Uncategorized What happens when charged with domestic battering or assault in Arkansas? Feb 4 2020 First Time Charge For Domestic Battering Or Assault In Arkansas – What Happens? Even if you’ve never been in trouble before, a charge for domestic battering or assault on a family or household member is a serious offense. A misdemeanor conviction could land you in jail, force you to move out of your home or prevent you from contacting family…

Uncategorized Business Payday Loans and How they Work Jan 28 2020 The Small Business Ray Jones owns a small construction business, Ray’s Remodeling, LLC, which specializes in residential remodeling.  He pays his employees and buys his supplies in cash each month, incurring no trade debt.  Ray becomes sick and is hospitalized for weeks and in recovery for months.  He is not able to work and when he is not able to be on-site for the…

Uncategorized Over the Line: Misplaced fences, roads and other boundary disputes Jan 21 2020 Over the Line: Misplaced fences, roads and other boundary disputes There’s an old saying, “Good fences make good neighbors.” While that may be true normally, sometimes a neighbor’s fence is out of place and on your side of the property line. Encountering a boundary dispute with an adjacent neighbor is a fairly common issue for landowners. There are many ways a…

Criminal Law Stopped at a DWI checkpoint in Arkansas? Jan 14 2020 Stopped at a DWI checkpoint in Arkansas? DWI checkpoints have their own special sets of rules for the police to play by.  Unlike a traditional traffic stop for which turns into an arrest for driving while intoxicated, a sobriety checkpoint must follow its own set of rules. How does a traditional traffic stop occur? In a traditional traffic stop, the police officer is…

Bankruptcy Help! My tax refund is being garnished! Jan 2 2020 Who can garnish my tax refund? There are four types of debt for which the federal government will withhold your tax refund or send it to one of your creditors. These debts include past-due federal taxes, state income taxes, child support payments and amounts you owe to other federal or state agencies, such as federal student loans or medical debt for state hospitals that…

Family Law Getting a Court Date over the Holidays Dec 16 2019 We all know that holidays are a busy time for almost everyone. Gift stores, shopping malls, what have you are way busier and even open longer. Supermarkets are packed with people buying a ton of groceries for big family gatherings. Airports are at their peak season and the interstate highway system is congested with weary travelers trying to get to Grandma’s in time…

Civil Law Someone Placed A Lien on My Property, What Can I Do? Dec 4 2019 Having a lien placed on your property can be detrimental to the title of the property. A Materialman’s or Mechanics lien will “cloud the title” of the property. This means that the lien will appear in public records. This also means that any lien must be paid off before you, as the homeowner, can sell, refinance, or borrow against…