The Attorney-Client Privilege
For centuries the Attorney-Client privilege has preserved the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients. The privilege is the bedrocl of the American legal system. The privilege is based on several closely-related policy considerations: clients should be encouraged to be completely truthful with their attorneys, so that the attorney’s legal advice can be based […]
Q&A – Child Custody in Colorado – With Attorney Samer Bandak
Who can file a custody (officially referred to as Allocation of Parental Responsibilities) action? There are three main groups of people eligible to file for custody. Those groups are: 1. A parent through a divorce proceeding or allocation proceeding; 2. A person other than a parent, by filing a petition seeking the allocation of parental […]
Who is the Legal Parent?
Questions of who a legal parent may seem straight forward: Either you’re mom and dad by birth or you’re not. However, there are situations where biology is not necessarily the determining factor. Colorado Revised Statutes §19-4-105 sets out a number of factors that create what is a presumption of paternity or maternity that include: – […]
Amanda Becker Gets Client’s Drug Felonies Dismissed
Denver – Muhaisen & Muhaisen, LLC criminal defense attorney Amanda Becker researched the law, analyzed the evidence, and concluded that our client should be entitled to immunity based on Colorado’s Good Samaritan Law. The prosecutor agreed with Amanda’s assessment and upon her request, dismissed the case in its entirety. To learn more about the Good […]
Colorado’s Good Samaritan Law
The Colorado Good Samaritan law provides immunity for persons who suffer or report an emergency drug or alcohol overdose event. The law seeks to reduce the number of preventable deaths resulting from accidental drug or alcohol overdoses. All 50 states and the District of Columbia have laws or regulations to protect the general public from […]
