Could we be held responsible for our parents’ bills?
In Family law it is well known that Parents have a duty to support their children. This is the basis by which the state can impose child support on divorcing parents. In Probate law, practitioners have long told their clients that they have no duty to pay their parents’ debts with the child’s assets. But take a look at ORS § 109.010 Duty of Support. This statue says “Parents are bound to maintain their children who are poor and unable to work to maintain themselves; and children are bound to maintain their parents in like circumstances.” Does this mean that children really are responsible for their parents’ debts?
Divorces that fall to the tribal jurisdiction
Does a State court hold a Jurisdiction Over Native American Couples In Divorce, Domestic Relations And Marital Assets? Throughout the years and we guess over dozens of cases, the United States Supreme Court has made it clear that Native American tribes are not regulated by the state’s laws and are self-governing and sovereign entities whose powers are only limited by the federal government. As a result, reservations are considered independent of state and…
Is staying aggressive a universal strategy for attorney or not?
While keeping up with the offensive and charging your opponents in court may work for such litigation fields as Business Arbitration, Business Disputes or, say, Labor & Employment cases, it may easily bring you down when used in other types of cases. For example, it’s never a good idea to go matrasses when you’re dealing with a Family Law case… Also, the situation when your standing in both evidence and precedent is vague, and the jury is up for deciding the verdict, you might really want to tone things down a bit…