Twitter Connecticut Lesbian & Gay Law Blog A Connecticut Law Blog The Nutmeg LawyerAdministrator | March 16, 2010
I was reminded this week that it’s better to be proactive than reactive. Especially when it comes to your elderly loved ones, friends or neighbors. Often, as people age, they entrust their personal affairs to a family member or close friend whom they believe they can trust. Sometimes they sign a Power [...]
Administrator | March 9, 2010
Under current Connecticut law, “A person is guilty of manslaughter in the second degree when … he intentionally causes or aids another person, other than by force, duress or deception, to commit suicide.” Two Fairfield County doctors who have been asked by their terminally ill patients to prescribe medications to help them die peacefully, [...]
Administrator | December 29, 2009
Effective January 1, 2010, The Honorable Lynda B. Munro, Chief Administrative Judge of the Family Division has issued the following standing order:
All information required on Judicial Branch Superior Court Family and Family Support Magistrate Court forms that constitutes personally identifying information as defined by Connecticut Practice Book section 4-7(a) is deemed by this order to [...]
Administrator | December 19, 2009
On Thursday, a Connecticut legislative committee reopened the issue of whether or not to allow the sale of alcohol in package stores and supermarkets on Sundays. The decision would be based upon supposed tax revenue the State believes it would collect — some $7.5 to $8 million is the projection. However, the Connecticut [...]
Administrator | October 8, 2009
The Governor’s veto of one of the bills approved by the legislature will cut the Judicial Branch budget by $7.8 million over the next two years, which may force the closing of at least three courthouses in Connecticut.
Read “Budget Cuts Likely Will Force Courthouse Closings“ for more information.
[Source: Connecticut Law [...]
Administrator | September 14, 2009
It’s par for the course in this ever-changing world of ours that people will find ways to scam other people. I’m providing a link below to an article in the Connecticut Law Tribune detailing two forged signatures on mortgages that landed the attorney in hot water for not checking the IDs of his clients [...]
Administrator | September 8, 2009
Yikes! The annual occupational tax for private sector attorneys was just raised from $450 to $565! Public sector attorneys (such as Public Defenders) are still exempt from the tax. Court fees were increased in July but the legislature recently added some new increases to the mix. For more information, please see [...]
Administrator | September 1, 2009
I happened upon this story quite by accident and couldn’t resist passing it on.
Two members of the Honolulu City Council, Rod Tam and Nestor Garcia, co-sponsored a transit bill that includes an anti-odor section that would make it illegal to “bring onto transit property [...]
Administrator | June 23, 2009
Hello and welcome to the debut of Attorney O’s Midnight Musings. At the behest of several of my friends and colleagues, I decided to venture into the world of blogging. They all figured that because I don’t sleep at night, I might as well make productive use of my time. Personally, I think [...]
