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SO WHAT IS ELDER LAW?

As you can see on the banner and even in the URL address for this website, we are all about elder law. But perhaps after reading some of this you might be asking, what is elder law anyway?

It sounds like it should be pretty specialized, right?

Well it is, to a point. The specialty is the clientele – those who are older and thus will likely be involved in matters of estate planning, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security and the like.

No, it is not the legal doctrine of TV lawyer/radio personality Larry Elder.

There are all kinds of attorneys who dabble in various categories of elder law, including those that actually have clientele of varying ages. But there are very few elder law “specialists,” those who at least know a lot about every area of elder law. Elder law can cover the gamut, from estate planning to probate to long-term care to insurance to wills and powers of attorney to nursing home neglect/abuse to Social Security to Medicare and Medicaid.

There are about 13 categories under the umbrella of elder law, and it will be important if you are looking for an elder-law attorney, to understand the right questions to ask to find the attorney who will be the right fit for you. Often it is personality that plays a role, but also it is more about the expertise of that attorney in the particular area of concern that you may have.

What Does an Elder Law Attorney Do?

An elder law attorney can serve as a very important adviser for a senior citizen and/or his or her family in legal and financial matters pertaining to elderly people. Whether it’s planning the estate to setting up long-term care options to powers of attorney, wills and trust – even end-of-life and real-estate issues – an elder law attorney can navigate you and your family through the various issues that will arise at some point.

There are many attorneys who at least dabble in some aspects of elder law, but there are certified elder law attorneys (with the CELA designation) who have a broader and deeper knowledge of the various areas of elder law.

Some people do hire a financial planner and an elder-law attorney for financial and legal matters, respectively, and the two professionals can often work together in consultation. However, if you can only afford to hire one, an elder-law attorney might be the wiser move since many financial issues do have legal guidelines and regulations that an attorney can help interpret – and the attorney would know enough about financial details to be a sound adviser in getting your affairs in order.

If you are in the market for an elder law attorney, try to ask these questions to find the right fit for your particular need:

• How long have you been practicing law (in general)?
• What percentage of time do you dedicate to elder law matters?
• Do you have a specialty within elder law?
• What would I need for our first meeting?
• What is your fee schedule?

No matter what specific need you might have within elder law, a certified elder law attorney can help you with any topic. As many elder law situations involve differing state laws and regulations, it is best to hire an elder law attorney who practices in the state where your elderly family member lives so as to not create confusion and legal troubles later.

Having an elder law attorney, at least on a retainer basis, can be a very sound investment for you and your family for when the inevitable happens, and the transfer of the estate goes on harmoniously and with little to no hassles.

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Mature man reading old book surrounded by heaps of books

SO WHAT IS ELDER LAW?

As you can see on the banner and even in the URL address for this website, we are all about elder law. But perhaps after reading some of this you might be asking, what is elder law anyway?

It sounds like it should be pretty specialized, right?

Well it is, to a point. The specialty is the clientele – those who are older and thus will likely be involved in matters of estate planning, Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security and the like.

No, it is not the legal doctrine of TV lawyer/radio personality Larry Elder.

There are all kinds of attorneys who dabble in various categories of elder law, including those that actually have clientele of varying ages. But there are very few elder law “specialists,” those who at least know a lot about every area of elder law. Elder law can cover the gamut, from estate planning to probate to long-term care to insurance to wills and powers of attorney to nursing home neglect/abuse to Social Security to Medicare and Medicaid.

There are about 13 categories under the umbrella of elder law, and it will be important if you are looking for an elder-law attorney, to understand the right questions to ask to find the attorney who will be the right fit for you. Often it is personality that plays a role, but also it is more about the expertise of that attorney in the particular area of concern that you may have.

What Does an Elder Law Attorney Do?

An elder law attorney can serve as a very important adviser for a senior citizen and/or his or her family in legal and financial matters pertaining to elderly people. Whether it’s planning the estate to setting up long-term care options to powers of attorney, wills and trust – even end-of-life and real-estate issues – an elder law attorney can navigate you and your family through the various issues that will arise at some point.

There are many attorneys who at least dabble in some aspects of elder law, but there are certified elder law attorneys (with the CELA designation) who have a broader and deeper knowledge of the various areas of elder law.

Some people do hire a financial planner and an elder-law attorney for financial and legal matters, respectively, and the two professionals can often work together in consultation. However, if you can only afford to hire one, an elder-law attorney might be the wiser move since many financial issues do have legal guidelines and regulations that an attorney can help interpret – and the attorney would know enough about financial details to be a sound adviser in getting your affairs in order.

If you are in the market for an elder law attorney, try to ask these questions to find the right fit for your particular need:

• How long have you been practicing law (in general)?
• What percentage of time do you dedicate to elder law matters?
• Do you have a specialty within elder law?
• What would I need for our first meeting?
• What is your fee schedule?

No matter what specific need you might have within elder law, a certified elder law attorney can help you with any topic. As many elder law situations involve differing state laws and regulations, it is best to hire an elder law attorney who practices in the state where your elderly family member lives so as to not create confusion and legal troubles later.

Having an elder law attorney, at least on a retainer basis, can be a very sound investment for you and your family for when the inevitable happens, and the transfer of the estate goes on harmoniously and with little to no hassles.

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Jon Stewart is notorious for being highly critical of any American involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts, in addition to his stark opposition to our continued efforts in the War on Terror. Regardless of this ideology, he has actively assisted returning soldiers to enter into the highly competitive television industry.

Over the last three years, The Daily Show has offered five-week internship programs to veterans that give them a crash course on how the TV business operates. This program has been kept quiet during this time because Stewart and his staff wanted to reach out to veterans looking to get into the television business, and not crazed fans of his show.

Now that his tenure as host is coming to an end, he is urging all others in the entertainment industry to emulate his idea. It is very difficult for service members to crack into the industry because they did not have the chance to attend college, acquire internships, and start early with an entry-level position. In order to both thank veterans for their service and give them a head start in the industry, Jon Stewart hopes that his program that culminates in a studio job fair will match these veterans with careers in the industry.

