Legal Commentary

UPDATE: Iowa City man kills wife, their 4 kids, police say
His in-laws say they've already forgiven Steven Sueppel, the alleged embezzler who reportedly beat his wife and four kids to death last week. Probably helps that he's already driven into a concrete abutment on I-80 and killed himself ...

Iced, Iced Baby ... Vanilla Ice Fails to Beat Rap, Beats Wife Instead
Hopefully, this is not the newest trend. Earlier this week, I wrote about an 80's pop culture icon, An American Werewolf in London's David Naughton, someone who I respected; allegedly decided it was okay to toss his wife around when...

Matthew Gretz Confesses to Murdering Kira Simonian
Matthew Gretz pleaded guilty today to 2nd degree murder. He killed his wife, artist and grad student Kira Simonian. In court on Monday, Gretz said, "I stabbed and intentionally killed my wife...

Belmar Borough New Jersey Police Officer Capt. Thomas A. Palmisano’s Wife Obtains Restraining Order After Being Beaten
BELMAR, NEW JERSEY - A restraining order has been issued against the borough Police Department’s second-in-command, Police Chief Jack Hill confirmed this afternoon. [Submitter indicates that Palmisano “beat the shit out of his wife...

MO man admits to killing wife with painkiller patches
The case was almost declared a mistrial because the victim's brother tried to beat up his former brother-in-law in court.

It's not mob violence, it's health-care reform
Indian police arrested a group of people who allegedly tied a woman to a tree and beat her because she was a witch. A man had hired her to magically cure his wife, but when she didn't get better, the...

Child Support
Finding the Noncustodial Parent ( Deadbeat Dads )

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Hawaii Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage in paradise

Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage

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

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

City Streets and Jake Aaron Strickland
$1.2 million wrongful death settlement awarded after a husband and father was killed by a convicted drunk driver.

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

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

Celebrity Chef
John Burton Race ordered to pay wife $7.2 million divorce settlement.

NBA Divorce
Michael Jordan pays former wife $168 million divorce settlement.

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.