If you’re going to court for a criminal charge, don’t violate that same law at court. You could end up in handcuffs, like the guy I saw in Spotsylvania General District Court. Transcription I’ve had this video transcribed for visitors who prefer to read the content. Hello, I’m Andrew Flusche. I’m astounded when people go [...]
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A Connecticut case caught my attention today. David Weaving was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison for striking and killing a 14-year-old bicyclist. That’s an incredibly sad case, and my heart goes out to the family of the victim, Matthew Kenney. But the media is being despicable in the recent civil [...]
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Virginia’s Department of Motor Vehicles isn’t infallible. And neither are their computers. In fact, they’re just as fallible and prone to problems as the rest of us. The current computer outage they’re having highlights that in a painful way for people needing to renew their license right now. Apparently you’re in for a long wait. [...]
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Hot on the heels of the mischievous traffic cat, we have another animal interaction with law enforcement. This time it’s a wild turkey who won’t give Loudon County Animal Control officers a break. He even attacks their truck!
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My favorite author, Leo Babauta, just got a trademark infringement letter due to one of his blog posts. And he’s fighting back! Leo wrote the phrase “feel the fear and do it anyway,” in a post about beating your fears. Now he’s written a great public response to the trademark owner. Who’s right here? Let’s [...]
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When a loved one passes away, legal matters are the last thing you want to think about. But you may need to probate their will, so property can pass to the appropriate beneficiaries. Probate in Virginia doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, if your loved one left behind an orderly will, probating the will [...]
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If your estate plan isn’t orderly, you could be setting your heirs up for a messy fight. Don’t let your estate be fought over like these five famous cases. Anna Nicole Smith Disregarding Smith’s questionable career, she has been at the center of two different major will problems. First, she was married to J. Howard [...]
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Are you considering a Virginia trust as part of your estate plan? If so, I encourage you to read a new MSNBC article on why a trust may be the best tool for you. Overall, this article does a great job of boiling down some of the top pros and cons to using a trust [...]
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If you’re a person of modest means, you may think that you don’t need a will. Virginia does have laws that specify who gets your property, if you die without a will. But not drafting a will means that you don’t have control over many important decisions. As discussed by this great BBC News article, [...]
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Today I ran across an interesting news article about an Australian will contest. An elderly lady died, leaving two wills that give $5 million each to three different couples. Now the deceased woman’s family is fighting to prove that the wills are fraudulent. This real-life will contest highlights the importance of drafting and executing a [...]
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