Family Law For Families the Law Forgot

In 1999, Central Dallas Ministries was inundated with callers looking for legal help ... custody to getting restraining orders against abusive husbands. Today, CDM runs a family law clinic ... Works Center is conducting a a Continuing Legal Education course on family law at the Belo Mansion [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 07:26:12
Blog: Unfair Park...

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Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 12, 2007

As is typical for Sundays, there were far fewer LexBlog clients blogging this morning than there were the rest of the week. Here are some of August 12's discussions: Shannon Cavers in the Houston Divorce & Family Law ... and attorneys at the Harris County Family Law Center. Showing that Corvette enthusiasm is not only limited [more...]

Date: 2007-08-12 21:24:56
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

US: Warrantless Wiretapping Started Months Before 911

After they stopped denying it, warrantless wiretapping was typically justified by the Bush administration as necessary to counter-terrorism ... spying operation well before 9/11. - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW • CIVIL LITIGATION • WILLS AND ESTATES • FAMILY LAW & DIVORCE [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 17:12:03
Blog: Wise Law Blog...

Two county buildings could face wrecking ball

The Chronicle reported yesterday on Harris County's plans to demolish two of its buildings to make way for another amazing ... the former District Attorneys Building at 201 Fannin and the Family Law Center at 1115 Congress — ... , "it is a distinguished example of the architecture of its time." The Family Law Center is a more modern [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 15:20:00
Blog: Houstonist...

Allah Ska Med

Fjordman, in his post on Thursday, said this about Sweden’s Muslim immigrants and the Social Democrats: In 2006, ... , separate family laws regulating marriage and divorce, public schools with imams teaching homogeneous ... if they want to regain power, so we shouldn’t be surprised to see calls for the use of sharia law in family [more...]

Date: 2007-08-25 14:42:41
Blog: Gates of Vienna...

"Red Families vs. Blue Families"

At SSRN, GW Law's Naomi Cahn and UMKC Law's June Carbone post an abstract including this excerpt: ... , and expectations of the state. In blue states, what we term the “new middle class morality” seeks ... of both women and men. The hallmark of the new system is marriage and childbearing at later ages [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 03:21:14
Blog: Mirror of Justice...

American Mob: Bush's Guns, Goons and GHOULiani In The Wings

by Linda Milazzo Life was easy for George W. Bush. Fortunately so. As an unspectacular man, his only gift was his privilege ... to a successful law career, and on to the US Senate. He's no Obama, who taught Constitutional Law ... (families) - his blood family, and the non-blood enablers around him. He's simplistic, self-righteous [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 01:30:07
Blog: Atlantic Free Press - H...

One of the most controversial issues in all religions is the case of gender equality in religious beliefs ... and wives. Proponents of this argument, amongst them Family Law practitioner Nayer Honarvar, claim ... (Honarvar, 1988; Qur’an, 2:228, 3:1, 4:34). This is especially true in the case of Family Law [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 18:01:05
Blog: Palestine Blogs - The G...

EU FUND FRAUD, A MILLION A DAY

Read more... Post to: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Politics, Entertainment, BBC, Ofcom, Brown, Current affairs, Harry Potter, ... to: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Politics, Family, Capital punishment, Current affairs, law ... , law and order, Business and money, General Comments 0 Back to top THERE BE [more...]

Date: 2007-07-10 13:04:09
Blog: My Telegraph...

History everywhere you look

I confess, when I first heard about the county bond proposal for the November ballot, ... 's decisions. They say the Family Law Center is a distinguished example of a late 1960s modernist ... older buildings torn down while I was there." The razing of the Family Law Center and District [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 11:25:56
Blog: Off the Kuff...

Lawyers Using Social Networking Sites For Legal Information

Good article from Law.com about how lawyers are using social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace to get information on clients ... . "It's an everyday occasion," said Joan Malbrough, a partner at the three-attorney firm, which handles family law ... . By Vesna Jaksic The National Law Journal October 15, 2007 At Malbrough & Lirette in Houma [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 22:58:49
Blog: Legal Search Marketing ...

Guest Contributor for October

Blackprof thanks James Peterson for his contributions to Blackprof in September. We welcome Kevin Noble Maillard for October. Professor Maillard, who holds a Ph.D from the University of Michigan and a law degree ... merges legal history, trusts and estates, and family law, with a specific focus on mixed race [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 02:27:11
Blog: blackprof.com...

“Differential Pricing at Law Firms & Gender”

“Differential Pricing at Law Firms & Gender” August 6th, ... to pick family-friendly departments in law firms to have a more predictable lifestyle (ERISA, wills ... 2007 Feminist law prof Christine Hurt has an interesting and important post up on this topic [more...]

