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Legal » National, State, Local | By Brian Williams @ Sunday, 16th December 2007 @ 6:14 AM

Every divorce that occurs needs to be recorded with the vital records office and this information is available to the general public as a divorce record. A personal copy of the divorce record is a divorce certificate that can be used by the individual as a legal document in all matters concerning the divorce. Divorce records are maintained by the vital records department or in the health statistics department. Any person wishing to access these records may do so by placing a request with ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Brian Williams @ Tuesday, 11th December 2007 @ 1:02 AM

Public records are referred as the information such as individual, property and corporate records those are filed or recorded by the public organizations. In other words, local or federal government stores the public records. These include recording of immigration records, real estate records, criminal records, vital records, driving records etc. It also may be recorded by the individuals for instance in case of voter registrations, magazine subscriptions etc. The main part of the public ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Brian Williams @ Tuesday, 11th December 2007 @ 1:01 AM

Birth records are maintained by the vital records department or by the country registrar. These records along with other records such as death records, marriage and divorce records form a part of vital records. These records are public records and can be accessed by any person who shows interest in viewing them. Birth records for Genealogy A genealogy search is conducted by an individual who is interested in developing a family tree and to know more about his or her lineage and the... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Brian Williams @ Tuesday, 11th December 2007 @ 12:59 AM

For a country as big and diversified as the US, adoption records are very important to keep. What is adoption? Adoption is the lawful act of permanently admitting a child with a parent or parents other than the birth mother or father. In accordance to an adoption order a parent or parents are liable to transfer parental responsibilities and rights over the child onto the adoptive parent or parents. Once an adoption is finalized, there is no authorized distinction between adopted child... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Neil Lemons @ Friday, 7th December 2007 @ 3:35 PM

I was busted. I had only been in Dallas for a year and half, but I didn't have the excuse that I didn't know where the DMV was located. My registration was overdue by a couple of months and the officer stopped me while cruising down Greenville Avenue during my lunch hour. His police car was trailing behind me for a bit, but it made me nervous so I slowed down and changed lanes to let him pass. I guess he noticed the expired sticker from his rearview. I should have renewed onlin... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Alan Haburchak @ Monday, 3rd December 2007 @ 10:21 PM

Going to the market isn't just for dinner anymore...in fact, supermarkets are often the site of dangerous slip and fall injuries. A study from the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) of Southlake, Texas has stated that supermarkets and grocery stores pay over $450 million in legal expenses and settlements each year due to slip and fall injuries. With both customers and employees at risk, it's no wonder that slip and fall injuries are the leading cause of injury in supermarkets. But ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Victor Epand @ Wednesday, 28th November 2007 @ 9:25 PM

The laws surrounding gifts can be tricky. Gift giving is a pretty simple process, you give a gift and someone accepts it. Perhaps you get the gift, or perhaps you revoke the gift and take it back. Either way, it is still pretty simple, but in fact, there are laws relating to gift giving which could hold up in court. Did you really think there were not rules to gift giving? What century are you living in? First of all, promising somebody you will buy them a gift is actually meaningless ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Peter Finch @ Monday, 26th November 2007 @ 12:45 AM

As incidents of Filipino citizens flying to the United States or other countries and not returning home pile up, government and the foreign embassies were prompted to implement stricter measures in issuing visas. When a foreigner crosses cultures just to acquire a Filipina bride, he has to go through numerous hassles, like complying with mountains of paperwork, spending hundreds of dollars and waiting for a long time before he can finally take his Filipina bride to his country. Processi... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Amit Mehta @ Tuesday, 30th October 2007 @ 11:00 AM

Bid rigging refers to the felony crime of conspiring with other competitors to raise purchase prices set for local, state, or federal government bids The US government often accepts bids for the procurement of goods and services. When competitors commit the crime of bid rigging, they agree among themselves in advance which competitor will put forward the winning bid on the government contract. By conspiring, bid riggers keep prices up and ensure that each competitor gets his crack ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Amit Mehta @ Thursday, 25th October 2007 @ 12:25 AM

For the past five years, lawsuits against ERISA violators have been given wide coverage by the press. Some of these alleged big violators are... - AIG - AON - Enron - Marsh & McLennan Companies - Merck & Co. Inc. ERISA allows beneficiaries or participants to recover benefits if the company that employs a participant is plagued by corporate fraud. When corporate execs commit fraud, company stock values take a nosedive. An employee counting on receiving benefits an... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Amit Mehta @ Tuesday, 23rd October 2007 @ 7:02 PM

