Lori Duff

Legalese — Basic Probate FAQ

12/03/2017 Lori Duff 0

Because of what I do for a living, I am often one of the first people to know when someone has died. The questions people ask me in the wake of the death of a […]

Now That It’s Over, I’m Thankful

11/26/2017 Lori Duff 0

I don’t know about you, but I’m mostly just thankful that I survived yet another Thanksgiving. Just kidding. Sort of. Holidays can be stressful. Some of us are spending our first Thanksgiving without a loved […]

Legalese — Abandoned Motor Vehicles

11/19/2017 Lori Duff 0

How many times have you been driving down the highway and you’ve seen a car on the side of the road, just sitting there? Sometimes it looks like it has been sitting there for quite […]

Three Minutes in Milton

11/11/2017 Lori Duff 0

On Saturday, November 11, 2017, I had the immense privilege of participating in the “Book an Author” event at the Milton Literary Festival. This was a sort of “speed dating” for books event, in which […]

Legalese — Can the Police Lie to You?

11/06/2017 Lori Duff 0

There seems to be a good bit of misinformation and speculation about whether or not the police can lie to you or deliberately mislead you during the course of an investigation. The answer, like most […]

I’m Forty Now

10/29/2017 Lori Duff 0

I’m forty now (Ok, forty-six) A decent age I’ve had my fix Of parties, hoo-has, galas, and more Of drunken evenings on the shore My worries now Have changed in kind I wonder if […]

Legalese — How a Baby Can Explain Separation of Powers

10/22/2017 Lori Duff 0

Very often, to the layperson, it seems that the law splits hairs so fine they can’t be seen without a microscope. Sometimes, this is an intellectual exercise that appears to defy logic and reason and, […]

My Box. MINE.

10/15/2017 Lori Duff 0

I’m not really a stuff person, not really. I mean, I have stuff, too much stuff (mostly books), but I recognize that I don’t have much of anything that couldn’t be replaced with insurance money. […]

Legalese — Respecting the Flag

10/08/2017 Lori Duff 0

There has been much talk recently about respect for the flag of the United States of America. People have different ideas about what respect for the flag means, and what is and isn’t disrespectful. Luckily, […]

Teenager Exchange Program

10/01/2017 Lori Duff 0

In the division of labor in the Duff house, my daughter has what is probably the easiest job – emptying the dishwasher. It isn’t hard to do, or particularly time consuming. Rather than thank her […]

Legalese — Executive Orders

09/23/2017 Lori Duff 0

If you’ve lived in the United States in the past 12 months, and you’ve been paying the least bit of attention, it is difficult to imagine you haven’t heard the phrase “executive order.” So what […]

They Come in Threes

09/17/2017 Lori Duff 0

Honestly, the day started out just fine if you don’t count the fact that I had to set my alarm for 6 on a Saturday morning. I drove my son to his rehearsal at the […]

LEGALESE — Funeral Processions

09/10/2017 Lori Duff 0

It is sadly true what they say – the only things inevitable in this life are death and taxes. When death occurs, it is generally our custom to have a funeral, and along with a […]

Driving with Mario

09/02/2017 Lori Duff 0

I’m pretty sure that my husband goes out of his way to accelerate and brake in the car in such as way as to maximize the g-forces his passengers experience. It is in this way […]

Legalese — Judges and the 1st Amendment

08/27/2017 Lori Duff 0

He was a local judge, but he made national headlines last week. Judge Jim Hinkle was a Gwinnett County Magistrate Court. He was suspended (and then resigned) from the bench based on what he said […]

Someone Else’s Life (With a Side of Drag Queens)

08/19/2017 Lori Duff 0

The other day, I went out to brunch with some old college friends that I hadn’t seen in a while. Three of us had kids, roughly the same age. The lone guy was single with […]

Legalese — Free Speech and the Public Schools

08/14/2017 Lori Duff 0

It is the beginning of the school year, and so the age old argument about school clothes is repeating itself in many households across the nation, including my own. What is and isn’t appropriate? What […]

Dress Code Blues

08/05/2017 Lori Duff 0

‘Tis the beginning of the school year, and, ergo, ‘tis the time of year in which teenagers all around the world get huffy about their schools’ dress codes. The teenagers in my house are no […]

Legalese — The Official State Dog

07/31/2017 Lori Duff 0

Georgia Laws are put together in a series of books called the “Official Code of Georgia Annotated,” or O.C.G.A. for short. Turns out that within the O.C.G.A. there are a number of other designations for […]

Selling Paradise

07/23/2017 Lori Duff 0

I have to sell a little piece of paradise, and I’m hoping you will help me. I mean, I don’t have to have to, I’m not a desperate seller, but it doesn’t make sense for […]