Jessica Watson
Attorney at Law

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Thursday, May 15th 2008

...in Family Law


Jury Finds Attorney Must Return Half of Bonus Paid by Client
Law.com (subscription), CA - 11 hours ago
A Philadelphia jury found last week that a family law attorney must return half of the $200000 bonus a client claimed she was duped into paying after the ...

British courts not eager to give up wigs
Los Angeles Times, CA - 13 hours ago
Judges and lawyers already appear in normal business suits in most family law hearings held behind closed doors, such as those on divorce and child custody ...

Experience in a Superior Court judge
Santa Maria Times, CA - May 10, 2008
Much of the work of a Superior Court judge involves civil law, including such matters as custody rights, land-use decisions, public finance, taxation, ...

Business Wire (press release)

High School Freshman Earns $15000 Scholarship at Third Annual ...
Business Wire (press release), CA - May 9, 2008
... including patent law, and a large private clients group including estate planning, probate and trust litigation, divorce and other family law issues. ...

Protest Ohio Outrage: Father Jailed Because His Daughter Didn't ...
American Chronicle, CA - 21 hours ago
[Note: If you or someone you love is faced with a divorce or needs help with child custody, child support, false accusations, Parental Alienation, ...

Separation won't break bond: 2 FLDS mothers decide to leave their ...
Trading Markets (press release), CA - May 10, 2008
Connected by cell phone to the attorneys and CPS workers they speak with daily, they have become overnight experts on the ins and outs of Texas family law. ...

Judge grants ex-prosecutor's release, to a rehab center
Marconews (subscription), FL - May 13, 2008
McFee blamed all his problems on alcohol, while VandenBerg's divorce attorney, Tom Grogan, said last week the couple was having severe financial ...

Paralegal companies under fire
Monitor, TX - May 12, 2008
... then there's no reason in the world you can't fill out the papers and represent yourself," said McAllen divorce attorney John King. ...

THE IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON A BUSINESS
Eastside Business Journal, Washington - May 10, 2008
It is in a business owner's interest to know a divorce attorney sensitive to the affect of divorce on business. An attorney who explores alternatives to the ...

Law Firm Embezzler Ordered To Jail
North Country Gazette, NY - May 12, 2008
GARDEN CITYThe brother of a Garden City divorce attorney who worked as a bookkeeper and office manager for his brother's law firm was ordered to jail ...

Last Founder Standing
Conde Nast Portfolio, NY - May 12, 2008
And he recommended his divorce attorney. Amazon was incorporated by a divorce attorney. Are you always extremely methodical about major decisions? ...

Tune in Tomorrow: Soaps roundup
Times Herald-Record, NY - May 10, 2008
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Gloria and Jeff argued after Jill told her that Jeff met with a divorce attorney. Jeff is convinced that he can get at least ...

The TV Soap Opera Scoreboard
Daily Breeze, CA - May 10, 2008
Jill lets Gloria know that Jeff met with a divorce attorney. Victoria quits Newman Enterprises and takes a job at Jabot. Adam questions his character and ...

Newmarket candidates sound off on development, downtown and taxes
Portsmouth Herald News, NH - May 9, 2008
Steven Minutelli said his work as a divorce attorney is fairly contentious and he would use those skills to help bring the community together. ...

NC divorce attorney censured by state bar
FayObserver.com, NC - May 9, 2008
AP An attorney who runs one of the state's largest divorce law firms was censured by the North Carolina State Bar for several reasons, including meeting ...

...in Adoption Law


Privacy of adoption law
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com, NJ - May 9, 2008
Those who want to eliminate a birth parent's privacy claim that New Jersey's adoption law protects only the adopted child. That claim is wrong. ...

The past 100 years May 14
New Mexican, NM - May 14, 2008
May 14, 1958: Albuquerque The New Mexico Medical Society wants a uniform adoption law for the state. It voted to appoint a special committee to work with ...

Roanoke Times

'Pull to adopt' led to daughter
Roanoke Times, VA - May 10, 2008
They're caught up in a new adoption law that was implemented in November, just as the Pences got Maya's referral. The law is meant to give US Embassy ...

