Posts in July, 2015

Jul 22 Monroe County, Alabama Rules Doctor's Professional Degree is not Divisible for Property Division

This is a contested divorce case out of Monroe County, Alabama, listed as House v. House . The parties were both well educated and ...

Jul 21 U.S. Supreme Court Rules that a Mistake of Law May Allow a Search Under the Fourth Amendment

This is in the case of Heien v. North Carolina , recently decided by the Supreme Court in an 8-1 decision. The issue was related ...

Jul 19 6 Keys for Defense Counsel to Consider if a Client Has a Mental Issue

After 12 years of practicing law, I have come to recognize when a client might have a mental issue quickly. I have had some ...

Jul 11 Doctor is Not Allowed to Consider His Salary as Part of Prenuptial

This is a divorce case from Georgia, in the marriage of Steis v. Steis . This is an interesting case as it relates to a second ...

Jul 10 Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Conviction for Sexual Misconduct in Baldwin County, Alabama

This week the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals provided us two interpretations of Lawrence v. Texas in court rulings. This is a ...

Jul 09 Alabama Criminal Appeals Court finds Criminal Statute Unconstitutional and Acquits Defendant

This is a criminal case from Dallas County, Alabama that involved one count of sodomy, State of Alabama v. Williams . The ...