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Steven Getman: Legal links of interest for the week ending March 15, 2013

Legal links of interest for the week ending March 15, 2013 Friday, March 15, 2013 by Steven J. Getman, Esq. Attorney Steven Getman reports on some of the stories about courts, the law and lawyers in the news this past...more

Ohio’s New Drug Law

A law passed by the Ohio Legislature in November 2011 allows a spouse, relative or guardian to request that a loved one be forced to undergo treatment for his or her addiction. Senate Bill 117, also known as Casey’s Law, went...more

Unfairly Accused of Child Abuse: Understanding the ACS and CPS Investigation

Getting a phone call from an agent of Child Protective Services (CPS) or Administration for Children’s Services is frightening. An indictment can result in the loss of your child or the implementation of a service plan that...more

Mother Loses Custody of Obese Son

In October, authorities removed an 8-year-old boy from his home in Cleveland and placed him in foster care because county officials said the mother was not doing enough to control the child’s weight. At the time the boy was...more

FSA Publishes Annual Report

The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its Annual Report for 2010/11, outlining its performance against the priorities set out in its 2010/11 Business Plan and its statutory objectives. The Report highlights,...more

ICE - New Immigration Detainer Form

Immigration Detainer - ICE may issue a document commonly referred to as a “detainer” to a local jail or correctional facility when it is seeking custody of an individual in that facility for purposes of instituting removal...more

Prosecutorial Memorandum from John Morton at Immigration and Customs Enforcement -

ICE Memo on Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities - ICE 6/17/11...

One of ICE's central responsibilities is to enforce the nation's civil immigration laws in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). ICE, however, has...more

CPS – “C”over-up, “P”retend Nothing is Happening, and “S”ign Off on it…

Today marks the start of the claim against Sacramento County Child Protective Services filed by John Demas of our firm on behalf Kyle Doe. Prior to today’s press conference announcing the filing of claim, Kyle drew national...more

California Supreme Court's Workload Continues to Increase

The California Supreme Court has released its annual report describing the operations of the Court from 2009 to 2010. The Court issued 105 opinions in this period, 42 of which were in civil cases. However, this does not...more

Bardfield v. O'Leary

Memorandum in Support of Opposition to Summary Judgment

This is the Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment in a case challenging the imposition of a "range test" where both statute and regulation state no such testing is required....more

Lazaro v. Lazaro

Child Support Arrearages

Family Law Appeal for child support arrearages where the "children" were over 50 years old!...more