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Supreme Court Weighs In On Division Of Military Benefits
The Law Office of James M. Burns

The military offers gold-plated benefits tied to the sacrifices of frequent relocation and deployments served far from family. In divorce, these benefits are a common point of contention. What portion of retirement benefits is each spouse entitled to? Is an ex-spouse guaranteed to receive an offset if retirement benefits are waived? These military divorce questions…

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Are Drunk Driving Checkpoints Legally Justified?
The Law Office of James M. Burns

In the state of Florida, police frequently set up drunk driving checkpoints where they randomly stop drivers to determine if they might be too drunk to drive. These checkpoints have caught many intoxicated drivers. However, some opponents to the use of DUI checkpoints claim that they are a violation of privacy and unlawful. So the…

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Consider This When Making Your Florida Parenting Plan
The Law Office of James M. Burns

If you and your ex-spouse can work together and come to peaceful agreement on important issues, you could be excellent candidates for shared 50-50 parenting plan arrangements. These days, Florida courts are eager to support parents in creating 50-50 plan arrangements so that their children can benefit from spending as much time as possible with…

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What Is An Aggravated Dui?
The Law Office of James M. Burns

Florida drunk driving laws and penalties are severe enough as they are, but if you get convicted of aggravated DUI, the penalties are even higher. An aggravated DUI charge usually does not happen unless there are certain “aggravating factors” present. Perhaps you were driving home from a late night at work when a police officer…

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How High School Reenactments Can Teach Valuable Dui Lessons
The Law Office of James M. Burns

For our source article today, we chose a random DUI reenactment story from a high school outside of the state of Florida. The location isn’t particularly important, nor is the content of the reenactment all that illuminating to most people who aren’t teenagers. However, the trend of these reenactments is the real point of this…

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