Spouses and parents who are separating often use mediation as a method of resolving potential legal disputes. Mediation is an informal process through which an impartial, third party mediator works with the former couple to resolve their disagreements together instead of letting the judge decide their case. Mediators do not make decisions like a judge, […]
Immigration and Naturalization Update: Those who use Medical Marijuana work in the “Legal” Marijuana industry are not of Good Moral Character, may be denied Citizenship One of the requirements for a Lawful Permanent Resident (green card holder) to become a US Citizen is to prove that they are of good moral character (GMC). On April […]
Parental Alienation, sometimes known as Hostile Aggressive Parenting, is behavior by a parent which could cause alienation in the relationship between a child and the other parent. Parental Alienation occurs most often in divorce and custody disputes, where a child may be turned against a parent by a series of actions or statements by the […]
Most pet owners consider their dogs and cats to be “fur babies” who deserve the same love and attention given to children. In a divorce, though, pets are not treated as kids. They are considered to be property, and custody laws don’t apply. Even if divorcing couples reach an agreement about how they intend to […]
When a child is born to unmarried parents, the hospital or other “birthing center” must provide the birth parents with an opportunity to sign an acknowledgment of paternity, with an explanation of the parental rights and duties associated with the acknowledgment. If an acknowledgment is not signed, a court may determine a man to be […]
For those employers wishing to employ foreign nationals in a specialty occupation under the H1-B temporary nonimmigrant visa program, applications can be submitted on April 1, 2019 for employees to start on October 1, 2019. Since there are more applications submitted than available visas, a random selection is made from the eligible applicants received. According […]
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