Motive and Opportunity: Are They Necessary to Prove Murder?
When someone is charged with murder, it is often heard that they had “the motive and the opportunity” to commit the crime. The prosecuting attorney may use this argument in court. If the case is reported, the media will undoubtedly echo those words. The defense may argue an absence of motive or opportunity as part […]
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Fighting Through Divorce
Often, when I tell someone the name of my business – A Friendly Divorce – they laugh. “A Friendly Divorce? Ha, Ha. That’s an oxymoron.” Others think we only help couples that are already friendly. And, they wonder how much business we could possibly do if our target market is divorcing couples that get along. […]
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Estate Planning For Same-Sex Couples – An Ever-Changing Area of the Law
A hot legal topic these days is whether same-sex couples should have the right to marry. It seems each new day brings another court case, legislative action or people’s vote on the issue. Rights that “straight” couples take for granted — the right to inherit property of a spouse, the right to make medical decisions when […]
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Charged With a Misdemeanor Criminal Offense in the District of Columbia, Now What?
The first question you must ask yourself is whether you are charged with a misdemeanor or felony. Misdemeanor is any criminal offense where you are facing less than 1 year in jail. A felony is a criminal offense where you are facing more than a year in jail. In Washington, DC misdemeanors are prosecuted by […]
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We’ll Only Keep Our Democracy If We Protect All Our RIGHTS!
After, having worked on many political campaigns, in the past four decades, as well as having written hundreds of articles, regarding current events, and common sense, it concerns me, how often, many people, pay so – little attention, and are attracted to politicians, who seem to, merely, tell them, what it seems, at the moment, […]
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Divorce Financial Planning: Take Control of Your Finances
Do you know your credit score or the details of your Social Security report? Can you find the deed to your house, mortgage, life insurance policies, car title, car insurance policies, tax returns for the past 5 years, brokerage and bank statements for the past year? Do you know what your spouse earns or how […]
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George Wallace: An Enigma
People who saw George Wallace as a racist populist may have missed the complexity hiding behind a facade. The man had many faces. George loved the limelight, so he was compelled to continuously run for office, aiming for the top: first, to be Alabama’s governor; next, to be the United States president. But holding office […]
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Divorce – Done With Dignity and Respect
I’d like to think that with nearly 5 million divorces in the UK since the 1980s (about 150,000 per year) we’d be starting to hear stories of what worked and what didn’t when a couple went through their separation. I’d like to see a culture of sharing wisdom with the next generation; knowledge filtering out […]
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