For veterans, it is often difficult to enter any industry because they compete with young adults who attended universities instead of fighting for our country. Businesses should level the playing field by offering special training and programs to veterans, just like Jon Stewart.

You do not have to agree with the war they are fighting, but you should honor and respect their choice to fight for the freedoms we all take for granted and help to reintegrate them into civilian life.

Legal Help for Veterans, PLLC fights for veterans rights. We fight to make sure you get the benefits you deserve from the Department of Veterans Affairs. To learn more or contact a veterans attorney, visit http://www.legalhelpforveterans.com/ or call 800.693.4800

Read the full 7×7 interview here..

The steps are as follows:

·        Move The Documents And Personal Records To Someplace Safe

In times of divorce, you need complete protection and the level of trust around you can seem to dwindle on most occasions. In such situations, the first thing you should do is move your personal and property papers out of your joint family home and put them in some place safe that is only accessible by you.

This step will be done to make sure your property remains protected. These papers can include your birth certificates, deeds, and titles of the property and transaction records for the property. Make sure that you have a copy of all the documents that you move. One copy of all the documents should also be provided to your spouse.

·        Make Sure you have a Catalog of the Marital Property

Making a video catalog of your marital property may seem a bizarre idea at first, but look into the reasoning and you are likely to understand. A video catalog will give you an accurate account of the marital property and it will help in distinguishing that from the inherited property and avoiding any such confusion in terms of future reference. When making a video catalogue though, there are a few things that should be taken into account:

1. The date should be made visible when you are recording such a catalog. To make sure of the date at the start of the video, show today’s date on the TV written on some channel to make sure the data is verified.
2. Make a thorough video and make sure that each and every asset and property from the marriage is visibly displayed to the camera.

·        Make Sure your Personal Property is Safe

Personal properties such as gifts, photos, and other valuables in personal possession are among the top targets of angry spouses. There have been cases in where spouses have tried to destroy the personal belongings of the other spouses to try and inflict mental and emotional attack on the other spouse.

Gerald A. Maggio is an experienced Orange County divorce and family law lawyer and family law attorney located in Irvine, California, serving the Orange County and Riverside areas. Mr. Maggio assists clients with legal issues including divorce, legal separation, divorce mediation, child custody, prenuptial agreements, stepparent adoptions, and other family law issues. Mr. Maggio has practiced law in California since 1999, and founded The Maggio Law Firm in 2005, focusing exclusively on divorce and family law matters.

Here are a few tips on how you can protect yourself financially during divorce proceedings:

·        Make Sure You Get Your Joint Credit Cards Cancelled

Cancelling your joint credit cards is one of the most important steps to try and protect yourself financially during divorce. When you have made up your mind to get your credit cards cancelled, make sure you keep your spouse uninformed about the developments. Any information of this act before hand can leave enough time for them to charge hundreds to thousands of dollars for themselves.  Inform them of the cancellation after it has been done, and tell them that you intended on doing so because the joint nature of the card meant you were equally entitled to pay for them.

·        Make Sure You Take Care Of The Joint Bank Accounts

One of the most common acts done by spouses in divorce proceedings is to clean up the joint bank accounts and hit the other spouse hard with this act financially. To avoid this issue, the best way is to move to another bank and open a new individual amount and take the cash that is rightfully yours from the joint account into the new individual account. After you have done so, it is important that you notify the other spouse of this through a letter. In most cases, the courts will have no problems in such an act as long as it can be proved that the fortune transferred was rightfully yours.

·        Have a Talk about Extra Property and Expenses

One of the oldest ways to make sure your finances are protected is by cutting back on expenses. You need to, at some point or another, sit down with your spouse and talk about the unnecessary expenses and how they should be eliminated. An example of unnecessary expenses can be extra telephone lines and cable TV. It is also important to talk to your spouse about the extra property that is deemed unwanted by both, and whether it should be disposed off.  All such properties like cameras and extra vehicles will be deemed community property and it will be an uphill task to sell them.

Gerald A. Maggio is a trained Orange County divorce mediator who has amicably resolved cases many cases out of court, as well as an experienced divorce and family law attorney. Mr. Maggio founded California Divorce Mediators in 2012 with the belief that although “not every marriage can be saved, every family can” and a mission to save families from the financial and emotional distress associated with traditional divorce litigation. California Divorce Mediators is located in Irvine, California, and serves the Orange County area and other counties in California offering divorce mediation, child custody mediation and mediation of other family law matters.

Profiling does not take place in a vacuum and investigators rely on any evidence found at a crime scene to draw conclusions. Other important aspects police consider are the crime location, the circumstances of the crime, whether it is similar in nature to another crime (using the same modus operandi), if there is any physical evidence left behind, or weapons used that may have been used in other crimes. Police use blood spatter analysis, fingerprinting and casting on scene as well to get a picture of the individual who may have committed the crime.

Criminal profiling also goes by another name, offender profiling. It is defined as the method or process used to attempt to get a handle on the characteristics and mindset of an unknown offender or unsub (unknown subject/suspect).

Solving crimes takes more than 40 minutes with commercials thrown in and major luck getting big breaks. It is a long process involving a number of tools, and one of them happens to be criminal profiling. Police use it most often to assist in solving particularly egregious crimes, such as murder, kidnapping and sexual assault. When it comes to attempting to put together a profile, all aspects of the crime come into play, from the smallest, seemingly inconsequential detail, to the possible discovery of a weapon with fingerprints.

Part of the benefit of criminal profiling is that the results may indicate a pattern that helps narrow down many facets of the case. Profiling can elucidate details about the unsub, such as whom the individual might be and what risks he or she took to commit the crime, the latter indicating intelligence and planning versus a crime of passion.

In addition, elements of setting can come to light, like where the suspect usually carries out the crimes, and what the motive for the crime appears to be. The preliminary answers to these, and other questions, usually provide investigators with a good sense of whom they may be hunting.

Forensic evidence is not the only element that makes up a criminal profile. It involves, but is not limited to, victim characteristics, crime scene evidence and even detective/profiler intuition. Information gleaned from a criminal profile can include intelligence, sex, approximate age, race, religious beliefs and psychological traits. Though this methodology is useful, it has its flaws, because it produces educated guesses rather than exact answers. It also opens the door to stereotyping, which could lead to false profiles. Some view criminal profiling as a pseudoscientific technique.

