Pennsylvania has harsh marijuana laws. However, Penn State students might not understand the potential risk. Marijuana still falls under the Schedule 1 controlled substances in the Keystone State. Penn State students from outside Pennsylvania need to know the...
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Securing parenting time for unmarried fathers
If you’re an unmarried father in Pennsylvania, you have the legal right to ask for parenting time. Depending on your situation, you may be pursuing a shared custody arrangement or visitation time. Unless there is evidence to the contrary, family courts will go on the...
How unmarried fathers can establish paternity and seek custody
Fathers in Pennsylvania and around the country have a right to spend time with their children whether they were once married to the mother or not. When unmarried fathers take legal action to seek visitation or custody, family law judges base their decisions on what...
Key points for college students when dealing with campus police
There is a natural excitement for Pennsylvania college students. The newfound freedom of an independent life might seem overwhelming, but there are significant rewards. Still, when there is an issue where campus police becomes involved, it is common to be confused as...
What do courts consider in child custody decisions?
If you are a parent who is getting a divorce in Pennsylvania and custody and visitation will be decided in a child custody hearing, you might wonder what factors the judge will consider. First, you should understand that courts generally operate from the assumption...
How getting divorced can help you redefine yourself
It might seem like the world is ending when you're going through a divorce in Pennsylvania. Your relationship is over, you're being forced to relocate, you're straining your finances, and you may have no idea what you want to do with your life. However, divorce...
Overdose death leads to narcotics investigation
Police in Pennsylvania have taken a man into custody who they believe sold the drugs that caused the overdose death of an Abingdon man in April. The 37-year-old Philadelphia resident faces a raft of charges including counts of possessing drugs with the intent to...
Drug investigation leads to arrests and gun seizures
An investigation into heroin and methamphetamine trafficking in has led to the arrest of five suspects and the seizure of seven illegal guns according to a press release from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office. Three women and two men were taken into custody...
Alleged Pennsylavia drug gang indicted
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced in a June 3 press release that 11 individuals have been indicted for trafficking heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in Luzerne County. The indictments were handed down by a federal grand jury on...
What to know about a preliminary hearing for a DUI
Individuals in Pennsylvania who are charged with a DUI have the right to take their case to trial. However, before a trial begins, there is usually a preliminary hearing to determine whether one needs to occur at all. A judge will review the evidence that the...