Category Archives: General

Americans are applying for credit cards at a rate not seen since before the pandemic. Nearly 27% of U.S. consumers said in October that they had applied for a credit card in the past 12 months, which is a sharp … Continue reading →

Multiple sources establish 40 hours per week as full-time employment, which claimant had with her first job, so the loss of a second job was irrelevant to any provision for employment security benefits. (Overview Summary) Della Scheumbauer, Claimant/Appellant, vs. City … Continue reading →

Next year taxpayers can put an extra $1,000 into their 401(k) plans. The IRS recently announced that the 2022 contribution limit for 401(k) plans will increase to $20,500. The agency also announced cost‑of‑living adjustments that may affect pension plan and … Continue reading →

Hearsay is an out-of-court statement offered for the truth of the matter stated. On charges of stealing, the State offered rental records to show how property manager stole money, so the records were not hearsay. And, even if they were, the … Continue reading →

“Insofar as such a proceeding affects status only, the action [for dissolution of marriage] is in rem or quasi-in-rem and requires only that the res be before the court upon proper notice” to the parties. Notice to a party by publication is sufficient only when that … Continue reading →

Missouri Constitution’s Hancock Amendment bars political subdivisions from levying a tax without voter approval, but a sewer district’s bill based on owner’s voluntary connection to the system is a fee, not a tax. Statutes generally extinguish inferior assessments upon a … Continue reading →

Statutes determine degree of offense, in part, by motivations that include victim’s ancestry. “‘Because of’ in hate crime statutes means that ‘but for’ the victim’s race or other enumerated characteristics, the defendant would not have committed the crime.” The prosecution’s … Continue reading →

Statute provides that documents certified as business records are admissible, so circuit court erred in sustaining a hearsay objection against appellant’s medical records. No offer of proof was necessary to preserve the issue because the certification specified the disputed evidence … Continue reading →

In an action for renewal of a full order of protection, statutes provide that circuit court remains vested with personal jurisdiction from the earlier order. Appellant did not show that renewal of the full order of protection violated access to … Continue reading →