This tool has many advantages, including the ability to detect criminal behavior patterns, which saves time hunting for the perpetrator, and predicts where the criminal could be active in the future. Profiling cannot take place without a very detailed analysis of the crime scene done by forensic investigators.

Thomas C .Grajek is a criminal defense lawyer in Tampa, Lakeland, and Polk County Florida. To contact a Lakeland criminal defense lawyer or to learn more, visit http://www.flcrimedefense.com/ or call 863-688-4606.

Our guest blogger this week is Lou Giampa is the President of Right at Home (Westchester). Lou is a New York State Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) who volunteers in hospitals and nursing homes throughout Westchester County.  He also volunteers with the Alzheimer’s Association, Meals on Wheels, and the Aging in Place community.

Mom and Dad are knocking out their bucket list – wine country trip, tandem skydiving, harbor dinner cruise – you can’t keep up with them. Grandma loves to cook, but standing in the kitchen causes knee pain. Grandpa must watch his TV programs, but he cranks the volume too high. Uncle Galen enjoys golf and gardening, but his hands lose their grip. Aunt Marianne relishes sitting down to chat over gourmet coffee and chocolates. For active and less active adults like these, how can you find them just-right gifts for the holidays

“The types and price ranges of holiday gifts for seniors expands every year and you can feel overwhelmed with choices,” said Lou Giampa, President of Right at Home of Westchester.  “In our work with the elderly and their families, I recommend that gifts mean something significant to the senior loved one and involve time spent together. Older adults don’t just want a handsomely wrapped gift. They want to enjoy memorable experiences with you.”

Giampa suggests the following variety of holiday gifts for seniors, depending on budget and the loved one’s activity level and personal interests:

Personal Gifts – Bionic StableGrip gloves for golf, gardening, fitness, driving and everyday tasks were developed by an orthopedic surgeon for a smooth, ergonomic grip and less hand pain (under $50).

• For Him – Magnetic money clip; passport wallet; novelty neckties; National Football League (NFL) cuff links; Major League Baseball (MLB) team tie bar; carrier fleece blanket; personalized grilling apron; vintage golf club covers (under $50)

• For Her – Massaging slippers; spa gift set; makeup travel toolkit; gardening tote with tools; skin beauty moisturizing set; full-service picnic basket; smart pedometer; acupressure mat (under $50)

Kitchen and Food – Pasta pot for two; “Wine of the Month” clubs; portable wine and cheese cooler; beer-tasting set; no-melt ice cubes; seasonings and finishing salts; gourmet olive oils; specialty foods gift basket; coffee bean and tea leaf sets; premium steaks ($20 – $100)

GelPro^® floor mats offer soft shock-absorbing gel core therapeutic comfort for anyone suffering from foot, back, hip or knee pain, or osteoporosis, arthritis or plantar fasciitis. It is ideal for standing at the kitchen sink or garage workbench ($50 – $120).

Technology – The Crosley Cruiser portable turntable celebrates the sounds of vinyl records in a briefcase-styled record player that’s light enough to carry anywhere. About the size of a cellphone, the Bellman & Symfon^® personal amplifier filters out background noise to give the gift of better hearing ($80 – $150).

Travel – Food and wine tours; brewery tours; American history tours; art and history museums; national parks; urban exploring on a guided Segway (free – full travel expenses)

Experiential Action and Adventure Gifts – Hot air ballooning; white-water rafting; surf lessons; stock car passenger or driver; boat dinner cruise; scenic helicopter tour; tandem skydiving; flying lessons; mountain biking; rock climbing; hang gliding; big game hunting; fly-fishing; snorkeling ($100 – $1,000)

Time – One of the most meaningful gifts any time of year is to carve out regular visits and outings with your seniors. Plan weekend handyman projects or go out for dinner and a movie. Check in regularly with phone calls and social media, but best of all, sit down together to talk, laugh and reminisce (priceless).

Gifts.com is one of most comprehensive online stores that searches all over the Web for the best gift ideas for senior men and women and even matches products to personality types (e.g., super grandma, health and fitness nut, intellectual). If you are unable to travel for the holidays to be with your older loved ones, Giampa notes that elder care providers like Right at Home offer companion care and transportation for holiday shopping and excursions. Home caregivers also can help your seniors buy the ingredients and make great-grandma’s traditional fruitcake. Or, skip the fruitcake and go for the chocolate-drizzled pretzel sticks.

About Right at Home

Founded in 1995, Right at Home of provides in-home care and assistance to seniors and the disabled.  We help care for seniors who require some assistance in order to maintain their independence, improving their quality of life, and enabling them to remain in their homes.  Our caregivers help with all the activities of daily living, as well as cooking, light housekeeping, safety supervision, medication reminders, and transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping, social activities, etc. Our caregivers are thoroughly screened, trained, and bonded/insured prior to entering a client’s home.

For more information, please contact Right at Home (Westchester) at 914.468.1944 or visit us at www.westchesterseniorcare.com or click here to Follow their Facebook page.

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Let’s call my son Johnny. He has a neurological impairment and is ambulatory and impressively articulate. These are my views and perceptions as his mother. I hope the points that I will highlight will resonate with readers. I also hope that some of you will be motivated and proactive in not only making a transition plan but making that plan a reality that is sustainable and seek guardianship, before your child reaches the age of majority if appropriate.

My Story

We live in a great school district in Westchester County.   My son had had a number of medical interventions and we had a relatively sound understanding of our challenges.   Yes, we all know that each child is different and has different needs. My son moved up in grades, followed the Regents track, though he was always in special education classes.

In high school, it all came crashing down and it became apparent to everyone that a Regents diploma was not going to become a reality (for him).

