New Orleans Law Blog
How do DUI convictions impact college students?
When college students in Louisiana face DUI charges, what happens next? Many students do not know the answer to this question. Also, many do not understand how serious these charges are. This can cause them to take the situation lightly when it may impact their future...
Could taking someone else’s medication lead to drug charges?
Depending on your job or education goals, you may wish you had some extra reserves to tap into, something to help you squeeze in a few more hours of work or sharpen your focus. Rather than take illicit substances, you instead feel a prescription medication could help....
What are the Louisiana laws for marital property division?
Louisiana uses the community property standard to divide marital assets in a divorce. Under state law, all assets and debts either partner acquires during the marriage belong equally to both spouses. Learn about how property division laws may impact your divorce in...
Does divorce have to be volatile?
During a divorce, emotions are often high. You and your partner may be in a volatile or highly emotional state where civility does not seem to have any place. Peaceful divorces are the ones that tend to have the best outcomes. These are the least draining. You may be...
What issues are common with grey divorce?
One might think that divorce rates among older people are lower when compared to younger couples. While this may have been true in the past, these days one in four people over the age of 50 have experienced a divorce. While the causes of divorce, such as affairs,...
Why are standardized field sobriety tests more common?
In Louisiana, officers may use field sobriety tests to check sobriety. There are two primary types: standardized and non-standardized. There are many more non-standardized tests than standardized ones. Despite that, officers use standardized tests the most. Today we...
What is the best visitation schedule for infants?
When it comes to child visitation, it is natural for both parents to want the most amount of parenting time possible. However, psychologists warn against merely dividing up days in a calendar year when creating a visitation schedule without first giving thought to the...
How can a DUI impact your life?
Louisiana residents who face DUI convictions understand they also face penalties. But do you know what those penalties are? More important than that, do you understand how long a DUI conviction can impact or alter your life? Today we will take a look at this. First...
Licensing requirements for adopting a child in Louisiana
Considering becoming an adoptive parent in Louisiana, but not particularly familiar with the process involved in doing so? You are in good company. Many people across the state wish to adopt children because they are unable to have their own, they desire to help a...
How much does a Louisiana DWI raise your auto insurance rates?
Anyone who has received a conviction for driving while intoxicated in Louisiana should be able to attest that such a conviction typically leads to serious penalties. Even first-time DWI offenders are going to wind up with misdemeanors on their records. They may, too,...
New Orleans Law Blog
How do DUI convictions impact college students?
When college students in Louisiana face DUI charges, what happens next? Many students do not know the answer to this question. Also, many do not understand how serious these charges are. This can cause them to take the situation lightly when it may impact their future...
Could taking someone else’s medication lead to drug charges?
Depending on your job or education goals, you may wish you had some extra reserves to tap into, something to help you squeeze in a few more hours of work or sharpen your focus. Rather than take illicit substances, you instead feel a prescription medication could help....
What are the Louisiana laws for marital property division?
Louisiana uses the community property standard to divide marital assets in a divorce. Under state law, all assets and debts either partner acquires during the marriage belong equally to both spouses. Learn about how property division laws may impact your divorce in...
Does divorce have to be volatile?
During a divorce, emotions are often high. You and your partner may be in a volatile or highly emotional state where civility does not seem to have any place. Peaceful divorces are the ones that tend to have the best outcomes. These are the least draining. You may be...
What issues are common with grey divorce?
One might think that divorce rates among older people are lower when compared to younger couples. While this may have been true in the past, these days one in four people over the age of 50 have experienced a divorce. While the causes of divorce, such as affairs,...
Why are standardized field sobriety tests more common?
In Louisiana, officers may use field sobriety tests to check sobriety. There are two primary types: standardized and non-standardized. There are many more non-standardized tests than standardized ones. Despite that, officers use standardized tests the most. Today we...
What is the best visitation schedule for infants?
When it comes to child visitation, it is natural for both parents to want the most amount of parenting time possible. However, psychologists warn against merely dividing up days in a calendar year when creating a visitation schedule without first giving thought to the...
How can a DUI impact your life?
Louisiana residents who face DUI convictions understand they also face penalties. But do you know what those penalties are? More important than that, do you understand how long a DUI conviction can impact or alter your life? Today we will take a look at this. First...
Licensing requirements for adopting a child in Louisiana
Considering becoming an adoptive parent in Louisiana, but not particularly familiar with the process involved in doing so? You are in good company. Many people across the state wish to adopt children because they are unable to have their own, they desire to help a...
How much does a Louisiana DWI raise your auto insurance rates?
Anyone who has received a conviction for driving while intoxicated in Louisiana should be able to attest that such a conviction typically leads to serious penalties. Even first-time DWI offenders are going to wind up with misdemeanors on their records. They may, too,...
