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How to calculate child support in Alabama – a guide to Alabama Rule 32 guidelines

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 26, 2010 Family Law

Alabama, like most states, provides a very specific method for determining the amount of child support to be paid by a noncustodial parent.  While there are situations where the standard formula may not apply, most cases will be controlled by Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Procedure.  Commonly known as “Rule 32 Guidelines,” [...]

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New updates coming this week.

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 11, 2010 Criminal Procedure

Last week we launched a major revision of our website, www.WilliamPfeifer.com.  The main pages of the old site have been migrated over to the new system, though some of the pages are still having some quirks.  Some resource pages of the old site are still appearing under the old website design, but that will be [...]

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Will your child be raped or sexually molested in juvenile detention?

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 8, 2010 Juveniles

Yesterday I posted an article about the shockingly high rate of sexual abuse of minors committed by staff members of juvenile detention centers.  The overwhelming majority of the cases are incidents of female staff members having sexual contact of various kinds with boys incarcerated in juvenile detention centers. Today I wrote a follow-up to yesterday’s [...]

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Juvenile inmates sexually abused by female guards and staff members

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 8, 2010 Juveniles

The Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report on Thursday indicating a surprisingly high rate of sexual abuse of juvenile inmates.  The new study indicates that the rate of sexual abuse in juvenile detention facilities is far higher than previously reported by either the federal government or the states. In some facilities, more than 30 [...]

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Another Playboy model murdered, burned, and thrown in a trash bin: Paula Sladewski identified as murder victim

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 7, 2010 Crime

Last year I wrote a series of articles for Examiner.com on the murder of Playboy model Jasmine Fiore.  Fiore’s body was found in a trash dumpster burned beyond recognition, and she was identified through her breast implant serial numbers. Her alleged killer, reality tv star Ryan Jenkins, was later found dead in a Canadian motel [...]

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Free legal research using Google Scholar

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 7, 2010 Legal Research

Those seeking an alternative to the overpriced legal research tools offered by companies like Thompson West Publishing (Westlaw) and Lexis-Nexis (Lexis) need look no further than their Google web browser. In November of 2009, Google announced on their blog that the Google Scholar tool now includes the full text of legal opinions issued by state and federal [...]

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Making progress and adding courthouse photos, but still more work to do on our website upgrade.

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 6, 2010 Website

Thank you for your patience as we transition our website over to a new publishing system.  While the primary pages are working now, there are still some spacing and formatting issues to be resolved.  For example, some pages are recognizing paragraph breaks while others are not.  Outbound links and crosslinks which existed under the old [...]

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Site upgrades in progress.

by William L. Pfeifer, Jr. January 5, 2010 Website

Site upgrades in progress. We are currently upgrading our website with new software and moving our files to the new site.  Please pardon any glitches, oddities, or unusual aspects of the site (like the random photos currently appearing on the pages) while we are transitioning to the new program.  Once this is completed, our site [...]

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