Why should I hire a criminal defense attorney?
Hiring a criminal defense attorney is probably the most important decision that a person accused of a crime can make. In many areas of the law a person might be able to fumble through it on their own and actually get to the finish line without the assistance of an attorney. In the criminal justice […]
What happens at the end of mediation?
At the conclusion of mediation the mediator will file a report as to what the outcome was. The three possible outcomes at a mediation are that you’ve worked out everything and you’ve reached a mediated settlement agreement as to all the issues in the case. The second possibility is that you’ve reached partial agreement where […]
What is mediation?
Mediation is one of the alternative dispute resolution methods, and it’s where the parties to a case or conflict will all meet with a mediator who will listen to both sides and attempt to try and help the parties talk to one another and find out maybe what the motives are behind positions that each […]
What is a parenting plan?
As the name would suggest, a parenting plan is the plan for how two parents are going to parent a child. How decision making is going to be divided, who gets to make the final decision sometimes in a case, or will you always have to talk about it and come to an agreement? It […]
What is alternative dispute resolution?
Alternative dispute resolution is the general title given for things like mediation, or collaborative divorce, or even arbitration. It’s a different way of resolving a case other than going before a judge or a magistrate to have them make a ruling. You usually have a little bit more power and influence in the outcome, because […]
What is collaborative divorce?
Collaborative divorce is one of the methods of alternative dispute resolution. Typically each party hires their own attorney, a collaborative law attorney, and the parties together will hire a mental health expert as well as a financial expert, and all of those parties, as part of that process, agree that none of the case will […]
Can social media or internet information be used to prove a case against me in court?
The short answer here is maybe. The law of evidence regarding the admissibility of these types of social media evidence hasn’t really caught up with the technology. Everyone is very, very present on social media now however proving the person that actually made the entry or the Facebook post or the tweet or what have […]
Can text messages emails or Facebook posts be used to prove threatening conduct against me in court?
Again the short answer here is maybe. The admissibility of these types of evidence is sometimes in question. The ability to authenticate them or to make sure that the court can be assured that the person or the author of these posts or these emails in this, is oftentimes more difficult than it might seem […]
Can the police conduct a search without a warrant in Florida?
Under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, any search that’s conducted without a warrant is pretty much considered unreasonable, and therefore unlawful, unless there are defined circumstances that can exist that will allow them to conduct that search. But in 90% of the cases, those circumstances don’t exist absent some sort of consent […]
What is a medical power of attorney (POA)?
A Medical Power of Attorney, or sometimes called a Designation of Health Care Surrogate, is something that you put in place ahead of time when you still have the capacity to make decisions for yourself, but you appoint someone as the designated person to make the decisions in the event that you lose that capacity. […]