What is a sound mind? Would that I knew. In Pennsylvania‚ a person is considered to have testamentary capacity‚ that is‚ having the soundness of mind required to make a will‚ if he “appreciates‚ in a general way knows who his relations are and what property he possesses‚ and indicates an intelligent understanding of the disposition he desires to make of it.” In re Olshefski’s Estate 337 Pa. 420 (1940). An executed will is presumed to be signed by a person with capacity. The burden of proving incapacity
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Court Issues JoyAnn Czudek CJA/394 June 24‚ 2013 Kevin Dzioba Court Issues The criminal justice system has changed tremendously over the decades and so has society. It is important that the court system make changes to keep up with the times. There are parts of the court system that need to be identified to have these changes occur. One of these areas is the way courts are managed including their problems and resolutions. A new trend that has emerged is victims’ rights. Victims can now
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of the current situation of the Supreme Court. The balance of the Supreme Court is currently three conservative justices and four liberal justices‚ along with one justice who often votes conservative. The next president will probably appoint at least one‚ and up to four or five new Supreme Court Justices. This will shift the balance of power in the Court for probably the next 50 or 60 years. With all of the very important decisions that the Supreme Court will have to make in the near future‚ the
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Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper Tami Hiltunen CJS/245 January 26‚ 2015 LEDETRA JONES Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper The Juvenile Justice System is part of the criminal law system that focuses on those individuals who are between the ages of 9 and 18. This system was set up for those persons who did criminal acts‚ but who are not yet considered adults. In most states the age for criminal culpability is 18. While the age of being treated as a juvenile
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better the entire community. They’re taking advantage of this clause by misleading the people that they’re property will be used to better the entire community‚ which in reality the government is actually giving them to corporations. As a result‚ the court case Kelo v. City of New London‚ Connecticut and an incident with a Dallas Councilwoman served as an eye-opener to what the government is really doing to Americans
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Court Issues Analysis Taike Robinson July 2‚ 2011 CJA/394 Future management regarding language interpretation must be developed to assist with foreign criminals‚ and others who do not speak the English language. The increase in population among non-English-speaking citizens requires the criminal justice system to meet certain constitutional rights. These rights are included in the Fourth‚ Fifth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Sixth Amendments. Without victim right laws court proceedings may result in unfair
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A Missing Person Report was filed with the Arlington Police‚ and Detective James Smith has been assigned to the case. The Department was given a Precept through Cambridge Juvenile Court on 4/20/2017. On‚ 5/17/17‚ Kenneth was located at Ms. Taylor’s home and brought to Cambridge Juvenile Court‚ and the Precept was dismissed. Kenneth is currently back at the STARR Program in Arlington. Since being placed Kenneth has engaged in counseling services at
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I D EN TI TY T HE FT AND FRAUD : THE I M PAC T O N U. S. B U S I N E S S E S A N D T HE L E G A L S YS T E M BUL 4320 Professor Wendy Gelman Fall 2013 Law Firm 6: Gricell Alvarez Melissa Castaneda Vanessa Diaz Michael Johnson Techeng Li Ania Ojeda Jose Tamayo TA B L E OF C ONTENTS I. Introduction.........................................................................................3 II. Identity Theft and Fraud.......................................................
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Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis The United States Court system is much the same for Juvenile Court‚ as it is for Adult Court. The main differences are that Adult court adjudicates offenders over the age of 18. Juvenile court adjudicates minors‚ or persons under the age of 18. However‚ certain circumstances like the severity of crime‚ and age of individual‚ and number of occurrences can present a case‚ which a minor
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NSW Drug Court: Is it an effective addition to the legal system? The Drug Court of New South Wales was introduced in February 1999 as a 2-year-pilot program under the Drug Court Act 1998 (NSW). After various evaluations it was decided to extend the pilot-program until 2004‚ with amendments being made to the Drug Court Act 1998 (NSW) in December 2002. The Drug Court’s main objectives are: to reduce the drug dependency of eligible persons to promote the re-integration of such drug dependent
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