Family court

violence, mental health, and family court. Drug courts are judicially supervised court dockets that handle cases of non-violent substance-abusing offenders under the adult, juvenile, family and tribal justice systems. Domestic violence courts generally coordinate with community partners that provide services for victims of domestic abuse. Mental health court means a judicial program that provides a specialized docket for defendants with mental illnesses. Mental health court makes decision about…

Westgate” and the article “Why Our Memory Fails Us” by Christopher F. Chabris and Daniel J. Simons, the topic of memories are discussed in both of the works. Unreliable memories can affect our court system and the people involved in the trials. In our society, criminals are tried in court more often than not and the courts require eyewitness testimony from people at to scene of the crime to help convict the person being tried. However, most trials don’t happen immediately after the crime and…

ASSESSING “SPECIAL” CONTRIBUTIONS PURSUIANT TO S 79(4) OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 (CTH) 13337720 I INTRODUCTION In distributing property, the Court must assess the parties’ respective contribution during the marriage under s 79(4) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) to the extent that it is just and equitable. The scenario of “special” contribution arises where one party possesses a “special skill” which in turn results in a significant increase in the asset pool of the parties’ in a long-term…

Every country has its own laws and ways of dealing with crime. In the United States, we are used to the way our laws work and how the courts function. Other countries are used to the way their laws work, however, when you compare the U.S. with other countries there are many differences that are interesting to look at. Many countries struggle with certain crimes that we may not have a very big problem with. You could also face serious jail time in other countries where the U.S. may only give a…

preparing to attend college in the hopes of becoming a lawyer. So when I heard there was an opportunity to volunteer inside of my city’s court system, I jumped at the opportunity. The program I volunteer with is the Independence Youth Court, a diversion court program within the Juvenile Courts. First and second-time juvenile offenders are referred to Youth Court, a court composed of their peers. Within the program, they will be tried, defended, judged,…

In the case of US vs. Gonzalez-Lopez lies many facts within the case. Some of the reliable facts is that a man named Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez-Lopez was charged with conspiracy to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana. His family hired him an attorney by the name of John Fahle to represent him but Lopez had another person in mind. Lopez went ahead and hired attorney Joseph Low to represent him in the hopes of including him with Fahle or instead of. As time went on both attorneys represented…

When a defendant released on cash bail fails to appear in court, or otherwise violates a condition of their bail, the court can declare the bail bond forfeited. State laws often require that notice of the forfeiture be sent to the defendant and to their surety. Once the surety is notified, they can produce the defendant, provide the court with an excuse deemed acceptable for the defendant’s non-appearance, pay the forfeited bond, or face the consequences of not paying it In some countries, a…

relationship had existed. The central issue before the court was whether or not the Archbishop or the orthodox community had the intention to enter into a contract of employment that was legally enforceable. The court inspected the relationship between the parties and the evidence of the usual employment relation existed for the most part. The Archbishop was given a group certificate each year as would a normal employee and tax was deducted…

observer people coming in and out of the court room doors. There were three courtrooms in each side of the building and chairs and benches, couples of tables as well. There were people sitting outside of each courtroom doors, I assumed waiting for the trial or litigation to begin. I stood out for a while to observe what was going on around me. There were people in packets here and there, some of them had worries faces on them. I figured these fellows were families of the defendant. The…

Jail overcrowding poses a problem for American society. Non-violent criminals, such as child support offenders and traffic violators who cannot get a speedy court date live for free in our jails while the tax payers support them. Others believe that these criminals belong in jail despite overcrowding. Although Glenn E. Martin, Marc A. Levin, Nicholas Turner, Julia M. Stasch, Malcolm M. Feeley and Kent Scheidegger differ on their opinions of overcrowded jails, they each share concerns about the…