My recently retired colleague, Mark Ashton, wrote a great analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court case, U.S. v. Rahimi, and posed some interesting questions about where future challenges related
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Protection From Abuse & Guns; Discussion “Continued”
Friday, June 21 brought the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi, a Texas case which offered to provide better insight into how the rights to possess and
Continue Reading Protection From Abuse & Guns; Discussion “Continued”The Conflict Over Public vs. Private in Family Matters
Ten days ago, seven people gathered in a Las Vegas law office to take the deposition of a child custody litigant in preparation for a hearing. During that otherwise nondescript
Continue Reading The Conflict Over Public vs. Private in Family MattersAppellate Gambols: April Fool’s Edition
Gambols: an act of running or jumping about playfully.
In the days before digital printers, anyone who appealed a trial court ruling needed to find a printing company to
Continue Reading Appellate Gambols: April Fool’s EditionL’Affaire Boebert Chapter 2: How Abuse Cases Play Out
This party started in a public bar in Silt, CO in early January. When we wrote about it on January 9, it was looking like the Congresswoman was the perp
Continue Reading L’Affaire Boebert Chapter 2: How Abuse Cases Play OutL’Affaire Boebert: Is “Saturday Night Alright for Fightin?”
Silt, Colorado is a pretty tiny town: 3,500 people. Not otherwise on America’s radar until two former spouses ran into one another at the Miner’s Claim Restaurant on Saturday night.
Continue Reading L’Affaire Boebert: Is “Saturday Night Alright for Fightin?”Non Pros of Abuse Petition is Not an Adjudication
This may be the world’s shortest blog but the decision is precedential. In August 2022 Rachel Moyer filed a Protection from Abuse action against Ryan Shaffer. But she did not
Continue Reading Non Pros of Abuse Petition is Not an Adjudication“They Lied: Make Them Pay”
For those who practice in the domestic relations world, one of the great frustrations comes when a client asks us to extract a sometimes appropriate pound of flesh as compensation
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Divorce Code Amendments: But Not What We Expected
For some time now, the General Assembly has been working towards amendment of the Divorce Code to reduce the waiting period for an unconsented no-fault divorce from two years to
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