The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law. It was created in 1990 when the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was modified and renamed the Individuals with Disabi...
Does an employer have to offer employees benefits, such as vacations, health plans, pension, etc.?...
Harassment by anyone at work can give rise to a sexual harassment lawsuit, especially if the behavior is exhibited by the owner of the company. ...
A basic tenet of the American legal system is that a losing party is always entitled to appeal the final decision of a federal district court. But from here it gets more complicated. First, simply bec...
Embezzlement is the theft or larceny of money or other assets by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets....
Under execution and levy, property owned by the judgment debtor is taken and either delivered to the judgment creditor or sold with the proceeds of the sale delivered to the judgment creditor. Since a...
Child support is an amount payable by one parent to the other to make sure that a child is cared for and shares, to some degree, the standard of living enjoyed by both parents. Read on for more inform...
The obligor is the parent that is required to pay the child support to the other parent, and the obligee (obliged) is the parent who receives the payment....
In a criminal custody case involving a non-US citizen, it is necessary to determine whether the non-citizen will get out of immigration custody as well, so that Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE...
What rights and obligations arise due to marriage?...
Discussion of differences in jurisdictions and factors considered in allowing recovery of engagement ring....
States usually have laws that cover who can perform a marriage ceremony. In most states, the marriage ceremony can be performed by a clergy member, a judge, a court clerk, or a justice of the peace. ...
Marital status refers to the lawful recognition of the agreement between a man and a woman to be husband and wife. Along with the legal marital status of being married, the husband and wife acquire ri...
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) establishes the rules for the independent operation, control, and command of the US military's four branches. Basically, military law exists for the regulat...
Military Law has its own vocabulary. Here are some commonly used terms and their definitions. ...
The Legal Immigration Family Equity Act, or the LIFE Act, established a new non-immigrant category, or V-visa, within family immigration law that allowed the spouse or child of a U.S. lawful permanent...
A juvenile is not required to disclose sealed juvenile records to schools or employers. Disclosing sealed juvenile records is a bad idea because the records could become available to other parties....
You can always fire your lawyer. In most states the rules are that the old lawyer and new lawyer share the fees based on work done, and, if necessary, the bar association figures out the split. The ba...
Drug Possession, or possession of a controlled substance, is a crime which may vary in punishment depending on the quantity and type of drug and the circumstances. To avoid conviction, in some states ...
Your attorney owes you a very high duty under the law, referred to as a fiduciary duty. If your lawyer in any way breaches his legal duty to you, he can be subject to professional discipline. You may ...
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