Nebraska family courts always decide on child custody based on what is in the child's best interests. Therefore, if you’re a convicted felon or criminal charges have been brought against you, the court may question whether you should be granted child custody rights....
If you were the one who proposed to your spouse initially, they certainly had the option to tell you that they refused to get married. They could have turned down your proposal. But they didn’t, and the two of you tied the knot. Now you’ve decided that you would like...
When a single incident that leads to someone’s arrest turns into a whole pile of related criminal charges, that’s called charge stacking. Officially, you’re just being given the charges the prosecution sees as applicable to your situation. In reality, however, the...
The decision to end a marriage that you have worked so hard to build is, without a doubt, a difficult one. If things end up in a divorce, you will certainly have a ton of questions and issues to sort through. One of the most contentious issues is usually how marital...
You have the right to privacy and enjoyment of your property. As such, having a stranger enter your home or car and conduct a search can be unsettling and even embarrassing. Even if the stranger in question is a police officer, the idea of them going through your...
Your child is not a weapon, and they should never be used against you. No parent should be able to manipulate a child to get them to “choose” a parent and tell a judge that they are rejecting the other. That’s why it’s so important for you and the other parent to...
The justification for driving under the influence (DUI) charges in Nebraska often consists of someone's behavior at the wheel combined with chemical evidence. Police officers can use certain driving decisions or mistakes as the basis for a traffic stop that eventually...
Typically, the stakes in criminal cases are higher than in civil matters. For serious criminal charges, the end result can be decades in prison if the accused is convicted. For this reason, it is vital that the jury are sure that the produced against the accused is...
During a divorce, people often forget to include the value of any collectibles that their spouses may have. To be sure, everything that people collect won’t have value. But just because it looks like a piece of junk to you doesn’t mean it has no value in a collector’s...
Nebraska has detailed statutes relating to the crime of theft. A person can be accused of theft by deception, theft by extortion, theft by receiving stolen goods and theft by unlawful taking or shoplifting. The majority of us have been in the store, piling items into...