Each court that publishes decisions (appellate courts and a handful of trial courts) has an official court reporter publication where the decisions can be found.
Private companies, such as Lexis Nexis, often buy the rights and reprint the decisions with annotations (comments).
A "slip op" or "slip opinion" is a legal opinion of a court that is published in a single paper format, prior to inclusion in a book of decisions of the court.
No. The parent with sole legal custody has the right to make decisions regarding the child.No. The parent with sole legal custody has the right to make decisions regarding the child.No. The parent with sole legal custody has the right to make decisions regarding the child.No. The parent with sole legal custody has the right to make decisions regarding the child.
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First give a brief statement of the facts. Then identify the legal issues the case presents. The relate the law which applies tot he issues - statutory, if any, but more importantly case law, from published appellate decisions of courts in the jurisdiction. If you want the case being briefed to be decided in accordance with previous decisions, argue why this should be the result. If you want a different result than previous decisions would seem to dictate, argue why the case at hand is distinguishable from the earlier decisions.
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Most state trial court decisions are NOT published. Unless the trial is newsworthy and the media chooses to publish the results of the trial, there is no routine public publishing of these decisions. However, the results of any trial are a public record and may be researched by going to the Office of the Clerk of the Court for your research.
Custody refers to legal guardianship. It determines who a child lives with, who can make decisions regarding the child for legal purposes, and under what circumstances they can make those decisions.
The judicial Branch
If the court approves the guardianship then the guardian will have the legal authority to make all decisions regarding the child. The parents will not have that authority.If the court approves the guardianship then the guardian will have the legal authority to make all decisions regarding the child. The parents will not have that authority.If the court approves the guardianship then the guardian will have the legal authority to make all decisions regarding the child. The parents will not have that authority.If the court approves the guardianship then the guardian will have the legal authority to make all decisions regarding the child. The parents will not have that authority.
No, West Publishing compiles the thirteen US Court of Appeals Circuit Court decisions in the Federal Reporter; US District Court decisions are published in the Federal Supplement; US Supreme Court decisions are published in Supreme Court Reporter. The official US federal government bound publication of Supreme Court decisions is United States Reports. For more information, see Related Links, below.
Unless the unmarried partner holds a Power Of Attorney or an adult guardianship for his or her partner they have no legal authority to make financial decisions or health care decisions for that individual. If you want to have automatic legal rights you need to get legally married.