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A Few Thoughts About Lawyers and Legal Services
Source: haslerlaw2.blogspot.com

A long post on what clients do not like about lawyers and fees and an attempt to educate both lawyers and clients about fees and services. Touches on the impact of the Internet on lawyers and on clients regarding legal services.

Free forms, Thoughts for the Do-It-Yourself Crowd, and Unbundling My Services
Source: haslerlaw2.blogspot.com

More sermon than substantive law but for anyone who thinks of doing their own family law case in Indiana

Why I am offering unbundled legal services
Source: Samuel C. Hasler

A blog post explaining the decision to unbundle some family law service and what this means for the general public

'Black man did it' hoax sparks outrage and has common denominator

Pa. mother's abduction claim latest in string of false accusations was the leading line of the story on AP/Newsvine.

Judge to lesbian mom: No cohabitation, or lose your child.
Source: ProgressivePuppy.com

Angel Chandler and her partner of nine years are not allowed to sleep in the same house because a Tennessee judge has deemed their relationship sinful and the only way Chandler can retain custody of her daughter is for the two women to maintain separate households.

Slandered "Wiccan" Denied Custody Rehearing
Source: The Wild Hunt Blog

"In her appeal of Chicot County Circuit Judge Robert Vittitow's decision, the mother noted Vittitow described Wicca in his opinion letter as 'a religion, movement, cult or whatever it that may be.' The judge also wrote that while the mother testified she was only joking when she  …

Neb. parents rush to leave kids before law changes
Source: Yahoo! News

The safe-haven law was intended to save "Dumpster babies" by allowing desperate young mothers to abandon their newborns at a hospital without fear of prosecution.

Corrupt Downtown L.A. Judge, Rudolph A. Diaz, Biased against Moms

Judge Rudolph Diaz in cahoots with his minor's counsel, Sandra Etue to help him rip babies from mom's arms and to be given to abusive fathers in many cases.

2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek departs Aug. 7 from the Capitol in Lansing
Source: Lansing State Journal

Parents riding bikes to Washington DC to shine light on the need for legal reforms so that children are never denied a relationship with their parents.

German High Court: State Can't Force Parents to Visit Children
Source: deutsche-welle.de

Parents cannot be forced to maintain contact with their children, Germany's highest court ruled on Tuesday. The judges did decide, however, that they'd allow an exception to the rule.

Does Shariah mean the rule of law?
Source: International Herald Tribune

Last month, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, gave a nuanced, scholarly lecture in London about whether the British legal system should allow non-Christian courts to decide certain matters of family law. Britain has no constitutional separation of church and state.

Mom goes on Strike - Gets Arrested
Source: msnbc.com

Dean told police she's on strike because her boys are out of control and the system has been no help. Ocala police said they have been to their house 15 times since July for things such as battery, aggravated assault and filing a missing persons report. Dean is currently  …

Riverside Criminal Defense Lawyer - Criminal Attorney San ...
Source: google

WILL & WILL, LLP is a criminal defense law firm with offices in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Made up of former prosecutors ...

Legal resource for Criminal laws from Indlaw
Source: google

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Separating with civility
Source: The Globe and Mail

Instead of battling it out Kramer v. Kramer style, many couples are divorcing amicably outside the courtroom.

Separation: how to get started, part 4

How does the legal process actually begin? It is quite simple. One of the spouses simply has to ask his or her lawyer to send a letter to his or her wife or husband which officially confirms that the marriage has ended. The letter will typically read as follows:

Choosing Foster Parents over Fathers
Source: glennsacks.com

Choosing Foster Parents over Fathers (San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/11/07), discusses perhaps the worst verified child custody/family law injustice against a father and a daughter which I have ever seen--the outrageous Melinda Smith foster care case. The column appears below.

Adoptive Parent of Special Needs Child Remains Liable For Child Support Upon Voluntary Surrender Of Parental Rights
Source: tswartz1.typepad.com

A parent who adopts a special needs child can voluntarily give up her parental rights if the needs of the child just become too overwhelming. However, a decision from New York's highest court has held that the adoptive parent is still liable for child support

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Source: Associated Content

Learn how to prepare for divorce before meeting a divorce lawyer. Save money.

Getting a Divorce to be More Difficult
Source: The Washington Post

The Family Foundation of Virginia announced Thursday that it will push to change the state's divorce laws to make it more difficult for parents to end their marriage

Kid Rock Spends Christmas In Iraq
Source: CNET News.com

Kid Rock says that considering his current divorce proceedings from Pamela Anderson, Iraq was a safer war zone in which to spend the holidays.

Olympic Gold Medalist to Stay in Jail Until at Least Friday
Source: CBC

Canadian Olympic gold medallist Myriam Bédard will stay behind bars in a Baltimore detention centre at least until Friday in connection with accusations that she abducted her daughter. Bédard, who made a brief court appearance Tuesday, is facing extradition to Canada over alle …

Separation: how to get started, part 2

What should I do if I have separated, or want to separate? If you:

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