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Can spouse inherit if we have been separated for years?

QUESTION: During our marriage, community funds were used to pay down principal, property taxes, and make major renovations and upgrades on residence owned by Petitioner prior to the marriage.

Kim Davis, the Rowan County clerk is scheduled to appear before a federal judge this morning for a hearing on whether she should be held in contempt of court for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. The judge ordered Kim Davis and her deputies to appear in court this morning. Four couples who were refused marriage license are asking the judge "to impose financial penalties sufficiently serious and increasingly onerous to compel Davis' immediate compliance without further delay."

A federal judge vacates Tom Brady's four-game suspension over his role in "deflate-gate."

The Warrant Clause permits collection of DNA Evidence by Mouth Swap to Exclude Officers as Contributors of DNA at a Crime Scene.

“If olive oil uses ‘California’ on the label, then 100 percent of the oil must be from olives grown in California. There must be truth in labeling,” Wolk said.

There are several procedural models or methods that may be used. The differences between each method relates to the involvement of an attorney and the court.

Is 5 pages single spaced good or too long pissing off the judge? I really want to write about all of the things happening and it is not redundant, but judges are very busy and quickly review things before you talk to them and I have no attorney. Should I cut it down and leave a bunch of stuff out?

a person who engages in an act of sexual intercourse with a minor, who is not his or her spouse, is guilty of statutory rape. Statutory rape is a “strict” liability crime. That means there is no “knowledge” component.