The Indiana legislature has once again expanded the expungement laws in the state and are now allowing individuals to petition to expunge protection orders pursuant to Indiana Code 34-26-7.5 et seq. First, a protection order is a tool that is used by the courts in an effort to protect an alleged victim of domestic or family violence, a sexual offense, or stalking. With the protection order, the court can order someone not to contact another…
For anyone, a DUI conviction has complications that spread far and wide. Whether you lose your license for a period, to your insurance rates rising steeply, to criminal penalties, DUI’s have lasting impacts. Yet, those pail in comparison to punishments CDL holders receive from DUI’s. For CDL drivers, their licenses mean more than anything. After all, without a license, they can’t drive — if they can’t drive, they can’t work — if they can’t work,…
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