Author: Hernandez & Associates Law Firm
TIPS WE CAN TAKE FROM MILLENNIALS TO PREVENT DIVORCE
Recent studies suggest that Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, are responsible for lowering the national divorce rate. Chances are they don’t know an all-powerful secret to obtain ever-lasting love. However, these factors are likely contributors to a lower rate. Education first It’s no secret that more Millennials are enrolling in higher education. In fact, 40%…
CHILD SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
As our Mobile, Alabama, readers know, one of the focuses of this blog is special education law. As the name implies, a child will ordinarily qualify for some sort of special education when he or she has unique physical, emotional, or intellectual needs that require a tailored plan in for the child to succeed in…
SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
As this blog has discussed on previous occasions, students who qualify for special education have important rights that their local school district must respect. These rights are in place in order to ensure that, despite having special needs, these Mobile, Alabama, students can still have the opportunity for a quality education. For a variety of…
FORMER POLICE CHIEF FACING DRUG, OTHER CHARGES
A former police chief from another town in Alabama is facing serious legal trouble after being arrested on both drug and other charges that also supposedly involved the use of drugs. In the chief’s first case, authorities charged him with misdemeanor drug crimes after someone found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the man’s duty cruiser. How authorities came…
PROFILE OF A VICTIM OF BULLYING
There is no one-size-fits-all description of a typical bullying victim, despite the fact that the entertainment media often portrays a victim as small and thin or, in the case of a girl, a person with a less than perfect figure or with some odd social quirks. The reality is, and it bears repeating often, that…
DIVORCES SPIKE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY
There is some anecdotal evidence floating around in Mobile, Alabama, and the rest of the country which suggests that January is “Divorce Month,” with lots of couples going to the courthouse to ask for a divorce or a legal separation. One study, which may require some further analysis, suggests that there is some truth to this common…
HELPING CLIENTS NAVIGATE THE NUANCES OF SPECIAL ED LAW
As this blog has discussed on previous occasions, getting special help for a child with unique needs is not just a matter of making a quick phone call to the local school and explaining the situation. There are laws and rules school systems must follow in order to ensure special needs children get the education which they…
IS DIVORCE HARDER FOR MEN OR WOMEN?
Most of us know that men and women communicate differently, but does that impact the way they work through a divorce too? Do the inherit or societal differences between men and women make divorce harder for one gender to handle? Men Societal norms that define commercial masculinity tend to favor a more stoic way of coping…
ALABAMA SCHOOLS MUST TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT BULLYING
Thankfully, gone are the days in which bullying at school was just seen as a fact of life that kids just had to live with. While many people did in fact work through and overcome bullying issues, that does not make the practice right or acceptable. Indeed, Alabama lawmakers have recognized that this state’s schools…
WE REPRESENT THOSE ACCUSED OF DRUG CRIMES
People in the Mobile area from all walks of life can find themselves facing serious drug charges. For instance, a high school student who may until that point have been an occasional user may get slapped with a criminal charge of drug possession, even for things like marijuana or a prescription pill. In other cases,…