From Foster Care to Adoption: Fourth Annual Adoption Conference at ...
PR Web (press release), WA - Apr 16, 2008
New York Law School's Justice Action Center and the Center for Adoption Policy will convene some of today's leading experts on adoption policy at the Fifth ...

Vanderbilt University News

Wheelchair-bound graduate heads to Africa to work with AIDS orphans
Vanderbilt University News, TN - May 2, 2008
There'sa small niche of international law called adoption law. There are not enough people in the field who basically help parents who want to adopt. ...

Spending issues key to House 21 GOP primary
Greenville News, SC - May 5, 2008
... an accelerated adoption law, a health insurance mechanism for small businesses, and a strengthened DUI law that was just signed by Sanford. ...

Adopting new ways: Robert Allerton
Windy City Times, IL - Apr 23, 2008
Apocryphal history credits Allerton with using his connections to initiate a revamp of statutory Illinois adoption law. A comprehensive reworking of the law ...

Gay rights groups oppose language in referendum
Bangor Daily News, ME - Apr 15, 2008
Clarify adoption law to allow only one person, or a married couple, to adopt. Remove the designation "sexual orientation" from the Maine Human Rights Act. ...

Patrick Hruby Gets Served
ESPN - Apr 15, 2008
... right in the synthetic cat gut sweet spot, without which I now would be in considerable physical anguish and possibly reading up on adoption law. ...

Guatemala to review pending adoptions
FOXNews - Apr 30, 2008
Under the country's new adoption law, which took effect Jan. 1 to comply with an international treaty to prevent human trafficking, adoptions will be taken ...

...in Dependency Law


Amendments to juvenile law opposed
Corrections.com, MA - Apr 30, 2008
By The Sun-Star THE PHILLIPINES - Community service is a better penalty for minors who commit crimes rather than treating them like ordinary criminals. ...

California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care Holds ...
NewsBlaze, CA - 23 hours ago
Insufficient coordination between the courts, child welfare and other agencies that work with the same families, which can lead to conflicting direction to ...

NY Court Rejects Order for Foster Child's Sex-Change Surgery
Law.com (subscription), CA - May 13, 2008
In December 2005, through her law guardian, Brian L. moved Family Court to force the city agency to provide her with sex reassignment surgery. ...

American Chronicle

A Gay Adoption Head Scratcher
American Chronicle, CA - May 14, 2008
It mattered not that this "witness" had long ago been discredited by all professional human behavior agencies and specifically repudiated by his own State´s ...

The 100-year evolution of St. Anne's maternity home in LA
Los Angeles Times, CA - May 13, 2008
Accordingly, St. Anne's has evolved from a traditional maternity home to a multifaceted social-service agency. St. Anne's was established in 1908. ...

Court overload neglects youths
Daily Breeze, CA - May 12, 2008
Capping a two-year inquiry into the court's role in the foster care system, the panel is considering several reforms to improve the juvenile courts. ...

California Chronicle

Audit finds sex registrants in local foster and child care facilities
San Mateo County Times, CA - May 8, 2008
By Banks Albach An audit that found a registered sex offender living in an East Palo Alto foster care home and another in a San Francisco child care ...
San Mateo County audit finds sex offenders at a child care and ... California Chronicle
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Daughter's illness leads mom to take in 120 needy kids
OCRegister, CA - May 11, 2008
LA County's child welfare agency knew that Strickland was now skilled at caring for a child with medical needs; would she be willing to provide foster care ...

Candidate profile: Rebecca Maze, 34th State Assembly District
Visalia Times-Delta, CA - May 13, 2008
I would like to help revamp California's foster-care system. As a board member for seven years for The Grace Homes (a nonprofit agency for wayward ...

Calendar for May 15
Milpitas Post, CA - 16 hours ago
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley is seeking caring adults, 21 and older, to become friends, mentors and advocates for children in the foster care system ...

Let's talk taxes
Los Angeles Times, CA - May 13, 2008
California may be an economic giant, but in the end, our society will be judged on how it treats its people -- including children in the foster care system, ...

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