The 4 most common divorce questions, answered

By Lisa Bloom, Avvo Legal Analyst Vernon Ellicott, family law attorney at The Bloom Firm, also contributed to this article You’re going through a divorce or ending a domestic partnership. When can this be handled simply (and cheaply) and when do you need to lawyer up? Here are answers to some of the most frequent questions

The 4 most common divorce questions, answered

By Lisa Bloom, Avvo Legal Analyst Vernon Ellicott, family law attorney at The Bloom Firm, also contributed to this article You’re going through a divorce or ending a domestic partnership. When can this be handled simply (and cheaply) and when do you need to lawyer up? Here are answers to some of the most frequent questions

Eight-year-old boy charged with murder? Really?

  Baby Kelci was crying. The one-year-old’s mom was out at a club late at night, and an eight-year-old boy was left in charge. According to police, the boy “got extremely agitated” that the baby would not stop crying, and he beat her to death. The baby’s mother, Katerra Lewis, 26 and her roommate, a

It’s time to retire “Stand Your Ground” laws

According to a scathing new report from the American Bar Association, “Stand Your Ground” laws increase homicides, foster a shoot-first mentality that is a “license to kill,” disproportionately justify violence against people of color, and endanger police officers. Coincidentally, this occurred during the same week that the infamous shooter most associated with Stand Your Ground,

Your legal rights to protest, explained

From police brutality to Wall Street excesses to obscene amounts of money in politics, we have much to protest in 2015 America. I believe wholeheartedly in nonviolent protests. I’ve attended many over my lifetime and in the last year. Demonstrations helped get women the right to vote, shamed the country into ending Jim Crow segregation