Paradise to some, mere rumor to others, Lake Quivira is one of the smallest cities in the metro area with less than 1,000 residents. It is a tiny sliver of a town, comprising the lake and surrounding residences nestled in between Shawnee and Kansas City, Kansas. The name emanates from explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado in 1541, for …
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Kansas City Law Firm Reviews Supreme Court Nomination Process
Under Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of The U.S. Constitution (sometimes referred to as the Appointments Clause), the president has the power to appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, consuls and judges of the Supreme Court, who must be confirmed by the Senate. Other officers of the United States and Congress may be appointed by …
Kansas City Law Firm Reviews Prospect of Marijuana Tax Revenue
Over the last few years, states have considered additional legalization of recreational and medical marijuana and now it’s Missouri’s turn. Missouri medical marijuana advocates are currently petitioning state courts to allow their initiative on the November ballot. The Missouri legislature recently defeated legislation to legalize medical …
The Saga of Prince’s Final Will: KC Law Firm Looks into the Estate Planning Disaster
Prince Rogers Nelson, the artist formerly known as Prince, died April 21, 2016, without a will and as a resident of Chanhassen, Minnesota. And so begins the saga of determining his heirs. A trust company has filed a pleading claiming that they had dealings with some of Prince’s financial matters and therefore should administer his estate. …
Kansas City Law Firm Investigates Fifth Amendment Rights
Hidden within the legalese of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution are several well-known laws, most of which play important roles in criminal cases and another which is prominent in civil matters. The text of the Amendment reads: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment …
Estate Planning For Social Media
In this Brave New Digital World full of tweets, emails and status updates, and other undiscovered communication phenomena, different people embrace the new technologies to different degrees. We still have to face the fact that, aside from some troglodyte Baby Boomers, we live in a digital world. Photo credit: Jason A. Howie / Foter / CC BY Written …
