Under CA law what are a father's rights of getting custody of children

Based on the facts here the mother is guilty of parental kidnapping. The father can get help from the family court or his local DA. He would be...

A will designates a deceased person, then a charitable org. upon her death. If the inheritor is deceased is the will valid?

Why should the mother have to sign the will? She was the beneficiary. Since she is dead the trust corpus should have passed to the charity in...

Employer fired employee who was on vacation, under WA state law can an employer do this

Yes, why not? For the employer it may be the best time to do it. Just make sure you get all accrued benefits paid to you on termination.

Your question addressed 488, not 490.1. 488 covers theft of property between $400 and $50: the penalty is a year in county jail or 16 months, 2,...

Possibility of dropping charges against husband under CA criminal procedure

Just as you didn't press the charges you can't drop them. You are the complaining witness. The DA's decision whether to prosecute or not might be...

Either one of you can file in your home state assuming you meet your home state's residency requirements. There may be advantages to filing in...

Punishment under AR criminal laws regarding child rape

Arkansas's sex offender registry law only requires registration of those convicted, whether in Arkansas or from somewhere else. If you received...

Process for getting new attorney for criminal defense and appeal matters in AZ

I doubt it. It is hard to commit malpractice in a criminal case so there would be no sure money that would encourage a lawyer to take your case on...

Can an employer under NY state laws terminate employment because of an arrest, employee discrimination

Free public data bases shouldn't turn up an arrest, and many states have laws against discriminating against you based on an arrest only. That...

Under WA state law does the biological father automatically have the right to visitation

If he owns up to his paternity and takes responsibility for the child (support), he can probably win visitation rights. The law assumes that the...