Schweikert vs. Schweikert, 2008 WL 162862
Jan 01, 2008OUTCOME: Prenuptial Agreement found to be valid contract but unconscionable.
This is an unreported case regarding a prenuptial agreement.
Edgewood, KY
Family Lawyer at Edgewood, KY
Practice Areas: Family, Adoption
OUTCOME: Prenuptial Agreement found to be valid contract but unconscionable.
This is an unreported case regarding a prenuptial agreement.
OUTCOME: Adoption not granted
The Supreme Court of Kentucky's decision from 2013 in a contested adoption. This case received national publicity. This was an unpopular case with the public, based upon the emotional vernacular of t ... he word "adoption", and highly-complex legal issues that, simply put, involved an attorney who combined different parts of the adoption and termination statutes and gave faulty legal advice. Ultimately, the adoption was not granted, but legal custody went to the prospective adoptive parents, and a parenting schedule was arranged between the parties and the child. This case is still cited today for the legal premise of waiver by the natural parent and giving up a parent's superior right to a child.
OUTCOME: Favorable outcome
This was part of a contested adoption case. This case was a jurisdictional issue in the interstate adoption regarding whether Kentucky of Ohio would hear the ultimate issue of consent to the adoption. ...