While Driving While Ability Impaired by Alcohol is a traffic infraction, Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs is taken much more seriously. A Rochester driver convicted of Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs faces many of the same penalties as a person convicted of Driving While Intoxicated. For a first time offender, Driving While Ability […]
Criminal Defense Lawyer For Driving While Ability Impaired By Drugs Charges While most Rochester DWI cases involve defendants who are accused of being unable to safely drive due to the consumption of alcohol, New York State law also outlaws driving while under the influence of drugs. Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs outlaws the operation […]
A first time offender charged with common law Driving While Intoxicated faces an unclassified misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is considered a crime in New York State, and a conviction will result in a criminal record. A Rochester driver convicted of this crime also faces several other serious penalties. For a first time offender, the maximum possible […]
While there are a variety of different criminal charges a Rochester driver may face if stopped for drinking and driving, the offense of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) is probably the most common. It is also the most basic in its definition. There is no requirement under New York State law that, for example, the prosecution […]
While most child support payments are deducted from the obligated person’s paycheck, when a person is self-employed and doesn’t receive a regular paycheck, they will instead receive payment coupons which tell them how much is owed and where to mail it. Each county has its own mailing address, so if you’re making the switch from […]
Spousal maintenance varies considerably depending on your particular circumstances and those of your spouse. In divorces between two professionals with steady careers who haven’t had a long marriage, you may not have to pay spousal maintenance at all. In other situations, you may pay spousal maintenance until your spouse remarries, or reaches an income threshold […]
Once you receive your final judgment from the court, you are a legally single person, and New York doesn’t require a waiting period before you can remarry. You’ll need to file your divorce judgment with your county clerk’s office, but once your divorce is final, you can remarry as soon as you like. Many people […]
You may be able to stop paying child support in some instances where a teenage child refuses to have a relationship with you. There are several caveats though – first, your child must be of employment age, and therefore, in the eyes of the court, able to support him or herself. Second, you’ll have to […]
An inability to locate a spouse to serve them with divorce papers typically means one of two things. In the first case, your spouse is actively avoiding being served in order to hold up the process and cause you trouble. When this is the situation, we suggest using a process server, who can document all […]
As experienced Rochester criminal defense lawyers, we have represented many individuals who have refused to submit to a breath, blood or urine test after being stopped for drinking and driving. Refusal to submit to a chemical test carries penalties aside from any other drinking and driving offenses charged and triggers a separate action by the […]