Despite the fact that he had a transition plan and even a transition coordinator set in place in our district, Johnny was no longer interested. As of 11^th grade, my son did not want to go to school anymore, thinking it was a huge waste of his time. His CSE agreed that if he didn’t want to attend school there was no way to force him. At that juncture and to my dismay, he was over 18, guardian- less, and therefore emancipated and able legally to make his own decisions about life. Legally, I learned that few options exist for parents to exercise control and supervision over a child after he or she turns 18, whether a child is in school or not.   Johnny had not, in the true legal sense of the word, transitioned out of school nor had he transitioned into anything else.

He became more and more out of sync with so many and so much. I watched him, helplessly, as he sat around, slept, played video games, watched TV and frequented CVS to buy candy. This went on for over two years.

I tried many different courses of action: I called adult protective services, the police, the pediatrician, and the neurologist. I cried to friends and family members. I even called Mental Health Association (MHA), who told me in writing that if Johnny wasn’t a threat to himself or to others, they could not do a thing to help me.

What was my problem? My child, a young adult now, was sinking: disengaged, with challenges no meaningful pursuits and no high school degree. My other children, Johnny’s siblings, were progressing.   We all felt aggrieved, irritated, frustrated and distressed.

I could find no one, nowhere, no how to help me and Johnny!

There were a number of contributing factors to our rough patch:

1. In as much as he was motivated, he always felt as if he had been pulled down. He was never fully accepting of his own challenges albeit he was extremely knowledgeable of his interventions.

2. I (his mother), had not fully understood that money cannot buy a young adult with a disability services.

3. All of the professionals who had worked with my son had always seen my son as ‘on the fence’; he straddled two worlds; mainstream but not, non-mainstream yet so articulate and able.

Finally, it was made clear to me that the only one who could help my son…was me. I asked myself over and over, “What is appropriate for my son?”

The convergence of these factors made the later years of high school and post-high school a living disaster. I realized that the only way to access county, state and federal services was for him to be in the system and that was a scary thought for me to grasp.

I made one and only one resolution that year: I was going to move my son to a ‘better place’. I didn’t have an idea what exactly that meant nor did I know what that would look like but I committed to knowing for a fact that the status quo absolutely was not working: not for him, me, or the rest of the family.

Since no agency could help, it had to be me. I had the power because Johnny lived in my house with me – otherwise, I realized, I would have had no legal authority over him.

Johnny already had his OPWDD eligibility. I visited Social Security, ACCES VR, and interviewed Medicaid service coordinators (MSC).   For the record: if you are NOT happy with your MSC you can and SHOULD change them. There is absolutely no reason for you to stay with someone who is not helping you/ your child.

8 months later… Everything is in place!

Johnny has a new Medicaid service coordinator, who has visited my son numerous times (over the course of just six weeks)! I rented an apartment less than one mile from my house for one year. Johnny is set up there. I buy his groceries; he comes with me, is engaged and helpful. He even washes his sheets – I couldn’t get him to ‘allow’ me to clean his sheets when he lived at home, but now, we are learning how to do laundry and have washed his new sheets. Life is good. Johnny is 1000% more engaged in his life, I am happier, his siblings experience calmness in their home, ACCESS VR is helping Johnny find a job and our MSC is on the case!

What to learn from my experiences:

1. You can ask 100 people their opinion regarding your child but only you can change the status quo.
2. Don’t be afraid — Change is good!
3. We need to organize our kids’ lives so that when we are not around their life can continue and flourish!

If I could impart one piece of advice based on this experience and my knowledge: Sort out a transition plan for your child before he or she reaches the age of majority and seek guardianship, if appropriate. The age of majority is legally 18 in New York; regardless of whether your child has a disability or not.Take these steps before he/she exits high school. Contrary to popular belief, these two moments in time are not necessarily the same as your child may be entitled to exit high school at 21 years of age.

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Bob French has filed the federal discrimination lawsuit against KBTX in College Station and Bryan. He has also claimed retaliation, harassment and violations of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

French alleges that during the 2012 holidays, he was forced to work additional hours while younger staff members were given time off. He claims that the overwork led him to seek medical treatment for exhaustion and depression in 2013 under the Family and Medical Leave Act. 

According to the lawsuit, KBTX advertised an open meteorologist position during the time that French was on protected medical leave. French claims that when he returned to work, he was reprimanded and soon replaced by a meteorologist who was under 40 years of age and did not have a disability.

According to the lawsuit, French had worked for the station for 23 years, and his employment was governed by a written contract that stated that he could not be fired without cause. French said that none of the reasons given for his firing constituted proper cause.

French previously filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Texas Workforce Commission, alleging discrimination and retaliation. The EEOC completed an investigation in May, clearing the way for the lawsuit to be filed.

Gregory D. Jordan is an employment lawyer. To learn more, visit http://www.theaustintriallawyer.com or call 512-419-0684.

Technology professionals have unparalleled access to a tech-reliant American audience. Still seeing enormous growth, tech companies have the money to make things happen — spending millions on ads, lobbying conservatives, mounting hackathons and more. Unfortunately, they have still run into the same roadblocks that have stalled immigration reform for decades.

To date, there have been no results. Even Mark Zuckerberg and his colleagues have been unable to spark real action in Congress.
Joe Green, Zuckerberg’s former Harvard roommate and the president of FWD.us, postulated the goal of ensuring the success of America by passing immigration reform. Green believes that lobby groups need to work through politics to succeed.

The group raised an enormous amount of capital (more than $50 million) and attracted well-known names to publicly back immigration reform. A large part of the funds raised went to media buys and other targeted campaigns involving TV and radio. FWD.us dropped more than $5 million during the lead-up to last year’s Senate vote, which did end with the passage of an immigration bill.

FWD.us launched well, but it garnered negative media attention with an ad campaign that eventually alienated a good part of the tech community. Since the bill passage last year, everything has stalled — both Green’s efforts and immigration reform itself.

As the Congressional election approaches, legislation has put on hold and immigration reform set to the side. No amount of money raised by outsiders wanting change can cure indifference fueled by political divisiveness. Polarization is a dangerous and detrimental thing. So far, even the strongest of U.S. industries have been unable to overcome it.

Sally Odell - Rifkin & Fox-Isicoff, PA is an immigration lawyer in Miami with immigration law offices in Orlando and Miami Florida. To learn more, visit http://www.rifkinfox.com/.