Dolly the Sheep became an instant celebrity in 1996 when UK scientists (quite literally) created the world's first clone of a mammal using an adult cell. As controversial as Dolly's creation was her early death in 2003. The international press was abuzz: Does cloning violate scientific ethics? Is it right to produce a genetic copy that is evidently inferior till you hit the right one? Dolly's stuffed remains may have been relegated to the Royal Museum at Edinburgh, b... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Amit Mehta @ Thursday, 18th October 2007 @ 12:54 AM

Animal abuse or animal cruelty refers to ill treatment or substandard care that result in needless harm, distress, or suffering. Standards of animal abuse laws, implementation, and tolerance vary across the US. So conditions that constitute abuse are decided on a case-to-case basis. For example, at least five issues have caused divided opinions among the American public. 1. Fur Farming 2. Factory Farming 3. Animal testing of cosmetic products 4. Medical research using anim... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Amit Mehta @ Tuesday, 16th October 2007 @ 12:53 AM

Criminal negligence indicates the lowest level of responsibility or guilt, criminal intention being the highest. Gross negligence and criminal recklessness share the same intermediate level. What pushes an act over the line from criminal to gross negligence is the fact that the offender COULD foresee the prohibited or criminal consequences of his actions. Criminal recklessness, on the other hand, indicates the offender knew that he was exposing another person or entity to potential... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Amit Mehta @ Friday, 12th October 2007 @ 3:49 AM

According to US federal law, bank fraud is knowingly committing or trying to commit some deceitful scheme to... 1. Defraud a financial institution; or 2. Obtain funds, assets, credits, etc., under the control or custody of a bank or financial institution through fraud, misrepresentation, or false promises. The maximum penalty for bank fraud is $1 million. The maximum punishment is 30 years. The court may mete out one or the other or both. Not Necessarily a Bank ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By VARADHARAJA PERUMAL @ Thursday, 11th October 2007 @ 6:49 PM

While the phrase what is old is new again is a thoroughly worn out clich, it has become a clich because it is oft repeated and it is oft repeated because there is a great deal of truth and reality found within the words that comprise the phrase. In the case of bankruptcy, this is an old problem that has come back to the forefront of the public consciousness thanks in part to the current mortgage foreclosure crisis that is facing segments of the nation. Well, perhaps ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Charles Stubbs @ Wednesday, 29th August 2007 @ 1:39 PM

If you're like most people, you probably don't really recognize the difference between an arbitration and a court hearing. What is Arbitration? Arbitration is defined as "the process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person or group appointed by mutual consent or statutory provision." So in regards to lemon law, an arbitration is when you, the car buyer, attempt to receive a refund or replacement veh... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Charles Stubbs @ Wednesday, 29th August 2007 @ 12:53 AM

If you think your car might be a "lemon," start by doing a quick checklist of the problems. So, if your car makes odd noises, but otherwise drives just fine, you might not have a car that falls under your state's Lemon Law. But, if you are having major problems, like with the engine, drive axle, brakes, steering or radiator, you might want to start a paper trail. You could have a lemon. With any issues you might be having, check your car service contract first. Give t... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Charles Stubbs @ Monday, 27th August 2007 @ 3:18 AM

While you love your new convertible, you can't live with it any longer. You've been to the dealer with car guarantee problems over and over again. The time may have come to give up on using the warranty to solve your dilemma. It's time to look into your state's lemon law. First, it was the guarantee on the stereo system. Next, the windshield wiper motor died on a rainy day. Then the power windows began controlling themselves. Each time, the dealer said that one of the ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Charles Stubbs @ Sunday, 26th August 2007 @ 1:10 AM

Thank heavens for the lemon law. Here's why. You'd been over and seen Pam's new truck and it was just gorgeous. She'd called you the night before and told you all about the car warranty coverage, the extended warranty and how she was going to buy it there and then. Sure, the steering pulled to the right, but she was sure that was just because she wasn't used to it. Yeah, you guessed it. Next thing you know, Pam was in the hospital. She was driving down the ... more...

Legal » National, State, Local | By Charles Stubbs @ Sunday, 19th August 2007 @ 12:02 AM

The automobile lemon laws were designed to protect car buyers from irreparable manufacturers' defects in automobiles that should be ordinarily be covered under warranty. So How Did The Lemon Laws Come About? Consumer demand for lemon law protection started to swell from around 1972, when more than one million people were found to have paid for vehicles that had problems that dealers could not, or would not, repair. Connecticut and California were the first states to adopt an a... more...