Family Law

Supreme Court clarifies standard of review for appeal of injunction order
In Holiday Isle, Inc. v. Adkins, Ms. 1070252 (Ala. May 23, 2008) , in an 8-1 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court clarified that, when facts are undisputed and it is a question of law, legal conclusions in injunction orders are reviewed under a de novo standard, and not whether the trial court exceeded its discretion...

Court Reaches Merits of Cert Petition though Brief Non-Compliant
Although the petitioner’s brief did not contain all of the sections that ARAP 28 mandates, the Alabama Supreme Court entertained the petitioner’s request for a writ of certiorari to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals...

BLAWGS: "Supreme Court Clarifies Purchaser and Other Issues in Consumer Protection Act."
Here is a case update from Ed Brutcsher's Tort and Insurance Law Journal - Supreme Court Clarifies Purchaser and Other Issues in Consumer Protection Act. The Supreme Court recently published Craig and Bishop, Inc...

Child Custody and Relocation: New Indiana Supreme Court Case
I reported on the Baxendale v. Raich Court of Appeals decision in Relocation - brand new case from the Indiana Court of Appeals. Yesterday, the Indiana Supreme Court issued its opinion upholding the trial court and reversing the Indiana Court of Appeals...

Mom's relocation of 91 miles causes change in custody
In Powery v Wells, the mother [?Mom?] moved from Ludington to Traverse City, a distance of 91 miles. Dad filed a motion to change custody and Mom countered with a motion to modify parenting time...

"Supreme Court won't hear case of minister's custody blog"
"Supreme Court won't hear case of minister's custody blog": Today in The Providence (R.I.) Journal, Edward Fitzpatrick has an article that begins, "The state Supreme Court is refusing to review or halt a Family Court order that told a state agency to 'advise' a retired minister to stop publishing a blog 'as it pertains' to two children involved in a divorce and custody case...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

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

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Child Support Orders
How to modify terms

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill
Alabama Restaurant Association Hires Legal Council to Help Members Damaged by BP Oil Spill>

Alabama Suzuki Dealer
Faces Class Action

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Metoclopramide
Associated with Development of Movement Disorder

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Immigrant Sedation
US Government awards two detainees $55,000 settlement after drugging them while in custody.