While at the University of Maine School of Law, Attorney Govan enrolled in every course offered in the areas of family law and children’s advocacy. Furthermore, he and a fellow student developed the curriculum for and led a class titled “The Child, Family and State.” After becoming a m...
Welcome to Crime Fiction 101: storytelling, details, pacing, tension, character development. Have I set the hook and raised enough questions in my readers’ minds to keep them turning the pages. Then, as the book develops, another overarching question will emerge: What is this story about and...
Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Brenda Buchanan (Thursday) and John Clark (Friday). In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers: Matt...
This amendment is intended to protect minors. It requires a forensic investigation by the court before a person convicted of a sexual crime against a child is granted custody of a child. Get more detailsHERE. LD 1911 Canva LD 1911 The law bans the use of "biosolids" unless it is determine...
that's a no brainer.Emergenciesare always the exception. That's what cell phones are for. Or answer it, and gracefully exit the room to take the call. But if you can't tell that other people around you hate what you're doing, maybe you should close your mouth and open your eyes, ...
(Tom Cruise) who discovers the nightmarish truth beneath his dream job at a prestigious law office. Cruise loved playing opposite older movie stars in this period, and Hackman was an ideal foil for Cruise at the time as his morally compromised mentor. Nobody played sympathetic morally-...
In Maine, it is against the law to deface political signs placed in a public right of way. What you do on your own property is up to you.
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was the largest crime-control bill in U.S. history. Not only was it extensive and lengthy six years were spent putting it together but it included a more than $30 billion dollar package. The act had many parts, but some of its prominent...
“These crucial protections are supported by a bipartisan majority, and have been signed into law in a growing number of other states by both Democratic and Republican governors — including by the Republican governor in neighboring New Hampshire mere weeks ago,” Rouse said. “With this inexcusabl...
In June 2020, Tennessee passed a lawlifting restrictions on family members who want to hunt or fish on family property. Under the new law, family members will not need a hunting or fishing license when participating on farmlands owned by a spouse, parent, or grandparent. Adrian Mojica write...