by Ryan McKeen
A few weeks ago, I was talking to a probate court clerk. I was testifying as a witness in a will contest. I asked the clerk if the court is seeing an increase in such disputes. She said, “absolutely”. She said in a given year the court would normally see between 4 and [...]
by Ryan McKeen
A few weeks ago, the Courant ran a story about a pilot program launched in Hartford Family Court where pro se litigants can get free legal advice from lawyers on certain days in court.
The goal of the program is to help ease the stress placed on the system by the increasing number of [...]
by Ryan McKeen
“Wait, we’re behind the other students and we’re supposed to catch up by going slower then they are?” – Bart Simpson
Yesterday, I spent the day in Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate’s court principally concerns matters of unpaid child support.
While waiting for my case to be called, I watched a man go to jail for not paying [...]
by Ryan McKeen
The Connecticut Bar Foundation’s Technology Symposium was outstanding.
One of the benefits of attending for me was getting about a month’s worth of blogging ideas. I’ll start with a little news.
Officials from the Judicial Branch were on hand and reported that e-filing in family cases will begin in 2012. Presently, e-filing is mandatory in [...]
by Ryan McKeen
Scrolling through Facebook, I came across several posts the gist of which were: “If Tiger cheated, I wouldn’t call it domestic violence…I would call it deserving!!”
There were a number of people who liked these posts and many who posted things like “OH YES” and “AMEN”.
Let’s assume for the purpose of this post that [...]
by Ryan McKeen
According to Judge Abrams, the answer is that all owners of jointly owned property must join together to commence an eviction action. Greene v. Cabarrus, DN: NHSP-08-098865 (Abrams, J.)
Judge Abrams’ ruling is consistent with Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 47a-23 which requires “the owner” to serve a notice to quit. In applying the law [...]
by Ryan McKeen
For better or for worse continues to go to the dogs.
Dog’s are expensive. Especially, sick dogs.
Any dog owner understands that pet medical bills can be no small expense.
Under Connecticut law, pets are personal property. There is little legal difference between a dog and a car.
Recently, a Connecticut Superior Court in the case of [...]
by Ryan McKeen
Before leaving work on Friday, I read an article in the Law Tribune about the horrible Tyler divorce. The article asks the question what can be done to prevent this from happening again?
This question haunted me this weekend.
All divorce is stressful. The amount of loss one suffers in a divorce is significant. Lost [...]
By Ryan McKeen
That’s the question that ran through my mind as I scrolled Twitterific this morning and saw “Vicious $99 million goes back to Court.” Link.
I know divorce and personal injury are different worlds though I’m sure some would beg to differ.
I’m not sure what the highest personal injury settlement or verdict is in Connecticut but [...]
by Ryan McKeen
Yesterday, I had a conversation with a lawyer who informed me that New York does not have no fault divorce. Instead, the parties must prove fault.
I was shocked to learn this.
In Connecticut, divorce is the only area of practice that I can think of where the ultimate outcome is never in question. If [...]
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