What can be done to change child custody after my divorce or custody agreement is final?

It is important to understand that the Kentucky Supreme Court decided in the landmark case of Pennington v. Marcum that there is a difference between asking to modify child custody and asking to modify visitation or parenting time. Custody refers to the ability to make major decisions and is usually categorized as joint, sole, split […]

Are states required to pay for sex reassignment surgery for inmates?

Maybe? A very interesting case arose out of the Ninth Circuit. A transgender inmate in the California prison system petitioned the prison to provide her with sex reassignment surgery. The petition was denied, and the prisoner filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 alleging the denial of the surgery amounted to cruel and unusual punishment […]