February 28, 2015 0 Why you might need a Lawyer. If you’ve ever watched a television show that has a court trial in it, you’ve no doubt heard one of the [...]
February 27, 2015 0 Muffin Diplomacy It’s 2001 and I have a case to mediate. The mediation is taking place about 100 miles away in a small, [...]
February 25, 2015 0 Something From the Masters Of Persuasion I never studied the Greek or the Roman empires. Whatever I know about Greek or Roman history has come later [...]
February 24, 2015 0 The Corpus Delecti and the Actus Reus I don’t know how old I was when I first heard the words corpus delecti, but I can tell you I enjoyed saying [...]
February 23, 2015 0 Citizens Arrest, Citizens Arrest You may or may not remember the episode of the Andy Griffith Show where Deputy Barney Fife stops and arrests [...]
February 22, 2015 0 Lesser Included Offenses A lesser included offense is a criminal offense that is made up of some, but not all, of the elements of a [...]
February 21, 2015 0 Capital Murder in New Hampshire New Hampshire has a capital murder statute. One clear way to commit capital murder in New Hampshire is to [...]
February 20, 2015 0 Annulments When I was growing up, I was taught that once you married, you were married forever – the marriage [...]
February 19, 2015 0 Where Does Mercy Fit In When Sentencing A Defendant Every lawyer practicing criminal law knows the objectives of sentencing. There are four of them: to punish [...]
February 18, 2015 0 Impeaching a Witness – A Perry Mason Moment When a witness is impeached, you are calling into question his/her credibility. One way to impeach a witness [...]
February 17, 2015 0 Divorce Settlements and Boiling Pots You’ve heard the saying – all boiling pots must come to a simmer. That’s obviously true, but how do [...]
February 16, 2015 0 Common Law Marriage in New Hampshire A number of years ago, a local man died after living with a woman for about 25 years. Although the man asked [...]
February 15, 2015 0 Abused and Neglected Children The most recent numbers from the 2014 Children’s Defense Fund’s Annual State of America’s Children [...]
February 13, 2015 0 The Story of Valentine’s Day Yesterday, I’m in Norwich, Vermont. As I walk down the street, a young man carrying a 4 foot stuffed bear [...]
February 12, 2015 0 Your Loved One Has Dementia and You Feel Guilty When my father and paternal grandfather were alive, my father promised my grandfather that he could live in [...]
February 11, 2015 0 Is it Your Baby? According to the US Department of Health and Human Services – childbearing by unmarried women has [...]
February 10, 2015 0 The Confusing Role of the Guardian Ad Litem The role of the Guardian ad litem (GAL for short) took hold in the 1970’s. It came shortly after the [...]
February 9, 2015 0 Jurisdiction Issues in a Divorce Proceeding Clients rarely know this, but during their first interview with an attorney, the first real issue to resolve [...]
February 8, 2015 0 How to be Held In Contempt No one wants to be held in contempt, whether it be by family, friends or acquaintances, but imagine being [...]
February 7, 2015 0 Terminating Parental Rights in New Hampshire When we bring children into this world, we have the right to bring them up the way we want – at least [...]
February 6, 2015 0 Deviating from Child Support Guidelines A judge is entitled to deviate from the strict application of guideline support. Guideline support is the [...]
February 5, 2015 0 How Child Support Obligations Are Calculated “It wasn’t always the way it is.” That’s what I tell people when they ask how child support [...]
February 4, 2015 0 Interference with Parental Visitation Forgive me for using the word visitation. We generally use the words physical responsibility or parent-child [...]
February 3, 2015 0 What Caused The Breakdown of The Marriage I’m a bit of a dinosaur. If you want evidence of that – look at my bar number. It’s Bar Number 613. [...]
February 2, 2015 0 Dividing Property in a Divorce – How the Stew is Stirred When I was first married, my wife cooked our first meal. It was beef stew. She didn’t think it looked [...]