A good lawyer does a significant part of his or her work out in the field – in the real world, where the facts are. A good lawyer should be an engaged and active empath, a tenacious bulldog in court, and a detective on the street, initiating discovery in ways that support the client. Family […]
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It’s estimated that 40 to 50 percent of all married couples will eventually get a divorce. There’s no question the divorce process can be extremely emotional. All the misinformation about the process doesn’t help this. Getting to know some of the most common myths about the divorce process is the best way to avoid making […]
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If you’ve ever been to the circus, or even if you haven’t, odds are that you’re familiar with what acrobats do. They jump around and do all these unlikely stunts under precarious circumstances. Acrobatics, I guess is what we call this gimmick. It’s pretty amazing stuff. If you’re anything like me, you may have at some […]
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As anybody with any experience in divorce law will tell you, uncontested divorces are preferable to contested divorces — that is, it’s better to figure all the details of a divorce without resorting to litigation. Of course, if you’re the one getting divorced, there’s a good chance that this advice is easier said than done. […]
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Depending on who you are and your circumstances, the prospect of divorce could be either refreshing or ominous. Either way, unless you’ve had the legal training or experience, it’s likely that divorce is something that you don’t entirely understand. And if you aren’t a lawyer or planning to become one, why should you know? As […]
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Got milk? Or rather, bought milk? How about half and half, yogurt, or pretty much any kind of cream? In the past fourteen years? I’m willing to bet that you have, and if this is the case, then you could very well be eligible to receive a cut of a milk-related $52 million settlement. If […]
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In 1998, Jacksonville resident Shanara Mobley gave birth to her first child. The baby was kidnapped hours later, taken from her arms by a woman posing as a hospital employee. With no photos and few leads, the trail went cold quickly and stayed that way… until now. Eighteen years after her kidnapping, Kamiyah Mobley has […]
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The holiday season is a time of celebration, but it also has the tendency to get a bit stressful. It depends on what your life is like. For some people, the early darkness of winter is a depressing factor — after all, there are those of us who get off work after the sun has […]
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Humans love their pets. We keep all kinds. Cats, dogs, birds, mice, snakes, rabbits, I could go on. If you want a list of acceptable pets, look no further than the internet. Key word though: acceptable. Because there is certainly a difference between a ‘pet’ and an ‘animal’. Some creatures, great and small, are simply […]
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On Tuesday, November 8, the world as we know it changed. An overdrawn and largely insane election season came to an end. We now have closure on many big things, and while parts of this closure are clearly ominous for many Americans, other parts provided a sense of excitement, anticipation. I’m not talking about Donald […]
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