Weekly Twitter Update 2015–December–6
Farrer – Gay couple’s international child custody battle ruled on by Supreme Court Meaning of habitual residence. farrer.co.uk/News/press-rel…
Gay couple’s international child custody battle to be ruled on by @UKSupremeCourt bit.ly/1HNpmug by @simonbrucelfc
I’m married and in my 60s, but I’ve fallen in love with a younger man. What do I do? flip.it/67xkw
#KSCourts: A party who fails to make timely objection to inadequate findings by the trial court waives it bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: A party has the burden of making timely objection to lack of adequate findings by the trial court bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: #Childsupport calculations are governed by Kansas Childsupport guidelines that court must follow bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: Kansas appeals court does not have power to review temporary orders superseded by final order bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: A parents right to travel is not a statutory factor affecting #childcustody decisions bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: Kansas courts cannot punish a divorcing party for fault or infidelity bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: Neither infidelity nor fault are statutory factors for consideration of #childcustody matters bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: Appeals court will not delve into court record to engage in emotional tug-of-war between parents bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: Appeals court does not redetermine fact or discretionary issues decided by the trial court bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: The paramount consideration in #childcustody proceeding is the child’s welfare and best interests bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: A decision on the merits of a case is final even if attorneys fees request remains outstanding bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: Appeals court affirms trial court decision in high conflict child custody case bit.ly/1NvXUkZ #113366
#KSCourts: Personal jurisdiction over both parents is not required to complete #UCCJEA jurisdiction bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: The choice of a child’s school requires #UCCJEA jurisdiction, not #UIFSA jurisdiction bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Where court had #UCCJEA jurisdiction, it could decide the school child should attend bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Determination of which school a child should attend does not require personal jurisdiction bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Party asserting error on appeal has burden to show that error occurred bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Where no personal jurisdiction exists, #UIFSA enforcement jurisdiction cannot be asserted bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Issue not moot if appealing party took conflicting positions on supposed agreed issue when heard bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Substantial evidence supported appellees claim of residence for #UCCJEA purposes bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Under #UCCJEA a state can legitimately be ‘residence’ if parent really intends it to be ‘home’ bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Though parent/child temporarily living in #MO #KS could exercise #UCCJEA jurisdiction bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: #UCCJEA measures “significant connection” and “substantial evidence at commencement of proceeding bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: #UCCJEA subject matter jurisdiction is a question of law subject to appellate review bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: Foreign country is treated as “state” under #UIFSA if #childsupport law is substantially similar bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts #Bermuda recognized as “state” under #UIFSA because its #childsupport law is substantially similar bit.ly/1NvSFSw #112978
#KSCourts: 2 #Kansas #FamilyLaw related Appeals decisions were issued today (2015-Dec-04): bit.ly/1HkKjs0
Updated Page: Kansas Family Law Appeals 2015 bit.ly/1HkKjs0
#MECourts: It is not child abduction when parent refuses to bring child to state in which child never lived 1.usa.gov/1TpqlS1
#MECourts: Claim that other parent agreed, but then refused, to come to state did not grant #ME #UCCJEA jurisdiction 1.usa.gov/1TpqlS1
#MECourts: Maine did not have #UCCJEA jurisdiction where neither mother nor child ever lived in the state 1.usa.gov/1TpqlS1
#MECourts: Court’s child custody order reversed for not including required provision for parent access to records 1.usa.gov/1Tpq9SK
#AZCourts: Federal law does not preempt state court from indemnifying ex-spouse for post-decree waiver of MRP bit.ly/1TppK2I
#NDCourts: Motion to reconsider is not an opportunity to repeat original contentions, must be based on claimed error bit.ly/1TpoKvu
#NDCourts: Trial court erred deciding #childsupport issue without allowing evidentiary hearing on contested income bit.ly/1Tpovk5
#NDCourts: Court reversed: improperly deviating from #childsupport#guidelines, imputing income, inadequate findings bit.ly/1lf3Ep1
#NHCourts: Courts have no power to set aside #divorce on parties’ reconciliation absent direct statutory authority bit.ly/1lf2rhy
#OHCourts: Writ of Prohibition on #UCCJEA matter not appropriate where appeal is adequate remedy 1.usa.gov/1leZrSn
#OHCourts: Writ of Prohibition on #UCCJEA impermissible where matter already litigated in both #OH and #NJ 1.usa.gov/1leZrSn
A court ruling unearthed and three couples speak out: Allegations of anti-gay bias at DCF cjonline.com/news/2015-12-0… #ksleg ksleg
Multiple cases, 2013 court ruling, point to @DCFKansas discrimination against same-sex couple foster care/adoption bit.ly/1lBohLx
Chair of Kansas Senate Foster Care criticizes media’s foster care coverage, promotes questionable anti-gay studies bit.ly/1lBnFFX
State of Kansas is the only entity to press existence of parentage in Kansas spermdonor case bit.ly/1HIp0oH
#KSCourts: Supreme Court proposes amendments to Kansas Code of Judicial Conduct re self-represented litigants bit.ly/1HImmPV
#USCourts: 2015 Amendments to FRCP and FRBP became effective December 1, 2015 1.usa.gov/1QTzpR2
#TNCourts: Judge is not disqualified from hearing a case if alleged “bias” is the result of in-court observations bit.ly/1RkswYh
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