AG files friendly challenge of gambling law
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[##_1L|1046250934.jpg|width="130" height="90" alt=""|_##]Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison has filed a lawsuit with the Kansas Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of a newly enacted state gambling law. At the request of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a gambling supporter, Morrison filed the lawsuit to obtain an opinion by the high court about whether the law is constitutional. Sebelius was seeking to remove doubt about the measure as casino developers put together plans in four areas of the state.
The Legislature this spring passed the law, allowing casinos in four "zones" -- Wyandotte County, Ford County, either Sedgwick or Sumner counties and either Crawford or Cherokee counties. The bill also would allow slot machines at dog tracks in Wichita and Kansas City, Kan.
But Sedgwick County this month rejected ballot initiatives on both the casino and slot machine questions. A casino is expected to be built in Sumner County.
Morrison's lawsuit, meanwhile, will center on the definition of a "state owned and operated lottery," which is allowed under the Kansas Constitution. Questions exist about whether casinos under the new state law actually will be operated by the state.
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Grounds for Divorce in Ohio - Sylkatis Law, LLC
A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.