Breaking up is hard to do. But when you add revenge porn to the situation, things can get cruel. Revenge porn is generally defined as the dissemination of sexually explicit images of an ex-lover without their permission. Obviously, these images and videos
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Last June, the Supreme Court struck down a provision in the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and ruled that in states where same sex marriage is legal, the same sex couples are entitled to receive the same federal health, tax, and Social
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Google is selling Google Glass for today only to the entire American public. This raises the question – how does Google Glass affect driving laws? In the District of Columbia, handheld cell phone use and texting is banned while driving under the
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I’m sending you elsewhere today! I wrote a guest post today for Alvi Aggarwal’s blog Estateography, where she blogs about wills, trusts, and estates issues. Find my post on the basics of premarital agreements here.
Mediation provides the parties in a family law matter the opportunity to resolve their outstanding issues in a confidential setting with a neutral mediator. A successful mediation eliminates the need to go through a trial, saving the parties money and worry. Mediation
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In cases involving the custody of children (including divorce), the parties may be aiming to destroy each other to gain custody. Some parents go to extreme measures to ruin the other parent’s reputation, including illegal behavior. Much of the information gathered will
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In a custody case, or a divorce case involving children, the Court may appoint a Guardian Ad Litem (GAL). Black’s Law Dictionary defines a guardian ad litem as the party the court deems responsible for an incapacitated, handicapped, or minor in court.
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Virginia has four classifications of misdemeanors, which are based on the level of punishment. The Code of Virginia, Section 18.2-11 sets forth the classifications, which are as follows: Class 1 misdemeanor: punishable by confinement in jail for not more than
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