Blended families are quite common. Divorced individuals who have children from previous marriages often decide to remarry and create new, blended families. Those families sometimes face challenges that those in traditional nuclear families do not. For example,...
Police officers are obligated to respond to calls for emergency support. They execute search warrants while investigating criminal activity and attempt to apprehend those who have broken the law. When seeking to gather evidence of criminal activity, police officers...
Parents preparing for a breakup or divorce often worry about their bond with their children. People typically don't want to give up half of their parenting time, which is usually necessary at the end of a marital or romantic relationship with the other parent of their...
Most medications pose some degree of risk. People could take the wrong dose or might take a medication along with another substance that causes an interaction. There is also the possibility of addiction and abuse to consider. To protect the public from the various...
Some traffic violations are serious enough to warrant prosecution rather than a ticket. Traffic offenses that affect public safety can potentially lead to arrest rather than a citation. If a police officer accuses a motorist of a driving while intoxicated (DWI)...
A custody order generally protects a parent’s right to spend time with their children and make decisions with their child’s other parent about their upbringing. There is an expectation that both adults in the family should work cooperatively to meet the needs of the...
There are numerous challenges inherent in divorce. Couples need to separate their finances, which can be particularly difficult. There may also be financial support issues that arise. Many people worry that property division could lead to a very unfair outcome. There...
There are numerous civil rights extended under the Constitution that protect people from state overreach. Few people require protection more than those under arrest and facing criminal charges. The Bill of Rights extends a variety of crucial protections to those...
People can be dismissive of seemingly minor violations of the law. Particularly when accusations relate to conduct in traffic, they may think nothing of pleading guilty to the charges they face. That is effectively what happens when someone pays a traffic citation....
Some motorists get arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) charges during one-on-one traffic stops. Other Texas motorists get arrested at the scene of a crash. They may face a variety of penalties and charges ranging from misdemeanor to felony offenses depending...