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Generally in Texas you have two years to bring a civil suit for injury to property. There also is a two year limitation on misdemeanor charges, five years for felony theft or robbery charges. But keep in mind that there are many small details and exceptions in the laws so this is only a...

On the contrary, the provisions about "immoral character" actually date back to the first immigration laws. Regulations passed after 9/11 concern themselves with security. If you find regulations concerned with "morality" they usually are pretty old. There also is nothing unusual about it...

Under German law this is the standard procedure, they call it "Zugewinnausgleich": property that each spouse had before the marriage remains theirs alone, any property gained after marriage including future interests will be split 50-50 in the event of a divorce. How long it takes the...

well, basically you have to ask yourself two questions: 1) How can you prove that this agreement exists if the opposing party will deny this? 2) What damage have you suffered, how can your prove that, and therefore what would the remedy be you are asking for? The second question will...

Well, the crimes have to be related somehow. You cannot commit a murder and be convicted of burglary for it, for example. Usually what happens is that people make a deal and get convicted for a "lesser included" crime, like murder in the second degree instead of murder in the first degree...

well, since she has an attorney, it is his job to do this. These things are very much up to the discretion of the judge unless there are strict sentencing guidelines. It also depends on the availability of alternative programs.

They don't care about the circumstances, but they do care about the charge. If the charge is for a crime of moral turpitude, they will not care about your humanitarian impulse that you only wanted to do some good to the poor prostitute or whatever. But if your are not charged with a crime of...

grin, no wonder he ended up in handcuffs, if he talked to the cop in the same way... Some will learn only the hard way.

Most probably this is exactly what it looks like: The lady has looked at her car and decided the damage is not worth any more hassle and that the case is closed for her. If you see it the same way, then the case should be closed. Now, sometimes people get strange ideas. Someone tells...

This happens very often in exactly this type of cases, where an alien has a boyfriend/grilfriend in the US and uses the visa waiver practically to spend the whole year in the US. Since this is not what the Visa waiver program is for many find out that after a while they are refused entry...

This question cannot be answered with the amount of information we have here. First of all, it is not clear with what kind of offense she is charged. It looks like she is charged with a petty misdemeanor, but it could also be a misdemeanor. I assume that the abbreviation LT100 means the...

No, I completely understand. And as you know, reality of the political system in Great Britain is that there is a democratic system under the umbrella of an offcial monarchy. And there are many Britions who actually feel the same way as you do and do not really know why they still have a...

You are right, the concept of "moral turpitude" is somewhat amorphous. The statute does not define it, therefore the courts have defined it. But the circumstances of the individual case don't count nowadays. There is a certain list drawn up by looking at decisions of the courts in the last...

well, that is how it is. The English live in a monarchy, so they are subjects of their monarch. Citizen is a word with latin roots, it comes from cives, which means the free member of a civitas, a community. Another latin word is res publica, which literally tranlated means public matter...

Well, there are some little differences that matter a lot. Not every "dismissal" is the same. If chrges were clearly wrong and were dismissed because of lack of probable cause, it is very different to a dismissal where it is clear that the defendant did the crime but is getting let off easily in...

If her allegations are false and she knew that and instigated this whole mess intentionally to hurt you you will have a couple of legal cases against her. There would be the torts of defamation, false light, intrusion into privacy, interference with contractual relations, intentional infliction...

Yes, that should be your main question: how come that at a pit stop suddenly out of the blue the whole US cavalry appears to take an innocent citizen's car apart searching for drugs? These things don't happen like this. I think you left out the beginning of the story. It very much sounds...

The only way you can find out is by calling attorneys. But I doubt that you will get it cheaper than $ 400.

It depends on your local laws. Here is a pretty good article summarizing your rights and the caveats: http://www2.mnbar.org/benchandbar/2002/mar02/tree.htm Of course this article explains Minnesota law, your law can be different, but probably will be the same in principle. You might want to...

If you look closely in the postings in the immigration section you find all your questions have been answered before. If you are legally in the country, in your case that basically means as long as you are allowed to stay based on your H-1B Visa you can marry and simply apply for an...