Category Archives: Legal Matters
Another horrifying example of the frighteningly intolerant kingdom of Saudi Arabia Saudi punished gang rape victim with 200 lashes and six months in jail. She was 19 and in a car with an unrelated male when she was set upon by six armed attackers. Because she attempted to “aggravate and influence the judiciary through the [...]
A recent study finds that family businesses are increasingly led by women and expect robust growth, yet many will likely face financial problems because they have not prepared for managerial and ownership succession, nor have they prepared an personal estate plan. Family businesses, increasingly led by women, need succession and financial planning.
I’ve been reading about AIDS for almost 20 years and felt helpless about the growing catastrophe in Africa, but I never once heard about “property-stripping.” Property stripping is the traditional practice of the husband’s family inheriting all his property after he dies. In normal times, this had some logic; the husband’s family had responsibility for [...]
Ex-wife becomes a man; ex-husband seeks to end alimony. I’m betting the ex-wife will win.
The data suggested that most people want life-saving treatment if there is at least a 1% chance that following the intervention they would have the ability to reason, remember and communicate…. Wendler now wants to collect medical care preferences from people of various ethnic, religious and gender groups, which will help his team refine the formula.
While a post-nup “suggests a lack of trust in one another,” said Debbie Cox, a wealth advisor with JPMorgan Private Bank in Dallas, “it’s really about prudent management of assets.” — Similarly, couples with “blended” families could use post-nups to ensure that the children from a previous marriage receive assets —such as a beloved family vacation home —in the event of a death or a divorce.
Brian Hathaway, 20, was accused of having sex with a dead deer, but he found a public lawyer willing to defend him by arguing that because the deer was dead, it was not considered an animal and the charge should be dismissed…. The statute does not prohibit one from having sex with a carcass,” —– the Webster’s dictionary defines “animal” as “any of a kingdom of living beings,” Anderson said.
The best explanation for the difference between second cousins and first cousins once removed I have ever read comes from the Answer Girl…. Nick and Chuck are sons of my first cousin Marie Louise, so they’re once removed from me; they are second cousins to my children, Chris and Claire.
Anna, the biological mother, renounced her homosexuality and taking the child with her, moved to Virginia where she won custody in the Virginia courts. Susan brought suit in Vermont where the family court gave Susan custody and the Vermont State Supreme Court ruled that Vermont has exclusive jurisdiction.
Despite the $2.3 million Anthony Marshall pays himself yearly as his mother’s guardian, he cut off Astor’s access to expensive medication, reduced her doctors’ visits and ordered her staff not to take her to an emergency room or call 911 without contacting him first…. Philanthropist Brooke Astor, the 104-year-old society queen who gave away nearly $200 million to city charities, is now sleeping on a filthy couch in torn nightgowns while her son withholds money and proper medical care, her grandson charged in court papers.
