INSURANCE: Montana law to be applied to Kansas policy pursuant to choice of law provision and occurrence of MVA in Montana… Morris. [Read more…]
Marital, business valuation, maintenance
MARITAL: Business properly valued in light of widely conflicting opinions… head injury insurance improperly characterized as purely income in denying maintenance/ fees… McKittrick affirmed, reversed; husband not in contempt for failing to pay military [Read more…]
Incest, ineffective assistance, child witnesses
INCEST: No ineffective assistance based on failure to challenge competency of child witnesses, admission of their hearsay [Read more…]
Public defender, private appeal attorney, costs
PUBLIC DEFENDER: OAD not required to pay for appeal transcripts on behalf of private lawyer retained by indigent who was represented at trial by OSPD… mandamus petition by OAD seeking to compel private attorney to file notice of appeal denied for lack of standing, cross-mandamus petition [Read more…]
Property, partition/sale, siblings
PROPERTY: Partition/sale proper resolution of dispute as to property conveyed by deed from father to 5 children contrary to divorce agreement to divide among children… son who lived on property not 3rd-party beneficiary to agreement, adverse [Read more…]