In Kentucky, alimony, also known as spousal support, is the money that one spouse will pay to another due to a court-ordered agreement. This support isn’t always granted, but if you are in a position where you need financial support from your ex-spouse in the future,...
While you may be new to living without parental supervision when you start college, you’re definitely not uninformed: You know that the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects you against unreasonable searches and seizures. If the police ever show up to...
Allegations of driving under the influence (DUI) in Kentucky can derail your life. You may have to go to court, which will make you lose work. If you plead guilty or the courts convict you, you could wind up facing a jail sentence in addition to paying fines because...
When you decided to divorce your spouse, it was because they were continuing to assert that you were not kind to them or your children. That couldn’t have been further from the truth. Every day, you were doing the school runs, making meals, going to work and...
You want a divorce. Your marriage simply isn’t what you expected. You want to end it and start your life over, and you’ve discussed it briefly with your spouse. However, they told you in no uncertain terms that they did not want a divorce. Perhaps they were against...
Being practical about any life change requires that you consider the worst-case outcome. For those recently engaged, appropriate planning for the future often involves considering what might happen if they eventually get divorced. Prenuptial agreements are important...
When a police officer pulls someone over, they often write a ticket citing that person for some kind of traffic violation. Traffic violations are typically civil infractions that carry fines. There are some exceptions, including more serious offenses like impaired...
For most people getting divorced, it is their first time encountering Kentucky's divorce system. Even if some of your friends and relatives have gotten divorced before, you cannot really understand what it is like until you go through it yourself. This leads to myths...
Kentucky has more than one highway that runs from the northern Midwest all the way down to Florida and Alabama. Given that people who are driving so far across the country pass through Kentucky, drug traffickers sometimes use our highways and even surface roads to...
When you divorce someone you share children with, you’ll still have to deal with them often. Trying to raise the children together means that you will need to ensure that you have a communication and teamwork plan. Your children can greatly benefit when both parents...