Twitter Weekly Update 2013–March–17
- Violence Against Women Act: A Divorce Lawyer’s Perspective http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-van-tine/violence-against-women-ac_2_b_2862034.html … via
@GAdivorce - Collaboration works better than punishment
#parenting http://ow.ly/iVl1M#EF#ADHD#SPD RT@DrLynneKenney - News: Twitter Weekly Update 2013–March–10 http://bit.ly/ZcUetM
- Remember your first breakup? It’s no different with your last; no matter your age.
@wescrenshawphd shares good rules. http://bit.ly/WtIbZc - On
@Avvo: I have a full time job and also a part time job can the state use both jobs to decide#child-support? http://rpx.me/1/KpQl - On
@Avvo: Married 4 yrs. I have no job and 7-yr old from previous relationship. Do I get anything in a#divorce? http://rpx.me/1/woQl - Misunderstanding
#Incivility and How to Stop it http://tinyurl.com/aum3dwp RT@HighConflict - DCF moving to privatize child support collections. Splitting custodial support with for-profit companies. http://bit.ly/WLXKxG
#ksleg RT@levihenry - Does marriage *really* make people happier? And what about divorce? A careful look at what we know—and what we don’t: http://ow.ly/iZe1u
#KSCourts: Leben concur: Burden to defend contempt shifts only on proof by filing party of contempthttp://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Leben concur: Party claiming contempt has initial burden to prove it, not person charged http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Leben concur: To show contempt, party must do more than rely on filed affdhttp://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Court did not err awarding atty fees in contempt under facts of case http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Courts may award atty fees in contempt to remedy loss caused by inappropriate actions http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Party must make contemporaneous and specific objection to evidence to preserve objection http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: An appealing party must make contemporaneous objection to preserve evidence objections http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Appealing party cannot raise constitutional issue first on appeal http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Appealing party cannot invite error on issue appealed http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Failure to support appeal issue with pertinent authority = failing to preserve issue http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Issues not fully briefed may be deemed waived by the appeals court http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Issues not raised to the trial court cannot be first raised on appeal http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Ct cannot sanction party where there is no legal basis for the contempt finding http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Ct order that member pay#SBP premiums as sanction reversed as improper http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Ct finding any portion not “disposable retired pay,’ may determine if indemnity applies http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Court abused discretion finding contempt for failure to pay#VA#Disability Benefits http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts:#VA#Disability Benefits are clearly not ‘disposable retired pay’ under federal law http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Ct erred in not making sufficient findings about type of retirement/disability received http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Ct erred at law not considering whether implications of#USFSPA on#VA#Disability http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts:#USFSPA does not grant state cts power to divide as property#VA#Disability benefits http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Federal law, not state law, defines what is military ‘disposable retired pay’ http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Under#USFSPA, state cts can only treat “dispoable retired pay” as marital property http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Whether contempt exists, depends on circumstances including intent, good faith http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Appeals court reviews contempt finding under denovo std: whether facts support contempt http://bit.ly/12WgGMY#military #106912#KSCourts: Where trial court did not waive requirement to file financial affd, failure to file ground to deny http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Whether to waive requirement that party file financial affid is discretionary with trial court http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Under KS statutes, only motion to modify child support is required, financial affd is evidentiary http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Kansas Supreme Court cannot modify statutory provisions by child support guidelines rules http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Kansas Child Support Guidelines applies equally to both parentage and divorce cases http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Standard applied in Kansas Parentage Act child support modifications is “best interests of child” http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Kansas Divorce Code and Parentage Act apply different standards to child support modifcation http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Change in child support guidelines does not mean there should be change in child support http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Trial court correctly used “old” child support guidelines when new guidelines not yet effective http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Language in a journal entry takes precedence over court’s oral decision from the bench http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: A Journal Entry, rather than court’s oral decision, is court’s official pronouncement of judgment http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: Trial ct did not err refusing to modify child support based on 2012 Kansas Shared custody formula http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: First appeals decision under 2012 Revised Kansas Child Support Guidelines, Sharing Formula issued http://bit.ly/12Wc7SU #107971#KSCourts: 2#FamilyLaw Related Kansas Appeals Decisions Issued Today (2013-Mar-15) #106921, #107971 http://bit.ly/UnMG92- Updated Page: Kansas Family Law Appeals 2013 http://bit.ly/UnMG92
#KSCourts: Supreme Court proposes new rules for comment on posssession/use of electronic devices in Kansas courts http://bit.ly/ZUFfWP#IRS Withholding Calculator: Can help you avoid having too much, too little#tax withheld from your pay. http://go.usa.gov/gKDW RT@IRSnews#MACourts: Court improperly extended#PFA to prohibit 16-yr old daughter’s ongoing, consensual sexual relationship http://bit.ly/12VPBJQ#INCourts: Grandparent visitation reversed where no finding it did not substantially infringe parents’ rts http://bit.ly/12VOhXv- Updated Page: Appellate http://bit.ly/OxjmaO
- Updated Page: Media http://bit.ly/Mw7ea4
#SCOTUS considering whether child is ‘settled’ under#Hague#Abduction Conven if abducting parent illegally in U.S. http://bit.ly/XE27ff- Kansas officials plan to privatize child support collections (a la Mississippi) (quoting
@RonaldWNelson) http://bit.ly/Yet5Ev - On
@Avvo: I divorced my husband of 32 years after he abandoned me and our home for another woman.#divorce http://rpx.me/1/rXOl - Mississippi Sen passes bill to privatize child support collection, despite past failures, complaints, lack of info http://hatne.ws/ZQX3lr
- Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act passed unanimously by ND House–on way to Governor
@uniformlaws MT@gail_hagerty - On
@Avvo: How can I get a divorce from someone I haven’t seen in 12 years?#divorce http://rpx.me/1/DxOl - On
@Avvo: I filled for child custody am I petitioner or respondant?#childcustody http://rpx.me/1/DdOl - Appeals Court Selection Bill, attempting to make courts more political, sent to Brownback http://bit.ly/13WXiz6
- Community Developmental Disability Organizations (CDDOs) Oppose Proposed Changes
#KSLegislature#SB194 http://bit.ly/10IagvN #KSCourts: Supreme Court posts oral argument docket for April-May (2013-Apr-29 to 2013-May-03) http://bit.ly/WFS4W8#KSCourts: Now former District Judge Kim Schroeder will be sworn in as newest Court of Appeals Judge on 2013-Mar-15 http://bit.ly/WFRkQM- On
@Avvo: If I reside in Kansas, what happens to holiday visits with my kids?#childvisitation http://rpx.me/1/FlIl