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- Governor Sisolak appointed Rhonda Forsberg to the bench in Family Court, Department G. [nvcourts]
- Nevada is under pressure to reveal how it awards marijuana licenses. [Time]
- Nevada is considering raising the marriage age to 18. [RJ]
I believe a total ban under the age of 16 is most prudent. 16-17 need parental consent and judge approval. should reflect and be in line with our age of consent laws otherwise none of it will make real sense. I dont see any self respecting parent allowing their kid marry so young outside the FLDS or fanatic religious factions.
Some would say that "several months before her 15th birthday" is plenty old enough to marry.
10:57 I see you have emotional trauma as well!
@ 1:13. 10:57 here, circling back to say that for some reason I'm currently thinking of tapirs.
Interesting post; meanwhile, somewhere in America, a group wants those same under 18 to vote….lol
I'm not 1:13 or 1:36, so that means there were at least 3 of us browsing that subreddit this morning. It's a small world after all!
My buddy Zelph and I had a really tasty BBQ this weekend. Slow cooked some really tasty curelom short ribs, along with some tapir sausages (not to be mistaken with horse meat) and cumom chops. Also, I am not any of the above posters, so that makes 4, at least.
I am not any of the above because I had no idea what any of you were discussing. I had to Google "several months before her 15th birthday". It did not disappoint. I started a wise crack about the subject of that article and then remembered that I have children and that in that context, not the slightest bit funny.
Let's consult our magic rock to find the answer for the appropriate marriage age. Or is that a flaming sword we should consult? I forget. It's been a while since I changed my Sunday habits.
"It's been a while since I changed my Sunday habits."
Love this. Resigned from the church many years ago. Best decision I ever made.
Weren't there some golden dinner plates or something that tell you when is the appropriate age for defilement?
Timely story: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/american-child-bride-bbc-documentary
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Sorry, typo.
If the average underage teenager is half as stupid, no a quarter as stupid as I was at that age, ban it.
Seriously, we have the worst underage marriage problem in the entire developed world. It needs to end now.
Can we have a person's agreement that typos are allowed on here? It is a blog, not a brief.
"A person's agreement?" How gender neutral of you.
A girl has typos.
Is anyone else getting a butt-load of emails from the State Bar today about the Annual Convention? It seems like the send button got stuck and the emails just keep coming …
I just figured they were taking a cue from the spam callers I've gotten today about my suspended SSN.
With each one that comes in, I delight in thinking they are predictin that they can't make their room block commitments to the venue. What a ridiculous place to have the meeting.
Here's a thought. Have the Annual State Bar Meeting in … NEVADA.
Back in 1984, the Supreme Court ordered that bar conventions be held in Nevada every other year. Nobody came. How about just having an annual meeting at the Bar office?
I might go to a State Bar Convention, but I am not willing to spend the money (estimate $2k minimum) to hob nob with lawyer politicians. I would attend sessions that relate to the future of the bar, practical sessions on practice issues. Seems to me that only people who go now get funded by someone else or they belong to a large firm that picks up the tab. Definitely better to have the annual meeting in Nevada.
Any guesses on the speaking fee that Lawrence Lessig will be paid to speak at state bar's annual meeting in Vail? https://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/lawrence-lessig/
On the surface, I agree with all, but peel things away a little, and I'm not certain this ban will solve anything. A huge percentage of marriages involving 16 or 17 years old(or even younger than 16 in states that permit it) involve a pregnancy situation.
So, let's say two 17-year-olds are expecting a baby, and therefore want to take a go at marriage. Granted, the chances for that marriage succeeding is even less than marriages involving people past 20,but at least they have a chance, and are, at least at that time, committing to form a legal, structured family unit.Not only do many legal obligations and benefits arise from marriage, but it is still viewed as the preferable structure to raise children by many of our populace.
But if we now say that pregnant or not, they can't get married because they are too young, they are being told that their child must be raised without their parents being married, which still has some taint in the eyes of many, although admittedly that stigma is not nearly what it used to be. But it is still there. Marriage still means a lot to many people, or we would not have had gay people fighting for the right to marry. And those who opposed gay marriage, although I don't support their view, were still so high in number that it provides further evidence of people believing in the value of marriage–particularly when raising children.
So, although teens should not have children, are they truly always better off being forced to raise them without a marriage commitment, even if they want that commitments, and a chance to buck the odds?
Which all means proponents of raising the marriage age to 18, understand nothing about real life or what is occurring around them. Teem marriage is not some major crisis. But teen pregnancy is in fact a very major crisis.
To:3:21–I don't necessarily agree with, or even fully follow, all aspects of your analysis, and you might benefit by posting comments in a shorter, more direct, more cohesive manner where you stay on point, etc.
But that all said, I agree completely with your conclusion–teen marriage is really not a major problem, but teen pregnancy is, however, a very major problem.
Would it be a bad career move to rescind an accepted job offer at another firm because your current firm makes a counter offer when you give your resignation?
Yes, but only because your relationship with your current firm has changed now. They'll end up resenting you and won't soon forget that you were about to walk out the door. If you were looking for work elsewhere and going to interviews, then you were ready to move on. Be brave and go to the new job.
The bad move was accepting the other offer before allowing your current firm to address your resignation/make a counter. But with that said, I don't think it would be awful.
Agree with 4:05. You are a traitor that they know is looking at the door. As a partner in a firm, everyone who I have lured back under such circumstances has just been waiting for the next counteroffer and left again. I will never trust you again and will view you as now having turned on me and your new offeror/employer. You are loyal to you and will chase a scrounging buck.
No. No one (unless you told them) will even know about the offer from Firm B. Firm B is not going to announce that you accepted and then rescinded, because then Firm B looks like it got played. Plus, I think any reasonably intelligent hiring manager/partner knows there is a chance that an employee might get a counteroffer from the employee's current firm. I don't think rescinding your acceptance is a bad career move.
What is a bad career move is staying at your current firm if the reason for leaving will not be fixed by the counteroffer. For example, if your boss is a douche, more money from the firm will not fix your boss' doucheyness. Make sure the counteroffer fixes, or at least addresses in your favor, the reason you were going to leave Firm A in the first place.
I agree wholeheartedly with the second paragraph here. If you were just leaving because of money, then more money to stay makes sense. But if you wanted to leave because you were unhappy, then don't stay because of money.
As a former partner who has hired many attorneys, my vote goes for going with the new firm. The old one will never trust you again probably. The new firm would really look down upon you and news spreads fast (I disagree they would not gossip possibly). To be honest my friend, it kind of makes me cringe that you would consider staying. The fact that you have asked this question makes me think you know better so make better choices. I mean that sincerely and not as a jack***.
The war on marriage will never end. By 18 it is too late for many gals.