Date: 2007-08-06 18:11:01
Blog: Feminist Law Professors...

Law Clerk

Description By observing judicial proceedings and working on cases from start to finish under the close watch of judges, ... , family law, writs and receivers, juvenile, criminal or appeals. Many Law Clerks work at the Stanley ... Los Angeles County. Law Clerks often form lasting bonds with the judges to whom they are assigned [more...]

Date: 2007-08-16 17:16:55
Blog: Personal Democracy Foru...

Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 30, 2007

Legal News - LexBlogosphere - Lawyer Blogs and Blawgs ... : In the recently-launched Alabama Divorce & Family Law Attorney Blog, Alabama's property ... Carolina Immigration Law Blog. According to Tiffany Sanders at The Bankruptcy Blog, Illinois [more...]

Date: 2007-08-30 19:08:23
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

Family law blog success story

By Rob La Gatta, LexBlog Reporter Kansas family law and divorce lawyer, Grant Griffiths, ... says. "Some are uncontested flat fee divorces. Others [more...]

Date: 2007-05-16 17:23:10
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

The Knuckleheads of the Day award

Today’s winners are the Arlington(Texas) police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement aka ICE ... , and authorities have apologized but this insanity scares me for I have three family members(wife, Mother-in-law, Sister-in-law) all in the US legally and citizens today and I fear some for them [more...]

Date: 2007-09-01 11:00:02
Blog: The Bullwinkle Blog ...

Weekly Political Roundup

Flags The Alabama House voted not to consider a bill that would add sexual orientation as a protected category to the state’s hate crimes law, ... their family names when they marry or register as domestic partners. Just goes to show the loose ... s law firm had filed an amicus brief for Lambda Legal. Many felt Sullivan, a devout Catholic, would [more...]

Date: 2007-05-12 00:49:04
Blog: Mombian ...

Report Details 515 Discriminatory Minnesota Statutes

A new advocacy group focusing on rights for same-sex couples is launching a campaign to educate Minnesotans about the discriminatory nature of ... are not considered family under the law, and therefore cannot receive restitution. Minnesotans may submit ... will illustrate the need for fairness and remind us that Minnesota law is far from treating [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 21:39:53
Blog: Minnesota Monitor ...

No Fish for you

Nick Fish just sent me a statement that says he won't be running again for the Portland City Council, at least not this time around ... . However, the need to focus at this time on my family, my law practice, and my commitment to public ... . He writes: Today I am formally announcing that I will not be a candidate for Portland City [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 23:44:09
Blog: Jack Bog's Blog...

The Pretty Woman Tax

As I was waiting for my chef salad in my favorite cafe, I was glancing through a tabloid. Paul McCartney's divorce may cost him GBP 70 Million ( ... Brinkley. With a nudge nudge wink wink they thought that he should get advice from her about getting divorced. Paul take advice from me! I used to practice some family law in my early days as a lawyer [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 18:26:11
Blog: Geek Culture/After Y2K/...

Sara Taylor to Testify?

02taylor.jpg If subpoena power means anything and it’s not just meaningless window dressing like every other law the Bush crime family decides to ... the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Schmaler says she learned that from Taylor’s lawyer ... to Neil Eggleston, her lawyer. Eggleston did not immediately respond to a request for comment [more...]

Date: 2007-07-09 21:39:31
Blog: Firedoglake - Firedogl...

Roundup

Disneyland and SOAR just got its second ballot initiative approved for the next election with more than enough signatures ... the preferred destination for family vacations? Employment law probably seems full of murky corners ... her, is a hot property. Her upcoming Anaheim concert sold out in minutes and tickets are selling online [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 02:29:47
Blog: The Disney Blog...

How not to hire a lawyer

Filed under: My Kid Has Four Parents Edan just had a birthday. This, of course, made me think about when she was first born ... people involved in family law, but this guy was a jack ass. In fact, let's call him Jack, as using ... about lawyers up to that point was learned from TV and movies. Because I always heard characters on Law [more...]

Date: 2007-06-12 11:30:00
Blog: ParentDish...

Schwarzenegger signs bill to increase legal aid funds in California

Schwarzenegger signs bill to increase legal aid funds in California Lauren Becker at 2:31 PM ET ... . The new law, which will take effect in January 2008, will enable banks to invest money from lawyers ... these funds includes representation in areas of housing, family law, domestic violence, health [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 00:57:01
Blog: JURIST - Paper Chase...

The Real Victims of Divorce: Constituents

Wisconsin pioneers dog-focused family law. Where divorcing couples cannot agree on a pet custody arrangement, Rep ... divorce attorney. Blame Albers' hated family Labrador: Albers hasn't said much about why she introduced ... divorce that involved Albers' husband and a Labrador retriever mix named Sammi. As part [more...]