Ms. Rupp also must pay “restitution” in the amount of $4,879.00.  Restitution is payment for any damages or loss you may have cost the victim in your criminal case.  For example, if someone stole a television and sold the TV to some unknown person and the TV was never recovered, the defendant would be ordered to pay or reimburse that person for the stolen TV.  There are many times when restitution can not be ordered in a case and even more often when the amount of restitution or amount owed can be disputed by the person convicted of the crime.  If you have been ordered to pay restitution or think your case may require restitution, call for a free consultation about defense you may have to paying these monies.  In Ms. Rupp’s case, she will be paying back the money she received for work when she was not actually working.

Judge Perry gave a jail sentence even though Judge Harlan’s charges were dropped.  The judge stated that as a judicial assistant, Rupp violated the public trust of the position.  Based upon the sentence today, prosecutors dropped the remaining 13 counts against Rupp that were recently added to her criminal charges.  Ms. Rupp’s defense attorney requested probation as a sentence.  Rupp also asked for a “turn-in” date for her jail sentence, but Judge Perry refused and ordered that she be taken into custody immediately. Defense attorneys often ask for “turn-in” dates so that our clients can get their affairs in order, but I am sure the judge considered the fact that she pled last week, had time to get her affairs in order, and due to the “public trust” involved in her case, that a turn-in date would not be appropriate.

This ends the Polk county scandal as both cases are now finished.  A judge will still have to be appointed for Judge Harlan’s vacated spot on the bench.

If you have been arrested for

• Grand Theft
• Forgery
• Petit Theft
• Uttering a Forged Instrument
• Scheming to Defraud
• or a similar crime in Polk County

Call an experienced Polk criminal defense attorney that will fight for you in court!

Thomas C. Grajek – 863-688-4606

As a stay at home mom, Tammy was quickly overwhelmed. With a budget already stretched, Tammy found herself with little savings and a lot of bills. The negligent driver’s insurance company continued to deny, delay, and defend the claim. Although Tammy consulted an auto accident attorney and filed a lawsuit, it did not speed up her case. Months were passing and a settlement was not in sight. The stress was taking a toll; she need cash fast.

As Tammy was cleaning up after the kids, she heard a commercial on the TV in the other room – “Do you need cash to pay your bills before your lawsuit settles?” Curious that help may be available to her, Tammy called her attorney to see if he was familiar with such a service. Tammy’s attorney told her that such financial help is provided by litigation funding companies and he immediately suggested Litigation Funding Corp. as the expert in the industry. After Colleen thoroughly explained how the funding works, Tammy applied for a $3,500 cash advance. She was approved the next day and her bills were paid in full. Eight months later, Tammy’s case settled for $1.2 million at which time Litigation Funding Corp. was repaid. Had Tammy lost her case, she would have owed us nothing. That’s because litigation funding is no-risk funding to plaintiffs.

If you are in a pending suit and struggling financially, don’t risk debt and a poor credit rating. Litigation Funding Corp may have cash for you! Our approval process fast and free! There are no upfront fees; no credit checks or employment required. Contact us today and we will be happy to assist you.

Seniors living in long-term care facilities tend to run a higher risk of falling and hitting their heads than those in other living situations. According to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, when seniors fall, they almost always hit their heads — even if they throw out their arms to break the fall. The video study was conducted at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, but the results cross borders; the risk is just as great in U.S. elder care facilities.

According to the study’s findings, over 60 percent of hospital admissions for TBIs are for seniors over the age of 65. The incidence rate escalates gradually among more elderly seniors, and then increases more sharply once seniors pass 80 years of age.

Researchers set up cameras in public areas of nursing homes, such as lounges, TV rooms and hallways to take 39-month, in-depth look at falls. They sought to observe the physical mechanics of a senior’s fall and the body parts that took the main brunt of the impact with the ground. Over 133 residents were recorded during their daily lives in the home.

227 falls were ultimately analyzed. In 37 percent of those falls, seniors hit their heads (most frequently on the ground). Although no concussions were noted on any resident’s file in this study, the risk was still treated with caution; concussions can mimic traumatic brain injuries. Surprisingly, most seniors who threw out their arms were not able to minimize the impact in a significant way. Their arm muscles were too weak to offer any kind of mitigating support.

Overall, home residents hit their heads on the floor in 64 percent of the videos examined. 16 percent made contact with furniture and 13 percent hit a wall. 33 percent of those who hit their heads on any of the above sustained a full range of injuries, from cuts and bruises to fractures.

With enough study of mobility biomechanics, homes hope to change the way seniors navigate their environments. Analysis might help medical professionals design room layouts that improve mobility or exercise programs focused on stability and balance.
Now that the results of such studies have been published, will it be considered negligence if nursing homes and long-term care facilities do not improve environment safety? For example, most homes currently have hard surface flooring, such as linoleum or tile, to facilitate cleaning. Should they be expected to use compliant flooring that cushions a fall and helps avert head injuries instead? Falls account for approximately 95 percent of serious hip fractures and other debilitating, potentially life-shortening injuries. Any step towards safety and protection is a positive one.

It’s food for thought, but on first consideration, it does seem that nursing homes may face personal injury lawsuits if they do not provide a safe environment when they know of, or should know of, suggested improvements.

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If you don’t have a pet, you might not understand how important and difficult this question can be but if you have ever felt the special bond between a person and a pet, you can imagine how custody issues of pets can be difficult in a divorce. When spouses with children divorce, the court determines whether the parents will have joint custody or if one parent will have sole custody. Courts also provide parenting time schedules for children so both parents have parenting time with the children.

The overriding factor in custody and parenting time decisions is the best interests of the child…not the best interests of the parents. Focusing on the best interests of the child makes custody decisions easier for parents and courts alike because there is enough research on what is best for children in many different situations. If the court were to treat pets like children, they would have to determine what is in the best interests of the pet and that is not something courts are likely to do because court resources are in high demand for more pressing matters. As far as the best interests of the pet, pets are generally fine as long as they have food, water, shelter, perhaps a walk, and someone to give them attention.

Just as not all parents are married, not all pet owners are married either. Roommates, partners, friends, and family might get a pet together and when they go their separate ways, the pet owners may not agree on who should have custody of the pet. For all these situations, courts do not have a process by law to award custody. Some individual courts have made rulings for custody of pets but generally speaking those decisions were left up to the court’s discretion and were not really based in state law.

Pets Are Property

Interestingly, pets are considered property by law so they are treated like property in a divorce. Property includes real property (a house) as well as items such as furniture, electronics, and jewelry. When dividing property, spouses generally each receive property of equal value. One spouse might get the big screen TV while the other spouse might get the china and glassware which has the same value as the TV. How do you put a dollar value on the family pet?

While courts will not typically decide issues regarding pets (there really aren’t any laws for courts to follow regarding pets in divorce) individuals can stipulate their own agreement in regard to family pets. Families with children sometimes decide that the pet should be where the children are. In those cases, the pet follows the same parenting time schedule that the children follow. In some cases, just like property, one spouse might negotiate a deal where he keeps the pet and he offers other types of property in exchange for the pet.

Are You A Dog Lover?

In a survey by the APPA National Pet Owners Survey 62% of households in the United States owned a pet (72.9 million homes). The health benefits of owning a pet are well-documented as pets provide security, companionship, a reason to exercise, and can even lower a person’s blood pressure simply by their presence. People form very special bonds with their pets and particularly in divorce cases where there are no children; the pet can be one of the most valued relationships the divorcing individuals have.

For further information or to schedule a consultation, please contact California Divorce Mediators at (949) 553-0911 or at www.cadivorcemediators.com.

What is going on is that people are getting their information from online sources these days, which means they see ads online for various insurance agencies, or they ask others in their social networking groups which insurance agent they should approach for life insurance. If you are online and do not participate in Twitter, Facebook and other social media, you are missing out. People need to know who you are before they buy from you. Mix social networking with buying life insurance leads from Benepath.net and you have the world by the tail.

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Many clients who are unfamiliar with the Social Security representation paperwork are confused because the law firms often have an attorney and then a non-attorney sign the documents for the Florida law firm. Don’t be confused! Never ever let a non-attorney sign any documents. Always ask to see your representatives Florida Bar Card. If he or she does not have one find a lawyer who does immediately.  Especially ask the person to show you their Florida Bar Card at your hearing! If that person does not have a Florida Bar Card or can not give you his or her Florida Bar number, DEMAND and assert your rights at the Hearing for an actual attorney.   The Judge must grant you time to obtain an actual attorney.

The Daubert rule has been codified in Federal Rule 702 “TESTIMONY BY EXPERT WITNESSES” which states:

A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if:
(a) the expert’s scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue;
(b) the testimony is based on sufficient facts or data;
(c) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and
(d) the expert has reliably applied the principles and methods to the facts of the case.

Basically, Daubert makes the judge the “gatekeeper’ in determining whether scientific evidence is admissible in court.  The Daubert test is designed to broaden the judge’s authority to admit evidence that was not acceptable under the Frye test, because, although credible, the scientific evidence was not generally accepted.

This will allow criminal defense attorneys to challenge scientific evidence under the new standard such as field sobriety tests.  It will also allow defense attorneys to potentially get evidence into court that was previously inadmissible such as lie detector tests.

Science is increasingly playing a major role in criminal cases.  This includes DNA evidence, fingerprints, arson, forensic computer analysis, shaken baby syndrome, hand writing analysis, etc.  One reason why shows such as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” are so popular on TV.  Because of this, I attend national seminars on forensic sciences so that I can keep up with the latest developments and case law regarding scientific evidence.  Not only did I just attend the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ seminar “Making Sense of Science VI”, this evidence is so important I ordered the DVD of the seminar so that I can refer back to it when I need this information to defend my clients in court.  Many criminal defense attorneys and prosecutors are unaware of this major change in the law.

If you have been arrested and your freedom or career is in jeopardy, you need an attorney that knows the law defending you in court.

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Most people gave high marks to the prosecutor for the State’s opening statement.  The prosecutor did an effective job to create emotion with their very first words.  The prosecutor also did a good job of creating a story and images that will stay with the jurors throughout the trial.  I think he used the expletives too much and did not have to repeat them so much, but a very effective job.

The defense on the other hand opened with a “knock, knock” joke.  In a murder trial.  That is a horrendous start in my opinion.  You only get one chance to make a first impression.  The defense made it worse, by harping on the “joke” by saying “C’mon, that was funny.”  A case this serious, with this much controversy, must be treated with respect.  It puts the defense in an early hole in the juror’s minds.  Another complaint by many people was that the defense did not tell a compelling story in opening.  Opening statements are a road map for the jury as to what the case will be about and what evidence the jury can expect to see.  A good defense attorney tries to paint a picture that places the jury at the scene of the incident.  In this case, you want to make the jury feel the fear George Zimmerman would have felt that night.  He is in a dark area, there are repeated criminal episodes in this area, when all of the sudden, a hooded figure turns and bears down George Zimmerman left to wonder what is about to happen to me?!?”  Instead, we remember the “knock, knock joke”.  Hopefully, the defense will get better as the trial continues.

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Speak with an expert if you believe a love one may be suffering elder abuse.

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15.

While there is much made of child and domestic abuse in the media, elder abuse falls on deaf ears. Contrary to public perception, elder abuse is not confined to institutions, and happens in the community.

June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Now is the time to get acquainted to the signs of elder abuse: someone you love may be a victim.

There a number of different forms of abuse: financial, emotional, physical/sexual and neglect. In each of these cases, the older person is often isolated from other people, and seems to live in fear of their caregiver.

