Premises Liability

How Responsible Are You When Someone Is Injured On Your Property? Summer is here, and so will be a whole new set of telephone calls to lawyers about injuries [more]

Prenuptial Agreement

United, We Stand! Several “hot” news stories have prompted a lot of calls and questions to my office. Here are a few facts and some law. Before marriage, [more]

Maybe You Could Compromise And Settle

Is a Lawsuit Really Necessary? The mere mention of “compromise and settlement,” is often viewed by a lawyer’s client as a sign of disloyalty, [more]

But I'm Not Drunk!!!

Driving Under The Influence Has Little To Do With HOW MUCH You've Had To Drink All too often I get calls from people who have been arrested for “DUI” [more]

Great Guns! The Legality of Our Constitutional Rights

The United States Constitution Is Not Firm and Unchangeable Before we can begin to discuss this next legal principle, we have to rid ourselves of the idea that [more]

What Exactly will a Court be doing, once a Petition is filed, that requests a Dissolution of a Marriage?

Basically, a Court will be required by the law, to restore the parties to the status of single persons (as distinct from married persons); and to identify and [more]

What Makes a Marriage Anyway?

What Makes a Marriage Anyway? It should appear to almost go-without-saying, that in order to get a divorce, a couple would first have to have a marriage.  On [more]

What is "Common Law" and "Common Law Marriage?"

Previous to our present United States Constitution, colonies tried another form of government, under a document entitled, the "Articles of Confederation." [more]

Service of Process, Summons and Subpoena

Generally, it developed in the Law, that when a "Lawsuit," or other legal action effecting the rights of another was commenced, the Court would issue a [more]

History, Background, and a Bird's Eye View of the Process of Divorce, Dissolution of Marriage & the Family Law Act

A Divorce By Any Other Name "Divorce" is an old term, that is nevertheless still used by many people, in reference to a legal action that is designed to end a [more]

What About The Rights Of Grandparents and Grandkids?

It might be a surprise, but in California, grandparents have no rights with regard to custody and visitation with their grandchildren.  The law concerning [more]

Who Gets The Cats 'N' Dogs?

Pets are considered “property” in a divorce; and to an extent that, like all items of marital property, they are evenly divided between the parties.  [more]

Give Me a Break, Boss!

Friction and dispute between employer and employee in the work-place, is as old as time, itself.  Recall, that Moses was banished from Egypt and its royal [more]

Stand Your Ground!

There’s a lot of misinformation out there about the so-called  “Stand-Your-Ground Rule.”  A great deal of the misinformation is from the media, which [more]

Who Can Keep a Secret?

It’s been said that “two can keep a secret, but only if one of them is dead”. But you’ve got the best chance of having your confidences protected, if [more]