Criminal Law

Little-Known Commission Revokes California Teachers for Reported Alleged Child Crimes
This is proof that residency laws (which are in place in California), are doing nothing to stop the sexual crimes against children in the schools. I do make the assumption that the schools are not hiring sex offenders as employees...

Teachers Face License Suspension for Sex Crimes
Closing what Senator Jack Scott (D-Pasadena) called a loophole, the California Senate last week voted unanimously to automatically suspend a teacher’s license if their license had been revoked in another state for sexual misconduct...

Calif. laws crack down on sex-offender teachers
The AP reports: “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed two bills making it tougher for teachers who commit sex crimes to remain in California’s public schools. The new laws close loopholes in California’s teacher licensing system that had allowed some teachers accused or even convicted of serious crimes to remain in the classroom...

New state law revokes convicted teacher's certificate, stops pay
A law passed during the 2010 legislative session to keep school systems from having to pay teachers convicted of crimes has nabbed its first of fender. But it didn't catch him before he had been paid thou sands of dollars in salary and benefits.

Returning to School Following A Brain Injury, Some Tips
Brainline has put together an excellent post entitled "Helping Your Child Return To School" which contains many useful suggestions on practical accommodations that should be requested for your child...

The Connection between Drugs and Weapons
Both the California Legislature and California courts believe that people who suffer from drug addiction are so dangerous that they cannot be trusted to own or possess firearms. Penal Code 12021 PC, California?s ?felon with a firearm? law, specifically revokes...

Child Support Survival Guide
The Child Support Enforcement System

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Child Support Overview
Federal requires states to set guidelines for support.

Child Support Orders
How to modify terms

Child Support
Disputing Paternity

Missing Children
Databases and organizations

Teachers Paid
LA School District pays 8% interest to teachers for payroll problems.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

CNA Legal Action
Sutter Health California Pacific Sued for Alleged Hiring Ban on Filipino Nurses

Reports of Child Deaths Prompt Recalls of Two Million Graco Strollers
Two Million Graco Strollers Recalled Four Strangulation Deaths Reported

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

AIG
and Ex Execs to pay $115 Million to Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana