Finding the Right Lawyer for YOU: Navigating Private Attorney Selection

Finding the Right Lawyer for YOU: Navigating Private Attorney Selection

1^st Lt. Clayton M. Lawing, Fort Bliss Legal Assistance Office

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Final Bliss newspaper: Fort Bliss Bugle ends run after 78 years

If you are reading this story on a screen, not much is going to change for you, but if you are reading an actual newspaper, this is the last printed issue of the Fort Bliss Bugle.

Bail Bonds

Leaving the installation for a night on the town can be a great way to end a strenuous workweek for a service member. In a city like El Paso, there is a plethora of opportunities for entertainment, fine dining and spirits. Unfortunately, a night out can sometimes lead to lapses in judgment and trouble with law enforcement. If that trouble ends in a night in jail, bond may be required before release. A bail bond is a security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure appearance on the day and time set by the court.

Dying Without a Will in Texas

Roughly half of all Americans do not have a Last Will and Testament. Thus, many people wonder what will happen if they pass away without a will (i.e., dying “intestate” or as an “intestate”). Chapter 201 of the Texas Estates Code governs what happens when a person dies without a valid will. When this happens, the person’s probate property is distributed through intestate succession. This succession causes the decedent’s probate assets to pass to those individuals (heirs) whom the state government believes the decedent would have wanted to receive the decedent’s probate estate upon death.

Immigration’s “Parole in Place:” A Possible Avenue for a Green Card

There is no doubt that the threat of negative immigration consequences to a Soldier’s family will impact a Soldier’s readiness to complete the mission. Understanding that preventing the separation of military families is a good policy, the government has provided a discretionary benefit for military families called “Parole in Place.”

Renown El Paso chef brings simple cooking to Bliss barracks

Serving in the military took on a whole new meaning for some 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Soldiers here Feb. 23. With support from the Bliss Garrison command, the BOSS program, and the Association of the U.S. Army. Renown El Paso-area chef Raoul Gonzalez, known in culinary circles as Chef Rulis, put on a cooking demonstration for troops at the Imperial Brigade barracks on West Bliss.