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New hope if you are charged with DUI?
There may be new hope if you are charged with a DUI in Minnesota. DUI defense has long been seen as an uphill battle. Minnesota law allows a police officer who pulls you over to compel you to take an alcohol test. Refusing the test is a crime. Most people do not understand this because it appears to violate our basic right against self-incrimination. Refusing an alcohol test is, in most cases, a more severe crime than taking taking the test and failing it in Minnesota. This makes Minnesota one of the tougher states in regard to drunk driving laws. The only way to beat most DUI charges has been to show that the police did not have a valid reason for the stop. This is very difficult because you can be stopped for minor traffic violations and even swerving.
This may no longer be the case. The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided a case challenging Missouri’s DUI laws. You may be able to get your case postponed until after the impact of this decision on Minnesota law is known. Anyone charged with a DUI should get competent legal advice to explore this option.
What should I do if the phone is ringing off the hook with bill collectors calling?
What you should not do is nothing. If you sit back and wait, the collectors will get you. They will continue to call you, sometimes even at work. They will try to take any money that you have in the bank and part of your paycheck.
The good news is that you do have options. Bankruptcy will make them go away and never come back. In some cases, you can sue collectors who do not follow the law and make them pay you money. Banks and collectors have made billions of dollars in the last few years. There is no reason to pay them any more money if you can avoid it.
Ed
Do I Need an Attorney for a Restraining Order?
Domestic Abuse Orders for Protection (OFPs) are often called restraining orders. OFPs can be filed when there is an allegation of domestic abuse. These orders have serious consequences. Custody of children is often decided as well as parenting time if children are involved.
An order made in an OFP proceeding can usually be changed in a divorce or custody case, but it often takes months to get into court. If you lose custody in an OFP proceeding, It is very difficult to get it back. If your parenting time is restricted to supervised parenting time in the OFP proceeding, it can be very difficult to make it unsupervised.
You can also be removed from your home, even if your name is on the title or lease, and are barred by federal law from possessing a gun. In some cases you may lose your job depending on what type of work you do. These are serious cases with serious consequences.
Do you need an attorney? If you care about your children or house or enjoy hunting you should be represented.
Ed
Ask An Attorney – Brainerd MN
Did you know that there is an Ask an Attorney program the second Wednesday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the Crow Wing County Judicial Center in Brainerd, Minnesota?
The purpose of this program is to provide the public with up to fifteen minutes of FREE legal advice from volunteer attorneys!
This Wednesday, 2/13, Attorney Anna Yakle and other local attorneys will be volunteering.
What Do You Get When You Hire an Attorney?
Some people think they are buying documents, a deed to a house, a will, divorce or custody papers, maybe even a bankruptcy petition.
It is easy to think that attorneys sell these papers at too high a price, so why not save some money and get the papers online? Continue reading
Start the New Year Off Right
Many of us have taken a beating with the economy of the last few years. The good news is that employment is picking up and companies are starting to hire.
If you have old judgments and unpaid bills, your new job means that they will be able to take money Continue reading
That Online Bargain is More Expensive Than You Think
Why not do your legal work online? It looks easy, the forms seem simple, the instructions on the law seem reasonable, if seems to not cost much, what is there not to like?
Online legal advice from non-attorneys and do-it-yourself forms have many pitfalls. Continue reading
Holidays and Lawyers
For all the fun of the holidays, they do have an unfortunate connection with legal troubles for some people. Between holiday party DUIs, relative induced family stresses, and growing credit card debt, the season can send us to the lawyer’s office. Much as I would love to meet you, you would probably rather not Continue reading
Happy Holidays
Holidays in split family situations can be tricky. If you have a set holiday parenting time schedule and it works, you are all set. If you need to change the schedule, or do not have a holiday schedule, you have two options: agree with the other parent or Continue reading
The Rest of the Story
Too often, media coverage of a criminal charge against a person before a trial is completed includes only the complaint, which is the prosecution’s account of what happened.
Hearing only one side of a story does not allow us Continue reading