Date: 2007-07-10 17:21:00
Blog: Reason Magazine - Hit &...

Talk of the LexBlogosphere: August 3, 2007

After a warm and sunny day yesterday, Seattle residents awoke this morning to grey skies and rain ... in his blog, Rush on Business. In the California Labor & Employment Law Blog, attorney Jennifer Barrera ... works to describe these rules in her blog, the Houston Texas Divorce & Family Law Attorney Blog. [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 18:38:01
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

$1.2 million judgement in fraudulent DNA case

$1.2 million judgement in fraudulent DNA case Filed under: General — Eideard @ 6:00 am Child support for an imaginary child, eh? ... t fathered a non-existent child. All the “family services” and law enforcement in NM only took this mother’ ... A man who paid $20,000 in child support for a baby that did not exist has been awarded more than [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 13:56:15
Blog: Dvorak Uncensored...

NBC's Michael Okwu On Britney Spears Losing Child Custody

Permalink | comments? | post comment | Score: 0) 'The Big Story' Discusses Britney Spears Losing Custody Of Her Kids Multimedia ... for the paparazzi hours after losing custody of her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James to ex-husband ... is realizing the severity of her situation with Dr. Keith Ablow, family law attorney Jennifer Brandt [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 01:38:18
Blog: Popdirt.com ...

Steve Cohen Cleans Up After Harold Ford Jr.

I lived in Memphis, Tennessee when Harold Ford Jr. was first elected to his position in the U.S. House of Representatives, largely through the power of his corrupt political family, inheriting ... was signed into law by George W. Bush. The new law does the following things: Ends hundreds [more...]

Date: 2007-04-10 13:08:07
Blog: Irregular Times: News U...

Note To Doctors: It’s Time For An Attitude Adjustment

I need to begin with two disclaimers. First, I freely admit that I am not a big fan of the conventional medical system. In fact, I have a fairly significant charge around it. And I recognize that, from a Law ... up on some family business. When we were finally called into the exam room everything seemed fine at first [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 19:04:21
Blog: Evolving Times - The La...

Bastardly Hot or Not: Ginnifer Goodwin @ The “Jovovich-Hawk for MNG” Collection Presentation

And the Wiki says… Ginnifer Goodwin (born May 22, 1978) is an American actress. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she attended the URJ Henry S ... and graduated from Boston University’s School for the Arts. She first had roles in television programs Law ... in a polygamous family, on the HBO original series Big Love. Previously, Ginnifer had dated actor [more...]

Date: 2007-04-26 13:46:09
Blog: The Bastardly...

Dirty Fvcking Hippies Take Over Michigan Village

By Mona Cassopolis, Michigan is a surging bastion of radical, subversive leftism; don’t let the facts that it has a population of 1, ... seat Saturday in a peaceful demonstration followed by an anti-war rally outside Family Dollar ... -in-law are in Iraq. “This is his third time,” she said, so “I’m for the troops, but against [more...]

Date: 2007-05-14 22:46:35
Blog: Unqualified Offerings...

We Want Prenup!

Mr. Jasmine and I never seriously discussed signing a prenuptial agreement ... practices family law. As lawyers, it’s something we would advise our clients to consider ... certainly be frowned upon from a cultural prespective. While divorce is becoming more and more acceptable [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 15:01:23
Blog: Weddingbee ...

Christian Sharia in Texas?

Back in 1991, Christian fundamentalists remained happily silent when Canada passed a law allowing religions to engage in voluntary remediation of ... Canadian Attorney General proposed that Muslim religious organizations be able to enforce Islamic sharia law in matters concerning Muslim families, such as divorce, child custody and the division [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 15:19:05
Blog: Irregular Times: News U...

Live LexBlog blogs: August 24 - September 5

I was out of the Seattle office last week, only updating with brief Talk of the LexBlogosphere entries ... Divorce & Family Law Blog, published by attorney Jimmy Verner of Verner & Brumley, P.C. ... that she is "one of the few attorneys in the United States who practices exclusively in the area [more...]

Date: 2007-09-05 21:42:25
Blog: Real Lawyers Have Blogs...

Jerry Garcia's speakers and bidet to be sold online

Jerry Garcia’s speakers and bidet to be sold online Posted July 28, 2007 at 1:03 AM Artist: Jerry Garcia/David Grisman/Tony Rice Album: ... law and kids and families dealing with separation or divorce. full article here Song ... The Pizza Tapes Track: The House of The Rising Sun Henry Koltys, 55, of Marin County, California [more...]

Date: 2007-07-28 02:05:59
Blog: B42 - MOG ...

How's Your Walk with God?

