In 1999, Jessica Lenahan-Gonzales’s estranged husband took their three girls by violating a permanent restraining order. Despite multiple requests, the police failed to enforce this order which resulted in the death of the three girls by the estranged husband. A legal case was filed against the police force but the court rules that the police […]

Adrian G. White, University of Leicester developed the first published map of world happiness. Find out which country is the happiest. Where is the happiest place on earth? In an effort to answer this question, Adrian G. White, University of Leicester developed the first published map of world happiness. He used responses from over 80,000 […]

Swift Action In Urgent Situations When most people think of emergency orders (sometimes called temporary restraining orders), they think of them as protection against emotional or physical abuse. In the family law context, however, emergency orders can also be useful in preserving your relationship with a child or protecting your marital assets. At NYD Attorneys, […]

Everyone knows getting divorced is an expensive process. Whether you will be the one receiving alimony or giving it, most partners involved in a divorce end up taking a financial hit. This is even true for divorce cases that are amicable. The most complicated aspect of divorce is the splitting up of assets. For those […]

Establishing and Protecting Parental Rights When a heterosexual couple has a child, whether the couple is married or unmarried, NY law provides a fairly well-defined procedure for fathers and mothers to establish their rights. Same-sex partners, however, face a more unpredictable legal procedure as they work to establish rights to a child born during their […]

So let’s see here. The pdf of the Ninth Circuit’s opinion today in Raich is here. Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, where he is a regular blogger, Raich’s attorney Randy Barnett has some thoughts on the opinion, calling it “far more than an otherwise losing party had any right to expect.” Why is the opinion not […]