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When Child Protective Services (CPS) removes a child from a home, the wheels of administration quickly begin to roll. If the removed child is your grandchild, it’s important to get involved in the legal process right away if you want to preserve any rights. CPS can be called by just about anyone that feels a child’s health, safety, and welfare is in danger. Once called, CPS has a duty to investigate the situation within 24 hours, usually with a call or visit, if they believe there is reasonable suspicion the a child is not safe....

National Dog Bite Prevention Week runs from April 9 to 15 this year. The focus of the awareness program is to educate dog owners and the public about dog bite prevention. To draw attention to the week, the Insurance Information Institute, in collaboration with State Farm, released a shocking report detailing the increase in dog bite claims over the past decade. Last year alone, there were over 18,000 claims filed against homeowners due to dog bites, which is nearly 3,500 more claims than in 2006....

Once you were very close and you left each other notes, signed “Yours Forever.” But now your true love is long gone and you need to move on. How do you get a divorce if your spouse refuses to sign papers or is just not around to participate in the process? Fear not. There is a way. Although divorce laws vary from state to state, every place allows for the possibility of a reluctant or even absent spouse....

Being fired from a job can be rather upsetting. When a termination is based upon a person’s weight or size, it could very well be discriminatory. Weight discrimination, under federal law, will sometimes fall under the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, there are a handful of state laws that also provide other civil rights protections. Additionally, weight discrimination can actually be evidence of other forms of discrimination, such as gender discrimination, which is protected in every state and federally....

Los Angeles is a city full of cars. It is no wonder then that mobile food trucks have been a wildly popular source of nourishment for the city dweller. Food trucks have been a staple in the sunny Southern California city for years, catering to everyone from construction workers to corporate big wigs. The movable food trend has been so popular in LA that stationary companies have put their food on four wheels as well, often posting their route on facebook and twitter....

It’s easy to get a complex about not being a billionaire when there are so many of them now, and so young. For example, last year Elizabeth Holmes was on top of the world, worth billions of dollars due to the valuation of her company Theranos. There’s also Parker Conrad of Zenefits. Today both companies are worth substantially less than last year, face criminal accusations, and the founders appear to have deceived people they met on their meteoric rise to the top....

Jefferson County Public Schools have settled with the parents of a 15 year-old Louisville, Kentucky boy who died of heat stroke at a high school football practice. The insurers will pay $1.75 million to the parents of Max Gilpin, who died three days after suffering severe heat stroke at a Pleasure Ridge High School football practice in 2008. The parents alleged that the negligence of head coach Jason Stinson and his assistants caused Max’s death....

DC Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the DC same sex marriage bill that recently passed in the DC Council twice. CNN reports that Mayor Fenty signed the DC same sex marriage bill at the All Souls Church; which is a religious institution that recognizes same sex couples and is known for its diversity. The bill would allow gay marriage for same sex couples in DC. The DC same sex marriage bill now needs to gain approval with Congress....

A neo-Nazi dad who gave his four kids Nazi-inspired names and showed up to court in a Nazi uniform has lost a petition seeking visitation of his youngest son. A hearing was held last month in Flemington, New Jersey, to determine whether Heath Campbell, 40, could visit with his 2-year-old son Heinrich Hons Campbell. In a decision issued Thursday, a judge denied the neo-Nazi dad’s petition. In almost all situations, a court will keep one primary question in mind when deciding a custody case, namely, what is in the best interests of the child?...

In a surprising turn of events, CNN reports that Florida prosecutors have decided to pursue the death penalty against Casey Anthony, who is accused of murdering her young daughter Caylee. The disappearance of Caylee Anthony captivated much of the nation, and police attention quickly focused on Casey Anthony. Caylee’s remains were eventually found in a wooded area near her grandparents’ home in Orlando, while Casey was in prison. The move, although certainly within the prosecutor’s discretion, does raise questions about the prosecution’s strategy and motivation....

If your child’s parent is out-of-state, it may seem like yet another hassle to get him or her to send you child support. Or maybe you’re the one who owes child support to an out-of-state spouse. Either way, child support agreements are indeed enforced out-of-state. Here are some of the legal mechanisms at work: The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act Conceived in 1992, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) sets a national standard for each state to follow in enforcing child support orders or agreements, regardless of the state....

Would you bring pot brownies to a funeral? Apparently someone from Huntington Beach, California did. And you’ll never guess who consumed the pot brownies: three senior citizens, all in their 70s and 80s. All three were attending a funeral service for a friend when they ate the drugged delicacies. They didn’t know that the brownies had weed. After consuming the chocolate desserts, all three complained of nausea, dizziness and an inability to stand without assistance....

As the attempted terror attack on a plane arriving in Detroit has heightened concerns about Yemen, President Obama has renewed his pledged to shut down the Gitmo bay detention center. According to the Associated Press, White House officials said the government will not send additional detainees from Gitmo Bay detention center to Yemen for now, which could increase the number of inmates to be held at a planned prison for terror suspects in Illinois at Thomson Correctional Center....

A passenger aboard one of Princess Cruises’ ships is suing over a disgusting injury that occurred in the ship’s public bathroom. The lawsuit, which is, at its heart, the result of a slip and fall, claims the cruise company is responsible for the injuries the plaintiff suffered. The passenger, who was on a vacation with her husband, went to use the public restroom while the ship was docked for repairs to its sewage system....

State regulators have rejected a proposal by the California Department of Corrections to revise lethal injection guideline procedures, now adding further delay in resuming executions, which have been on hold since 2006. The Office of Administrative Law outlined several reasons for its decision not to accept the state’s recommended lethal injection guidelines and has given corrections officials until October 6 to resubmit their proposal, the Fresno Bee reports. As previously discussed, the revised execution guidelines were aimed at making changes in the death chamber procedures and address concerns over whether the three drug protocol constitutes “cruel and unusual” punishment....

Failing to pay child support can get your driver’s license suspended in some states. But the Lone Star State might be the first in the union to link back child support with vehicle registration. Last year, Texas began warning parents who owed back child support that they would not be able to renew their car registration without beginning to make payments. Now those warnings have become real, and the state has collected more than $160,000 in child support in the program’s first month of operation....

A headline that will surely startle Patriots fans has come as of early September 9: “Tom Brady In Car Accident.” The New England Patriots quarterback was involved in a serious car accident just after 6:30 a.m. Brady was shaken but refused medical treatment at the scene of the accident. Tom Brady’s accident occurred when the player was on his way to Gillette Stadium to prepare for the opening game of the season against the Cincinnati Bengals....

In response to the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the Obama Administration passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, aimed at regulating big banks, making their operations more transparent, and keeping them from becoming “too big to fail.” Republicans at the time opposed the bill, so it’s no surprise that Dodd-Frank has become one of the many financial regulations on President Donald Trump’s chopping block. So what does the Dodd-Frank Act do right now, and what would it mean for consumers if its protections are rolled back?...

Being involved in a fender bender or even a major crash can go from a minor headache to a major pain if your insurance company denies your claim. All hope is not lost, however, and there are still ways for drivers to collect when car insurance fails. Consider these three options when deciding how to pick up where your car insurance left off: If you were involved in a collision with another driver, you can file a claim with that driver’s insurance company for any damages caused by that driver....

Thanks to human anatomy, your knees tend to be an easy place to bruise when you fall. Also called a patellar contusion by medical professionals, a bruised knee may initially seem like nothing. But sometimes a bruised knee is the first sign of more serious medical problems following an accident. And regardless of the extent of your knee injury, you may be entitled to compensation. So when is a bruised knee worth suing over?...