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Coming Back Soon

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I’ve been on a very long hiatus from posting here – my apologies. There will be much new content coming very soon. Thanks for reading!

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September 21, 2009 at 10:33 pm

Litigant Blogs Facts of Case

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It was bound to happen. Maybe it is not the first family law case to be blogged by a litigant, but it’s the first I have seen. I found it troubling to see a party to a pending case blogging his evidence on the internet. We assume judges read blogs. If I represented the opposing party I would be concerned about a member of the judiciary stumbling upon a site such as Let Me See My Son. This case is before the Kentucky Supreme Court and because of the posture of the case will likely be remanded and work its way back up again. What do you think?
SECOND UPDATE: You can find the May 22,2007 Wall Street Journal online article Law Blog Trendspotting: Litigants Launching Web Sites here. Lots of comments.
UPDATE:
From Marcia Oddi at Indiana Law Blog:
In terms of a judge stumbling across it — How is this different from a letter to an editor, or a long interview in a news magazine, or a human interest feature on the evening news?
She also passed on these interesting links: “So what if the judge reads the lawprof’s blog?”, “Forget judges, what if jurors had blogs?”, and “The “new media” panel at the 7th Circuit conference” .

Source: Divorce Law Journal

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May 25, 2007 at 9:14 pm

Welcome to the Kentucky Family Law Blog

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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Hugh Barrow and his Kentucky Family Law Blog to the blogosphere (and to thank Hugh for the link to this blog). Welcome, Hugh, and best of luck.

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March 18, 2007 at 9:00 pm

Guest poster: Christy Borgeld

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I am very pleased to announce that Christy Borgeld, the founder of National Stepfamily Day, has agreed to do some guest posts here. I think that Christy does very valuable work, and am very much looking forward to having her post here. Welcome, Christy, and thanks again.

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March 18, 2007 at 8:58 pm