Chemical breath testing helps build evidence for a drunk driving case. However, despite what the police and prosecutors might want you to think, chemical testing isn't perfect. Mistakes can and do happen more frequently than you might imagine. Not only is it possible...
When police departments decide to ramp up DUI enforcement, they’ll often send out more patrols, set up checkpoints or put ads on local TV to influence people to only drive when they’re sober. They want to make more arrests, but they really want to stop drunk driving,...
One of the chief goals of the divorce process is for spouses to divide their assets in a fair manner so that each can move on with the financial resources they need. That requires both people to be fully transparent. But what if you suspect that your soon-to-be-ex is...
One of the biggest challenges Baby Boomers and those younger face when their last living parent or other elderly family member passes away is what to do with all of their belongings – and, more specifically, how to decide what to keep. Maybe you’re an only child, and...
In New Hampshire, you’ll be asked to take a urine test, breath test or blood test if an officer believes that you are driving while intoxicated. New Hampshire’s implied consent law states that you agree that if you are stopped and asked for a chemical test, then you...
A failed breath test during an impaired driving traffic stop can seem like irrefutable evidence that someone is guilty. Even if you know you didn't have too much to drink, you might find yourself second-guessing your own memories of the evening before your arrest if...
Countless would-be parents turn to adoption for one reason or another. While many parents hope to adopt newborns, it's not uncommon for adoptions to take place when a child is already a toddler, pre-schooler or school-aged. Adopting an "older" child can bring some...
If you are currently facing the breakdown of your marriage, you'll probably have already experienced situations in which you felt angry, upset, hopeless and even depressed. Realizing that your marriage, the relationship that you thought you'd have for the rest of your...
If you don't have any co-signers on your debts, you might ignore them when planning your estate. People often mistakenly assume that a debt dies when they do unless there is a co-signer. In reality, the debt remains valid regardless of whether or not you are alive to...
A police officer who stops your car cannot actually know that you’re drunk until they give you some type of test. Field sobriety tests, as inaccurate as they are, often justify an arrest. You may then be given a blood or breath test at the station. This can be used as...
