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Moving to Belize would be quite a life change. As you already have a home there you at least know what the area is like and what your standard of living would be. The cost of living is probably lower there and I've heard some good things about Belize, a smaller country that lots of people...

Because (1) it's not clear that it is her dog, chipped ear notwithstanding, and if she gets it wrong, she's guilty of theft and (2) in order to take the dog back that way, she'd likely either have to commit trespass or a breach of the peace, either of which could get her in legal trouble too...

It's illegal for you to aid your son in law in falsifying a CPS drug test. That would work out badly for both you and the son in law should the court be aware it. More to the point, why would you want to do that? Do you think it's appropriate for your grandchild to be living with someone who is...

Under the law of most states, that's true. And the same principle applies, the presumption is the person possessing it is the owner of it. The spouse died, so that ended the marriage. Depending on the law of the state involved, it may well be the case that either spouse may make a gift of...

There isn't a "private international law". The laws that govern divorce are the laws of each individual country. Typically a person who files for a divorce must have been a resident of that country for some specified period of time. In the U.S. the rules for divorce are set by the states and...

Yes, because that's the votes that were counted and Trump, despite his legion of attorneys never got anywhere close to proving his claim that the election was "stolen" from him. Every case they brought to try to some traction on their claim they lost. The 2016 and 2020 elections were not about...

Well, I am always a bit skeptical of things I see in the Daily Mail as it is more of a tabloid type paper. That said, it would not surprise that this possibility may keep Trump awake some nights. It is impossible to predict how the court will rule. Only the justices themselves, after reading all...

You serve the registered agent for the company in your state. If there is no registered agent in your state, you might be able to serve them through the state Secretary of State or other state agency. You'd need to check your state's rules for service for that information. The key takeaway here...

As a practical matter the attorney should be regularly billing the client for the work done, showing what was used from the retainer and why, and what amount is needed to replenish the retainer. If clients are kept informed they'll be more likely to continue to pay the lawyer as long as the...

Because having the computer placed where a convicted criminal, likely a felon, would put the privacy of patient records at risk. That is her responsibility to secure those records in the home from access by anyone else. The OP would be there until he was violated and sent back to custody. That...

I've lived in a number of states and have seen how their courts operate. Few of them were actually corrupt (although a select were very corrupt, like certain Philadelphia judges back in the 1980s). We have laws to deal with corruption and every year some officials somewhere get in trouble for...

I've been against most civil forfeiture laws for a long time. I particularly oppose those laws that let the arresting agency get the excess proceeds. That just provides more incentive for the cops to do what they really shouldn't be doing in the first place. After the person is found guilty and...

I think the best result for the Court would be to make a very narrow, technical ruling that keeps Trump on the ballots but leaves the major issues of the 14th Amendment insurrection clause for another day. The Court will be criticized as political no matter what ruling it issues in this case...

A decision that I was happy to see as I have long thought that practice unconstitutional and in an event simply wrong. The taxing authority does not have any good claim to anything beyond the taxes, penalties, and interest that were charged for the delinquent tax and any reasonable fees incurred...

No. If the case was frivolous it typically wouldn't make it to trial or summary judgment such that there is a winner or loser on the merits. Generally the determination of a frivolous case is made at the start of litigation because the whole purpose is to avoid wasting court time on frivolous...

Normally you file a claim for reimbursement of attorney's fees with the court that decided the case. That's because that judge is already familiar with what occurred in the case and is best situated to determine if your opponent should be required to reimburse you and how much you should get...

If there is an actual rule/regulation on the matter that mandates at least a certain level of investigation or action by the agency then the agency will take action to follow the rule/regulation. The agency does not get to pick and choose what to do when a statute or regulaton mandates the...

No, there is no such law. If the federal official isn't doing his/her job well, that's an issue for agency management. When I worked for IRS there were some letters that I received from the public that I could immediately tell weren't worth my time to read in detail, let alone take any action on...

Welkin provided a pretty good explanation of the general process used in most states. You'll get some time to pay it, but all the while interest is being added to what you owe. If your state indexes the interest rate to some widely used interest rate then the interest rates now will be rather...

It's not the fee itself that I would object to. The fee is spelled out in the fee agreement, and as long as the client reads it he or she knows they are signing up for a $700/hour lawyer. If a client chooses to do that, that's on the client, not an ethical lapse of the lawyer. What I object to...