(Related: Mickey Rooney Testifies about Elder Abuse)

Signs of financial abuse

• Unusual activity in someone’s bank account, or strange signatures on their bank slips

• Pressure by family members or acquaintances to be given signing rights or power of attorney even if the older person is quite capable of managing their finances

• If the older person has unpaid bills, or their electricity is cut off, it could mean that the person who was supposed to pay the bills has pocketed the money

• If someone is well off, but they are placed in a nursing home that doesn’t reflect their financial status, it could also be a warning signal

• If someone supposedly has money, but they lack necessary personal items or electronic goods such as a TV, their money may be siphoned off elsewhere

(Read more: Power of Attorney: Protecting your finances in the event of incapacity)

Signs of emotional abuse

• The person is agitated for no apparent reason

• The person seems helpless and/or is fearful and is scared to do things that were not a problem before

• He/she is hesitant to talk openly

• He/she is depressed, withdrawn, angry

• The person tells implausible stories to explain certain things

(Related: Elder Financial Abuse In Michigan)

Signs of physical abuse

• Regular unexplained cuts and bruises

• Poorly cared for injuries that may be hidden under clothing

• Malnourishment

• Poor skin condition or hygiene

• Weight loss

• Uneven hair loss

• Soiled clothing or bedding

• An untreated medical condition

• The wearing of inappropriate clothing for the weather conditions

Neglect can occur both actively and passively, and often involves depriving an older person of essentials like food, water, warmth, medical treatment or clothing. Sometimes this is done on purpose, and others, ignorance.

Often times when elderly are abused they are reluctant to accuse their children or grandchildren openly, especially if they’re dependent on them in any way.

If you suspect someone you know is being abused, immediately call 1-800-882-6006. You could be saving a life.

Read more: http://m.news24.com/health24/Mental-Health/Disorders/What-is-elder-abuse-20130613

Christopher J. Berry is an elder law attorney Dedicated to helping seniors, veterans and their families navigate the long-term care maze. To learn more visit http://www.michiganelderlawattorney.com/ or call 248.481.4000

Consider the case of one American family tooling down the highway on the way to see friends. They could see for miles and were enjoying the scenery. Suddenly, the rear-view mirror offered a glimpse of a nightmare on wheels; an enormous semi barreling down the road and seemingly inches from their bumper. Just before impact, the car driver saw the trucker slumped over the wheel. Then, the world went black. The car driver woke up in hospital later that day, his wife and three kids had died at the scene.

Too often truckers get involved in accidents because they are not watching what they are doing. It’s incredibly easy to get distracted while in the cab of a large commercial vehicle. If they take their eyes off the road for just a split second, that second could result in a monumental wreck, as a vehicle that size, going highway speeds, travels the distance of a large football field. Anything in front of a trucker is doomed to be in a path of great destruction.

The most common causes of big rig wrecks are driving while distracted using a cell phone, GPS system, lap top, smartphone, iPad, portable TV, surfing the web on their mobile devices or dropping something on the floor. There is also driving while fatigued, as in being over the legal number of hours they are supposed to be driving, being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, speeding, poor weather and visibility conditions, aggressive driving and mechanical failures.

In short, no one can really predict when an accident will happen, and many times, it may not happen, at least not that particular day or year. Chances are though, that the more the trucker is not paying attention to his job, driving safely, the risk of having an accident goes up exponentially. When accidents happen involving large commercial vehicles, do not take the chance that an insurance company will offer you a decent settlement. The only decent settlement would be to their advantage, not yours.

If you are seriously injured and need extensive medical care, contact an experienced Austin injury lawyer. If you want compensation for your injuries, medical bills and the like, the only way to get a fair settlement or jury verdict is by having an Austin injury lawyer represent you.

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Melody Leonardo, the eldest daughter, made it all the way to Fresno to try out for the celebrated long-running trivia show with the host, Alicia Tribeca. She was a sure shoe-in to make it on the show, surpassing her peers after each level, for she was fed trivia questions when she was in her mother’s womb.

Her mother was a waitress at the local coffee shop and her father sold appliances at the mall, so she did not come from an upstanding intellectual household. However, her parents huddled in front of the TV every night to catch the trivia show at 7 p.m., competing with each other for the right answers as if they were on the show themselves. Her mother would bring books and cheat sheets to work and hide them in her apron and would study the answers on her break, and her father would do the same.

This shared obsession was what kept their marriage exciting. When the two children came, the more, the merrier. It became their family identity and they wore their crest proudly.

One day, as her mother was pouring a cup of coffee for Matt Lockhard, an independent California insurance agent, she helped him with a difficult crossword clue that boggled him for hours and was stunned to hear the lofty, unexpected knowledge come out of a waitress at a tiny coffee shop.

“How did you know that?” Matt asked her.

“What? Just because I wear this uniform doesn’t make me stupid,” she answered with a smile.

“Just between you and me, I received my master’s in linguistics from Harvard but addiction took over my life, so that’s why I am here. But don’t tell anyone, OK?” she said in jest as she teasingly nudged him with her elbow and the coffee pot in the other hand.

“Besides, my Melody is going to be on Alicia Tribeca’s game show tryouts tomorrow!” she said proudly and loud enough for the whole diner to hear. Everyone applauded.

But when the time came, Melody was beat out by some uppity surfer kid.

“How did that happen?” Melody asked her parents. “I studied every waking minute!”

“It is the luck of the draw, sweetie,” her father said, “and in real life, that is the way it is. You can’t possibly know all the answers no matter how much you try. But what matters, is that you love to learn just like us. You’re one of us, Melody. Melody Leonardo, Da Vinci, Da Great!”

The Leonardos all huddled together as Melody silently wept and laughed.

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Delaney’s husband, Patrick Smalley, was a used car salesman for over 20 years. More than half of those years were spent serving the customers of the greater Los Angeles area. So when he had come home from working ridiculous hours all he wanted to do was veg out with his favorite Chicago teams – in every sport under the sun. He would yell and throw the couch pillows at the TV.

Finally, Delaney had enough of this maddening behavior and told Patrick to wise up or get out after many years of marriage.

“What do you mean, wise up?” Patrick asked.

“It means do something useful with your brain!” Delaney said.

“I bust my butt all day with the most difficult clients and you want me to read an encyclopedia?”

“That’s right! I want you to get a clue. Not just read stupid comments your buddies post on your fishing forums or news forums or all those sports forums, either!”

“That’s it, I’m calling Matt!” Patrick warned.

“Go ahead; at least Matt has more sense than you!”

Matt Lockhard had been the friend of the family since their early days out in California. Matt is now an Independent California Health Insurance agent and had been providing the Smalley’s with top-notch health insurance coverage since he started.

