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An operating while intoxicated (OWI) offense can carry a variety of serious consequences. Defendants are at risk of losing their driving privileges. The state can also incarcerate them and impose financial consequences. Some motorists get arrested for OWI offenses...
In some cases, parents leave completely equal bequests to their children in their estate plan. For instance, a parent leaves $100,000 to each child and gives them all equal ownership in the family home. They can decide what they want to do with it from there. But in...
Social media has become a daily part of peoples lives, affecting everything from home life, work to even personal relationships. Social media can be helpful too, from sharing memories to staying connected with friends and family. But during a divorce, those same...
Parenting time schedules can be very difficult to draft efficiently and effectively. Most of the time, both parents want to remain actively involved in their child’s life, and understandably so. Reaching an agreement on how time will be shared to facilitate this goal...
Whether you live in Indiana or your young adult child will be residing here while attending one of the state’s many colleges and universities, it’s important for them to know about the state’s drug overdose immunity law. While every state has a version of this law,...
When you visit a doctor, you expect a certain level of care. In Indiana, doctors have a legal duty to provide treatment that meets accepted medical standards. If they fail in this duty and cause injuries or other harm, they may be held liable for medical malpractice. ...
Prescription drug abuse has become a significant problem in the United States. This is why it is illegal to sell prescription drugs. The government controls who can use these products and only the person who has the prescription is allowed to do so. Selling extra...
If you are involved in a car accident that leads to a spinal cord injury, the costs can be overwhelming. For example, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation estimates that the average lifetime cost of paraplegia for a 50-year-old is $1,516,052. If the same injury...
One very interesting thing that DNA evidence has exposed is the frequency of false convictions. Groups that study this have identified hundreds of individuals who were falsely convicted of crimes they never committed, and some of them have been exonerated. A trend...
For most crimes, you have to take a distinct step to break the law. To be accused of selling drugs, you have to have illegal substances and sell them to someone else. Until you do it, you are not going to face charges. But conspiracy charges are different. You do not...