You know that the police generally need to have some sort of a reason to pull your vehicle over. There are exceptions to this rule, such as a sobriety checkpoint, but they are rare. As a general rule, the police need to look for signs of impairment or other reasons to...
As you move toward a divorce, you may have heard that spouses will sometimes try to hide assets. They do this because those assets are supposed to be divided between both individuals. Hiding the assets means they get to keep 100%, even though it’s fraudulent and...
Increasingly, people are writing their own obituaries as part of their estate planning. It’s an excellent way to help ensure that you’re remembered in the way you want to be. These days, obituaries don’t just appear in the local newspaper. Online sites like Legacy.com...
Humans can carry out incredibly complex tasks. This includes criminal investigations. Law enforcement investigates crimes, scientists examine DNA evidence and crime scenes can be reconstructed to a large extent. Eyewitnesses also play a key role in providing insight...
Police officers must have a valid reason to conduct a traffic stop. The established protocol for initiating a stop is reasonable suspicion. The police officer must see something that could make a reasonable person believe that there might be an illegal activity...
When you were pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving, your blood alcohol content (BAC) – according to the breath test you were given by the police – was only .06%. You know that’s below the .08% that you understand as the “legal limit” for intoxication, so you...
You may feel inclined to accept a plea deal floated by the prosecution due to the uncertainty of going to trial. Nobody wants a case that will drag on for months with an unknown outcome. However, since your deal includes an admission of guilt, the prospects of time in...
In a marriage, it’s common for one spouse to have a higher income than the other. Sometimes, one parent even stays home to raise children. While providing valuable service to the family, they bring in no income to the household. Child support is often the central...
When police officers arrest people for driving while intoxicated (DWI) offenses in New Hampshire, their interactions are typically the result of targeted enforcement efforts. Police officers tend to carefully scrutinize those involved in motor vehicle collisions and...
A gray divorce is one in which the participants are at least 50 years old. This is the one age bracket in which divorce rates are climbing in the United States. For all other age brackets, the frequency of divorce is declining – although divorce still does happen in...
