The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a federal law enacted in 1994 that aims to improve legal and community responses to domestic violence,...

This question can open up a minefield of issues which would require extensive analysis. We will try to be very brief with what little the asker...

New York bases its child custody decisions on case law. This differs markedly from the system used by many other states like, for example,...

This question traverses the line between the law and politics. Here, the political hysteria of the sexually abused underaged female controls....

The asker should retain counsel as part of her protection from abuse proceeding. The attorney would explain the processes and procedures involving...

No. Anything other than marriage does not count as bigamy if there is a second, concurrent marriage. Domestic partnerships are no partnerships at...

Yes, the judge will grant a contested divorce to the husband. In the U.S., divorces can either be by consent after distribution of all marital...

These days in the Covid era, electronic copies of legal documents are accepted more and more by courts. However, we cannot predict what a judge...

This chaotic question raises very many issues to cogently provide a response. We will try the best we can. Initially, assuming the respondent in...

Attorneys do not appear on a case to represent a client for one day. Instead, they represent a client throughout a case. It is the asker's choice...