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DUI (driving under the influence) is one of the most serious criminal offenses people can face, and Pennsylvania’s DUI laws have some of the harshest penalties in the country. Prosecutors will aggressively pursue convictions, and the law is very rigid for drunk driving crimes. If…
Read moreA birth certificate is an official document, so it’s understandable that you’d expect it to have some legal effect on child custody issues. However, a birth certificate by itself doesn’t necessarily grant any custody rights to the person named as the father when the child’s…
Read moreThe government of Pennsylvania just made it easier to put your criminal past behind you. Pennsylvania’s clean slate law, also known as Act 56, was approved by the Governor on June 28, 2018, after passing through the legislature with almost unanimous bipartisan support. The law…
Read moreIn October 2018, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 2060, which puts in place tougher gun regulations for domestic violence offenders. The law mandates that anyone convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, or who is subject to a protective order,…
Read morePennsylvania used to have some of the most lenient DUI laws in the country. We are one of only four states in the nation that treats all multiple DUI offenses as misdemeanors. This is set to change under Pennsylvania’s new repeat offender DUI law. Signed…
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