state where entered http://bit.ly/15MTYT4 #MACourts: Litigation over family law disputes should be the last option–not the first: http://bit.ly/15MTYT4 #MNCourts: Order for protection may be granted only to a victim of domestic abuse, not to related parties: http://bit.ly/15MTqN3 #MOCourts: Trial court erred when it redistributed marital assets in contravention of premarital agreement http://on.mo.gov/15MQErd #MOCourts: The burden to show secreting of marital assets is upon the party making that claim, not defending party http://on.mo.gov/15MQErd #MOCourts: Court generally cannot include in divorce estate property that does not exist at time of trial http://on.mo.gov/15MQErd #NECourts: “Execution and return” of marriage license is not required in Nebraska to satisfy marriage statute http://1.usa.gov/15MOXKq #NDCourts: Decision that a prima facie showing of a material change in circumstances was shown is not appealable http://bit.ly/15MN9kr #NDCourts: In child custody matter, a move out-of-state is, as a matter of law, a “material change in circumstances” http://bit.ly/15MMGPn #SDCourts: Court refuses to set aside voluntary termination/adoption because of unfulfilled secret side-agreements http://bit.ly/15MKR4R #WVCourts: Court did not err in ordering a gradual, rather than immediate, restoration of father’s parenting time http://bit.ly/15MIuyQ #CACourts: Appeals court reverses imposed guardianship on parents’ appeal for failure to comply within #ICWA: http://bit.ly/18kjXYr #CACourts: Divorce appropriate without direct evidence of affair or identifiable major disagreements http://bit.ly/15MFFhj #ALCourts: Trial court erred by entering decree deviating from parties’ agreed settlement without evidentiary basis http://bit.ly/15MDNVM - RT John Hanna
@APjdhanna Shift in disclosure policy comes with change in how Court of Appeals judges are selected. #ksleg
#PACourts: #PASenate panel recommends Superior Court Judge Correale Stevens to fill state #PASupreme Court vacancy http://bit.ly/12tZTtX - RT David Tracy
@tulsafamilylaw Supreme Court Strikes a Hard Blow to Tribal Sovereignty in Adoption Case | The Nation http://www.thenation.com/blog/174978/supreme-court-strikes-hard-blow-tribal-sovereignty-adoption-case …
- RT David Tracy
@tulsafamilylaw Meet Baby Veronica the Child at the Heart of the Supreme Court Case-via @PolicyMic | @aubbloomfield http://www.policymic.com/articles/50965/meet-baby-veronica-the-child-at-the-heart-of-the-supreme-court-case-adoptive-couple-v-baby-girl …
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#KSCourts: Kansas Governor refuses to divulge names of candidates for new Kansas Appeals Court position: http://bit.ly/19zG2TT
- RT Wes Crenshaw PhD
@wescrenshawphd #Parent: When I was a child, I thought as a child. Now I’m the parent & my job is to send you down the best path I can.
- The Drama over
#BabyVeronica continues as Adoptive Parents file new motion with #SCOTUS http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/06/drama-over-baby-veronica-goes-on/ … via RT @SCOTUSblogposts
#KSCourts: 8th Judicial District convenes August 15, 2013 to interview and appoint a new district magistrate judge: http://bit.ly/10nNTOk #KSCourts: Applicants sought for District Magistrate Judge vacancy in #Morris County, Kansas http://bit.ly/126zzXY #PALegislature: Proposed bill would require rapists to pay child support after their parental rights are terminated http://bit.ly/19EBaJU #INCourts: Provision purporting to obligate parent to pay back child support if parenting time is sought is improper http://bit.ly/19EzHmS #INCourts: Parenting Time rights cannot be contracted away and is not in the child’s best interest http://bit.ly/19EzHmS #INCourts: Agreement foregoing parenting time as exchange for no child support obligation void/against public policy http://bit.ly/139Uj7B #INCourts: Parents cannot legally surrender parenting time to avoid child support obligations http://bit.ly/19Eyvji - RT LJWorld
@LJWorld U.S. Supreme Court rulings on gay rights could affect Kansas: http://ljw.bz/14tgTDr
- RT AP Courtside Seat
@AP_Courtside Reaction to #SCOTUS decisions on Wednesday in two #gay marriage cases: http://apne.ws/12pRxn9
- RT Brad Heath
@bradheath Roberts, writing for 5-4 majority, says he understands that the same-sex marriage is important, but that #SCOTUS can’t decide this case.
