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Some courts have their schedules on line and some do not. If you want to know, call the office of the clerk of the court and ask. In my town, trials generally start at 9:00 a.m. Misdemeanor trials go on all day but like the cable guy, there is no specific time. Instead, everyone sits around...

If you know of service men who are dying, I would conclude that there is indeed media coverage. Folks are still outraged. At least I am. I think we are about to learn a lesson that has been learned before. Every major empire in written history has tried to subdue Afghanistan. None has succeeded.

The bar of every state has a fee dispute resolution committee and they tend to be pretty generous to clients and stingy to lawyers. That is the simplest way to get your questions about bill-padding resolved. You should know that the law prohibits a lawyer from signing a pleading to be filed...

You will have very little unallocated time outside the barracks. You can be a tremendous physical specimen but if you do not also learn what is tought in boot camp and in your specialist training, you will be worthless to the seals.

Not unless that lawyer meets the Singapore standards for practicing law. In general, each state and country licenses lawyers and will only do so when a person has attended a law school in that country or otherwise demonstrated familiarity with the law of that country. It seems rather foolish...

The Judge is not going to be sitting at the house on the first waiting to see if the child arrives. If he does not comply with the court order, the court will not automatically know. If someone notifies the court, by filing a motion seeking to hold him in contempt, then the court MIGHT issue a...

There is no universal answer concerning how long it takes to probate a will. A small estate in a court that is not too busy could be done in a few days. A complex estate, in a busy court, with a challenge to the validity of the will, could take years.

No general and universal law requires fairness or prohibits nepotism. Thus we have family businesses. Whether it violates some internal policy of the company would depend on the company.

No criminal charges. If you want to sue for breach of contract, at your own expense, you can. However, there is no crime and it is no business of the taxpayers.

Each state has different mechanisms for enforcing judgments. International enforcement of judgments is possible but very complex and very expensive. The judgment will not prevent him from re-entering the u.s. As a practical matter, if he is outside the u.s. and has no assets in the u.s., you...

The judge has seen the pattern a million times. He wears you down until your sense of self esteem is gone. You believe you can't survive without a man in your life and that no other man would have you. You send that letter and he will go to prison for sureas the court will recognize the pattern.

Yes. Even if the school you go to charges nothing, the amount of the benefit is the same.

No. A power of attorney gives you authority to make certain decisions, but to represent someone in court you need a license to practice law.

If they were married, then the husband is deemed the father.

If you have a license you will be fine. Taking gods fish without a fishing license is fine if the pond happens to be on your own land. If you are using public lands and waters over which the legislature has given authority to DNR, then you are right and the fines are hefty

In most western countries, there is always an appeal available from a final judgment of a trial court. The names of that court and the method of starting an appeal, and the time limits, are different in every state. The purpose of an appeal is to persuade the appeals court that the trial court...

That is why schools are financed by states. The feds give money to the states on conditions, but the money is spent by the states.

prosecutors control the charges. Once you enter a plea, the charges cannot be changed. Now, if you want to ask about being held in jail for contempt of court for failing to attend court-ordered classes, feel free to ask.

In answer to your question, in the u.s. most forms of discrimination are quite lawful. Employment decisions cannot be based on race, gender, national origin or (sometimes) age. Also, a place of public accomodation cannot discriminate based on those factors. Other forms of discrimination are...

The judges I know find it difficult but they do it. In my state, the sentence is imposed by a jury, not by judges, and the judges merely preside over the proceedings.