Criminal Law

Financial Elder Abuse: Mother Victimized by Son, Daughter
La Puente, CA: It is unthinkable that an elderly person could become the victim of financial elder abuse at the hands of her son or daughter...

Mother loses libel battle against 'Ugly' daughter
The mother of a prominent barrister faces a legal bill of £500,000 after losing a High Court libel action against her daughter over allegations of abuse in Ugly, the bestselling memoir.

Oregon Man Gets 6 Years For Attempted Sexual Abuse of a 12 Year Old
An Oregon man has received a 6 year prison sentence for attempted sexual abuse after sending sexual texts to a 12 year old girl...

FAMILY LAW: Denial of child visitation affirmed with only 1 of 6 experts believed the father abused the child: HOPPE V. TALLEN (COA 3/7/2008)
HOPPE V. TALLENT FAMILY LAW: Child Visitation, Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse 2007-CA-000104 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: NICKELL PRESIDING; CLAYTON, GRAVES CONCUR COUNTY: CLINTON DATE RENDERED: 3/7/2008 Father appealed the TC?s denial of his motion for immediate reinstatement of visitation with his daughter, K...

Children Taken Away From Nazi Mother in Canada
In Winnipeg, a white nationalist mother thought it was fun to draw a swastika on the arm of her seven-year-old daughter...

Abuse & neglect proceedings against father reversed for multiple reasons - grandparents' presence, no hearing to determine compelling need to interview child in father's absence, and limitations on father's questions of mother: T(Z) v. T(M) (COA 6/28/08
T.(Z.) v. T.(M.)FAMILY LAW: Abuse and neglect proceedings against father reversed for multiple reasons - grandparents' presence, no hearing to determine compelling need to interview child in father's absence, and limitations on father's questions of mother during hearing2007-CA-001444PUBLISHED: REVERSING AND REMANDINGPANEL: THOMPSON PRESIDING; GRAVES CONCURS; KELLER CONCURS IN RESULT ONLYKENTON COUNTYDATE RENDERED: 6/27/2008Father appealed findings in a dependency, abuse, and neglect case, in which it was alleged that the father sexually abuse his eldest child, M...

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

Sexual Harassment Policy
Define harassment, outline complaint procedure

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Unlawful Retaliation for Sexual Harassment Claim
Title VII retaliatory discharge retaliation requires proof of participation in protected activities

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Can a creditor/collection agency call other employees at your place of work AND call your adult children who live in another state?
A creditor can call you at home, several times a day if you aren't answerin...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...

How can I prove my child support payments are up-to-date?
If she is signing reciepts, then that is proof for any court that he has paid an...

Employee Theft
Mother and daughter ordered to pay $1 million settlement for writing false paychecks.

Catholic Archdiocese
Will Pay $12.6 Million in Sexual Abuse Settlements

Michigan
Settles Female Prisoner Sexual Abuse Lawsuit for $100 Million

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis
Settlement Reached in Six Sexual Abuse Suits

Child Abuse Settlement
The mother of 6-year-old Brandon Ford has accepted a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the boy was severely brain damaged while in foster care...

Teacher Student Abuse
Beaufort County agrees to pay $300,000 settlement to abuse victim.