http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog Law Offices of Irene C. Olszewski, LLC Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:23:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last two weeks, I have participated as an attorney in 2 traditional court-based divorces and 2 collaborative divorces. For what it’s worth, I wholeheartedly prefer the latter process to the former. Why? It’s simple: collaborative divorce is all about respect, dignity and civility. ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/03/17/why-i-prefer-the-collaborative-divorce-process-over-the-traditional-litigated-divorce/ 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. ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/03/16/protect-your-elderly-loved-ones-before-its-too-late/ After reading a Hartford Courant article about Dr. William Petit's testimony before the Judiciary Committee on the death penalty, I got to wondering about the history of capital punishment. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, the Code of King Hammaurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for 25 ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/03/12/the-death-penalty-a-mini-history-lesson/ My colleague and fellow blogger, Attorney Adrian Baron, celebrated his 1-year anniversary as author of The Nutmeg Lawyer this week. Congratulations, Adrian! At the end of his post, Will Connecticut Residents Finally Be Able To Buy Alcohol On Sunday? he lists some arcane (and quite amusing) Connecticut laws. ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/03/11/who-thinks-up-these-laws-more-importantly-why/ 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 ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/03/09/if-a-physician-aids-a-terminally-ill-patient-in-dying-is-it-assisted-suicide-or-not/ I was purging the office file cabinets of closed cases today and one of the files jogged my memory about a case I participated in a few years ago. As an attorney, it is always important to maintain professional decorum in court. In other words, spontaneous laughter by ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/03/03/its-all-about-the-timing/ Under current law, a victim of childhood sexual abuse has until age 48 to file a civil lawsuit against the offender. Given the nature of the crimes and the emotional difficulties so many victims face in trying to come to terms with what happened to them, any statute of ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/03/01/elminating-the-statute-of-limitations-on-child-sex-abuse/ I am always intrigued by the "strange" headlines I read in the online news media. Those stories are the ones that I just can't resist at least peeking at because they're usually good for a laugh. At the very least, they cause me to shake my head in ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/02/25/an-80-year-old-career-criminal/ I receive calls all the time from people who are about to be married -- or who have already tied the knot -- wanting to know whether or not they should prepare a prenuptial (or postnuptial) agreement and what the process entails. I came upon the following post on ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/02/25/prenuptial-and-postnuptial-agreements/ State Rep. Rosa Rebimbas (R-Naugatuck) and Rep. David Labriola (R-Naugatuck) co-sponsored a bill that would lesson the legal penalties for "sexting" between consenting minors. Under current law, it is a felony for a minor to send or receive text messages that include nude or sexual images. A minor ... http://ireneolszewski.com/ctlawblog/2010/02/21/connecticut-lawmakers-propose-lighter-penalty-for-sexting-between-consenting-minors/