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Modification Of Existing Custody Order before the honorable Judge, in the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Complete the petition with ink and attach all 7 forms of the packet duly filling them with reference to the plaintiff and defendant in spite of who is filing the petition. Submit copy of every document with the Prothonotary. Maintain dress code as required, turn off the cell phone when in the court. You must be over 18 years of age for acquiring eligibility to file a…

Defendant seeks summary judgment from this Court, despite its claim to the contrary. Under the Maryland rules, when a defendant files a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, and matters outside the pleadings are presented to and considered by the court, “the motion shall be treated as one for summary judgment and disposed of as provided in Rule 2-501.” MD. RULE 2-322(c) (emphasis added). The reason for this rule is that with a motion to dismiss the court considers only the allegations…

Once it has been determined that a juvenile can even be waived to the adult court (based on laws and regulations for that specific jurisdiction), there are three main types of waivers that can be used; these are: the judicial waiver, prosecutorial discretion, and statutorial exclusion. Judicial waiver is the most commonly used transfer…

Juvenile Disposition Guidelines have stated the age range a juvenile could be tried in juvenile court of jurisdiction, it would be easier for the judge to determine if the person should be sentenced in juvenile or adult court jurisdiction. The confusion of the exact age a person is fully mature and should be consider adult makes it hard for judges under blended sentence to determine the appropriate court of jurisdiction for the juvenile. Following a research in psychology and neurology that…

231 Prompt 1 Court Proceedings in My Cousin Vinny The film My Cousin Vinny is a relatively accurate representation of criminal court proceedings. However, the jury selection process was not explicitly shown in the film. Furthermore, the film does not emphasize much of the pre-trial motions, the preponderance of evidence, or how the evidence was collected. The process of discovering relevant facts concerning the case was also deemphasized. The movie demonstrated details of the court procedures…

Drug Court Effectiveness and Recidivism of Participants According to the results from the 2013 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring II (ADAM II) survey (2014), between two-thirds and three-quarters of all adults males arrested were at risk for drug dependence; as few as one-quarter had sought any type of treatment for drug or alcohol use. (p. xiv). Traditionally, the criminal justice system focused on enforcement and incarceration to reduce drug-related crime, but recidivism has remained high. An…

Benekos, & Champion, 2017). At Jones’s hearing the courts determined that Jones needed to be tried as an adult as well. Jones did not agree with the courts and petition for habeas corpus. Jones complained that the criminal trial would then put him in double jeopardy (Oyez, 2017). Double jeopardy is when an offender is prosecuted for the same offense after conviction was made and given multiple punishments for the same offence at different degrees. The courts denied his writ and the case then…

Ancient Greece has an interesting process to decide who will be one of the jurors to take part in one certain trial. The jury was elected by nine consuls by tribal ballot, and the tenth tribunal was drawn by the clerk of the magistrate. The court had ten entries, one for each tribe, twenty for each tribe, two tribes for the tribunal, one for the jury, one for each of the ten, and another for the box, The jury 's vote is here, in addition to two large bowl. At each entrance stood the rods equal…

Court can be a very scary place for people. Either on the stand or in the jury, it feels like a scary place. In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Atticus says that courts are great levelers, and in court all men are created equal. There are so many reasons that this is right, such as court is a very serious place. People are on trial for crimes and they must take it seriously and a judge can’t be biased. No matter what a person looks like, they must have a fair chance so they’re not falsely accused. “You…

On My case was heard in Tulare County Superior Court,Visalia regarding custody of my minor child Ava Phillips-Edwards dob: 02-19-14. My attorney Eric Hamilton represented me and we covered child custody and visitation of my child. I Valori Phillips am the child’s biological mother and have both physical/legal custody of Ava. Ava’s father Chad Edwards had not been present in my life since December 2013. He had not participated in Ava’s life up to this point nor had we had contact.…