Img_0879 Title: Losing My Religion Cast: family, friends, in-laws, ex-girlfriend, people Plot: Why Monkey Boy is a heathen 1973-1983: ... in the church league. Practically every game I played in or watched ended in a scuffle.  My brother-in-law ... of his, but the brother-in-law wasn't fazed by Jesus' displeasure. 1985-1986: Monkey Boy attended [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 13:20:36
Blog: Les Singes: The Life of...

The "best love of the child"

My colleague, Peg Brinig, has posted a new family-law paper on SSRN, called "Best Love of the Child ... love (perhaps in tune with the theologians' definition of “best love”) and to discuss how laws might ... . Tuition vouchers are a help, too. But the controversy in Massachusetts surrounding Catholic [more...]

Date: 2007-06-19 19:11:46
Blog: Mirror of Justice...

Life & Style Weekly's Dawn Yanek On Britney Spears Losing Custody

Permalink | comments? | post comment | Score: 0) 'Today' On Britney Spears Losing Custody Of Sean And Jayden [ ... that, 'Today' host Matt Lauer spoke with MSNBC's Dan Abrams and family law attorney Neal Hersh ... Spears after a California judge ordered the singer to lose physical custody of Sean Preston [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 00:30:31
Blog: Popdirt.com ...

Children of War

It is just reprehensible that a person who laid her life on the line in a deployment to a war zone would lose her child. Hopefully some high-powered, high-priced family law attorney will get wind of this and take on her case pro bono. She had raised her daughter for six years following the divorce, shuttling [more...]

Date: 2007-09-22 18:06:28
Blog: KnoxViews | News and vi...

Rent Wars

I sublet. Being chosen as the one fit to take care of a stranger’s prize possession, their home, is not easy ... -controlled apartment can drop considerably if the tenant or their family stays many years. This law ... many times. I told her that her contract violates New York state law. At most, she was allowed [more...]

Date: 2007-08-27 15:59:16
Blog: 3quarksdaily...

Bundling jail bonds

What Grits says. Statewide, the Legislature wrapped debt to pay for new prisons into a larger, ... for a new morgue and crime lab building ($100 million) and to build a new family law center ($90 ... included is $28 million for one new facility and renovations at the Texas Youth Commission." While [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 02:07:09
Blog: Off the Kuff...

THE SOCIALIST FOOD CHAIN - Reprise

The cartoon from the previous post reminds me of a post from last May, ... witches." She is horrified by the moves in Canada to introduce shariah courts to enforce family law ... " to forbid their daughter from going on a school trip unless she was accompanied by a male family [more...]

Date: 2007-10-06 14:19:09
Blog: Dr. Sanity...

Facebook and MySpace: Evidence in Court

In addition to our previous post exploring legal implications of activities that take place on social networking sites, ... WILLS AND ESTATES • FAMILY LAW & DIVORCE ... to collect evidence on opposing parties in support of their clients’ legal matters. The National Law [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 17:31:52
Blog: Wise Law Blog...

From My Monday Mailbag

1. Feminist Review writes about something that is astonishingly called consensual rape. 2. WAM 2008 (Women, Action and the Media conference) ... and What to Do About It. The panel includes Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and author of Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 04:10:15
Blog: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES...

Paging DougJ, Master Better

DougJ, last week, in a thread on the attacks on the Frost family: Anyone want to bet that Howie Kurtz defends this? ... . Howard Kurtz, today, in an online chat: Howard Kurtz: Libel and slander laws only come into play ... family should be considered too well-off to qualify for federal health benefits doesn’t seem to fall [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 22:32:02
Blog: Balloon Juice...

Border-Jumper Advocated Decry Hotline To Report Illegals

After all, we can't have Americans calling the authorities to report folks breaking the law, can we? ... and family. "What right does he have to investigate people based on the color of their skin, or their accent or the way they look," said Phoenix attorney Antonio Bustamante. "I want him to stop [more...]

Date: 2007-07-26 15:17:19
Blog: Rhymes With Right...

The 515 ways Minnesota discriminates -- People of the same gender in committed relationships are victimized by the state of Minnesota every day ... . In the eyes of the credit union -- and under Minnesota laws -- the girl's legal parent isn't a family ... of your decisions -- both great and small -- are dictated by laws that are in opposition to your best [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 07:01:00
Blog: BRUEN/BENSLEY Credit Un...

Rissi Palmer on the Rise

Back in the day, I was embarrassed to tell people I liked certain styles of country music ... them musical insights, the film said, but as country grew more prominent, Jim Crow laws were ... out that her family roots are in the rural Georgia towns of Summerville and Sparta, where her parents [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 19:52:35
Blog: La Shawn Barber’s Corne...

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