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I am not quite sure what you are asking in question 1, but you have to distinguish between provisions for "inadmissibility", that is for people who want to enter the counrty legally, and provisions for removability, that is for people who already are in the country. Provisions differ...

This is the law: § 18.2-371. Causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc.; penalty; abandoned infant. Any person 18 years of age or older, including the parent of any child, who (i) willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition...

It depends if there has been a will or not. The process to figure out who gets what is called "probate." This is the New York law for probate: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=38. Article 4 Part I describes who gets what if there was no will. Since reading the law might leave more...

How do you know the officer who looked into the cup did not smell that it was beer? Beer smells pretty strongly. And how do you know that the officer will not simply say that he smelled that it was beer? Of course, you do not need to say anything. If you plead not guilty the prosecution has...

he probably can but that does not mean that he would get a judge to agree with him. Judges will try to find a reasonable solution, and in my opinion your compromise suggestion sounded reasonable, so it could easily be that a judge would tell him that, too, and he would simply have wasted...

You claim you made cash payments to your sister, you only have an oral contract with her, you have nothing in writing at all. She disclaims it all. What is a court supposed to do? It is your word against hers. Even your father seems not to believe you. Don't misunderstand me, I am not saying...

The dad cannot simply walk away, he is liable for child support. You or your parents should contact either your city or county department of children services or family services or however it might be called in your place or/and a bona-fide non-profit organization who help and counsel in...

You definitely should not lie or omit things in your application. That is much worse than having a misdemeanor on your record. If this is your only conviction on the record you should not have any problems as long as the possible sentence for this crime was not more than one year in jail...

it depends on the exact charges and convictions. You now seem to have one crime of moral turpitude and two other crimes on your record. If all of them have been misdemeanors (which I assume) you would be OK. But you need to be really law abiding in the future, any further conviction of a...

What you need to understand is that the Miranda rule does not mean that an arrest or a charge is invalid because you have not been read your "rights." All the rule does is not to permit anything you said to the cops to be used in court as evidence unless you have been advised that you do not...

Forest Service Agents are federal law enforcement officers, part of their responsibilities is the enforcement of state motor vehicle and traffic laws on national forest roads. Therefore the officer had the right to stop you for a violation if your license tag was in fact not ok. They also...

This is the official position of the state department: After the BCIS approves the petition, it will inform the embassy or consulate where you will apply for your visa. Applicants must present proof of the petition when they apply for visas. Form I-797 Approval Notice is considered proof of...

Well, if you can get the prosecutor to "drop" the charges down to a disorderly conduct charge you will be very lucky, because this is much better than having a drug arrest record. You realy should discuss this with a criminal defense lawyer

It is a little naive to say you don't know why you should have anything to do with this if you say first that you pulled away from a "drug house." Given the few details here it sounds as if all of it was perfectly legal. The "rights" question often is misunderstood, the reading of the rights...

As long as she is in the U.S. in a valid status (that is with a valid visa and I-94) you marry and then simply file a petition for alien relative and an application for adjustment of status at the same time. She then can stay in the country until an immigrant visa will be issued. It does not...

Hm, this is an interesting borderline case. The issue here is twoflod: did your daughter have a justified interest in privacy, or in other words, did she give up that expectation of privacy, and secondly, was the police officer's search reasonable and justified. It depends very much on the...

No good deed gets unpunished. Getting rid of tenants is a tricky business with a lot of pitfalls, so often it is smart to let an attorney handle this. But if you want to get an overview of the issues have a look here: Your rental agreement probably is a month to month agreement, based on an...

This is the law: § 3122.1. Statutory sexual assault. Except as provided in section 3121 (relating to rape), a person commits a felony of the second degree when that person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant under the age of 16 years and that person is four or more years older...

Depending on the kind of action you would want to bring, Arizona has those limits: intentional non-personal-injury torts (that would be a conversion action): 1 year fraud and misrepresentation in contracts action: 3 years Criminal law: MIsdemeanors: 1 year, petty offenses 6 months...

It is a violation under § 65c of the New York Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. First time offenders will be fined $ 50 (plus applicable surcharges) and may be compelled to attend an alcohol law course. It will not create a criminal record.