Probate

Assignment Two: State Court Survey In Arizona, the majority of cities and towns have a municipal court which is sometimes also called city or magistrate court. This court hears misdemeanor and petty offense violations within their town or city. City or town magistrates preside over some criminal and civil traffic cases. Criminal traffic cases with no serious injuries and civil traffic cases that involve violations of city ordinances. They have the ability to issue Orders of Protection and…

Retirement Plan When determining your retirement you must first assess your source of income, savings, expenses and managing of income. You have to take into consideration the location, the standard and when you will work your final day ("Retirement Planning Definition"). Retirement planning will vary throughout your life because each stage a different goal is trying to be achieved. In the early stages the ultimate goal is putting enough aside and it the later stage it is about the non-financial…

year (Cincinnati.com). This was enough for people to start to try and make a stance. With Casey’s Law was passed in 2012 not being enough anymore, they had to go further. Casey’s Law is a law allowing parents, relatives and friends to petition a probate court to order involuntary treatment if they are of harm to themselves or others (Ohio State Bar Association). In March 2014 a new law was passed allowing family members, law enforcement, and addicts to carry Naloxone (Ohio State Bar…

the colonists way of life, and learning about the tools the families needed to survive. First, the most valuable item on the inventories for Hudson and Madox was the livestock and animals since it was a source of food for their families. The probate inventory of…

A Generation Skipping Trust (GST), also known as a dynasty trust, allows the grantor to transfer a significant amount of assets to beneficiaries, in skipping a generation, are typically their grandchildren who receive the benefit of the “gift” as tax-free. In acquiring a dynasty trust, it is mainly to aid in the future generations besides one’s direct descendents. As this type of trust “does not have a defined termination date or event”, it has the ability to pass down through many generations.…

Reconstruction after the Civil War was not successful. The purpose of Reconstruction was to address the serious problem of race in the South and provided protection to the freeman. Reconstruction had brought important social changes such as providing a public education system and a limited amount of political and legal power (Brinkley, 2012, p. 429). However these political and legal power where only held temporarily. New laws, such as the Mississippi Black Codes, promoted racial segregation and…

A plea bargain is a procedure that prosecutors use to avoid a trial as juries or even judges can be unpredictable in their behavior and may rule against them. Prosecutors like sure things as does the State and a plea bargain gains an admission of guilt without the right to an appeal in exchange for leniency. However, a plea bargain may induce prosecutors to over-charge a suspect in an attempt to bully them into gaining a plea bargain. Plea bargains are also not conducted in open court so there…

Selecting the Right Business Entity Choosing the Right Business Entity for Maximum Growth The legal entity that you choose for your business is one of the most crucial decisions you 'll make when it comes to realizing tax advantages that help your business grow. If you 've already established your business, it might be worth reviewing your business structure and finances with a Certified Tax Coach, and it’s always important to consider your options when starting a new company. Even though it…

Was the reconstruction of America a success or a failure? Some people might see reconstruction as a sucess, because of the different amendments that were signed to help free slaves and make everyone equal to each other or maybe they see sucess come from the Freedmen's Bureau which helped former slaves in the south get on their feet after the civil war. However even though these amendments and actions were definitely a good beginning of making everyone equal and bring everyone together, I…

The mother contended that the probate judge should have dismissed the department’s petition because the department did not have legal custody of her daughter because G.L. c. 119, § 23A was unconstitutional, due to the fact that she was never afforded a hearing, when the department first took custody of her daughter. Id. The court went on to say that, “the fact that a mother is incarcerated, signals a higher likelihood of risk of danger to the welfare of a newborn infant”. 421 N.E. 2d 28, 33.…