“At least Matt protects my health, and you don’t.” Delaney continued.

It was not before long that Patrick decided that he outgrew his profession and decided to be the sales manager for a green company that helped people build efficient and safe organic gardens in their backyard with prefab green-friendly gardening plans and kits.

He would continue to catch a game every now and then, but does not get his blood pressure worked up over a failed play. Patrick did not read the encyclopedia, but joined his wife in a literary book club. After she had read a review of a book, she would read it and then Patrick would read it after her.

Their dinner conversations were filled with music, art, literature and laughter; and of course their dinner would consist of organic food from their very own garden. Not only was Delaney delighted in her new husband, but Patrick was pleased of himself, for once in his life.

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It seemed like a disaster in the beginning. The chiropractor who treated her said there was no treatment that could help her with excruciating joint pain. Thanks to her Long Beach independent health insurance agent, Matt Lockhard – who conveyed to her the significance of her health insurance coverage that enabled her to see a myriad of specialists to try and get to the root cause of her pain – Tina Masakit saw all types of doctors in all types of specialties and underwent all kinds of tests and X-rays, but none could quite put her back together again.

“What you may need,” said one doctor, “is to go treat yourself on a scenic, peaceful and spiritual retreat.” This was a doctor who prescribed to holistic remedies.

And that she did! She found the idea of doing yoga at the crack of dawn very frightening because she knew that a simple movement could send her to tears. But she started early morning meditating, first to gain confidence and strength. Then she submerged herself in the healing waters of the hot mineral spring the day after. Tina floated for hours on end, practically forgetting where she was. For a time, she felt like a real person without physical limitation, so she signed up for the next yoga session.

Tina was fluid as water, although not yet a professional, but still amazed at how far she came. The next month, she packed up her house to move closer to the springs where she would be able to be a part of the retreat on a more regular basis.

“Guess what, Matt?” she said on the phone. “I know what my problem was after all!”

“And what was that?” Matt asked.

“I was not connected to the source. Now I am, and for that I can hike, swim and even dance! But don’t you worry, I will keep my coverage!” she laughed.

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They had secretly planned their trip and told their husbands that they were going to do a “girls’ weekend, too”. The husbands shrugged it off thinking that they were going to do typical girl stuff like shoe shopping or go to a spa. They were too busy planning for their big weekend to even wonder or even care. They were going to go with their mutual buddy, Matt Lockhard, a California independent health insurance agent.

Julia and Nadine were so tired of playing second fiddle to their husbands’ hobbies that they wanted to set off on an adventure, in a more subtle and quieter reckless abandon than the Thelma and Louise movie.

“Let’s go fishing, too!” Nadine said.

“What?” Julia exclaimed. “And be boring like them?”

“Our fishing trip is different, because we are going ice fishing. That’s tougher and cooler than fishing at the ‘Florida Keys!’ ” Nadine illustrated with finger quotes. “Plus, what would they say if we caught some pretty big fish? We would have big fish stories of our own!”

So they set off way up north to a lodge that sponsored ice-fishing groups. They braved the cold and sat out there on the ice like real troopers, but did not catch one fish. But what they did enjoy the most was sitting in front of the fireplace with the guys, eating venison stew and washing it down with some whiskey.

Both couples met up at Nadine’s house after their weekend getaway. The husbands howled over their blunders and all the mackerels and groupers that they caught. Finally the husbands asked Nadine and Julia what “spa” they went to as the conversation of their fishing trip finally ended in dead silence.

“Spa?” Julia asked. “Who said anything about going to a spa? More like a spa weekend ice fishing in Canada!” Julia and Nadine roared.

“We froze our butts off and did not catch one fish!” Nadine passed out the hilarious photos they took of each other to the group.

At that moment, a newsbreak came on TV that caught their attention.

“Two brave California women apprehended a man on an airplane who was threatening to do harm to the passengers last night,” said the news anchor.

Then the TV showed pictures of Nadine and Julia and the nabbed man. The husbands looked on with shock and disbelief.

“Oh yeah,” said Nadine, “but we did manage to catch a criminal!”

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During baseball season and many years walking past the sandlot as a kid, always watching from a distance, he never knew the fascination of baseball. Every boy got it and now every girl in America, too. His father and grandfather, who were both life-long California health insurance agents, talked about it and obsessed about it – but it all sounded like a foreign language to him. Somehow it was supposed to mean something.

But there she was. In her baseball cap, sitting alone in the corner of the bar, watching her team intently and silently rooting for them. Scott felt his heart thump faster and didn’t know why. She looked up and smiled at him briefly, then looked back at the TV.

Scott was just going to grab a beer and leave since this was the only hotel bar around. Being that it was a sports bar, he wasn’t even going to go in, but was glad he did. Scott sat next to her in silence. Finally she asked him who his favorite team was.

“I don’t have one,” he said reluctantly.

A disappointed look went over her face.

Scott went to bathroom and hurriedly called his buddy, Matt Lockard, a California health insurance agent, to help him out. Matt told him what to say to her, play by play.

That was 10 years ago.

Since then she taught him baseball, and he taught her how to play a mean game of Scrabble, memorizing all the tough two-letter words, until she became his biggest contender.

For her birthday, he wanted to surprise her and actually wanted to take her to the game. But he didn’t want to take her to any game, so he planned it just right and got front-row tickets to see their team who made it to the playoffs!

The first hit was a foul ball that was coming their way. Scott, who never played a lick of baseball in all his life, stood up with his baseball mitt and dove like a pro after the ball like he saw those players do so many times.

However, when Scott caught the ball, he stood up for one brief moment to find that he was teetering at the edge of the railing and fell over the balcony with a big thud.

Matt Lockard, the California health insurance, always made sure Scott was up to par with his health insurance and Scott didn’t have to worry about a thing but to heal his broken leg and bruised body.

The cameras caught Scott’s heroic catch and blunder, and all of America saw Scott’s instant replay that even went viral on the Internet, that he became an overnight sensation.

Not bad for a gangly, awkward kid who never knew baseball!

“I think you need to stick to Scrabble,” his wife said.

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