Recent content by Monty

Virtually everything about the law is complicated. I didn't come here for a simple answer or legal advice. I don't know what evidence you have to support your assertion that there are no real lawyers blogging here, but by the answers I have seen so far I would have to say I haven't seen any...

And what would actually be done here at something called, at least in their email messages to me, "legal advice forums"? As for lawyers blogging, I recently had a brief and free conversation with a lawyer about the liability of causing an injury with my stray golf ball on a golf course...

It is common for active or retired mechanics to offer free car repair tips on blogs related to their knowlege or area of expertise. They do this for various reasons that promise no material gain. Also they face little risk if people take their advice and ruins their cars. It is not...

I'm glad your approach to addiction worked for you. A homeless shelter is not normally a business. Most are run by charitable organizations. But, granted there are distinctions from the charitable act of letting a drunken relative sleep on your couch for a night or a week. However...

You haven't really explained the law or given any basis by which the courts would treat a guest in your home differently than a guest in a homeless shelter. I'm sure such distinctions exist. I will just have to do my research elsewhere. As for your advice about what to do with one's...

No it is not clear. The legal ramifications of offering lodging are more complex. For example, homeless shelters offer people a place to stay the night. People sometimes stay for weeks or months, but if they appear at the door drunk or carrying a bottle they are barred from entry. I have...

I thought my understanding of the limits of the law was implicit in my comments. I also understand the difference between being an obnoxious drunk and someone so intoxicated he burns down the house while his invalid mother is trapped in her bedroom. I was simply looking for a legal and...

A guy under restraining order in Wisconsin just shot up a shopping center killing his estranged girlfriend and several bystanders. It seems our society could come up with more effective and creative ways to defuse, divert or redirect angry people besides simply putting a sheet paper, though...

A mother in Ohio has taken in her severly alcoholic son, a large 35 year old man, to help him stop drinking and get medical help. After four years of various detox and rehab efforts he continues to drink himself into oblivion for days and sometimes weeks at a stretch. The mother has her own...