When it comes to custody, parents can choose between traditional designations and more flexible parenting plans.
Divorce and Immigration
Will a divorce affect your immigration status? A guest post by immigration law attorney Kara Lynum.
Will Criminal Charges Affect your Job Search?
People who have been charged with a crime are often concerned that the charges will show up on a background check and may even prevent them from getting a good job or a promotion. If you have ever been charged with a crime and are considering applying for a job or promotion, you should know your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) .
Addicts Are Criminals
What if we recognize addiction as a medical problem with ancillary criminal consequences instead of as a criminal problem? What if we didn’t treat addicts as criminals? Minnesota makes possession of any amount of a Schedule I or Schedule II drug (except small amounts of marijuana) a felony. If you use drugs, you possess drugs. So, addicts are criminals. The […]
Whiskey Plates on a Hummer
When a cop arrests someone for DWI, that person’s driver’s license is revoked more-or-less immediately. If the cop thinks the alleged offense rises to a certain level of severity, the driver’s license plates are removed and destroyed, too. To drive from that point on, the driver has to get “whiskey plates” and he or she has to pay to equip any car he or she might drive with an ignition interlock device that disables the vehicle so it won’t start until the driver blows into a tube proving that his or her breath has no alcohol. This is all for people who are suspected of DWI. They haven’t been convicted yet. They may never be.