(Lawyer) Welfare Check - Can Cops Bust Down Your Door?

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Police at your door for a “welfare check”? Don’t open! Learn when officers can lawfully enter and what to say to protect your rights.

This video discusses when police can — and cannot — enter your home during a welfare check, the constitutional protections that apply, warrant exceptions (emergency aid / exigent circumstances and California Welfare and Institution Code Section 5150 mental health coverage.
What this video covers.

An attorney explains in plain English legal procedures involving criminal defense, civil and family law cases and court proceedings.

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

• Laws involving police stops, traffic detentions, citations, arrests, DUI charges, prosecution procedures and criminal investigations.
• Rights and responses: When to remain silent, Miranda warnings, the right to counsel, requesting an attorney, and how to preserve rights without escalating.
• Court motions and hearings: Pretrial motions, preliminary hearings, and trials.
• Evidence preservation and how to document, and challenge evidence; witness preparation.

• Searches and seizures: How to challenge the searches of people, vehicles, homes, and phones.
• Arrest to trial: Booking, arraignment, plea options, pretrial motions, preliminary hearings, jury selection and trial, and the judge’s role.
• Police conduct and use of force: lawful limits, excessive force, documenting incidents, police abuse and civil rights claims.
• Lawful and unlawful police home-entry: Castle Doctrine, self-defense limits, and practical guidance for responding to officers at your door.
• Criminal records and post-conviction relief: Expungements, record sealing, petitions for relief, and effects on professional licenses, employment opportunities, immigration status, and housing eligibility.
• Expungements, pardons, sealing, petitions for relief, collateral consequences, and realistic filing steps and outcomes.

CIVIL AND FAMILY LAW PROCEDURES

Practical knowledge about common civil matters including family law civil cases, with step-by-step information.
• Family law: Making changes or modification to child custody, visitation, or child support. Divorce and dissolution petition proceedings, temporary court orders, mediation, settlement options, and final judgments.
• Prenuptial agreements: the meaning of terms and what to consider including, negotiation, considerations, and practical tips before signing.
• Contracts, agreements and civil claims: Drafting, breach issues, complaints, remedies.
Court preparation: filing, service of petition, complains and summons, income and asset disclosure, discovery basics, evidence and witness preparation, and practical negotiation strategy.
• Court roles: Judges, attorneys, prosecutors, plaintiffs, mediators

NEWS AND COMMENTARY

Plain-English breakdowns of contemporary legal cases and news developments opinions on court rulings, cases, arrest, trial procedures and effects.

DISCLAIMER: This channel is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. It is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship, and I am not your attorney. If you need legal help consult with an independent attorney of your choice, about your specific case.
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