- RT ABA Journal
@ABAJournal #SCOTUS standing ruling has effect of allowing gay marriage in California http://dlvr.it/3ZL5B5
- RT Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner Photo: The #Prop8 team and plaintiffs outside #SCOTUS. http://tmblr.co/ZPoHXxoEa0-U View photo
- RT Washington Post
@washingtonpost Text of both #SCOTUS decisions: DOMA http://wapo.st/136GJk1 Prop 8 http://wapo.st/12pzkpX
- RT Mark Ressa Attorney
@BayAreaDivorce From SCOTUS – (paraphrase) “We have never before upheld the standing of a private party to defend the (cont) http://tl.gd/n_1rl1ip5
- RT Mark Ressa Attorney
@BayAreaDivorce From SCOTUS – (paraphrase) “The Ninth Circuit was without jurisdiction to consider the appeal. The judgment (cont) http://tl.gd/n_1rl1ipi
- RT Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner The #Prop8 case Ninth Circuit decision is vacated and the case is remanded.
- RT
@SCOTUSblog Prop 8. No standing. Per Roberts. 5-4.
- RT
@SCOTUSblog No precedent on gay marriage in the Prop 8 case. The S. Ct. does not decide, 5-4. Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Kagan majority.
- RT
@SCOTUSblog Same-sex marriage will be available in CA, at least where court clerks take the position that Prop 8 is unconstitutional.
#SCOTUS: #DOMA is unconstitutional depriviation of rights established in state law http://1.usa.gov/19BXyni - Updated Page: Legislative–2013 Session http://bit.ly/WUe21y
- Report: One in five Kansas children living in poverty http://bit.ly/16y2Pug
- RT
@howappealing: “Custody battle for baby Veronica continues as Supreme Court sides with James Island family” http://dlvr.it/3Z95HQ
- A Sparse turnout at
#KanCare public forum: http://www.khi.org/news/2013/jun/25/sparse-turnout-kancare-public-forum/ … —Only two people offered comments about the #Medicaid makeover. @KHIorg
- RT Kansas Public Radio
@KPRInfo KS is 16th in the nation in child well-being but economic picture for kids is not so bright. Bryan Thompson reports http://bit.ly/10fYDhy
- RT KS Health Institute
@KHIorg (Story updated w/ Poverty Task Force proceedings) #KidsCount report: 1 in 5 #Kansas children living in poverty http://goo.gl/RifQe #KsLeg
- Annie E. Casey Foundation releases its 2013 Kids Count Databook: http://bit.ly/1cjcWUY
@aecfkidscount via @KHIorg
- Economic Well-Being of US Children Slips http://abcn.ws/1aL5jbP
- I just endorsed Brett R. Turner on Avvo http://rpx.me/1/BMBo
#MACourts: New child support guidelines go into effect on August 1, 2013: http://exm.nr/10iNRYa #SCOTUS rules against Cherokee father in child custody/adoption case http://bit.ly/11YrpA2 - Please see my answer on
@Avvo to: Kansas Law Regarding Half Sibling Visitation #childvisitation http://rpx.me/1/AJBo
#SCOTUS issues decision on #ICWA: http://1.usa.gov/120XbNv #SCOTUS: Assuming that a biological father is a “parent” under #ICWA, #ICWA does not bar termination of his parental rights.#KSCourts: Kansas Supreme Court Argument Docket for September 2013 Posted: http://bit.ly/14ovWOI [PDF]#KSCourts: Court of Appeals Dockets for August 2013 Posted: http://bit.ly/f2sEdn - See my answer on
@Avvo to: What is a good international custody agreement #childcustody http://rpx.me/1/C3zo
- RT
@hitchedmedia: 3 Dangerous Tactics That Could Destroy Your Marriage http://bit.ly/1a7KQ2o via @sharonrivkin #blame #shame #alwaysright
- Scalia: “if “Congress has the authority” to act, then it also “‘possesses every power needed’” to make that action “‘effective.’”
#KEBODEAUX
#SCOTUS grants cert in #Lozano re Equitable tolling of #Hague #Abduction 1-year filing period where child concealed http://bit.ly/XE27ff
