State Law & Immigration Status
What a person's immigration status changes about state-level rights, and what state law cannot reach.
Subjects
Ten desks. Each one is a working reference written to be understood on a first read.
Residence & Domicile
How a person changes which state they legally belong to, and what proves it.
Custody & Support Across States
Which state decides a child's custody and support once a family is split between two.
Working in Two States
Which state's employment law reaches a worker who lives in one state and works in another.
License Portability & Compacts
How a professional license earned in one state is used, recognized or refused in another.
Which State's Law Applies
The rules a court uses to choose between two states' laws once both could govern.
Being Sued in Another State
When a court in a state a person has never lived in may nonetheless decide their case.
Estates in Two States
What happens to an estate when the property, the will and the executor are not all in one state.
Tax Residency & Nexus
What makes a person a resident of a state for tax, and what makes a business answerable to one.
Federal or State Court
Which courthouse a case belongs in when the parties come from different states.